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

Death and Taxes - a game in the Visual novel genre

Adventure, Simulation, Indie, Puzzle, Visual novel, Side view, Point & Click, Strategy

Game released: Linux → 20 February 2020

Players: 10/10

Steam: 85/100

Death and Taxes — an exciting adventure game in the spirit of Papers, Please, Reigns , and Beholder. In the game, you will take on the role of the Grim...

Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc

Arcade, Visual novel, Logic, Anime / Manga, Detective

Game released: Linux → 18 February 2016

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 81/100

Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc is a visual novel with elements of a Japanese-style dating simulator. Only the most talented students in any field are accepted...

Monster Prom

Adventure, Simulation, Business / Management, Visual novel, Comedy, Online

Game released: Linux → 27 April 2018

Players: 9.4/10

Steam: 95/100

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...

Deep Sky Derelicts: Definitive Edition

Visual novel, Role-playing game, Roguelike, Futurism (Future), Side view, Turn-based, Strategy, Indie

Game released: Linux → 26 September 2018

Players: 6.2/10

Steam: 73/100

Deep Sky Derelicts: Definitive Edition — enhanced edition of the role-playing game Deep Sky Derelicts. It includes expansions: Deep Sky Derelicts: Station Life...

For the People

Simulation, Business / Management, Indie, Strategy, Adventure, Visual novel, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 13 August 2020

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 73/100

For the People is a political simulator with management elements and a first-person view. In the game you will try on the role of the head of a small industrial...

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

Game released: Linux → 24 April 2025

Players: 6.2/10

A new addition to the visual short story Altushka for Skuf, which expands the plot with new characters and forks. The players are waiting for a meeting with...

Our Life: Beginnings and Always

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

Game released: Linux → 16 November 2020

Players: 6.8/10

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...

Along the Edge

Adventure, Visual novel, Indie

Game released: Linux → 12 October 2016

Steam: 89/100

Along the Edge is an adventure interactive visual novel that will take you to the European outback, where your choices will affect the personality and appearance of...

Dream Daddy: A Dad Dating Simulator

Adventure, Simulation, First-person view, Visual novel, Indie

Game released: Linux → 20 July 2017

Players: 9.7/10

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 72/100

Dream Daddy: A Dad Dating Simulator is a visual novel with a first-person view and elements of a dating simulator. You and your daughter have just moved to the new...

Across the Grooves

Adventure, Visual novel, Indie

Game released: Linux → 17 June 2020

Players: 6/10

Steam: 91/100

Across the Grooves is an adventure visual novel with a hand-drawn visual style. Alice lives without incident. She has a normal relationship, a stable office job and...

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Text quest, Adventure, Role-playing game, Visual novel

Early Access: Linux → 1 April 2023

Players: 9.4/10

Steam: 87/100

A traveler named Victor wandered into an unusual village called “Rassvet”. In winter, this place is closed from the outside world. The main character can use three...

Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair

Arcade, Adventure, Puzzle, Visual novel, Anime / Manga, Detective

Game released: Linux → 18 April 2016

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 81/100

This detective visual novel follows a school trip to the abandoned Jabberwock Island, where Monokuma restarts a deadly game. Students from Hope’s Peak Academy must...

Escape to Moscow

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

Game released: Linux → 15 December 2020

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 86/100

Escape to Moscow — an adventure visual novel in anime style. The story is about a guy and a girl he meets, and their adventure. IT freelancer Semyon meets a girl...

Cinderella Phenomenon - Otome/Visual Novel

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

Game released: Linux → 5 April 2017

Steam: 96/100

Four years after the end of the Great War and the death of her mother, the girl is still trying to cope with the consequences of the past and get used to her new...

Mask of the Rose

Visual novel, Interactive movie, Adventure, Detective, Role-playing game

Game released: Linux → 8 June 2023

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 76/100

Detective visual novel from the creators suns Sea: zubmariner edition and suns skies. The game is a background for all events in the Fallen London universe. Its...

Кужлевка

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

Game released: Linux → 6 April 2023

Players: 9.5/10

Steam: 91/100

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...

My Lovely Daughter

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

Game released: Linux → 8 March 2018

Steam: 70/100

My Lovely Daughter is an adventure simulator in which you take on the role of an immortal alchemy professor who, by mixing various ingredients, tries to recreate...

Deep Sky Derelicts

Role-playing game, Futurism (Future), Turn-based, Visual novel, Side view, Strategy, Indie

Game released: Linux → 26 September 2018

Players: 9/10

Steam: 73/100

Metacritic: 70/100

Deep Sky Derelicts is a side-scrolling sci-fi turn-based game with visual novel elements. You will go to conquer a dark future, where humanity is scattered...

The 25th Ward: The Silver Case

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

Game released: Linux → 13 March 2018

Steam: 91/100

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...

