Visual novel

Interactive movie, Visual novel, Point & Click, Role-playing game

March 27, 2026

Players: 10/10

Steam: 50/100

An interactive romantic adventure set on a tropical island, where the protagonist finds himself after a difficult breakup with his girlfriend. Here, the character...

Tavern Talk - A Cozy Visual Novel

Adventure, Visual novel, Indie, Casual game, Fantasy

June 20, 2024

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 80/100

A colorful visual novel in the spirit of tabletop fantasy adventures, where instead of playing the role of a hero with a sword, you become the owner of a magical...

Professor Layton and the Curious Village Remake

Adventure, Puzzle, Visual novel, Point & Click

2027

The updated version of the famous detective adventure game about Professor Hershel Layton and his young assistant Luke. After receiving a mysterious invitation, the...

Detective Butler: Maiden Voyage Murder

Visual novel, Detective, Text quest

May 26, 2017

Steam: 82/100

A detective visual novel about a locked-room murder aboard a cruise ship setting out on its maiden voyage half a century after two passengers died there. Gilligan...

Zero Escape: Virtue's Last Reward

Adventure, In real time, First-person view, Visual novel

February 16, 2012

Metacritic: 86/100

Zero Escape: Virtue's Last Reward — 9 main characters are kidnapped by an unknown person named Zero. Playable character Sigma is joined by Phi, a girl with a...

Kimi ga Aruji de Shitsuji ga Ore de

Adventure, Anime / Manga, Adult game, Visual novel

May 25, 2007

Players: 10/10

Kimi ga Aruji de Shitsuji ga Ore de is an adventure with a mixture of an anime or manga game, a game for adults and a visual novel from developers from the Minato...

Demetrios - The BIG Cynical Adventure

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

May 31, 2016

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...

South of the Circle

Adventure, Visual novel, Point & Click

October 30, 2020

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...

Super Seducer 3: The Final Seduction

Simulation, Adventure, Interactive movie, Visual novel

March 26, 2021

Players: 7.7/10

Super Seducer 3: The Final Seduction is a continuation of an unusual dating simulator. The game uses a completely new version of Seduction Engine 2.0, which will...

Deep Sky Derelicts: Definitive Edition

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

September 26, 2018

Players: 6.2/10

Steam: 73/100

Deep Sky Derelicts: Definitive Edition — enhanced edition of the role-playing game Deep Sky Derelicts. It includes expansions: Deep Sky Derelicts: Station Life...

Lux-Pain

Visual novel

March 27, 2009

Metacritic: 48/100

In the historic city of Kisaragi, unexplained events range from minor mishaps to murders. A worm born of hatred and sadness, known as Silent, is believed to infect...

Cyber Crush 2069

Adventure, Simulation, Music game, Puzzle, Anime / Manga, Visual novel, Cyberpunk, Indie, Match-3 (Three in a row), Casual game

December 12, 2020

Steam: 72/100

Cyber Crush 2069 is an adventure visual novel with puzzle elements and match-3 genre. The year is 2069, a time when advanced technological and scientific...

Afterlove EP

Adventure, Indie, Music game, Side view, Visual novel, Comics

February 14, 2025

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 76/100

An interactive visual short story with elements of a musical rhythm game and a dite simulator, the action of which unfolds in a modern Jakarta. In the center of...

Summer With You

Anime / Manga, Adventure, Visual novel, Indie, Comedy, Simulation

May 11, 2022

Players: 10/10

Steam: 53/100

Summer With You is an adventure visual novel in the anime genre with humor. Every day at school for Kai — like a repetition of the previous one. Beating by...

Project Dark

Visual novel, Fantasy, Adventure, Casual game

March 17, 2023

Players: 10/10

Steam: 100/100

An episodic immersive audio game in which the player creates their own adventure by choosing story paths. Each story offers a new setting and characters. The game...

За Закатом Неминуем Рассвет

Text quest, Adventure, Role-playing game, Visual novel

August 17, 2022

Players: 9.4/10

Steam: 87/100

A traveler named Victor wandered into an unusual village called “Rassvet”. In winter, this place is closed from the outside world. The main character can use three...

Katawa Shoujo

Adventure, Adult game, Visual novel, Free game, Anime / Manga, Text quest

August 16, 2024

Players: 8/10

Steam: 97/100

A free visual novel about girls with disabilities. The main character, Hisao Nakai, is an ordinary high school student in his last year. One day he finds a letter...

VED

Side view, Role-playing game, Fantasy, Turn-based, Tactics, Adventure, Visual novel

November 14, 2024

Steam: 80/100

Metacritic: 66/100

A dark game in which the gamer explores mysterious islands where he fights monsters. Set in two worlds, the game tells the story of Cyrus, a young hero who embarks...

Midnight Souls

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Old school, Comics, Visual novel, Horror

Q2 2027

The game's plot tells the story of a teenager who goes to meet a girl he met online. The trip to a small remote settlement turns into a series of strange and...

Stalker: Обещание

Adventure, Post-apocalyptic, Visual novel, Free game

April 20, 2021

Players: 5.5/10

An atmospheric visual novel inspired by the ambiance of the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. series. The story centers around a stalker named Fargus, who ventures deep into dangerous...

