Visual novel 2021 — top best games in the Visual novel genre

Growing Up - a game in the Visual novel genre

Adventure, Interactive movie, Simulation, Visual novel, Business / Management, Arcade

Game released: PC, Mac → 14 October 2021

Players: 8.9/10

Growing Up is an adventure visual novel with life simulation elements from the creators of Weedcraft Inc and Oh...Sir! The Hollywood Roast. In the game, you...

Corpse Party

Adventure, Horror, Top-down view, Anime / Manga, Visual novel

Game released: PSP, PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo 3DS → 12 August 2010

Players: 9.8/10

Metacritic: 73/100

Corpse Party is a top-down adventure with horror, anime/manga and visual novel elements from the masters at Team GrisGris. The game is published by Marvelous USA...

Silver Case

Adventure, Anime / Manga, Visual novel, Indie

Game released: PC, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch → 6 October 2016

Players: 5.5/10

Silver Case — adventure visual novel in Japanese style. The game is dedicated to the investigation of a series of brutal murders that occurred in a city area...

Idol Manager

Simulation, Business / Management, Indie, Anime / Manga, Visual novel, Music game

Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4 → 27 July 2021

Players: 9.8/10

Idol Manager is a cute management simulator with visual novel elements in anime style. You will take on the role of manager in a small (but growing) talent agency...

Chicken Police

Adventure, Indie, Visual novel

Game released: PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, iOS, Android, PlayStation 5 → 5 November 2020

Players: 8.2/10

Metacritic: 83/100

Chicken Police is a noir adventure of two feathered cops, Sonny Featherland and Marty MacChicken, in a black-and-white detective novel full of satire and cynical...

Karryn's Prison

Role-playing game, Adventure, Top-down view, Adult game, Visual novel, Indie

Game released: PC → 15 December 2021

Players: 9/10

Karryn's Prison is a top-down adventure RPG for adults with visual novel elements. In the game you will try on the role of the fiery Carrin, the new warden of the...

Seed of the Dead: Sweet Home

Anime / Manga, Shooter, First-person view, Visual novel, Post-apocalyptic, Adult game

Game released: PC → 28 August 2021

Players: 9.2/10

Seed of the Dead: Sweet Home is a dynamic first-person shooter with elements of a dating simulator in a zombie apocalypse setting. In the game you have to build...

Necrobarista

Adventure, Visual novel, Indie

Game released: PC, Nintendo Switch, iOS → 22 July 2020

Players: 7.6/10

Metacritic: 76/100

Necrobarista is an adventure visual novel, the events of which will take you to an unusual mystical cafe in Melbourne. The main difference between this...

The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles

Adventure, Arcade, Visual novel, Simulation

Game released: PC, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch → 27 July 2021

Metacritic: 84/100

The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles is a collection of unusual adventure arcade games with visual novel elements, where the gameplay revolves around verbal battles in...

Shape of the World

Adventure, Visual novel, Indie

Game released: PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5 → 5 June 2018

Metacritic: 70/100

The Sin

Visual novel, Text quest, Detective

Game released: PC, Mac, Linux → 20 May 2021

Players: 9.2/10

The Sin is a visual novel based on popular mystical folklore about witches. The main character, the boy Roma, moves to the village with his family; his father wants...

The 25th Ward: The Silver Case

Adventure, Anime / Manga, Visual novel, Indie

Game released: PlayStation 4, PC, Mac, Linux, Nintendo Switch → 16 March 2018

Metacritic: 68/100

The 25th Ward: The Silver Case is a continuation of the Japanese-style adventure visual novel Silver Case. The events of the game take place five years after the...

League of Dreamers - My Story

Adventure, Visual novel, Free game, Casual game, Fantasy

Game released: Android, iOS → 25 February 2025

A collection of interactive visual novels where the plot development fully depends on the decisions made. Each story turns into a separate journey, where choices...

The Letter - Horror Visual Novel

Adventure, Horror, Anime / Manga, Visual novel

Game released: PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch, Mac, Linux, PlayStation 4, Android, iOS → 24 July 2017

An atmospheric visual novel in the horror and drama genre, inspired by classic Asian horror films. The story unfolds in the gloomy mansion of Ermengard, which has...

