Visual novel for Nintendo Switch — top best games in the Visual novel genre / Page 4

Sumire - a game in the Visual novel genre

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 27 May 2021

Steam: 95/100

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...

New Tales from the Borderlands

Adventure, Interactive movie, Action, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Visual novel, Space

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 21 October 2022

Players: 7/10

Steam: 29/100

Metacritic: 63/100

New Tales from the Borderlands — the continuation of the interactive adventure game Tales from the Borderlands: A Telltale Games Series in the Borderlands...

Dear me, I was...

Adventure, Anime / Manga, Visual novel, Casual game

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 12 February 2026

Steam: 100/100

A short story presented in the form of watercolor images. The main character lives her ordinary days, facing joys and sorrows. There is no text in the game, but...

Demetrios - The BIG Cynical Adventure

Adventure, Side view, Indie, Visual novel, Point & Click, Comedy, Hidden Objects

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 3 December 2018

Steam: 80/100

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...

Metropolis: Lux Obscura

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 4 April 2018

Players: 8.1/10

Steam: 77/100

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...

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

Steam: 87/100

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...

Nekopara Vol. 4

Visual novel, Anime / Manga, Adventure, First-person view

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 22 December 2020

Steam: 97/100

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...

South of the Circle

Adventure, Visual novel, Point & Click

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 3 August 2022

Steam: 83/100

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...

Kemono Teatime

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 3 September 2025

Steam: 94/100

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...

Expelled!

Visual novel, Adventure, Comics, Comedy

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 12 March 2025

Steam: 92/100

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...

and Roger

Adventure, Visual novel, Casual game, Point & Click, Simulation

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 23 July 2025

Steam: 96/100

A short interactive novel in which the familiar world gradually loses its clear outlines. The story unfolds through the perception of a little girl, for whom an...

Root Double: Before Crime * After Days - Xtend Edition

Visual novel, Anime / Manga, Adventure

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 26 November 2020

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 78/100

This science-fiction visual novel is set in 2030, in the isolated research city of Rokumei, where explosions at the LABO nuclear facility lead to a reactor meltdown...

Ken Follett's The Pillars of the Earth

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 1 March 2023

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...

Headspun

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 28 August 2019

Steam: 51/100

Metacritic: 51/100

Headspun is an unusual adventure with a side view. The events of the game will tell the story of Theo Kavinsky, who woke up after a five-week coma and lost his...

Warborn

Visual novel, Turn-based, Strategy

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 12 June 2020

Steam: 77/100

Metacritic: 66/100

Warborn is a turn-based tactics game about battles between squads of combat mechs in technologically advanced suits of armor. Players lead a strike force through...

Rainswept

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 24 July 2020

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...

Necrobarista

Adventure, Visual novel, Indie, Anime / Manga

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 11 August 2021

Players: 7.6/10

Steam: 81/100

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...

The World Next Door

Action, Top-down view, Puzzle, Adventure, Anime / Manga, Match-3 (Three in a row), Fantasy / Medieval, Visual novel, Indie

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 27 March 2019

Steam: 81/100

Metacritic: 63/100

The World Next Door is a vibrant combination of an anime-style visual novel and fast-paced match-3 puzzles. In the story, you play as a rebel girl named June with...

Mondealy

Role-playing game, Adventure, Simulation, Visual novel, Exploration

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 9 August 2023

Players: 9.3/10

Steam: 95/100

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...

AI: The Somnium Files - nirvanA Initiative

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 23 June 2022

Steam: 86/100

Metacritic: 85/100

AI: The Somnium Files — nirvanA Initiative is a continuation of the Japanese-style adventure visual novel from the creators of the Danganronpa and Zero Escape...

AI: The Somnium Files - nirvanA Initiative

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 23 June 2022

Steam: 86/100

Metacritic: 85/100

AI: The Somnium Files — nirvanA Initiative is a continuation of the Japanese-style adventure visual novel from the creators of the Danganronpa and Zero Escape...

OPUS: Echo of Starsong

Adventure, Visual novel, Indie, Anime / Manga, Exploration, Science fiction

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 11 May 2022

Players: 10/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 75/100

OPUS: Echo of Starsong is a Japanese adventure visual novel in a science fiction...

