Visual novel

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

April 28, 2004

Players: 7.6/10

Steam: 97/100

Clannad is an adventure visual novel with elements of a dating simulator. The game tells the story of a young guy, Tomoya Okazaki, a student at Hikarizaka School...

The Tales of Bayun

Fantasy, Visual novel, Indie, Text quest, Adventure, Point & Click

February 16, 2023

Players: 6.6/10

Steam: 74/100

An exciting adventure in a dark Slavic fantasy setting. The game takes place in a flat world that stands on the backs of three demon bears. In it, ordinary people...

The Sin

Visual novel, Text quest, Detective

May 20, 2021

Players: 9.2/10

Steam: 87/100

The Sin is a visual novel based on popular mystical folklore about witches. The main character, the boy Roma, moves to the village with his family; his father wants...

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

Anime / Manga, Visual novel, Science fiction, Adventure

July 25, 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...

Wednesdays

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

March 25, 2025

Steam: 99/100

An interactive story about growing up and memories of childhood trauma. The player returns to the world of the childhood video game Orco Park, where through...

Faulty Apprentice

Anime / Manga, Visual novel, Fantasy

November 12, 2019

Steam: 76/100

This fantasy visual novel follows an apprentice preparing to defend Stars Reach Castle from an evil warlock and his goblin army. The apprentice has twenty days to...

AB AETERNO

Shooter, Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Visual novel, Action, Virtual Reality (VR)

2026

Anticipation Rating: 10/10

AB AETERNO is an adventure shooter with a first-person view and survival elements in a post-apocalyptic setting for virtual reality devices HTC Vive and Oculus. The...

Beacon Pines

Adventure, Visual novel, Casual game, Exploration, Horror

September 22, 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...

Steins;Gate Re:boot

Anime / Manga, Visual novel, Science fiction

August 19, 2026

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 83/100

A reboot of the iconic novel Steins;Gate with updated graphics, interface, and storyline. The story is dedicated to a group of tech-savvy students led by Rintaro...

Umamusume: Pretty Derby

Role-playing game, Online, Sports game, Anime / Manga, Casino, Visual novel, Free game, Side view, Cooperative (co-op)

June 25, 2025

Players: 10/10

Steam: 93/100

A sports RPG about unusual heroine horses who strive to be the best on the racetrack. Each participant has her own personality, abilities, and dreams, and the path...

LoveKami -Useless Goddess-

Visual novel, Anime / Manga, Text quest

May 29, 2017

Steam: 81/100

This visual novel follows an attempt to reform Akane, an Aragami goddess who lives among humans in a Japan where countless goddesses have descended to Earth...

Beyond Eden

Visual novel, Indie, Adventure

October 6, 2017

Steam: 91/100

Set in the late Victorian era, this BL visual novel follows a story of revenge and complicated relationships between men. Young businessman Alex Wake returns to the...

Crimson Gray

Visual novel, Indie, Simulation

July 14, 2017

Steam: 95/100

This psychological thriller visual novel follows John, a young man with severe depression who meets Lizzie as he begins to lose hope. She seems affectionate and...

Resort BOIN

Adventure, Anime / Manga, Visual novel

March 16, 2007

Players: 6.6/10

Resort BOIN is an adventure with a mixture of an anime or manga game and a visual novel from developers from the CROSSNET studio. The main publisher of the game is...

Vampire: The Masquerade - Coteries of New York

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

December 11, 2019

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...

Taimanin Asagi

Visual novel, Adult game, Anime / Manga, Role-playing game, Card game, Adventure

August 13, 2019

Players: 7.6/10

Steam: 84/100

Taimanin Asagi is a Japanese-style visual erotic novel for adults. On a final mission to protect humanity from the aggressive forces of darkness, former ninja Igawa...

Code: Realize Guardian of Rebirth

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

November 27, 2014

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...

Monster Prom 3: Monster Roadtrip

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

May 21, 2020

Steam: 98/100

Metacritic: 73/100

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

Arsene Lupin - Once a Thief

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

October 17, 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...

MiSide: Your Daily Companion

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

January 14, 2025

Players: 6.4/10

Mobile version miside made by fans of the original. There are no frightening horror elements, there is only communication with a cute anime-girl. The heroine asks...

Cabernet

Role-playing game, Adventure, Horror, Visual novel, Fantasy, Simulation

February 20, 2025

Players: 9/10

Steam: 94/100

An atmospheric role-playing game set in an alternative Eastern Europe of the 19th century, where dark gothic elements intertwine with social conflicts, political...

Cupid Parasite

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

November 2, 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...

Grisaia Phantom Trigger Vol.3

Visual novel, Anime / Manga, Casual game

July 28, 2017

Steam: 93/100

A kinetic visual novel in the Grisaia series follows a group of Mihama students on a mission overseas. While Rena and Maki recover from their injuries, the other...

