Visual novel for Linux — top best games in the Visual novel genre

Бесконечное лето

Adventure, Anime / Manga, Adult game, Visual novel, Free game

Game released: Linux → 19 November 2014

Players: 8.7/10

Gone Home

Adventure, First-person view, Visual novel, Indie

Game released: Linux → 15 August 2013

Players: 5.6/10

Metacritic: 86/100

Gone Home is an atmospheric adventure with a first-person view. The game tells the story of Caitlin Greenbriar, who returned home from a trip to Europe. She soon...

The Operator

Detective, Adventure, Puzzle, Visual novel

Game released: Linux → 22 July 2024

Players: 9.5/10

Metacritic: 78/100

A detective simulator made in the format of an interactive quest. The player acts as an operative of a detective agency, searching for evidence and solving crimes...

Slay the Princess — The Pristine Cut

Adventure, Horror, Visual novel, Comedy

Game released: Linux → 23 October 2023

Players: 9.4/10

Metacritic: 91/100

A mixture of horror and dating simulator about a princess imprisoned in a basement. Usually such stories end with the girl being saved, but this time it’s the other...

Ken Follett's The Pillars of the Earth

Adventure, Fantasy / Medieval, Visual novel

Game released: Linux → 15 August 2017

Players: 9.6/10

Metacritic: 78/100

Ken Follett's The Pillars of the Earth is a visual novel adventure based on the classic historical novel The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett. The events take...

Where the Water Tastes Like Wine

Adventure, Third-person view, Indie, Visual novel

Game released: Linux → 28 February 2018

Metacritic: 72/100

Where the Water Tastes Like Wine is an original adventure game from one of the creators of Gone Home. The plot follows the road adventure of a man interacting with...

Monster Prom 2: Monster Camp

Simulation, Adventure, Visual novel, Business / Management, Indie

Game released: Linux → 23 October 2020

Metacritic: 80/100

Monster Prom 2: Monster Camp is a sequel to the online dating simulator, this time moving to a new location — a summer camp. The formula of the original...

Idol Manager

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

Game released: Linux → 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...

Monster Prom

Adventure, Simulation, Business / Management, Visual novel

Game released: Linux → 27 April 2018

Players: 9.3/10

Metacritic: 73/100

Monster Prom is a multiplayer visual novel with dating simulator elements, designed for four players. The game takes place in a high school for monsters, where you...

VA-11 Hall-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Action

Action, Adventure, Anime / Manga, Visual novel

Game released: Linux → 21 June 2016

Players: 9/10

Metacritic: 81/100

VA-11 Hall-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Action is a unique adventure bartender simulator in a sci-fi cyberpunk setting. The events of the game take place in the distant...

Кужлевка

Adventure, First-person view, Visual novel, Business / Management

Game released: Linux → 6 April 2023

Players: 9.5/10

1992 In the midst of the confusion reigning in the country, another unexpected test falls on the heads of the Kuzhlevites, residents of an ordinary Russian village...

Wanderlust: Transsiberian

Visual novel, Adventure, Arcade, Indie, Trains

Game released: Linux → 9 April 2020

Wanderlust: Transsiberian — adventure visual novel with a non-linear narrative. The two main characters embark on an amazing journey through the easternmost...

Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair

Arcade, Adventure, Puzzle, Visual novel

Game released: Linux → 18 April 2016

Players: 8.6/10

Metacritic: 81/100

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

Game released: Linux → 21 April 2024

Players: 7.4/10

The game, based on a popular meme, tells the story of the acquaintance of a pot-bellied and balding man with altushki from State Services. In the game you can start...

Demetrios - The BIG Cynical Adventure

Adventure, Side view, Indie, Visual novel

Game released: Linux → 31 May 2016

Metacritic: 72/100

Demetrios — The BIG Cynical Adventure is a fun visual novel with puzzles and a side view. The main character is a slob living in Paris named Björn Thonen. One...

Incremental Adventures

Free game, Visual novel, Indie

Game released: Linux → 11 August 2020

Players: 7.1/10

Incremental Adventures — a shareware text auto-battler in which you will become a guide for a group of brave heroes in their never-ending adventure. Expect...

The Sin

Visual novel, Text quest, Detective

Game released: 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...

Werewolf: The Apocalypse - Heart of the Forest

Visual novel, Role-playing game, Fantasy / Medieval, Mysticism / Supernatural, Horror

Game released: Linux → 13 October 2020

Metacritic: 76/100

Werewolf: The Apocalypse — Heart of the Forest is an atmospheric visual novel with role-playing elements in the Vampire: The Masquerade universe. The events...

Error143

Simulation, First-person view, Anime / Manga, Visual novel, Comedy

Game released: Linux → 27 July 2022

Players: 9.1/10

Error143 is a first-person narrative visual novel in the anime genre with elements of humor. You video call Mika. Before you can even get through, he picks up. He...

Vampire: The Masquerade - Shadows of New York

Adventure, DLC, Visual novel, Indie

Game released: Linux → 10 September 2020

Metacritic: 64/100

Vampire: The Masquerade — Shadows of New York — a standalone expansion for the adventure visual novel with role-playing elements Vampire: The Masquerade — Coteries...

Until Then

Adventure, Visual novel, Side view, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 25 June 2024

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 76/100

The game follows the life of Mark Boria, a high school student in the Philippines. At first glance, his life is ordinary: school, friends, instant messaging...