Bad End Theater

Indie, Adventure, Visual novel, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: PC, Mac, Linux → 26 October 2021

Players: 9.4/10

Bad End Theater is a pixelated puzzle adventure with visual novel elements in which you explore the creepy stories of a cast of characters. The decisions made...

No Longer Home

Adventure, Isometric, Indie, Visual novel, Arcade

Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4 → 30 July 2021

Metacritic: 73/100

No Longer Home is an exciting adventure game with visual novel elements. Bo and Ao are graduating from university and are about to leave the apartment they've lived...

Mythic Ocean

Indie, Adventure, First-person view, Visual novel

Game released: PC, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 4 → 9 January 2020

Mythic Ocean is an atmospheric adventure with a first-person view. A charming story awaits you in which you will make friends with a pantheon of underwater gods...

Sakura Nova

Adventure, Anime / Manga, Visual novel

Game released: PC, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4 → 20 October 2016

Players: 7.7/10

Sakura Nova is an adventure with elements of an anime or manga game and a visual novel from the masters of the studios Nutaku and Winged Cloud. The game is...

Astrologaster

Arcade, Adventure, Fantasy / Medieval, Historical, Interactive movie, Visual novel, Indie

Game released: PC, Mac, Nintendo Switch, iOS → 9 May 2019

Metacritic: 77/100

Astrologaster is a comedic adventure game about the plague pandemic in London in...

Sumire

Adventure, Visual novel, Mysticism / Supernatural, Indie, Fantasy / Medieval, Anime / Manga, Side view

Game released: PC, Mac, Nintendo Switch, iOS, Android → 26 May 2021

Metacritic: 86/100

Sumire is a fantasy adventure visual novel with anime and supernatural elements. In this charming place, a sad girl named Sumire meets a mischievous spirit who...

Scarlet Hollow

Adventure, Visual novel, Horror, Mysticism / Supernatural

Game released: PC, Mac → 11 June 2021

Players: 6.6/10

Scarlet Hollow is a visual novel with horror elements from comic book author Abby Howard. An atmospheric adventure awaits you, where all the decisions you make will...

AI: The Somnium Files

Adventure, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Visual novel

Game released: PC, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One → 17 September 2019

Players: 9.9/10

Metacritic: 82/100

AI: The Somnium Files is a Japanese-style adventure visual novel from the creators of the Danganronpa and Zero Escape series. The game takes place in near-future...

Crimson Spires

Adventure, Horror, Anime / Manga, Visual novel

Game released: PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4 → 28 October 2020

Crimson Spires is a Japanese style adventure visual novel with horror elements. The small mining town of Bataille, Missouri, was sealed off from the outside world...

Far Away

Visual novel, Anime / Manga, Comedy, Adventure

Game released: PC → 17 August 2021

Players: 9.7/10

The game is set in a fictional world that reflects the late 19th century, but contains many references to modern phenomena, including idols, fan fiction, cosplay...

Cooking Companions

Adventure, Horror, Anime / Manga, Visual novel, Mysticism / Supernatural, Casual game

Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch → 7 October 2021

An unusual visual novel with elements of psychological horror, hiding a dark story behind a cute and almost carefree facade. The events unfold in the forests of the...

Angels with Scaly Wings

Adventure, Simulation, Fantasy / Medieval, Visual novel

Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S → 31 January 2017

Players: 9.4/10

Angels with Scaly Wings is a unique dating simulator with dragons, presented in the form of a visual novel. Acting as a representative of humanity, the player needs...

Stardander Revenant

Visual novel, Role-playing game, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Adventure, Anime / Manga, Indie, Free game

Game released: PC, Linux → 18 October 2021

Stardander Revenant is an adventure game with RPG elements that tells the story of a young witch, Griselda, who studies magical spells at a witch school and wants...

