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

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

Anime / Manga, Visual novel, Science fiction, Adventure

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 25 July 2025

Players: 10/10

Steam: 79/100

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...

Paranormasight: The Seven Mysteries of Honjo

Mysticism / Supernatural, Visual novel, Horror, Adventure

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 9 March 2023

Players: 7/10

Steam: 95/100

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...

Date Everything!

Simulation, Sandbox, Comedy, Casual game, Adventure, Visual novel

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 17 June 2025

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 77/100

An unusual dating simulator with inanimate objects. In the game you can take care of the table, cabinet, refrigerator, fire alarm. In general, everything that is at...

Cooking Companions

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 29 April 2025

Steam: 87/100

An unusual visual novel with elements of psychological horror, hiding a dark story behind a cute and almost carefree facade. The events unfold in the forests of the...

Norn9: Var Commons

Adventure, Anime / Manga, Adult game, Visual novel

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 30 March 2023

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 75/100

This visual novel follows schoolboy Sorata Suzuhara, who hears a mysterious song and wakes up in an unfamiliar Japan at the turn of the century. He boards a round...

Corpse Party: Blood Drive

Adventure, Horror, Isometric, Anime / Manga, Visual novel, Indie

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 10 October 2019

Players: 9.8/10

Steam: 73/100

Metacritic: 60/100

Corpse Party: Blood Drive is a Japanese-style visual novel with a touch of horror that continues the story of Corpse Party and is a direct continuation of Book of...

Monster Prom 3: Monster Roadtrip

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 21 May 2020

Steam: 98/100

Metacritic: 73/100

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

Subsurface Circular

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 1 March 2018

Players: 10/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 81/100

Subsurface Circular is an unusual adventure with elements of a visual novel and a text game from the creator of Thomas Was Alone. You take on the role of a robot...

Beacon Pines

Adventure, Visual novel, Casual game, Exploration, Horror

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 22 September 2022

Players: 10/10

Steam: 97/100

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...

Dead Reset

Adventure, Horror, Interactive movie, Visual novel, Casual game, Indie

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 11 September 2025

Players: 9.6/10

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 69/100

The main character, surgeon Cole Mason, was kidnapped and forced to perform an operation to remove a parasite from a patient in an underwater complex. At the same...

Code: Realize Guardian of Rebirth

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 6 February 2020

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 85/100

Code: Realize Guardian of Rebirth — Adventure visual novel with elements of a Japanese-style dating simulator. The game will tell the story of a lonely girl...

Cupid Parasite

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 2 November 2021

Steam: 100/100

Metacritic: 83/100

A romantic comedy in which the goddess of love named Lynette Mirror tries to prove that true feelings are not just about magical arrows and beautiful words. Working...

Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy

Anime / Manga, Visual novel, Detective

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 9 April 2019

Players: 9.1/10

Steam: 97/100

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, Science fiction

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 10 December 2019

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 94/100

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...

The Isle Tide Hotel

Detective, Visual novel, Replayability, Exploration, Point & Click

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 12 September 2023

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 64/100

The game takes place in the Tidal Island Hotel, where a religious cult plans to perform a ritual with a girl. The main character must infiltrate the mansion to save...

The Wreck

Visual novel, Adventure, Mysticism / Supernatural, Indie

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 14 March 2023

Steam: 90/100

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...

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

Steam: 89/100

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...

Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney Trilogy

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 25 January 2024

Players: 10/10

Steam: 96/100

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...

Fate/stay Night Remastered

Visual novel, Anime / Manga, Adventure, Fantasy, Adult game, Comedy

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 8 August 2024

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 96/100

Remastered Fate/stay night, based on the PS VITA version. The story tells about a teenager dreaming of becoming a hero, and an almighty vessel that grants wishes...

1000xRESIST

Science fiction, Adventure, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Walking Simulator, Visual novel, Exploration, Futurism (Future), Post-apocalyptic

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 9 May 2024

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 96/100

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...

Vampire: The Masquerade - Coteries of New York

Adventure, Visual novel, Indie, Mysticism / Supernatural, Role-playing game

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 24 March 2020

Players: 6.6/10

Steam: 70/100

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...

