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

Collar × Malice - a game in the Visual novel genre

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...

Subsurface Circular

Arcade, Adventure, Visual novel, Indie

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 1 March 2018

Players: 10/10

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...

Save Koch

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 6 March 2020

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...

Panty Party

Action, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Visual novel, Indie

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 25 April 2019

Panty Party is an unusual action game about flying women's panties who fight each other using melee and ranged weapons. You have to take control of the Warriors of...

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...

The Letter - Horror Visual Novel

Adventure, Horror, Anime / Manga, Visual novel

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 15 December 2021

An atmospheric visual novel in the horror and drama genre, inspired by classic Asian horror films. The story unfolds in the gloomy mansion of Ermengard, which has...

Nightshade/百花百狼

Anime / Manga, Visual novel, Casual game

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 20 December 2018

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...

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...

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...

Across the Grooves

Adventure, Visual novel, Indie

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 17 June 2020

Players: 6/10

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...

Legends of Talia: Arcadia

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 8 April 2021

Legends of Talia: Arcadia is an adventure visual novel with elements of a dating simulator. The game will tell the story of a legendary knight named Arcadia, who...

Bahnsen Knights

Visual novel, Detective, Old school

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 14 December 2023

The game takes place in 1986 in Tornado Alley, USA. The main character is an undercover agent who has infiltrated a religious cult known as the Knights of Banzen...

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...

Steins;Gate Elite

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 20 September 2018

Players: 5.5/10

Metacritic: 86/100

Steins;Gate Elite is a sequel to the wonderful Japanese-style visual novel adventure set in the Steins;Gate universe. The game is a remake of the original...

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...

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...

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...

Mask of the Rose

Visual novel, Interactive movie, Adventure, Detective

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 8 June 2023

Players: 5.5/10

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...

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...

Gerda: A Flame in Winter

Adventure, Isometric, Arcade, Historical, Visual novel, Role-playing game

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 1 September 2022

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 82/100

Gerda: A Flame in Winter is an interactive adventure with role-playing elements and an isometric camera view in the setting of World War II. The game will tell the...

Cupid Parasite

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 2 November 2021

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...

Vera Blanc: Episode 1 - Full Moon

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 13 November 2020

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...

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...

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...

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...

AI: The Somnium Files

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 17 September 2019

Players: 9.9/10

Metacritic: 82/100

AI: The Somnium Files is a Japanese-style adventure visual novel from the creators of the Danganronpa and Zero Escape series. The game takes place in near-future...

Nekopara Vol. 4

Visual novel, Anime / Manga, Adventure

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 22 December 2020

Nekopara Vol. 4 is a visual novel in anime style that continues the story of the Nekopara series about a world in which nekos live together with people &mdash...

I Was A Teenage Exocolonist

Simulation, Role-playing game, Anime / Manga, Visual novel, Futurism (Future), Turn-based, Card game

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 25 August 2022

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 91/100

I Was A Teenage Exocolonist is an adventure role-playing game with elements of a visual novel and dating simulator. You and your family grew up on humanity's first...

A Case of Distrust

Adventure, Visual novel, Indie, Detective

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 20 September 2018

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...

Loop8: Summer of Gods

Japanese role-playing game, Role-playing game, Anime / Manga, Fantasy, Visual novel

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 6 June 2023

Metacritic: 50/100

The game takes place in the quaint Japanese city of Ashihara in August 1983. A teenager named Nini explores the settlement, interacting with its inhabitants and...

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...

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...

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...

Gal*Gun 2

Arcade, Simulation, Shooter, Adventure, First-person view, Anime / Manga, Visual novel

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 24 April 2018

Players: 8.3/10

Gal*Gun 2 is a continuation of the arcade shooter with a first-person view and elements of a dating simulator. In the game, monsters were replaced with charming...

Actual Sunlight

Adventure, Top-down view, Visual novel, Indie

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 28 January 2020

Metacritic: 75/100

Actual Sunlight is an atmospheric top-down adventure with visual novel elements. The game will tell the dramatic story of a lonely specialist, Evan Winter, who...

My Aunt is a Witch

Visual novel, Fantasy / Medieval, Adventure, Logic, Anime / Manga

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 25 November 2020

My Aunt is a Witch is a visual novel with quest elements about a little boy, Thomas, who goes to visit his aunt Alice. Thomas has been with her for a very long...

Omen Exitio: Plague

Adventure, Horror, Interactive movie, Visual novel, Indie

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 19 September 2019

Omen Exitio: Plague is an interactive text adventure with horror elements inspired by the works of H. P. Lovecraft. In the game you will try on the role of a...

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...

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

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...

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...

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Best Games in the Visual novel genre for Nintendo Switch