Visual novel

Adventure, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Anime / Manga, Adult game, Visual novel

February 9, 1996

Persona: Ingyaku no Kamen is a first-person adventure with an anime/manga twist, an adult game, and a visual novel from Sorcière. The game is published by...

Remember 11: The Age of Infinity

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

March 18, 2004

Players: 9.7/10

Remember 11: The Age of Infinity is a first-person adventure with a mixture of anime/manga game and visual novel from the developers of the studio KID Corp.. The...

Shinsetsu Shiawase Usagi

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

September 1995

Shinsetsu Shiawase Usagi is a first-person adventure with an anime/manga twist, an adult game, and a visual novel from the masters at B-Project. The main publisher...

Mugen Souls

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

March 22, 2012

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 69/100

Metacritic: 55/100

This turn-based Japanese role-playing game combines anime-inspired fantasy with exploration and battles on free-roaming maps. The player travels across worlds in...

Code Geass: Lost Colors

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

March 27, 2008

Players: 10/10

Code Geass: Lost Colors is an action game with elements of an anime or manga game, a fantasy game and a visual novel from the masters from the Bandai Namco Games...

Sorcery! 2

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

November 7, 2013

Metacritic: 88/100

A fantasy role-playing game and visual novel set in a city of thieves, traps, and magic. Sorcery! 2 is an epic adventure in a medieval...

Sakura Nova

Adventure, Anime / Manga, Visual novel, Casual game

October 20, 2016

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 87/100

This adventure visual novel follows three aspiring knights at a prestigious academy. Mikage, Kaguya, and Arisa train and fight together, working to overcome their...

Mothmen 1966

Visual novel, Horror, Mysticism / Supernatural

July 14, 2022

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 70/100

Set amid strange events during the 1966 Leonid meteor shower, this visual novel draws on mid-20th-century pulp fiction and the graphics of 1980s home computers...

Quarantine Circular

Visual novel, Text quest, Science fiction

May 22, 2018

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 73/100

This text-based adventure takes place during a pandemic threatening the world, when a group of scientists discovers that the galaxy is watching. Quarantine Circular...

The 25th Ward: The Silver Case

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

March 13, 2018

Steam: 91/100

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...

Spirit Hunter: Death Mark II

Adventure, Visual novel, Horror

February 15, 2024

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 80/100

This supernatural mystery takes place at Konoehara Academy, on the outskirts of Tokyo, where the unexplained deaths of several students spark rumors of a curse cast...

Super Seducer 2

Simulation, Adventure, Interactive movie, Visual novel, Comedy

September 13, 2018

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 81/100

Super Seducer 2 is a continuation of an unusual dating simulator. In the sequel, local pickup artist Richard La Ruina will show you how to seduce a stripper or win...

Arcade Spirits

Simulation, Adventure, Visual novel, Indie, Futurism (Future), Casual game

February 12, 2019

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 75/100

Arcade Spirits is an adventure visual novel with elements of a dating simulator. The game takes place in an alternate historical universe, where there was no crisis...

Save Koch

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

April 18, 2019

Steam: 61/100

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, Adventure

January 24, 2017

Steam: 91/100

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...

Sympathy Kiss

Visual novel

February 27, 2024

Metacritic: 78/100

A designer at an app company is unexpectedly transferred to the editorial and planning department of a news app rumored to be nearing the end of its service...

Pesterquest

Adventure, Futurism (Future), Visual novel, Indie, Role-playing game

September 4, 2019

Steam: 91/100

Pesterquest is an adventure visual novel set in a science fiction setting. You will embark on an amazing journey through time and space in a wonderful universe. As...

BTS Universe Story

Simulation, Interactive movie, Visual novel, Anime / Manga

August 18, 2020

Players: 9.2/10

BTS Universe Story is a simulator in the genre of interactive cinema with anime elements. In this game you will find 7 great stories that happened to each member of...

Freshman Year

Indie, Visual novel

April 20, 2015

Steam: 62/100

This indie visual novel follows Nina, a college freshman, through an ordinary night. Her friend Jenna invites her to meet some classmates at a local bar, but Nina...

Kaori After Story

Visual novel, Adventure, Anime / Manga

March 5, 2019

Players: 5.5/10

Kaori After Story is an anime-style adventure visual novel. After graduating from the academy, your friend invited you to spend Christmas and New Year with her...

Wing Up The Tomorrow

Adventure, Visual novel, Puzzle, Steampunk

June 2, 2022

Wing Up The Tomorrow is an adventure visual novel with puzzle elements. Every choice you make matters, and it can change the course of your romance. Dozens of...

Shanghai Summer

Adventure, Visual novel, Side view, Anime / Manga, Detective

February 7, 2024

Steam: 89/100

The game takes place in Shanghai in 2003. Suddenly, Baichuan feels that something is wrong with his life — sometimes he thinks he can see his memories, so...

