Visual novel

Adventure, Side view, Arcade, Detective, Post-apocalyptic, Point & Click, Visual novel

August 26, 2022

Steam: 97/100

The game takes place in a futuristic world inhabited by humanoid animals. The rich live under a dome that protects them from environmental pollution. The main...

KONOSUBA - God's Blessing on this Wonderful World! Love For These Clothes Of Desire!

Adventure, Comedy, Anime / Manga, Visual novel

February 8, 2024

Steam: 89/100

Comedy visual novel based on the anime series It's a Wonderful World! The plot tells how Kazuma finds a magical object that can change the personality of the people...

Panzermadels: Tank Dating Simulator

Anime / Manga, Tanks, Visual novel

March 9, 2016

Steam: 91/100

This visual novel follows Erwin Lemmor, a cadet transferred to a prestigious military academy where the students are girls who represent World War II tanks. Instead...

Kyoto Colorful Days

Adventure, Visual novel, Anime / Manga

June 15, 2016

Steam: 81/100

This romance visual novel is set in Kyoto and follows a young man who drifts through life, unable to commit to a job. He visits the city, which has ties to his...

Roommates

Visual novel, Comedy, Anime / Manga

February 12, 2014

Steam: 75/100

This comedy visual novel with life-simulation elements follows Max and Anne through their first year of college and dorm life. The protagonist shares the dorm with...

Starlight Vega

Visual novel, Anime / Manga, Indie

April 14, 2016

Steam: 92/100

This visual novel follows Aria, a high-school student who accidentally frees the demon Lyria from a stone while exploring her grandfather’s old house with her...

Wild Romance

Visual novel, Casual game, Anime / Manga, Text quest

October 19, 2016

Steam: 61/100

This visual novel follows Kazuma, who leaves Tokyo for his hometown in the Japanese countryside and reconnects with four childhood friends. During their reunion...

Imprisoned Palm

Adventure, Interactive movie, Visual novel

October 13, 2016

Players: 5.5/10

Imprisoned Palm — interactive visual novel in Japanese style for mobile platforms. In the game, you can interact with the character by touching his...

Minotaur

Adventure, Puzzle, Visual novel, Cyberpunk, Indie, Point & Click

September 6, 2019

Steam: 69/100

Minotaur is a hybrid of a visual novel and a puzzle game in the style of cyberpunk. In the game you need to control a squad of characters, helping them survive...

The Key to Home

Simulation, Adventure, Visual novel

January 21, 2018

Players: 7.2/10

The Key to Home is an adventure visual novel with elements of a dating simulator. The game tells the story of a Japanese teacher who is persuaded by his student to...

Doki Doki Literature Club Plus!

Visual novel

June 30, 2021

Steam: 97/100

Metacritic: 83/100

A psychological horror story about school romance, in which the protagonist joins a literature club in search of a romantic interest. The player writes poems and...

Vampire: The Masquerade - Shadows of New York

Adventure, DLC, Visual novel, Indie

September 10, 2020

Steam: 78/100

Metacritic: 64/100

Vampire: The Masquerade — Shadows of New York — a standalone expansion for the adventure visual novel with role-playing elements Vampire: The Masquerade — Coteries...

Monster Prom 2: Monster Camp

Simulation, Adventure, Visual novel, Business / Management, Indie, Online, Comedy

October 23, 2020

Steam: 97/100

Metacritic: 80/100

Monster Prom 2: Monster Camp is a sequel to the online dating simulator, this time moving to a new location — a summer camp. The formula of the original...

We Are OFK

Adventure, Indie, Interactive movie, Visual novel, Anime / Manga

August 18, 2022

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 75/100

We Are OFK is an adventure visual novel with a deep plot. Itsumi Saito has just moved to Downtown and broken up with her longtime girlfriend. Trying to realize...

Firework

Indie, Adventure, Side view, Horror, Puzzle, Mysticism / Supernatural, Visual novel

February 4, 2021

Players: 10/10

Steam: 94/100

Firework is a side-scrolling indie horror adventure with visual novel elements. An accidental fire at a funeral forces police to re-investigate a closed mass murder...

Seed of the Dead: Sweet Home

Anime / Manga, Shooter, First-person view, Visual novel, Post-apocalyptic, Adult game, Zombies

August 28, 2021

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 87/100

Seed of the Dead: Sweet Home is a dynamic first-person shooter with elements of a dating simulator in a zombie apocalypse setting. In the game you have to build...

New Tales from the Borderlands

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

October 21, 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...

Mia and the Dragon Princess

Interactive movie, Adventure, Visual novel, Comedy, Simulation

May 4, 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...

project; VIRAI: DOOMER's LIFE ESCAPE

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

Q1 2027

Anticipation Rating: 10/10

The main character, Khichi, creates the image of a cheerful vituber, Viray, to hide from her own fears and depression. Events develop at the intersection of...

Vampire: The Masquerade - Reckoning of New York

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

September 10, 2024

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 65/100

The game takes you to New York City in 2024, where the fragile balance between the Camarilla and the Anarchs is ready to collapse at any moment. Amidst marble...