Nighthawks

Role-playing game, Adventure, Visual novel, Mysticism / Supernatural, Text quest

September 22, 2026

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 82/100

A text-based role-playing game about a vampire who returns to life six months after death in a world where the existence of bloodsuckers is no longer a secret. In a...

Backbone

Adventure, Stealth, Indie, Side view, Detective, Visual novel

June 8, 2021

Players: 7.1/10

Steam: 65/100

Backbone is a noir detective role-playing game in the spirit of Wolf Among Us, where all the characters are anthropomorphic animals. The game tells the story of...

Dagon: by H. P. Lovecraft

Free game, Visual novel, Adventure, First-person view, Mysticism / Supernatural, Horror

September 24, 2021

Players: 6.4/10

Steam: 95/100

Dagon: by H. P. Lovecraft is a free first-person adventure game with visual novel elements based on the work of Howard Phillips Lovecraft. She invites you to plunge...

Samurai Maiden

Anime / Manga, Japanese role-playing game, Action, Platformer, Slasher, Visual novel, Adventure, Role-playing game, Historical, Fantasy

December 1, 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...

Rogue Racer

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

September 18, 2026

Steam: 75/100

A narrative racing adventure game set in a vast and whimsical world. The story centers around two estranged brothers who embark on a transcontinental race against...

Hatoful Boyfriend

Arcade, Adventure, Visual novel, Anime / Manga, Comedy

October 30, 2011

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 70/100

Hatoful Boyfriend is an arcade visual novel with anime-style adventure elements. You have been accepted as the only human student at the prestigious Saint Dove...

Love, Money, Rock'n'Roll

Adventure, Anime / Manga, Visual novel, Detective

August 4, 2022

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 76/100

Visual novel from the creators of Endless Summer. The main character is the son of a Soviet diplomat, who has lived in Japan since childhood. After his parents...

I Saw Black Clouds

Interactive movie, Horror, Adventure, Mysticism / Supernatural, Simulation, Visual novel

March 30, 2021

Players: 7/10

Steam: 61/100

Metacritic: 48/100

I Saw Black Clouds is a mystical interactive film in the horror genre. After her friend's suicide, Christina returns to her hometown. In an attempt to unravel the...

Fishbowl

Visual novel, Anime / Manga, Role-playing game

March 30, 2026

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 79/100

A slice-of-life coming-of-age adventure about 21-year-old Alo, who starts her first job in a new city and grieves her grandmother’s death while living alone...

Sakura Wars

Simulation, Action, Adventure, Combat robots, Visual novel, Tactics, Role-playing game

April 28, 2020

Players: 5.5/10

Metacritic: 73/100

Sakura Wars is the return of a series of dating simulators with elements of tactical battles of combat robots. The main character will have to restore the Tokyo...

Life Makeover

Free game, Simulation, Casual game, Sandbox, Visual novel

December 11, 2022

Players: 8/10

Steam: 82/100

Free simulator of fashion and social life. Players can carefully customize their character's appearance, including facial features, skin tone, and body type. You...

TOMAK: Save the Earth Regeneration

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

April 2, 2026

Players: 1/10

Remake of the South Korean dating simulator Tomak: Save the Earth, Again from 2001, known for its absurd plot. The game tells the story of a goddess who descends...

Ikemen Vampire Otome Games

Adventure, Visual novel, Free game, Casual game

July 1, 2019

A random encounter at the Louvre becomes the beginning of an unusual journey to a mansion where the greatest personalities of the past are gathered. However, behind...

YOU and ME and HER: A Love Story

Adventure, Horror, Anime / Manga, Adult game, Visual novel, Casual game

May 25, 2020

Steam: 94/100

A visual novel that combines a romantic story with unusual plot devices that change the usual perception of the genre. At the center of the events is high school...

Supipara - Chapter 1 Spring Has Come!

Adventure, Anime / Manga, Visual novel

July 29, 2016

Steam: 98/100

This visual novel follows Yukinari Sanada, who returns to his hometown of Kamakura in spring after seven years away and finds himself drawn into academy life. The...

Record of Agarest War

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

September 27, 2007

Steam: 70/100

Metacritic: 69/100

This fantasy role-playing game with turn-based tactical battles is set in Agarest, a world created after a war between the forces of light and darkness. As darkness...

Agatha Christie - The ABC Murders

Adventure, Third-person view, Hidden Objects, Puzzle, Visual novel

February 4, 2016

Players: 10/10

Steam: 77/100

Metacritic: 67/100

Agatha Christie — The ABC Murders — a point-and-click adventure based on the detective novels of Agatha Christie. Players will take on the role of the...

Best Games in the Visual novel genre