Visual novel 2021 — top best games in the Visual novel genre / Page 2

The Innsmouth Case - a game in the Visual novel genre

Adventure, Horror, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Mysticism / Supernatural, Visual novel, Text quest

Game released: PC, Mac, PlayStation 4, Xbox One → 23 June 2020

Players: 7.9/10

Steam: 68/100

The Innsmouth Case is an adventure game inspired by the works of Howard Phillips Lovecraft. A desperate mother, a missing girl and a mystical city — the case...

The Letter - Horror Visual Novel

Adventure, Horror, Anime / Manga, Visual novel, Indie

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

Steam: 86/100

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...

A Year Of Springs

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

Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch → 29 September 2021

Steam: 98/100

A Year Of Springs is an adventure arcade visual novel that tells the stories of three girls Haru, Erika and Manami, who are going through difficult times. Join...

Astrologaster

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

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

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 77/100

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

Half Past Fate: Romantic Distancing

Casual game, Text quest, Visual novel

Game released: Nintendo Switch, PC → 14 February 2021

Steam: 79/100

Metacritic: 55/100

A couple tries to maintain their relationship during lockdown while communicating through a screen. They stay connected online, and their romance depends on how...

Sumire

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

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

Steam: 95/100

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...

Re:ZERO - The Prophecy of the Throne

Adventure, Anime / Manga, Turn-based, Visual novel, Tactics

Game released: PC, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch → 5 February 2021

Players: 6.3/10

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 72/100

Re:ZERO — The Prophecy of the Throne is a tactical adventure with visual novel elements and turn-based combat, based on the anime of the same name. A month...

Fostering Apocalypse

Adventure, Post-apocalyptic, Visual novel, Indie, Free game, Side view, Survival, Demons

Game released: PC, Mac → 15 July 2021

Steam: 92/100

A short narrative game with survival elements and two endings. The world has already perished once in a demonic apocalypse, and now someone is trying to bring about...

Perfect Gold

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

Game released: PC, Mac → 19 April 2021

Steam: 98/100

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...

Stalker: Обещание

Adventure, Post-apocalyptic, Visual novel, Free game

Game released: Android → 20 April 2021

Players: 5.5/10

An atmospheric visual novel inspired by the ambiance of the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. series. The story centers around a stalker named Fargus, who ventures deep into dangerous...

Necrobarista

Adventure, Visual novel, Indie, Anime / Manga

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

Players: 7.6/10

Steam: 81/100

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...

Idol Manager

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

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

Players: 9.8/10

Steam: 90/100

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...

OPUS: Echo of Starsong

Adventure, Visual novel, Indie, Anime / Manga, Exploration, Science fiction

Game released: PC, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5 → 1 September 2021

Players: 10/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 75/100

OPUS: Echo of Starsong is a Japanese adventure visual novel in a science fiction...

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...

Famicom Detective Club: The Girl Who Stands Behind

Visual novel

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 14 May 2021

Metacritic: 74/100

This detective adventure with elements of horror takes place at a Japanese high school haunted by a sinister rumor. The player investigates the mystery by...

Overboard!

Adventure, Puzzle, Visual novel, Detective

Game released: PC, Nintendo Switch, iOS → 2 June 2021

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 84/100

Overboard! is an adventure puzzle game in the style of a visual novel. Blackmailing a spy. Love. Killing an opponent. Deceptions. Witness drugs. Lies, friendship...

Lost Words: Beyond the Page

Arcade, Platformer, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval, Side view, Visual novel

Game released: PC, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Stadia, iOS, Android → 6 April 2021

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 76/100

Lost Words: Beyond the Page is an adventure puzzle-platformer with a side view set in a fantasy world, created by the writer of Mirror's Edge (2008), Tomb Raider...

No Longer Home

Adventure, Isometric, Indie, Visual novel, Arcade, Point & Click, Exploration

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

Steam: 60/100

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...

Root Film

Visual novel, Adventure

Game released: PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch → 19 March 2021

Metacritic: 70/100

Root Film is a mystery adventure about aspiring filmmaker Rintaro Yagumo and actress Riho, who investigate a series of bizarre murders in Shimane Prefecture...

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, Xbox Series X/S → 7 January 2021

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 73/100

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...

Find Love or Die Trying

Arcade, Adventure, Simulation, Anime / Manga, Visual novel, Free game

Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5 → 16 September 2021

Steam: 93/100

Find Love or Die Trying — a romantic visual novel with anime girls about dating, featuring seven endings and the option to play as a man, a woman, or a non-binary...

Anachronism

Free game, Simulation, Text quest, Casual game, Old school, Indie, Visual novel

Game released: PC, Mac → 4 May 2021

Steam: 66/100

An old-school simulator of online communication, set in 1999, during the time of floppy disks and tube monitors. The main character finds a mysterious RemoteBoards...