Deep Sky Derelicts: Definitive Edition

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 24 March 2020

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...

Chicken Police

Adventure, Indie, Visual novel, Detective

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 5 November 2020

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 94/100

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...

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

Steam: 61/100

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...

Arsene Lupin - Once a Thief

Adventure, Visual novel, Exploration, Detective, Point & Click

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 17 October 2024

Steam: 69/100

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...

Blue Reflection: Second Light

Role-playing game, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Visual novel, Japanese role-playing game

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 21 October 2021

Steam: 82/100

Metacritic: 78/100

Blue Reflection: Second Light is a continuation of the colorful Japanese role-playing game about young magical...

Road 96: Mile 0

Adventure, Third-person view, Music game, Action, Exploration, Visual novel, Walking Simulator

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 4 April 2023

Players: 10/10

Steam: 67/100

Metacritic: 69/100

A musical game in which the gamer takes turns controlling two characters. A girl named Zoey from Road 96 has a good life in a wealthy neighborhood, but she runs...

Universe For Sale

Puzzle, Adventure, Exploration, Science fiction, Indie, Comics, Point & Click, Visual novel

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 16 November 2023

Steam: 91/100

A hand-drawn adventure set on an empty space station nestled in the clouds of Jupiter. You need to meet unusual local residents and reveal their secrets of survival...

Aviary Attorney

Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Visual novel, Indie, Detective

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 30 January 2020

Players: 10/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 79/100

Aviary Attorney is a phantasmagorical visual novel that takes players to Paris in 1848, during the era of the revolutionary movement. Playing as a falcon-lawyer, we...

Open Roads

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 28 March 2024

Players: 7.1/10

Steam: 76/100

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...

Little Goody Two Shoes

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 31 October 2023

Players: 10/10

Steam: 95/100

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...

Scholar Adventure: Mystery of Silence

Adventure, Puzzle, Indie, Point & Click, Side view, Detective, Visual novel

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 6 March 2026

Steam: 92/100

A pixel adventure in the spirit of 90s quests about a young writer named William, who is searching for inspiration. He goes to an abbey where the monks have taken a...

The Cosmic Wheel Sisterhood

Isometric, Card game, Visual novel, Fantasy, Adventure, Indie

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 16 August 2023

Players: 9.1/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 86/100

Game from the developers of The Red Strings Club. The main character is a witch-seer who cannot leave the asteroid due to a sentence. Here she uses tarot cards to...

A Case of Distrust

Adventure, Visual novel, Indie, Detective, Point & Click

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 20 September 2018

Steam: 86/100

Metacritic: 77/100

An interactive detective story set in San Francisco in 1924. The main character is detective Phyllis Cadence Malone. She investigates various criminal cases...

The Hundred Line -Last Defense Academy-

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 24 April 2025

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 84/100

The game follows Takumi Sumino, an ordinary high school student living in a Tokyo apartment complex, whose quiet life is shattered when the city comes under attack...

Nightshade/百花百狼

Anime / Manga, Visual novel, Casual game, Adventure

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 20 December 2018

Steam: 95/100

The game combines classic mechanics of otome games with a Japanese setting, in this case, the feudal Japan era. The main character, Enju, is the daughter of the...

Deiland

Role-playing game, Adventure, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Farm Simulator, Sandbox, Visual novel

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 15 April 2021

Players: 7.5/10

Steam: 69/100

Metacritic: 61/100

Deiland is an adventure role-playing game with a third-person view in a fantasy setting, created based on “The Little Prince” by the famous French writer Antoine de...

Our World Is Ended.

Adventure, Visual novel, Anime / Manga

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 18 April 2019

Steam: 73/100

Metacritic: 59/100

Set in Tokyo’s Asakusa district, the story follows a malfunction in the augmented-reality technology created by the indie game developers of Judgement 7, which...

Night Call

Adventure, Visual novel, Indie, Simulation

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 24 June 2020

Players: 1/10

Steam: 76/100

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...

Mythic Ocean

Indie, Adventure, First-person view, Visual novel

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 2 July 2021

Steam: 97/100

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...

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Best Games in the Visual novel genre for Nintendo Switch