Visual novel for Linux — top best games in the Visual novel genre / Page 3

Ladykiller in a Bind - a game in the Visual novel genre

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...

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...

Vera Blanc: Episode 1 - Full Moon

Adventure, Logic, Comics, Visual novel, Mysticism / Supernatural, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 30 June 2010

Vera Blanc: Full Moon is a comic book-style visual novel in which the main character, a sexy girl named Vera Blanc, can read people's thoughts. She realizes this...

Juniper's Knot

Adventure, Fantasy / Medieval, Visual novel, Indie, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 13 April 2012

Steam: 95/100

This short kinetic novel follows a demon and a boy who meet in a silent town on an autumn afternoon. Its story unfolds through text, illustrations, and sound, with...

Rainswept

Adventure, Puzzle, Side view, Detective, Visual novel, Walking Simulator

Game released: Linux → 1 February 2019

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 67/100

Rainswept is a side-scrolling adventure detective game with a variety of puzzles. Detective Michael Anderson is sent to the small town of Pineview to help the local...

Pesterquest

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

Game released: Linux → 4 September 2019

Steam: 92/100

Pesterquest is an adventure visual novel set in a science fiction setting. You will embark on an amazing journey through time and space in a wonderful universe. As...

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...

Ore no Imouto ga Konna ni Kawaii Wake ga Nai

Adventure, Anime / Manga, Visual novel

Game released: Linux → 5 October 2013

Players: 5.5/10

Ore no Imouto ga Konna ni Kawaii Wake ga Nai is an adventure game with a mixture of anime/manga game and visual novel from the masters of Banpresto Co., Ltd...

Long Live The Queen

Visual novel, Anime / Manga, Simulation

Game released: Linux → 8 November 2013

Steam: 94/100

This visual novel with simulation elements follows a fourteen-year-old princess who inherits the throne after her mother’s death. She must hold on to power until...

Save Koch

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

Game released: Linux → 18 April 2019

Steam: 61/100

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...

Wanderlust: Transsiberian

Visual novel, Adventure, Arcade, Indie, Trains, Text quest

Game released: Linux → 9 April 2020

Steam: 63/100

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

Svoboda 1945: Liberation

Adventure, Historical, Visual novel

Game released: Linux → 3 August 2021

Steam: 98/100

The story unfolds in a small village called Svoboda on the Czech-German border, where the main character arrives to investigate a long-standing conflict. However...

Arcadie 2: Cold Lands

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

Game released: Linux → 18 June 2026

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 83/100

After defeating the enemies, the throne ends up in the hands of the last bearer of Aether — a mystical power capable of commanding fire and lightning. The kingdom...

Summer With You

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

Game released: Linux → 11 May 2022

Players: 10/10

Steam: 53/100

Summer With You is an adventure visual novel in the anime genre with humor. Every day at school for Kai — like a repetition of the previous one. Beating by...

Альтушка для скуфа: Ещё, ещё!

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

Game released: Linux → 24 July 2024

Players: 7.5/10

The add-on includes three new altushkas with the voices of Alina Rin, Albina Seksova and Persona 99, nine new endings, mini-games that are “not what they seem”, “a...

Vampire: The Masquerade - Shadows of New York

Adventure, DLC, Visual novel, Indie

Game released: Linux → 10 September 2020

Steam: 78/100

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...

Monster Prom 2: Monster Camp

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

Game released: Linux → 23 October 2020

Steam: 97/100

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...

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...

Miniatures

Visual novel, Casual game, Exploration, Adventure, Puzzle, Hidden Objects

Game released: Linux → 14 November 2024

Steam: 95/100

A collection of four graphic adventures about childhood. The player follows the story and interacts with certain objects. The stories merge imagination and reality...

Methods: Detective Competition

Puzzle, Adventure, Visual novel, Detective

Game released: Linux → 2 June 2020

Players: 3.1/10

Steam: 91/100

Hundreds of detectives compete with each other to solve mysteries created by crime bosses. The winner receives a million dollars and a unique opportunity. However...

Leviathan: The Last Day of the Decade

Visual novel, Adventure, Indie

Game released: Linux → 19 November 2014

Steam: 78/100

This detective visual novel takes place in a dark world ravaged by a pandemic, where five clans rule under the authority of an immortal undead king. Young...

ICY

Role-playing game, Strategy, Post-apocalyptic, Indie, Survival, Visual novel

Game released: Linux → 11 August 2017

Steam: 85/100

A post-apocalyptic survival RPG set in a new Ice Age. The player creates a character and leads a group of survivors across the White Wasteland. Attributes are...