Negligee: Spring Clean Prelude

Free game, Visual novel, Anime / Manga

Game released: PC → 6 August 2021

Steam: 82/100

This prelude to the visual novel Negligee: Spring Clean follows the staff of a lingerie shop on the day of a major sale. It covers the main game’s introduction and...

Pandemic Love

Free game, Visual novel, Simulation, Anime / Manga

Game released: PC → 27 April 2021

Steam: 92/100

Pandemic Love is a free-to-play visual novel with elements of a dating simulator. The game tells the story of a hero placed in a two-week quarantine. Stuck at home...

Wars and Roses

Shooter, First-person view, Adult game, Simulation, Tactics, Visual novel, Action

Game released: PC → 15 December 2021

Players: 10/10

Steam: 53/100

Wars and Roses is an unusual first-person shooter about sexy girls with elements of a dating simulator. The plot tells about the military company "Black Rose...

Celestia: Chain of Fate

Visual novel, Fantasy, Adventure, Anime / Manga

Game released: PC, Nintendo Switch, iOS, Android → 12 September 2024

Steam: 69/100

A romantic visual fantasy novel with a compelling plot that depends on the player's actions. The main character is the daughter of a duke, whose ideal life changes...

Silver Case

Adventure, Anime / Manga, Visual novel, Indie, Detective

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

Players: 7/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 64/100

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...

Memories of East Coast

Visual novel, Adventure, Indie, Text quest, Casual game

Game released: PC, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4 → 1 June 2021

Steam: 66/100

Memories of East Coast is an atmospheric visual novel that will take you on a journey through memories, nostalgia and guilt. The main character is a certain Sam...

An Airport for Aliens Currently Run by Dogs

Arcade, Adventure, Visual novel, First-person view, Sandbox

Game released: PC, Xbox Series X/S → 25 May 2021

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 64/100

An Airport for Aliens Currently Run by Dogs is a first-person comedy adventure with a very long title. You and your bride are the last people in the universe. Dogs...

Olympia Soiree

Visual novel

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 9 September 2021

Metacritic: 80/100

On Tenguu Island, Olympia is the last survivor of her clan and the only person able to perform a ritual that can restore light to a world shrouded in darkness. As...

Dead Herring VR

Free game, Virtual Reality (VR), First-person view, Interactive movie, Adventure, Puzzle, Action, Point & Click, Visual novel, Exploration

Game released: PC → 1 February 2021

Steam: 90/100

Dead Herring VR is a free-to-play interactive adventure with a first-person view for virtual reality devices Valve Index and HTC Vive. In the game you will play the...

Far Away

Visual novel, Anime / Manga, Comedy, Adventure, Indie

Game released: PC → 17 August 2021

Players: 9.7/10

Steam: 94/100

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...

Sovietpunk: Chapter one

Adventure, Post-apocalyptic, Cyberpunk, Indie, Point & Click, Side view, Exploration, Old school, Visual novel

Game released: PC → 2 April 2021

Steam: 70/100

A cyberpunk adventure in an alternative future of the Soviet Union, which has survived a global nuclear catastrophe. The surviving humanity has built underground...

Winds of Change

Visual novel, Point & Click, Adventure

Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, Nintendo Switch → 21 August 2019

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 81/100

This fantasy visual novel with point-and-click elements follows the Seer of Valinorth, whose visions reveal possible futures. After a troubling vision, the...

Police Story 3D

Visual novel, Adventure, Arcade

Game released: iOS, Android → 8 February 2021

Police Story 3D is a visual novel with arcade and adventure elements. In this game you have to make a lot of decisions as a police officer. You can choose which...

Fallen Legion Revenants

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

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

Steam: 63/100

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...

Asdivine Saga

Role-playing game, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Top-down view, Adventure, Side view, Turn-based, Tactics, Japanese role-playing game, Visual novel

Game released: iOS, Android, PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5 → 12 March 2020

Players: 2.9/10

Steam: 71/100

Asdivine Saga is a fantasy adventure role-playing tactics game with anime elements and a top-down view. In a world facing sudden war, a mercenary named Weiss finds...

Fujiwara Bittersweet

Visual novel, Indie, Adventure, First-person view, Anime / Manga, Free game

Game released: PC, Mac, Linux → 16 January 2021

Players: 10/10

Steam: 86/100

Fujiwara Bittersweet — A visual adventure novel with indie and anime elements. Aya has just moved to a new town near the mountains. Her new life as a high...

Last Message

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

Game released: PC, Mac → 25 June 2021

Steam: 90/100

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...

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...

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