Higurashi When They Cry

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

May 16, 2015

Steam: 97/100

The events unfold in June 1983 in the quiet Japanese village of Hinamizawa. The main character, high school student Keiichi Maebara, moves here from the city and...

Decadent Heir

Role-playing game, Adventure, Visual novel, Indie, Text quest, Medieval era, Business / Management

2026

Anticipation Rating: 6.7/10

A narrative role-playing game set in the final decades of the existence of the Russian Empire. The story begins with the birth of the main character and leads to...

The Last Weekend

Free game, Visual novel, Indie

March 3, 2017

Steam: 61/100

The Last Weekend is a visual novel with quest elements, set around a group of young people staying at a remote hotel. The player chooses one of four characters...

The Shadows of Pygmalion

Visual novel, Anime / Manga, Fantasy

February 25, 2017

Steam: 79/100

This urban fantasy visual novel follows Mina, an ordinary high school student drawn into a secret war over the free will of human society. After resonating with a...

Sakura Agent

Visual novel, Adventure, Casual game

January 27, 2017

Steam: 80/100

This adventure visual novel follows Akira, an agent protecting the world from incursions by strange creatures from another dimension. He is assisted by his aide and...

Machi

Adventure, First-person view, Interactive movie, Visual novel

January 22, 1998

Machi is a first-person adventure game with elements of an interactive movie game and a visual novel from Chunsoft Co., Ltd.. The game is published by Chunsoft Co...

Nostalgia 1907

Adventure, First-person view, Visual novel

April 2, 1991

Nostalgia 1907 is a first-person adventure with a visual novel twist from the masters at Sur de Wave. The game is published by Brother Kougyou. Nostalgia 1907 may...

Silent Hill: Play Novel

Adventure, Horror, Visual novel

March 21, 2001

Players: 10/10

Silent Hill: Play Novel is an adventure visual novel based on the original game Silent Hill. The game's plot largely follows the events of the original horror film...

Lucius

Adventure, Third-person view, Interactive movie, Visual novel, Horror, Indie

February 5, 2012

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 79/100

Metacritic: 59/100

Lucius is an action-horror adventure game with a third-person view, in which you take on the role of an unusual boy who was born on June 6, 1966. As you might...

Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Dual Destinies

Adventure, Visual novel

July 25, 2013

Metacritic: 83/100

Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney — Dual Destinies — Takes place approximately a year after Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney, when Phoenix Wright has regained...

Lost Dimension

Role-playing game, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Anime / Manga, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game, Dungeons, Visual novel

August 7, 2014

Steam: 73/100

Metacritic: 72/100

Lost Dimension is a tactical role-playing game with turn-based combat in a sci-fi setting. The game will tell the story of young Sho Kasugai, a member of the...

Fruit of Grisaia

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

May 29, 2015

Players: 10/10

Steam: 92/100

A visual novel about a young man who has lost his purpose in life and the five young women he meets at an academy enclosed by high walls. Each carries the weight of...

Wheels of Aurelia

Adventure, Futurism (Future), Indie, Visual novel

September 20, 2016

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 50/100

Metacritic: 63/100

Wheels of Aurelia is an adventure game with driving elements. The events take place on the road in Italy in the 70s. The main character is a very restless woman who...

Attack on Titan: Escape from Certain Death

Simulation, Adventure, Anime / Manga, Visual novel

March 30, 2017

Players: 10/10

Attack on Titan: Escape from Certain Death is an adventure visual novel with elements of a dating simulator in the Attack on Titan...

Muv-Luv Alternative

Adventure, Futurism (Future), Anime / Manga, Combat robots, Visual novel, Science fiction

September 18, 2017

Steam: 94/100

Muv-Luv Alternative is a continuation of the Japanese style adventure visual novel. Three years have passed since the day when an unsuspecting Japanese high school...

Lost Words: Beyond the Page

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

March 28, 2020

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...

Love at First Sight

Visual novel, Anime / Manga, Indie

May 18, 2015

Steam: 96/100

This romantic visual novel follows a high school student who falls in love at first sight with Sachi Usui, a shy, reclusive girl with one eye and a history of...

Legacy of Dorn: Herald of Oblivion

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

October 14, 2015

Players: 7.5/10

Steam: 89/100

Legacy of Dorn: Herald of Oblivion — adventure role-playing visual novel in the futuristic universe of Warhammer 40,000. You — veteran of the Space...

Death Come True

Interactive movie, Adventure, Visual novel, Survival horror

June 24, 2020

Players: 7.6/10

Steam: 76/100

Metacritic: 75/100

Death Come True is an interactive adventure with live actors. A man is lying on the bed in a hotel room. He wakes up to the shrill sound of his phone ringing...

I Was A Teenage Exocolonist

Simulation, Role-playing game, Anime / Manga, Visual novel, Futurism (Future), Turn-based, Card game, Science fiction

August 25, 2022

Players: 10/10

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 91/100

I Was A Teenage Exocolonist is an adventure role-playing game with elements of a visual novel and dating simulator. You and your family grew up on humanity's first...

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