Choice of Life: Wild Islands

Visual novel, Comedy, Casual game, Adventure, Role-playing game, Card game

September 26, 2024

Players: 10/10

Steam: 92/100

The ship gets caught in a storm and hits reefs. A novice sailor washes up on the shore of a desert island. Using the card system, the player influences the fate of...

A Sky Full of Stars 仰望夜空的星辰

Visual novel, Space, Anime / Manga

December 15, 2017

Steam: 97/100

This visual novel follows a young man and his friends from astronomy clubs at different schools as they come together to watch the stars. Through their shared...

Creature Romances: Kokonoe Kokoro

Visual novel, Indie, Anime / Manga

March 2, 2018

Steam: 83/100

This visual novel follows Ichitarou Ichinose, an easygoing high school student whose childhood friend, Kokonoe Kokoro, is a giant grasshopper. He tries to win her...

Sword of Asumi

Visual novel, Anime / Manga, Indie

January 8, 2015

Steam: 77/100

Sword of Asumi is a visual novel set in an alternate Edo where the samurai retained their power and Japan remained closed to the outside world. Asumi, a samurai...

The Labyrinth of Grisaia

Visual novel, Anime / Manga, Adventure

June 22, 2016

Steam: 89/100

The Labyrinth of Grisaia is a visual novel sequel to The Fruit of Grisaia, following a young man troubled by guilt over his past and the girls he met during his...

Date Warp

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

September 2, 2014

Steam: 88/100

This science-fiction visual novel follows Janet, a college student who left her dorm for a date and never returned. Five days later, she is trapped in a mansion...

Himitsu no Hanazono

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

December 10, 1993

Himitsu no Hanazono is a first-person adventure with elements of an anime/manga game and a visual novel from the masters of the studio Tokuma Shoten Intermedia...

Nova (1993)

Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Anime / Manga, Adult game, Visual novel

May 28, 1993

Nova (1993) is a first-person adventure with elements of horror, an anime/manga game, a game for adults and a visual novel from the developers of Cat's Pro studio...

Time Hollow

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

September 23, 2008

Players: 9/10

Metacritic: 64/100

This adventure puzzle with visual novel elements follows Ethan Kairos as he searches for his missing family. During his investigation, he finds a mysterious pen...

Unsolved Crimes

Action, Shooter, Adventure, First-person view, Puzzle, Visual novel

September 30, 2008

Metacritic: 66/100

This adventure blends action and puzzle-solving with a detective story about a rookie in the New York police homicide division. The detective investigates the...

Black Jack: Hi no Tori Hen

Arcade, Adventure, Music game, Anime / Manga, Visual novel

November 9, 2006

Black Jack: Hi no Tori Hen is an arcade game with a mixture of adventure, music game, anime/manga game and visual novel from the masters of Genki Co., Ltd.. Main...

Fashion Week Live Free

Business / Management, Visual novel, Free game, Tactics

October 1, 2014

Fashion Week Live Free is a business simulation with a mixture of visual novel, shareware and tactical game from the studio 505 Games (U.S.), Inc.. The main...

Tokyo Twilight Ghost Hunters Daybreak: Special Gigs

Adventure, Anime / Manga, Visual novel, Action, Role-playing game

November 26, 2015

Steam: 52/100

Metacritic: 64/100

An anime-style adventure visual novel about battling restless spirits that are causing chaos throughout Tokyo. The story of Tokyo Twilight Ghost Hunters Daybreak...

Along the Edge

Adventure, Visual novel, Indie

October 12, 2016

Steam: 89/100

Along the Edge is an adventure interactive visual novel that will take you to the European outback, where your choices will affect the personality and appearance of...

Inversed

Visual novel, Horror, Point & Click

October 19, 2024

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 92/100

A short interactive novel set in the mid-19th century. The main character is a poetess, whom the gamer helps to write the most important work in her life. You need...

Angels with Scaly Wings

Adventure, Simulation, Fantasy / Medieval, Visual novel, Indie

January 31, 2017

Players: 9.4/10

Steam: 96/100

Angels with Scaly Wings is a unique dating simulator with dragons, presented in the form of a visual novel. Acting as a representative of humanity, the player needs...

Mummy Dark Universe Stories

Adventure, Horror, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Visual novel, Point & Click

June 15, 2017

Mummy Dark Universe Stories is an adventure graphic quest with puzzle elements. The game is made in a comic book style and is very beautiful. You will play as Nick...

Half Past Fate: Romantic Distancing

Casual game, Text quest, Visual novel

February 14, 2021

Steam: 79/100

Metacritic: 55/100

A couple tries to maintain their relationship during lockdown while communicating through a screen. They stay connected online, and their romance depends on how...

Best Games in the Visual novel genre