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

The 25th Ward: The Silver Case - a game in the Visual novel genre

Adventure, Anime / Manga, Visual novel, Indie

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 6 July 2021

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...

Kemono Teatime

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 3 September 2025

Tea cafe simulator for cat girls. In Melodius, players can make all kinds of tea at their favorite café while acting out a charming story. As you progress, you can...

Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy

Anime / Manga, Visual novel

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 9 April 2019

Players: 9.1/10

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...

Steins;Gate 0

Adventure, Anime / Manga, Visual novel

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 10 December 2019

Players: 8.6/10

Metacritic: 81/100

STEINS;GATE 0 is the continuation of the wonderful Japanese-style adventure visual novel Steins;Gate. The story describes the events after Okabe Rintaro returns to...

No Longer Home

Adventure, Isometric, Indie, Visual novel, Arcade

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 7 October 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...

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...

PARANORMASIGHT: The Mermaid's Curse

Anime / Manga, Visual novel

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 19 February 2026

Metacritic: 84/100

This is a dark detective visual novel set on the remote Japanese island of Kameshima, a place steeped in legends about mermaids and immortality. The player unravels...

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...

Ace Attorney Investigations Collection

Adventure, Detective, Visual novel, Anime / Manga

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 6 September 2024

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 83/100

The collection combines two exciting games, offering a unique perspective on crime investigation. Instead of the courtroom, protagonist Miles Edgeworth, a...

TR-49

First-person view, Puzzle, Visual novel, Detective

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 7 April 2026

Metacritic: 82/100

A World War II time machine, long hidden in the basement of a church, comes to life. Through a crackling speaker, a voice asks to find the stolen book. The player...

Promise Mascot Agency

Adventure, Simulation, Anime / Manga, Visual novel, Open world

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 10 April 2025

Metacritic: 79/100

The game takes place in a cursed Japanese city. The main character collects mascot creatures to help them, but they can also perform various tasks on their own. You...

My Merry May with be

Adventure, Visual novel, Casual game

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 25 June 2026

An expanded edition of the classic Japanese visual novels My Merry May and My Merry Maybe, combining original stories with new additional content. A romantic sci-fi...

Bury me, my Love

Adventure, Visual novel

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 10 January 2019

Metacritic: 77/100

Bury me, my Love is an adventure visual novel presented in the style of mobile correspondence. A dramatic and emotional story awaits you, which will tell you about...

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...

Chernobyl: Origins

Adventure, Survival horror, Exploration, Visual novel

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 28 April 2023

Players: 8.5/10

The events of the game take place in 1986 at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant. The main character is a scientist from a secret laboratory located in the depths of...

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...

Coffee Talk Episode 2: Hibiscus & Butterfly

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 20 April 2023

Metacritic: 79/100

The second episode returns to a cozy night café, where the fates of people and fantastic beings intersect amidst the rain and neon lights. Quiet conversations about...

Necrobarista

Adventure, Visual novel, Indie

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 11 August 2021

Players: 7.6/10

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...

Piofiore: Fated Memories

Adventure, Visual novel, Anime / Manga, Interactive movie

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 8 October 2020

Metacritic: 78/100

Piofiore: Fated Memories is an adventure visual novel in anime style. You will learn the story of the orphan Lily, who was unlucky enough to find herself between...

Robotics;Notes Elite

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 31 January 2019

Players: 6.2/10

Robotics;Notes Elite is an adventure visual novel in a sci-fi setting. The game will tell the story of schoolboy and gamer Kaito Yashio, as well as his friends from...

We Are OFK

Adventure, Indie, Interactive movie, Visual novel

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 18 August 2022

Metacritic: 75/100

We Are OFK is an adventure visual novel with a deep plot. Itsumi Saito has just moved to Downtown and broken up with her longtime girlfriend. Trying to realize...

Sumire

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 27 May 2021

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...

Paranormasight: The Seven Mysteries of Honjo

Mysticism / Supernatural, Visual novel, Horror

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 9 March 2023

Players: 7/10

Metacritic: 84/100

A dark story about the mysterious “Ritual of Resurrection.” The game takes place at the end of the 20th century in the Sumida district of Tokyo. An office worker...

Steins;Gate: My Darling's Embrace

Visual novel, Anime / Manga, Adventure

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 10 December 2019

The plot of the game consists of several alternative stories, each focusing on the romantic relationships between the characters of the original game Steins;Gate...

NeuroNet: Mendax Proxy

Casual game, Visual novel, Cyberpunk, Science fiction

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 3 April 2024

Players: 7.7/10

The player in the role of artificial intelligence controls the city. You can meet numerous users and help or hinder their lives. At the same time, it is necessary...

Expelled!

Visual novel, Adventure, Comics, Comedy

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 12 March 2025

Metacritic: 82/100

The game takes place in 1922 in one of the best boarding schools for girls in England. The main character is expelled, suspecting the attempt on the murder of the...

Vampire: The Masquerade - Reckoning of New York

Adventure, Visual novel, Indie

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 10 September 2024

Players: 5.5/10

The game takes you to New York City in 2024, where the fragile balance between the Camarilla and the Anarchs is ready to collapse at any moment. Amidst marble...

Collar × Malice

Adventure, Anime / Manga, Visual novel, Casual game

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 12 March 2020

A detective visual novel set in Shinjuku after a series of brutal crimes known as the "Day X Incident." The main character, a police officer, becomes a victim of an...

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...

Metropolis: Lux Obscura

Interactive movie, Visual novel, Logic, Match-3 (Three in a row)

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 4 April 2018

Players: 8.1/10

Metropolis: Lux Obscura is a unique blend of visual novel and match-3 puzzle game set in a noir setting. The game takes place in the gloomy city of Metropolis...

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...

Mondealy

Role-playing game, Adventure, Simulation, Visual novel

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 9 August 2023

Players: 9.6/10

Mondealy is an adventure life simulator with visual novel and RPG elements. In the game, you will try on the role of Michael — an ordinary guy who managed to...

KONOSUBA - God's Blessing on this Wonderful World! Love For These Clothes Of Desire!

Adventure, Comedy, Anime / Manga, Visual novel

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 8 February 2024

Comedy visual novel based on the anime series It's a Wonderful World! The plot tells how Kazuma finds a magical object that can change the personality of the people...

Arsene Lupin - Once a Thief

Adventure, Visual novel, Exploration, Detective

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 17 October 2024

Events take place in the enchanting and mysterious Paris of the early 20th century, where the player takes on the role of gentleman thief Arsene Lupin. As you...

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...

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...

Re:ZERO - The Prophecy of the Throne

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 5 February 2021

Players: 6.3/10

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...

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...

Know by heart

Adventure, Indie, Visual novel, Interactive movie, Third-person view

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 9 March 2023

Players: 10/10

The main character Misha is mired in monotonous work and indistinguishable everyday life, but one day his routine is invaded by old school love and the hope of...

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...

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Best Games in the Visual novel genre for Nintendo Switch