Visual novel

November 12, 2017

Steam: 92/100

A visual novel about feline beast-men, Taiwanese folklore, and a world of gods and spirits. In Nekojishi, the player follows the story and makes decisions shaped by...

Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.5 Meakashi

Horror, Visual novel, Adventure

April 28, 2017

Steam: 98/100

A horror adventure sound novel set in June 1983 follows events in Hinamizawa, a small village in the Japanese countryside. For four years, someone has died and...

Umineko When They Cry - Answer Arcs

Visual novel, Anime / Manga, Adventure

November 17, 2017

Steam: 95/100

A mystery visual novel with supernatural elements continues the Ushiromiya family’s story on Rokkenjima on October 4, 1986. At the annual family gathering, the...

Blackberry Honey

Visual novel, Indie, Anime / Manga

October 24, 2017

Steam: 94/100

A visual novel about a romance between maids in mid-19th-century England. After losing her position at Hartwell, Lorina Waugh searches for work and arrives at the...

Without Within 2

Indie, Visual novel, Anime / Manga

November 9, 2015

Steam: 90/100

A visual novel about Vinty, who travels to Melbourne to meet her idol, the star Excelia. Along the way, she receives reminders from her mother and sister and...

Time Tenshi (2015)

Anime / Manga, Visual novel, Simulation

November 20, 2015

Steam: 77/100

This anime visual novel follows a secret research facility where the Time Window, an invention for travelling through time, is being tested. Rose and Kyo, known as...

Paranormal Teens

Indie, Simulation, Visual novel

December 29, 2016

Steam: 50/100

This visual novel follows a group with differing views on the paranormal, brought together for a one-off television show. Its participants include a conspiracy...

D.P.S.: Dream Program System

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

December 15, 1989

D.P.S.: Dream Program System is a first-person adventure with an anime/manga twist, an adult game, and a visual novel from the developers at Alice Soft. The game is...

D.P.S. SG

Adventure, First-person view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Adult game, Visual novel

August 15, 1990

D.P.S. SG is a first-person adventure with elements of an anime/manga game, a fantasy game, a game for adults and a visual novel from developers Alice Soft. The...

Oh! Kitsune-sama

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

May 31, 1996

Oh! Kitsune-sama is a first-person adventure with an anime/manga twist, an adult game, and a visual novel from developers Curott. The main publisher of the game is...

Soft de Hard na Monogatari 2

Adventure, First-person view, Visual novel

June 16, 1989

Soft de Hard na Monogatari 2 is a first-person adventure with a visual novel twist from the masters at System Sacom. The main publisher of the game is System Sacom...

Pia Carrot e Youkoso!! G.P.

Adventure, Anime / Manga, Adult game, Visual novel

January 25, 2008

Players: 1/10

Pia Carrot e Youkoso!! G.P. is an adventure with a mixture of anime/manga game, adult game and visual novel from the developers of Cocktail Soft studio. The game is...

Sorcery! 3

Role-playing game, Top-down view, Board / Group Game, Fantasy / Medieval, Visual novel, Adventure, Indie

April 22, 2015

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 90/100

Sorcery! 3 is a role-playing fantasy board game in the visual novel genre. The land of Kahabad is a wilderness — ruined desert, tangled forest, cruel...

Songs of Travel

Visual novel

May 27, 2024

Visual stories of five migrants starting a new life in Europe. All the heroes are from different countries, but each has their own dreams and problems. The...

Chaos;Head Noah

Visual novel

October 7, 2022

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 68/100

This psychological visual novel is set in Shibuya, where a series of gruesome murders known as the New Generation Madness is taking place. The protagonist, Takumi...

Find Love or Die Trying

Arcade, Adventure, Simulation, Anime / Manga, Visual novel, Free game

September 16, 2021

Steam: 93/100

Find Love or Die Trying — a romantic visual novel with anime girls about dating, featuring seven endings and the option to play as a man, a woman, or a non-binary...

Star Trek: Resurgence

Action, Adventure, Futurism (Future), Third-person view, Interactive movie, Space, Science fiction, Visual novel, Point & Click

May 23, 2023

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 72/100

The game takes place shortly after the events shown in the TV series Star Trek: The Next Generation. As you progress, you can control two characters: officer Jara...

Crypterion

Visual novel, Space, Arcade, Anime / Manga, Science fiction, Adventure, Indie, Simulation, Casual game, Point & Click

November 18, 2020

Players: 10/10

Steam: 96/100

Crypterion is a science fiction adventure visual novel with anime elements. You have to explore 6 planets open to business...

Franz: Interactive Story

Puzzle, Adventure, Visual novel, Mysticism / Supernatural

October 16, 2023

Players: 7/10

Adventure puzzle — a hybrid of an SMS novel and an evil Tamagotchi. An unusual creature appears on the player's phone — Franz. It is unknown who it is...

Chicken Police: Into the HIVE!

