Visual novel for PlayStation 4 — top best games in the Visual novel genre

Samurai Maiden - a game in the Visual novel genre

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

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 1 December 2022

Players: 5/10

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...

The Coma 3: Bloodlines

Action, Adventure, Visual novel, Side view, Survival horror

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 30 April 2026

An adventure horror about survival, where the player must hide and run from pursuing monsters in the dark mirror dimension "Coma". The plot revolves around three...

Deep Sky Derelicts

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

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 24 March 2020

Players: 8.9/10

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...

Stories Untold

Adventure, Horror, Visual novel, Indie

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 27 October 2020

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 80/100

Stories Untold is a text adventure with horror elements in the style of 80s films. The game is based on the series of the same name, which was never aired. You are...

Gone Home

Adventure, First-person view, Visual novel, Indie

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 12 February 2016

Players: 5.6/10

Metacritic: 86/100

Gone Home is an atmospheric adventure with a first-person view. The game tells the story of Caitlin Greenbriar, who returned home from a trip to Europe. She soon...

Slay the Princess — The Pristine Cut

Adventure, Horror, Visual novel, Comedy

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 24 October 2024

Players: 9.4/10

Metacritic: 91/100

A mixture of horror and dating simulator about a princess imprisoned in a basement. Usually such stories end with the girl being saved, but this time it’s the other...

Ken Follett's The Pillars of the Earth

Adventure, Fantasy / Medieval, Visual novel

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 15 August 2017

Players: 9.6/10

Metacritic: 78/100

Ken Follett's The Pillars of the Earth is a visual novel adventure based on the classic historical novel The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett. The events take...

The Walking Dead: The Telltale Definitive Series

Adventure, Horror, Third-person view, Collection, Visual novel

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 10 September 2019

Players: 9.9/10

Metacritic: 84/100

The Walking Dead: The Telltale Definitive Series — a special edition of the adventure series The Walking Dead from Telltale Games. The game includes 4 seasons and...

Open Roads

Adventure, First-person view, Visual novel, Indie

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 28 March 2024

Players: 7.1/10

Metacritic: 63/100

The game tells the fascinating story of young Tess Devine and her mother, who embark on an amazing journey in search of treasure. One day they find a mysterious box...

Where the Water Tastes Like Wine

Adventure, Third-person view, Indie, Visual novel

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 29 November 2019

Metacritic: 72/100

Where the Water Tastes Like Wine is an original adventure game from one of the creators of Gone Home. The plot follows the road adventure of a man interacting with...

Vampire: The Masquerade - Coteries of New York

Adventure, Visual novel, Indie, Mysticism / Supernatural

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 25 March 2020

Players: 6.6/10

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...

Stray Gods: The Roleplaying Musical

Role-playing game, Interactive movie, Visual novel, Fantasy, Music game

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 10 August 2023

Players: 7.3/10

Metacritic: 75/100

In a modern fantasy world, a girl named Grace receives the power of the Muse, which she will need to find out the truth about the death of her predecessor. She...

Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc

Arcade, Visual novel, Logic

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 18 May 2017

Players: 8.3/10

Metacritic: 81/100

Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc is a visual novel with elements of a Japanese-style dating simulator. Only the most talented students in any field are accepted...

Idol Manager

Simulation, Business / Management, Indie, Anime / Manga, Visual novel, Music game

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 25 August 2022

Players: 9.8/10

Idol Manager is a cute management simulator with visual novel elements in anime style. You will take on the role of manager in a small (but growing) talent agency...

Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy

Anime / Manga, Visual novel

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 9 April 2019

Players: 9.2/10

Metacritic: 80/100

Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy is an anime visual novel. This episode takes place in a courtroom. You'll experience the thrill of protecting clients in the...

Doctor Who: The Lonely Assassins

Indie, Adventure, Puzzle, Visual novel, Horror, Science fiction

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 12 August 2021

Doctor Who: The Lonely Assassins is an indie horror adventure in the style of a visual novel with fantasy elements. Building on the horrifying legacy of the Weeping...

VA-11 Hall-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Action

Action, Adventure, Anime / Manga, Visual novel

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 2 May 2019

Players: 9/10

Metacritic: 81/100

VA-11 Hall-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Action is a unique adventure bartender simulator in a sci-fi cyberpunk setting. The events of the game take place in the distant...

Coffee Talk

Adventure, Simulation, Futurism (Future), Visual novel, Fantasy

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 30 January 2020

Players: 8.8/10

Metacritic: 73/100

An atmospheric visual novel with elements of a barista simulator, where everyday city life intertwines with fantasy. The action takes place in an alternate Seattle...

Mary Skelter 2

Role-playing game, First-person view, Anime / Manga, Turn-based, Tactics, Fantasy / Medieval, Visual novel

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 12 July 2018

Metacritic: 75/100

Mary Skelter 2 is a continuation of the atmospheric role-playing game with turn-based combat and first-person view in the Japanese style. Events take place in a...