Seven Hearts Stories

Adventure, Visual novel, Free game, Fantasy

June 1, 2022

A collection of interactive visual novels, where each story turns into a separate emotional adventure. The plots cover various genres—from romance and fantasy to...

Novelize: Stories With Choices

Adventure, Visual novel, Free game, Casual game

September 27, 2019

A collection of interactive stories where every decision affects the plot development and relationships between characters. Here, romance, detective work, thriller...

The Letter - Horror Visual Novel

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

July 24, 2017

Steam: 86/100

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...

If My Heart Had Wings

Anime / Manga, Visual novel, Point & Click

June 28, 2013

Steam: 92/100

After a cycling accident ends his hopes of becoming a racer, Aoi Minase returns to his hometown and joins a group of young people working to revive their school’s...

Sakura Shrine Girls

Anime / Manga, Visual novel, Indie

August 26, 2016

Steam: 86/100

This visual novel follows Toru, a skeptical priest in training who is visited by two cat girls. One carries herself with dignity and grace, while the other lives...

Baldr Force EXE

Action, Shooter, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Anime / Manga, Adult game, Combat robots, Visual novel, Cyberpunk

January 24, 2003

Baldr Force EXE is a top-down action game with elements of a shooter, an anime or manga game, a game for adults, a robot simulator and a visual novel from the...

Sagara Family

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

December 2, 2004

Players: 5.5/10

Sagara Family is a first-person action adventure with an anime/manga twist, an adult game, and a visual novel from ZyX Inc.. The game's main publisher is...

Otome wa Boku ni Koishiteru

Adventure, Anime / Manga, Adult game, Visual novel

January 28, 2005

Players: 5.5/10

This Japanese visual novel follows Mizuho Miyanokouji, a male high school student who transfers to an all-girls academy at his grandfather’s request. His...

Minecraft: Story Mode - Episode 5: Order Up!

Adventure, Visual novel, Point & Click

March 29, 2016

Players: 9.1/10

Metacritic: 72/100

Minecraft: Story Mode — Episode 5: Order Up! — the fifth episode of the adventure game set in the Minecraft universe. Ivor, Jesse, and friends head to an abandoned...

Highway Blossoms

Simulation, Anime / Manga, Visual novel, Indie

June 17, 2016

Players: 10/10

Steam: 94/100

A Japanese-style visual novel with dating sim elements. The game’s story takes place in the southwestern United States, where a young woman named Amber sets out to...

Danganronpa Another Episode: Ultra Despair Girls

Action, Shooter, Horror, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Visual novel

September 25, 2014

Players: 8.1/10

Steam: 77/100

Metacritic: 70/100

This third-person action game with shooter and horror elements follows Komaru Naegi after she escapes a long imprisonment and finds the city of Towa under the...

Once Upon an All Hallow's Eve

Simulation, Visual novel, Free game

January 19, 2017

Steam: 83/100

This otome visual novel follows college student Cara Lee, who finds herself alone in a dark forest after a landslide. Before the start of her final semester, she...

Bad End Theater

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

October 26, 2021

Players: 9.5/10

Steam: 97/100

Bad End Theater is a pixelated puzzle adventure with visual novel elements in which you explore the creepy stories of a cast of characters. The decisions made...

Whispers from the Star

Adventure, Interactive movie, Casual game, Visual novel, Simulation

August 15, 2025

Steam: 80/100

The player communicates with Stella, an astronaut whose ship has crashed on a mysterious planet called Gaia. You need to video call the girl, send voice or text...

Sherlock Holmes: Night Stalker

Adventure, First-person view, Puzzle, Visual novel, Detective, Exploration

August 21, 2026

Steam: 88/100

A detective adventure set in the gloomy atmosphere of 19th century London. On the outskirts of the city, shrouded in fog, a mysterious murder of Sir Charles...

The Amazing Shinsengumi: Heroes in Love

Adventure, Visual novel

July 27, 2016

Steam: 56/100

A visual novel about the Shinsengumi, the defenders of Kyoto at the end of the Edo period. In 1864, the group responds to emergencies around the city, including...

Count

Adventure, Horror, Visual novel

1981

Count is a text adventure with horror elements. The main character sets out to defeat the vampire Count Dracula, at the request of the local residents of...

Deep

Adventure, Anime / Manga, Adult game, Visual novel

December 14, 1994

Deep is an adventure visual novel with elements of an adult dating simulator. In 1999, World War III devastated most countries on Earth. At the beginning of the...

Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney

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

September 15, 2005

Players: 8.6/10

Metacritic: 74/100

Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney — In the first case of the game, Phoenix Wright, under the watchful eye of Mia Fey, successfully defends his first client and...

Gal Gun: Double Peace

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

August 6, 2015

Players: 6/10

Steam: 86/100

Metacritic: 65/100

This anime-styled first-person rail shooter with visual novel elements follows Houdai, who is struck by Cupid angel Ekoro and suddenly becomes popular with every...

Best Games in the Visual novel genre