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

November 7, 2024

Players: 10/10

Steam: 80/100

Metacritic: 77/100

Detectives Sonny and Marty from Chicken Police continue to do their job. During the investigation, the heroes end up in the Hive — a ghetto inhabited by insects...

On Air Island: Survival Chat

Visual novel, Anime / Manga, Adventure, Survival, Survival horror

September 13, 2023

Steam: 62/100

The heroes of the game take part in a program in which they have to survive for a week on a mysterious remote island only through donations. Each of the seven...

SOVIET SPOOKY TALES: Green Eyes

Adventure, Visual novel, Indie, Comedy, Old school, Horror

2026

Anticipation Rating: 10/10

An atmospheric visual novel, created in the style of pixel art, takes players into the atmosphere of the USSR of the 80s. The plot is based on a Soviet children's...

Sunset Hills

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

August 21, 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...

Aether & Iron

Role-playing game, Strategy, Isometric, Turn-based, Tactics, Science fiction, Visual novel, Point & Click

March 30, 2026

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 82/100

The game takes place in an alternate New York City of the 1930s. You can explore different neighborhoods of the city and meet characters from the criminal...

Arcadie 2: Cold Lands

Adventure, Visual novel, Casual game, Fantasy, Text quest

June 18, 2026

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 83/100

After defeating the enemies, the throne ends up in the hands of the last bearer of Aether — a mystical power capable of commanding fire and lightning. The kingdom...

Thousand Hells: The Underworld Heists

Role-playing game, Adventure, Visual novel, Text quest, Fantasy, Demons, Strategy, Simulation

September 8, 2026

Steam: 84/100

A text-based role-playing game about journeys through the afterlife, where souls go after death. The starting point is the Eternal City, reminiscent of...

Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.3 Tatarigoroshi

Visual novel, Anime / Manga, Horror

June 17, 2016

Steam: 97/100

A sound novel with horror elements takes place in Hinamizawa, a small Japanese village where a mysterious death and a disappearance occur every June. The incidents...

Love Ribbon

Visual novel, Anime / Manga, Indie

January 27, 2017

Steam: 91/100

This visual novel follows Iris as her younger sister Zoey moves in with her and transfers to her school, setting the stage for a forbidden attraction between the...

Hakuoki: Kyoto Winds

Visual novel, Anime / Manga, Historical

May 16, 2017

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 83/100

This historical fantasy visual novel follows Chizuru, a young woman searching for her father in Kyoto during the Bakumatsu period. There, she encounters the samurai...

Cat President ~A More Purrfect Union~

Visual novel, Comedy, Indie

August 23, 2016

Steam: 94/100

This comedic visual novel follows a teenage girl who, after her college plans fall through, is looking for work when she wanders backstage at a national political...

Office lovers

Adventure, Visual novel

August 8, 2016

Steam: 48/100

A romance visual novel about a secret workplace relationship at a major cosmetics company. The heroine joins a team developing a new product for Christmas and grows...

D.P.S. SG Set 2

Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Anime / Manga, Adult game, Visual novel

April 15, 1991

D.P.S. SG Set 2 is a first-person adventure with a dash of horror, anime/manga, adult, and visual novel from the masters at Alice Soft. The game is published by...

Hyaku Monogatari: Honto ni Atta Kowai Hanashi

Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Visual novel

August 4, 1995

Hyaku Monogatari: Honto ni Atta Kowai Hanashi is a first-person adventure with a touch of horror and a visual novel from developers from the studio Hudson Soft...

IF

Adventure, First-person view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Adult game, Visual novel

April 29, 1993

IF is a first-person adventure with elements of an anime/manga game, a fantasy game, a game for adults and a visual novel from the developers of Active Software...

Saya No Uta

Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Anime / Manga, Adult game, Visual novel

December 26, 2003

Players: 9.4/10

This horror visual novel follows Fuminori Sakisaka, a medical student whose perception of the world is transformed after a car accident and surgery. People appear...

Fragments of Him

Adventure, First-person view, Indie, Casual game, Visual novel

May 3, 2016

Players: 1/10

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 68/100

Fragments of Him is a dramatic adventure in which you will see the sad story of the death in a car accident of a character named Will and how each of the main...

Summer Fling

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

June 16, 2016

Players: 10/10

Steam: 70/100

Summer Fling is a Japanese-style adventure with elements of a dating simulator. You and two friends are about to go on a summer vacation before starting university...

Death Mark

Adventure, Horror, Indie, Visual novel

October 31, 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...

Deep Sky Derelicts

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

September 26, 2018

Players: 9/10

Steam: 73/100

Metacritic: 70/100

Deep Sky Derelicts is a side-scrolling sci-fi turn-based game with visual novel elements. You will go to conquer a dark future, where humanity is scattered...

The Deed

Adventure, Top-down view, Role-playing game, Visual novel

November 24, 2015

Players: 9.6/10

Steam: 91/100

The Deed is an action-adventure RPG that offers gamers a dark and unconventional take on the classic murder story. The Deed is in the style of classic detective...

Best Games in the Visual novel genre