Steins;Gate: My Darling's Embrace

Visual novel, Anime / Manga, Adventure

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 10 December 2019

Steam: 95/100

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...

The Legend of Heroes: Trails through Daybreak 2

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Japanese role-playing game, Fantasy, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Turn-based, Visual novel

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 14 February 2025

Players: 10/10

Steam: 83/100

Metacritic: 77/100

The sequel continues the story of the world of Calvard, where peaceful life is again under threat. After the defeat of the Almaty mafia organization, people return...

Battlefield Waltz

Visual novel

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 8 April 2025

Metacritic: 77/100

This fantasy story follows a girl who loses her hometown and father, then gains the power held within a cursed magic sword. Taking up the weapon to protect herself...

Yurukill: The Calumniation Games

Adventure, Shooter, Visual novel

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 5 July 2022

Steam: 76/100

Metacritic: 71/100

An adventure game with puzzles and shoot-’em-up segments follows Sengoku Shunju, who is accused of arson and the murder of 21 people. To prove his innocence, he...

Death Mark

Adventure, Horror, Indie, Visual novel

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 31 October 2018

Steam: 86/100

Death Mark is a horror adventure from the independent studio Experience. The plot revolves around mysterious marks on the bodies of Tokyo residents — everyone...

Overboard!

Adventure, Puzzle, Visual novel, Detective

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 2 June 2021

Steam: 90/100

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...

Process of Elimination

Visual novel, Adventure

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 11 April 2023

Metacritic: 70/100

A serial killer known as Yatsuzakikou, responsible for more than 100 deaths, has infiltrated a remote island that serves as the headquarters of the Detective...

Omen Exitio: Plague

Adventure, Horror, Interactive movie, Visual novel, Indie

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 19 September 2019

Steam: 85/100

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...

Chernobyl: Origins

Adventure, Survival horror, Exploration, Visual novel, Survival, Horror

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 28 April 2023

Players: 7/10

Steam: 85/100

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...

Famicom Detective Club: The Girl Who Stands Behind

Visual novel

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 14 May 2021

Metacritic: 74/100

This detective adventure with elements of horror takes place at a Japanese high school haunted by a sinister rumor. The player investigates the mystery by...

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

Steam: 75/100

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...

Coffee Talk Episode 2: Hibiscus & Butterfly

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 20 April 2023

Steam: 97/100

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...

Lost Words: Beyond the Page

Arcade, Platformer, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval, Side view, Visual novel

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 6 April 2021

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 76/100

Lost Words: Beyond the Page is an adventure puzzle-platformer with a side view set in a fantasy world, created by the writer of Mirror's Edge (2008), Tomb Raider...

Cafe Enchante

Anime / Manga, Adventure, Simulation, Visual novel, Mysticism / Supernatural

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 5 November 2020

Metacritic: 79/100

Cafe Enchante is a visual novel with elements of a Japanese-style dating simulator. The game tells the story of a young girl, Kotone, who inherits her grandfather's...

No Longer Home

Adventure, Isometric, Indie, Visual novel, Arcade, Point & Click, Exploration

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 7 October 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...

Mia and the Dragon Princess

Interactive movie, Adventure, Visual novel, Comedy, Simulation

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 4 May 2023

Steam: 67/100

An interactive film with real actors about a barmaid named Mia. One day a strange woman appears at her work — she is fleeing from bandits and does not speak...

Sunset Hills

Exploration, Adventure, Puzzle, Indie, Role-playing game, Visual novel

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 21 August 2024

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 62/100

The game takes place in a world inhabited by anthropomorphic animals. After the army, the main character named Niko became a writer and went on a train journey. In...

Digimon Survive

Role-playing game, Adventure, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Visual novel, Japanese role-playing game

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 29 July 2022

Players: 10/10

Steam: 80/100

Metacritic: 72/100

Digimon Survive is an adventure RPG with turn-based combat that celebrates the 20th anniversary of the popular Digimon anime. The events of the game take place in...

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Best Games in the Visual novel genre for Nintendo Switch