Legacy of Dorn: Herald of Oblivion

Adventure, Visual novel, Interactive movie, Role-playing game, Futurism (Future)

Game released: Linux → 3 December 2015

Players: 7.5/10

Legacy of Dorn: Herald of Oblivion — adventure role-playing visual novel in the futuristic universe of Warhammer 40,000. You — veteran of the Space...

Demonschool

Role-playing game, Adventure, Anime / Manga, Turn-based, Visual novel, Tactics, Comedy, Japanese role-playing game

Game released: Linux → 19 November 2025

Metacritic: 74/100

A tactical RPG with an unusual approach to combat, where every move is also an action. The story takes place on a mysterious island, where the boundary between the...

Inversed

Visual novel, Horror

Game released: Linux → 19 October 2024

Players: 5.5/10

A short interactive novel set in the mid-19th century. The main character is a poetess, whom the gamer helps to write the most important work in her life. You need...

Hatoful Boyfriend

Arcade, Adventure, Visual novel, Anime / Manga

Game released: Linux → 4 September 2014

Metacritic: 70/100

Hatoful Boyfriend is an arcade visual novel with anime-style adventure elements. You have been accepted as the only human student at the prestigious Saint Dove...

Our Life: Beginnings and Always

Visual novel, Adventure, Anime / Manga, Free game, Indie

Game released: Linux → 16 November 2020

Players: 6/10

Steam: 98/100

Our Life: Beginnings and Always is a visual novel where you can create and fully customize your character from the very beginning. With him you will go through...

2064: Read Only Memories

Adventure, Futurism (Future), Anime / Manga, Visual novel, Cyberpunk, Side view, Combat robots

Game released: Linux → 6 October 2015

Players: 7.7/10

Metacritic: 78/100

2064: Read Only Memories is a Japanese-style sci-fi adventure visual novel with pixel art. The game takes place in the world of the future, namely in the city of...

Reigns: Her Majesty

Board / Group Game, Fantasy / Medieval, Card game, Visual novel, Logic

Game released: Linux → 6 December 2017

Players: 8.7/10

Metacritic: 81/100

Reigns: Her Majesty is a continuation of the card board game, where you will become the ruler of a small kingdom and take part in deciding important elections on...

Banebush

Horror, Visual novel, Indie

Game released: Linux → 25 December 2024

Players: 9.7/10

A gloomy adventure made in black and red colors and inspired by fairy tales. The game has several endings, the receipt of which depends on the decisions made by the...

No Longer Home

Adventure, Isometric, Indie, Visual novel, Arcade

Game released: Linux → 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...

Witches x Warlocks

Free game, Anime / Manga, Adventure, Visual novel, Indie, Fantasy / Medieval, Arcade

Game released: Linux → 31 October 2020

Witches x Warlocks is an adventure visual novel with nice Halloween-themed graphics. At the beginning of the game, you will be able to customize the main...

StarCrossed

Arcade, Online, Side view, Science fiction, Action, Cooperative (co-op), Indie, Shooter, Visual novel

Game released: Linux → 11 February 2020

Players: 8.4/10

StarCrossed is a co-op, dynamic side-scrolling action game set in a sci-fi setting. In the game you have to join a group of 5 space heroes who travel among the...

Love, Money, Rock'n'Roll

Adventure, Anime / Manga, Visual novel

Game released: Linux → 4 August 2022

Players: 8.7/10

Visual novel from the creators of Endless Summer. The main character is the son of a Soviet diplomat, who has lived in Japan since childhood. After his parents...

Arcade Spirits

Simulation, Adventure, Visual novel, Indie

Game released: Linux → 12 February 2019

Metacritic: 75/100

Arcade Spirits is an adventure visual novel with elements of a dating simulator. The game takes place in an alternate historical universe, where there was no crisis...

Monster Prom 3: Monster Roadtrip

Adventure, Comics, Visual novel, Cooperative (co-op), Survival, Comedy

Game released: Linux → 22 October 2022

Metacritic: 73/100

A visual novel about the hilarious road adventures of four friends. You can play alone or with...

Save Koch

Simulation, Strategy, Adventure, Business / Management, Turn-based, Visual novel, Indie

Game released: Linux → 18 April 2019

Metacritic: 63/100

A tactical simulator of a mafia godfather driven into hiding by rumors of a traitor in the ranks of his loyal henchmen. In six days he must find the “mole...

Heads Will Roll: Reforged

Adventure, Role-playing game, Adult game, Turn-based, Visual novel, Survival, Strategy

Game released: Linux → 4 October 2023

Players: 9.7/10

The game takes place in a medieval setting. The plot tells about a soldier who wants to escape justice. To clear his name and regain his former life, the hero sets...

Ciel Fledge: A Daughter Raising Simulator

Simulation, Adventure, Indie, Role-playing game, Anime / Manga, Visual novel, Futurism (Future)

Game released: Linux → 21 February 2020

Ciel Fledge: A Daughter Raising Simulator is an exciting simulator with role-playing elements in a sci-fi setting. The events of the game take place in the distant...

Reigns: Game of Thrones

Board / Group Game, Fantasy / Medieval, Card game, Visual novel, Logic

Game released: Linux → 18 October 2018

Players: 7.7/10

Metacritic: 84/100

Reigns: Game of Thrones is a unique card board game in the Game of Thrones universe. As in the original game, the heads of the kingdoms will have to solve problems...

Just One Line

Role-playing game, Adventure, Fantasy / Medieval, Visual novel

Game released: Linux → 12 September 2018

Just One Line is an adventure role-playing game with visual novel elements in a fantasy setting. You can create your own unique character using editors and go to...

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Best Games in the Visual novel genre for Linux