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...

Little Lily Princess

Anime / Manga, Visual novel, Indie, Simulation

Game released: Linux → 19 May 2016

Steam: 92/100

Little Lily Princess is a dating simulator with visual novel elements and Japanese style. The events of the game tell the story of Sarah, the daughter of a wealthy...

fault - milestone one

Visual novel, Anime / Manga, Fantasy

Game released: Linux → 15 December 2014

Steam: 90/100

A cinematic science-fantasy visual novel follows Princess Selphine and her royal guardian, Ritona. When a sudden attack devastates their homeland of Rughzenhaide...

The Climate Trail

Free game, Adventure, Visual novel, Action

Game released: Linux → 23 October 2019

Players: 4.3/10

Steam: 68/100

The Climate Trail is a free-to-play visual novel adventure that explores what will happen to our planet if it continues to warm. As you progress, you will...

Ciel Fledge: A Daughter Raising Simulator

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

Game released: Linux → 21 February 2020

Steam: 64/100

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...

Change the World

Adventure, Anime / Manga, Visual novel, Indie, Point & Click, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 22 October 2020

Steam: 78/100

Change the World is a visual adventure novel in the anime style and point and click genre. On the third planet of the solar system in the Milky Way galaxy lives a...

Sophistry - Love & Despair

Anime / Manga, Adventure, Visual novel, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 10 December 2021

Players: 1/10

Steam: 100/100

The first episode of six, which is dedicated to a girl named Cherryl. The player must help her make her wishes come true. All decisions made by the gamer will...

Return to Ash

Adventure, Visual novel

Game released: Linux → 10 July 2025

Players: 10/10

Steam: 98/100

Ashley woke up in the afterlife. The girl meets other characters who have found themselves in this strange purgatory and faces various trials from a being in a mask...

Life Flashes By

Adventure, Third-person view, Visual novel

Game released: Linux → 23 November 2010

Life Flashes By is a third-person adventure with a visual novel twist from Deirdra Kiai...

Quantum Conscience

Futurism (Future), Visual novel, Adventure

Game released: Linux → 9 June 2015

Steam: 78/100

Quantum Conscience is a futuristic visual novel. A secret war rages between two intergalactic agencies in this dramatic visual novel. One of them, ARCHON, is...

Ken Follett's The Pillars of the Earth

Adventure, Fantasy / Medieval, Visual novel, Point & Click

Game released: Linux → 15 August 2017

Players: 9.6/10

Steam: 92/100

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...

Octave Higher

Adventure, Indie, Visual novel

Game released: Linux → 27 March 2015

Steam: 81/100

This adventure visual novel is set in Overture, the capital of an empire where magic is part of everyday life and determines a person’s social standing. As rumors...

Serafina's Crown

Adventure, Fantasy / Medieval, Visual novel, Free game, Indie

Game released: Linux → 15 March 2016

Steam: 85/100

Serafina's Crown is a fantasy adventure visual novel. It's a fantasy drama visual novel with branching storylines, stat-based strategy gameplay, and dating sim...

Dysfunctional Systems: Learning to Manage Chaos

Visual novel, Indie, Anime / Manga

Game released: Linux → 26 September 2013

Steam: 75/100

This visual novel follows Winter Harrison, a student mediator who travels to chaotic worlds to help resolve their problems. In the series’ first entry, Winter...

Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.1 Onikakushi

Visual novel, Anime / Manga

Game released: Linux → 15 May 2015

Steam: 95/100

This sound novel is a supernatural mystery about a series of deaths and disappearances in the village of Hinamizawa. The story begins in June of the 58th year of...

MMM: Murder Most Misfortunate

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

Game released: Linux → 1 May 2017

Steam: 81/100

MMM: Murder Most Misfortunate is an adventure visual novel in the Japanese style. A grisly murder interrupts an evening at a secluded mansion, and you are the prime...

Sanator: Scarlet Scarf

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

Game released: Linux → 6 June 2019

Steam: 89/100

Sanator: Scarlet Scarf is an adventure visual novel with horror elements, inspired by the ancient legend of the Plague Maiden. You have to take into your own hands...

Interrogation: You will be Deceived

Simulation, Indie, Strategy, Role-playing game, Adventure, Business / Management, Detective, Visual novel

Game released: Linux → 5 December 2019

Steam: 77/100

Metacritic: 67/100

Interrogation: You will be Deceived is a thrilling noir detective story with role-playing elements, where you take control of a special police department tasked...

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Best Games in the Visual novel genre for Linux