Visual novel for Nintendo Switch — top best games in the Visual novel genre

Joe Dever's Lone Wolf: Blood on the Snow

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 16 February 2018

Metacritic: 78/100

Joe Dever's Lone Wolf: Blood on the Snow is a fantasy RPG adventure in the style of a visual novel. Make meaningful choices and forge your own path in this epic...

Samurai Maiden

Anime / Manga, Japanese role-playing game, Action, Platformer, Slasher, Visual novel, Adventure, Role-playing game, Historical, Fantasy

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 8 December 2022

Players: 5/10

Samurai Maiden is a Japanese action-adventure action RPG in the anime genre with platformer and visual novel elements. The temple is on fire. Plumes of black smoke...

Stories Untold

Adventure, Horror, Visual novel, Indie

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 16 January 2020

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 80/100

Stories Untold is a text adventure with horror elements in the style of 80s films. The game is based on the series of the same name, which was never aired. You are...

Gone Home

Adventure, First-person view, Visual novel, Indie

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 6 September 2018

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...

Slay the Princess — The Pristine Cut

Adventure, Horror, Visual novel, Comedy

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 24 October 2024

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: Nintendo Switch → 1 March 2023

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...

Neo Cab

Adventure, Visual novel, Cyberpunk, Indie

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 3 October 2019

Metacritic: 75/100

Neo Cab is an unusual game with survival elements that will tell you about all the difficulties of life in the distant future. The plot follows a brave and...

Open Roads

Adventure, First-person view, Visual novel, Indie

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 28 March 2024

Players: 7.1/10

Metacritic: 63/100

The game tells the fascinating story of young Tess Devine and her mother, who embark on an amazing journey in search of treasure. One day they find a mysterious box...

Where the Water Tastes Like Wine

Adventure, Third-person view, Indie, Visual novel

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 29 November 2019

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...

Vampire: The Masquerade - Coteries of New York

Adventure, Visual novel, Indie, Mysticism / Supernatural

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 24 March 2020

Players: 6.6/10

Metacritic: 70/100

A visual novel in the Vampire: The Masquerade universe. The game tells the story of the conflict between the traditionalists Camarilla and a group of independent...

To the Moon

Adventure, Top-down view, Puzzle, Visual novel, Indie

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 16 January 2020

Players: 9.4/10

Metacritic: 83/100

An indie adventure game created using the RPG Maker engine. The game tells the story of two young doctors, Eva and Neil, who give people another chance to live...

Stray Gods: The Roleplaying Musical

Role-playing game, Interactive movie, Visual novel, Fantasy, Music game

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 10 August 2023

Players: 7.3/10

Metacritic: 75/100

In a modern fantasy world, a girl named Grace receives the power of the Muse, which she will need to find out the truth about the death of her predecessor. She...

Murder by Numbers

Adventure, Puzzle, Side view, Indie, Visual novel, Anime / Manga

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 5 March 2020

Players: 7/10

Metacritic: 79/100

Murder by Numbers is an exciting puzzle game with elements of a visual novel in the Japanese style. The game takes place in Los Angeles in 1996. You will try on the...

Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy

Anime / Manga, Visual novel

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 9 April 2019

Players: 9.2/10

Metacritic: 80/100

Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy is an anime visual novel. This episode takes place in a courtroom. You'll experience the thrill of protecting clients in the...

Doctor Who: The Lonely Assassins

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 12 August 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...

VA-11 Hall-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Action

Action, Adventure, Anime / Manga, Visual novel

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 2 May 2019

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...

Coffee Talk

Adventure, Simulation, Futurism (Future), Visual novel, Fantasy

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 29 January 2020

Players: 8.8/10

Metacritic: 73/100

An atmospheric visual novel with elements of a barista simulator, where everyday city life intertwines with fantasy. The action takes place in an alternate Seattle...