Find Love or Die Trying

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

Game released: Linux → 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...

Error143

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

Game released: Linux → 27 July 2022

Players: 9.1/10

Steam: 89/100

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...

Sky in your eyes

Visual novel, Anime / Manga, Adventure, Simulation

Game released: Linux → 23 July 2022

Steam: 74/100

Sky in your eyes is an adventure visual novel in the retro genre. This is a game about life in a post-Soviet country. Cute drawing, 10 CG, 5 BG and 5 CG in chibi...

Umineko When They Cry - Question Arcs

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

Game released: Linux → 9 July 2016

Steam: 95/100

A mystical visual novel set during the annual gathering of the wealthy Ushiromiya family. As the health of the family head rapidly declines, his relatives gather on...

To Be Or Not To Be

Adventure, Visual novel, Indie, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 4 February 2015

Steam: 89/100

To Be Or Not To Be is an adventure with a mixture of visual novel and indie game from developers from the Tin Man Games studio. The game is published by Tin Man...

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

Steam: 89/100

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

Song of Farca

Adventure, Simulation, Futurism (Future), Interactive movie, Visual novel, Logic, Cyberpunk, Detective, Point & Click

Game released: Linux → 22 July 2021

Players: 10/10

Steam: 78/100

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...

BROK the InvestiGator

Adventure, Side view, Arcade, Detective, Post-apocalyptic, Point & Click, Visual novel

Game released: Linux → 26 August 2022

Steam: 97/100

The game takes place in a futuristic world inhabited by humanoid animals. The rich live under a dome that protects them from environmental pollution. The main...

Ladykiller in a Bind

Simulation, Adventure, Visual novel, Indie

Game released: Linux → 10 October 2016

Players: 10/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 73/100

Ladykiller in a Bind is a visual novel with dating simulator elements. The events of the game revolve around the main character, who pretends to be her twin...

Emily is Away Too

Adventure, Visual novel, Free game, Indie, Simulation, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 26 May 2017

Players: 10/10

Steam: 93/100

Emily is Away Too is an interactive text adventure with pixel graphics, which is the ideological successor to Emily is Away. Expect more expanded dialogue options...

No Longer Home

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

Game released: Linux → 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...

Demetrios - The BIG Cynical Adventure

Adventure, Side view, Indie, Visual novel, Point & Click, Comedy, Hidden Objects

Game released: Linux → 31 May 2016

Steam: 80/100

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...

Highway Blossoms

Simulation, Anime / Manga, Visual novel, Indie

Game released: Linux → 17 June 2016

Players: 10/10

Steam: 94/100

Highway Blossoms — a visual novel with elements of a Japanese-style dating simulator. The game's plot unfolds in the southwestern USA, where young Amber seeks to...

Silver Case

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

Game released: 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...

Where The Stars Brought Us

Adventure, Visual novel, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Casual game, Simulation

Game released: Linux → 14 December 2022

Where The Stars Brought Us is a fantasy adventure visual novel. This is a story about a boy Ryo Jung from Seoul, South Korea. He and his family (mother, father and...

The Hepatica Spring

Visual novel, Fantasy, Indie, Comedy

Game released: Linux → 28 February 2022

Steam: 82/100

The player manages a beautiful hotel located on the shore. The hero keeps the team running smoothly and serves various fantasy guests. But one day the king plans to...

Higurashi When They Cry

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

Game released: Linux → 13 November 2015

Steam: 97/100

The events unfold in June 1983 in the quiet Japanese village of Hinamizawa. The main character, high school student Keiichi Maebara, moves here from the city and...

I'm Making a Monster

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

Game released: Linux → 6 July 2026

Steam: 72/100

A short narrative game that combines an interactive novel, a monster creation simulator, and a story about experiencing loss. As a mage-scientist, you will...

Exogenesis: Perils of Rebirth

Adventure, Anime / Manga, Post-apocalyptic, Visual novel, Point & Click, Indie

Early Access: Linux → 20 April 2019

Steam: 66/100

Exogenesis: Perils of Rebirth is a visual adventure novel with anime elements in a post-apocalyptic setting. From the ashes of war, humanity struggles to survive in...

Wheels of Aurelia

Adventure, Futurism (Future), Indie, Visual novel

Game released: Linux → 20 September 2016

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 50/100

Metacritic: 63/100

Wheels of Aurelia is an adventure game with driving elements. The events take place on the road in Italy in the 70s. The main character is a very restless woman who...

Analogue: A Hate Story

Visual novel, Anime / Manga, Indie

Game released: Linux → 27 April 2012

Steam: 94/100

This science-fiction visual novel centers on the mystery of the Mugunghwa, a generation ship launched in the 25th century to establish the first interstellar colony...

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Best Games in the Visual novel genre for Linux