Robotics;Notes DaSH

Visual novel, Anime / Manga, Adventure, Futurism (Future), Indie

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 31 January 2019

Players: 7.9/10

Robotics; Notes Dash-an adventure visual novel in the science fiction setting. The island of Tanegasima is preparing for the summer festival six months after the...

Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney Trilogy

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

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 25 January 2024

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 81/100

Detective visual novel in the Ace Attorney series, where players take on the role of a lawyer and investigate various cases. The action takes place several years...

Corpse Party

Adventure, Horror, Top-down view, Anime / Manga, Visual novel

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 20 October 2021

Players: 9.8/10

Metacritic: 73/100

Corpse Party is a top-down adventure with horror, anime/manga and visual novel elements from the masters at Team GrisGris. The game is published by Marvelous USA...

Demetrios - The BIG Cynical Adventure

Adventure, Side view, Indie, Visual novel

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 1 August 2017

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...

Fallen Legion Revenants

Anime / Manga, Strategy, Turn-based, Role-playing game, Fantasy / Medieval, Side view, Visual novel

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 19 February 2021

Metacritic: 54/100

Fallen Legion Revenants is a turn-based strategy role-playing game with turn-based combat and visual novel elements in a fantasy setting. In a world covered in...

Utawarerumono: Prelude to the Fallen

Role-playing game, Adventure, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Visual novel, Tactics

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 22 January 2021

Utawarerumono: Prelude to the Fallen is an adventure role-playing game with turn-based combat in the Japanese style. In the game you will try on the role of a young...

Chicken Police

Adventure, Indie, Visual novel

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 5 November 2020

Players: 8.2/10

Metacritic: 83/100

Chicken Police is a noir adventure of two feathered cops, Sonny Featherland and Marty MacChicken, in a black-and-white detective novel full of satire and cynical...

Mythic Ocean

Indie, Adventure, First-person view, Visual novel

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 1 January 2022

Mythic Ocean is an atmospheric adventure with a first-person view. A charming story awaits you in which you will make friends with a pantheon of underwater gods...

The Wreck

Visual novel, Adventure, Mysticism / Supernatural

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 14 March 2023

The story of a failed screenwriter, Junon, who faces many problems at work and in her personal life. The player travels through the girl's memories to try to fix...

South of the Circle

Adventure, Visual novel

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 3 August 2022

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...

Sakura Nova

Adventure, Anime / Manga, Visual novel

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 21 October 2021

Players: 7.7/10

Sakura Nova is an adventure with elements of an anime or manga game and a visual novel from the masters of the studios Nutaku and Winged Cloud. The game is...

Werewolf: The Apocalypse - Heart of the Forest

Visual novel, Role-playing game, Fantasy / Medieval, Mysticism / Supernatural, Horror

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 24 February 2021

Metacritic: 76/100

Werewolf: The Apocalypse — Heart of the Forest is an atmospheric visual novel with role-playing elements in the Vampire: The Masquerade universe. The events...

Zero Escape: Zero Time Dilemma

Adventure, Puzzle, Visual novel

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 18 August 2017

Players: 8.9/10

Metacritic: 81/100

Zero Escape: Zero Time Dilemma is the third game in the Zero Escape series, taking place between 999 and Virtue's Last Reward. Like its predecessors, the game...

Vampire: The Masquerade - Shadows of New York

Adventure, DLC, Visual novel, Indie

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 10 September 2020

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...

Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony

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

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 12 January 2017

Players: 9.1/10

Metacritic: 81/100

Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony is an adventure visual novel set in the Danganronpa universe. Welcome to the new world of Danganronpa. The most ambitious and...

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

Anime / Manga, Visual novel, Science fiction

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 26 February 2026

Players: 10/10

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...

Plumbers Don't Wear Ties: Definitive Edition

Visual novel, Adult game, Simulation

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 5 March 2024

Players: 1/10

Re-release of Plumbers Don't Wear Ties. In the story, John and Jane's parents try to introduce them. The heroes meet and experience various adventures together on...

Demonschool

Role-playing game, Adventure, Anime / Manga, Turn-based, Visual novel, Tactics, Comedy, Japanese role-playing game

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 19 November 2025

Metacritic: 74/100

A tactical RPG with an unusual approach to combat, where every move is also an action. The story takes place on a mysterious island, where the boundary between the...

AI: The Somnium Files

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

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 17 September 2019

Players: 9.9/10

Metacritic: 82/100

AI: The Somnium Files is a Japanese-style adventure visual novel from the creators of the Danganronpa and Zero Escape series. The game takes place in near-future...

Hatoful Boyfriend

Arcade, Adventure, Visual novel, Anime / Manga

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 22 July 2015

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...

Minecraft: Story Mode - Episode 5: Order Up!

Adventure, Visual novel, Point & Click

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 29 March 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...

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Best Games in the Visual novel genre for PlayStation 4