Mary Skelter 2

Role-playing game, First-person view, Anime / Manga, Turn-based, Tactics, Fantasy / Medieval, Visual novel

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 22 August 2019

Metacritic: 75/100

Mary Skelter 2 is a continuation of the atmospheric role-playing game with turn-based combat and first-person view in the Japanese style. Events take place in a...

Robotics;Notes DaSH

Visual novel, Anime / Manga, Adventure, Futurism (Future), Indie

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 31 January 2019

Players: 7.9/10

Robotics; Notes Dash-an adventure visual novel in the science fiction setting. The island of Tanegasima is preparing for the summer festival six months after the...

Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney Trilogy

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 25 January 2024

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 81/100

Detective visual novel in the Ace Attorney series, where players take on the role of a lawyer and investigate various cases. The action takes place several years...

Альтушка для скуфа

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

Game in development: Nintendo Switch → 2026

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: Nintendo Switch → 3 December 2018

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...

Fallen Legion Revenants

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 19 February 2021

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...

Beacon Pines

Adventure, Casual game, Visual novel

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 22 September 2022

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 84/100

An adventure game set in a mysterious book. The main character Luka is trying to deal with mysterious events in his hometown. Along the way, he finds amulets with...

Chicken Police

Adventure, Indie, Visual novel

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 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...

Mythic Ocean

Indie, Adventure, First-person view, Visual novel

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 2 July 2021

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...

The Wreck

Visual novel, Adventure, Mysticism / Supernatural

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 14 March 2023

The story of a failed screenwriter, Junon, who faces many problems at work and in her personal life. The player travels through the girl's memories to try to fix...

South of the Circle

Adventure, Visual novel

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 3 August 2022

Metacritic: 74/100

South of the Circle is a narrative visual novel in the point and click genre. This is an emotional game with a deep, multi-layered cinematic story. She raises...

Little Goody Two Shoes

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 31 October 2023

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 81/100

Young Eliza has found a pair of the most beautiful shoes — under the influence of a spell they will send the girl on a terrible journey. The game has 10...

Werewolf: The Apocalypse - Heart of the Forest

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 7 January 2021

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...

Night Call

Adventure, Visual novel, Indie

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 24 June 2020

Players: 1/10

Metacritic: 66/100

Night Call is an atmospheric noir adventure set in Paris and told from the perspective of a taxi driver. The main character unwittingly witnesses evidence that...

Vampire: The Masquerade - Shadows of New York

Adventure, DLC, Visual novel, Indie

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 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: Nintendo Switch → 26 June 2025

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...

Overboard!

Adventure, Puzzle, Visual novel

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 2 June 2021

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...

1000xRESIST

Science fiction, Adventure, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Walking Simulator, Visual novel, Exploration

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 9 May 2024

Players: 5.5/10

Metacritic: 86/100

In the future, a mysterious alien race of giant creatures arrives on Earth. They are not hostile, but their arrival is a death sentence for people. Humanity is...

Storyteller

Puzzle, Visual novel, Logic, Casual game

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 23 March 2023

Players: 8.7/10

Metacritic: 72/100

An unusual cartoon puzzle where you can compose various stories in the language of pictures. The main goal of each level is to create a fairy tale with a specific...

Astrologaster

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 18 February 2021

Metacritic: 77/100

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

No Sleep For Kaname Date - From AI: THE SOMNIUM FILES

Anime / Manga, Visual novel, Science fiction

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 25 July 2025

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 79/100

A girl named Iris is kidnapped by aliens. She finds herself on board a mysterious UFO, where she must complete a strange quest. The player, as her assistant Date...

Plumbers Don't Wear Ties: Definitive Edition

Visual novel, Adult game, Simulation

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 5 March 2024

Players: 1/10

Re-release of Plumbers Don't Wear Ties. In the story, John and Jane's parents try to introduce them. The heroes meet and experience various adventures together on...

Demonschool

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 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...

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Best Games in the Visual novel genre for Nintendo Switch