Blacksmith of the Sand Kingdom

Adventure, Role-playing game, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Visual novel, Business / Management, Tactics, Top-down view, Isometric

Game released: PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4 → 7 January 2021

Players: 5.5/10

Blacksmith of the Sand Kingdom is an adventure role-playing game with turn-based combat and visual novel elements. Muspellsheim, a land of deserts and wilderness...

Dating Puzzle

Puzzle, Adventure, Visual novel, Match-3 (Three in a row)

Game released: iOS, Android → 11 June 2020

Players: 6.3/10

Dating Puzzle — adventure puzzle game in the visual novel genre. You have to start life in a bright, lively city. Don't miss a single opportunity &mdash...

Perfect Gold

Visual novel, Anime / Manga, Simulation, Adventure, Indie, Arcade, Adult game

Game released: PC, Mac → 19 April 2021

Perfect Gold is a Japanese-style visual novel for adults. The plot centers on two anime girls from the magical city of Castlecoast. Alchemy student Audrey Clery and...

Firework

Indie, Adventure, Side view, Horror, Puzzle, Mysticism / Supernatural, Visual novel

Game released: PC → 4 February 2021

Players: 10/10

Firework is a side-scrolling indie horror adventure with visual novel elements. An accidental fire at a funeral forces police to re-investigate a closed mass murder...

Last Message

Adventure, Free game, Horror, First-person view, Indie, Visual novel

Game released: PC, Mac → 25 June 2021

Last Message is a free adventure thriller set in a world filled with the infected. The game tells the story of a girl who, returning home after a day of searching...

Seance

Detective, Adventure, Visual novel, Anime / Manga, Comedy, Puzzle, Role-playing game, Exploration, Mysticism / Supernatural

Game released: PC, Mac → 29 May 2021

Seance is a mystical visual novel with anime and puzzle elements. In this game, detective duo Kennedy (a 33-year-old retired agent) and Mia (a 16-year-old girl with...

AI Dungeon

Adventure, Text quest, Fantasy, Visual novel

Game released: PC, Mac → 15 January 2021

Players: 4.2/10

A text adventure in which the story and world around the character are generated by artificial intelligence. Players just have to set some basic values like...

Fallen Legion Revenants

Anime / Manga, Strategy, Turn-based, Role-playing game, Fantasy / Medieval, Side view, Visual novel

Game released: PC, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, PlayStation 4 → 23 August 2022

Metacritic: 54/100

Fallen Legion Revenants is a turn-based strategy role-playing game with turn-based combat and visual novel elements in a fantasy setting. In a world covered in...

Doctor Who: The Lonely Assassins

Indie, Adventure, Puzzle, Visual novel, Horror, Science fiction

Game released: PC, Nintendo Switch, iOS, Android, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 4, Xbox One → 18 March 2021

Doctor Who: The Lonely Assassins is an indie horror adventure in the style of a visual novel with fantasy elements. Building on the horrifying legacy of the Weeping...

Utawarerumono: Prelude to the Fallen

Role-playing game, Adventure, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Visual novel, Tactics

Game released: PC, PlayStation 4, PS Vita → 22 January 2021

Utawarerumono: Prelude to the Fallen is an adventure role-playing game with turn-based combat in the Japanese style. In the game you will try on the role of a young...

Martial Law

Adventure, Side view, Visual novel, Free game, Indie

Game released: PC, Mac, Linux → 23 December 2021

Martial Law is a free side-scrolling adventure with visual novel elements. Its main character is one of the inhabitants of communist Poland, abandoned to the mercy...

Song of Farca

Adventure, Futurism (Future), Cyberpunk, Interactive movie, Logic, Visual novel, Simulation

Game released: PC, Mac, Linux → 22 July 2021

Players: 10/10

Song of Farca is a detective adventure with visual novel elements in a cyberpunk setting. The game takes place in the near future, where technology has become...

Cupid Parasite

Adventure, Anime / Manga, Visual novel, Casual game, Comedy

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 2 November 2021

Metacritic: 83/100

A romantic comedy in which the goddess of love named Lynette Mirror tries to prove that true feelings are not just about magical arrows and beautiful words. Working...

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Best Games in the Visual novel genre of 2021 (Game released)