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

The 25th Ward: The Silver Case - a game in the Visual novel genre

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

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 16 March 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...

Digimon Survive

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

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 29 July 2022

Players: 10/10

Steam: 81/100

Metacritic: 72/100

Digimon Survive is an adventure RPG with turn-based combat that celebrates the 20th anniversary of the popular Digimon anime. The events of the game...

Vampire: The Masquerade - Coteries of New York

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

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 25 March 2020

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...

Gnosia

Role-playing game, Adventure, Anime / Manga, Indie, Visual novel, Science fiction

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 14 December 2023

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 82/100

Gnosia is an indie adventure role-playing game. The crew of a drifting spaceship, faced with a mysterious and deadly threat known as Gnosia, and with...

No Longer Home

Adventure, Isometric, Indie, Visual novel, Arcade, Point & Click, Exploration

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 3 March 2023

Steam: 60/100

Metacritic: 73/100

No Longer Home is an exciting adventure game with visual novel elements. Bo and Ao are graduating from university and are about to leave the...

Season: A Letter To The Future

Indie, Adventure, Third-person view, Exploration, Visual novel, Open world

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 31 January 2023

Players: 5/10

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 78/100

Season: A Letter To The Future is an indie adventure with a third-person view. You will be able to close your eyes, take a deep breath and immerse...

Date a Live: Ren Dystopia

Visual novel, Anime / Manga, Casual game, Fantasy

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 24 September 2020

Players: 10/10

Steam: 94/100

Visual novel based on the anime Date a Live. The player is immersed in a romantic and mystical atmosphere where you can interact with various girls...

Headliner: NoviNews

Adventure, Visual novel, Indie, Point & Click, Simulation, Replayability

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 11 December 2019

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 75/100

Headliner: NoviNews — Headliner: NoviNews is an exciting adventure with elements of a visual novel, where you will become the head of national...

Vampire: The Masquerade - Shadows of New York

Adventure, DLC, Visual novel, Indie

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 10 September 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...

Robotics;Notes DaSH

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

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 31 January 2019

Players: 7.9/10

Steam: 66/100

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

Demetrios - The BIG Cynical Adventure

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

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 1 August 2017

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...

Coffee Talk Episode 2: Hibiscus & Butterfly

Adventure, Simulation, Anime / Manga, Visual novel, Indie, Fantasy, Casual game

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 20 April 2023

Steam: 97/100

Metacritic: 79/100

The second episode returns to a cozy night café, where the fates of people and fantastic beings intersect amidst the rain and neon lights. Quiet...

Death and Taxes

Adventure, Simulation, Indie, Puzzle, Visual novel, Side view, Point & Click, Strategy

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 18 April 2024

Players: 10/10

Steam: 85/100

Death and Taxes — an exciting adventure game in the spirit of Papers, Please, Reigns , and Beholder. In the game, you will take on the role of...

Way Down

Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Stealth, Visual novel

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 2 December 2021

Players: 10/10

Steam: 33/100

Way Down is a third-person spy action game with stealth elements, based on the film Heist of a Brilliant. In the game you have to storm the vault of...

Flashback

Visual novel, Fantasy, Anime / Manga, Casual game, Puzzle

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 20 November 2018

Steam: 85/100

A game focused on gamer choice. The main character is a delivery man in a troubled city. He meets many characters and experiences various events that...

Blue Wednesday

Side view, Visual novel, Music game, Adventure, Exploration

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 27 March 2025

Players: 10/10

Steam: 84/100

A game about a boy named Morris. The main character plays the piano and walks around the city, where he communicates with various characters. There...

Mediterranea Inferno

Anime / Manga, Visual novel, Horror, Comics

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 5 March 2024

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 84/100

Claudio, Andrea and Mida are vacationing in the south of Italy. Around the age of 20, the characters reunite after two years of enforced isolation...

Cabernet

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

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 20 February 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...

Root Letter

Adventure, Anime / Manga, Visual novel

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 8 November 2016

Steam: 78/100

Metacritic: 68/100

Root Letter is a mystical adventure in the form of a visual novel, in the Japanese style. The game will tell the story of a young girl who will...

The Executioner

Role-playing game, Adventure, Turn-based, Visual novel, Indie

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 25 May 2015

Players: 5.3/10

Steam: 64/100

The Executioner is an adventure role-playing game with visual novel elements, in which the main character is a real executioner. You have to torture...

Evan's Remains

Arcade, Platformer, Side view, Puzzle, Indie, Adventure, Casual game, Visual novel

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 11 June 2020

Players: 8.1/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 72/100

Evan's Remains is a side-scrolling puzzle-platformer adventure inspired by classic Japanese thrillers. You have to explore a mysterious island and...

Doctor Who: The Lonely Assassins

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

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 12 August 2021

Steam: 91/100

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...

Blue Reflection: Second Light

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

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 21 October 2021

Steam: 82/100

Metacritic: 78/100

Blue Reflection: Second Light is a continuation of the colorful Japanese role-playing game about young magical...

My Merry May with be

Adventure, Visual novel, Casual game, Anime / Manga

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 25 June 2026

Steam: 100/100

An expanded edition of the classic Japanese visual novels My Merry May and My Merry Maybe, combining original stories with new additional content. A...

One Way Trip

Action, Shooter, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Indie, Visual novel

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 30 August 2016

Metacritic: 41/100

A futuristic third-person game blending shooter and visual novel elements follows a mass poisoning of the water supply. The protagonist and his...

Backbone

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

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 28 October 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...

Sakura Wars

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

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 28 April 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...

Mythic Ocean

Indie, Adventure, First-person view, Visual novel

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 1 January 2022

Steam: 97/100

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...

Road 96: Mile 0

Adventure, Third-person view, Music game, Action, Exploration, Visual novel, Walking Simulator

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 4 April 2023

Players: 10/10

Steam: 67/100

Metacritic: 69/100

A musical game in which the gamer takes turns controlling two characters. A girl named Zoey from Road 96 has a good life in a wealthy neighborhood...

Chicken Police: Into the HIVE!

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

Game in development: PlayStation 4 → 2027

Players: 10/10

Steam: 80/100

Metacritic: 77/100

Detectives Sonny and Marty from Chicken Police continue to do their job. During the investigation, the heroes end up in the Hive — a ghetto...

VED

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

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 14 November 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...

Shape of the World

Adventure, Visual novel, Indie, Casual game, Walking Simulator

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 5 June 2018

Steam: 73/100

Metacritic: 70/100

A surrealist first-person exploration game set in a world of dreamlike forests, aquatic caves and peaceful shores that grow and change around the...

Highway Blossoms

Simulation, Anime / Manga, Visual novel, Indie

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 7 October 2026

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...

Robotics;Notes Elite

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

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 31 January 2019

Players: 6.2/10

Steam: 90/100

Robotics;Notes Elite is an adventure visual novel in a sci-fi setting. The game will tell the story of schoolboy and gamer Kaito Yashio, as well as...

The Letter - Horror Visual Novel

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

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 29 March 2022

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...

Sakura Swim Club

Anime / Manga, Visual novel

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 23 September 2021

Steam: 84/100

This visual novel follows Kaede, who meets two members of the swim club after transferring to a new school. The club has been struggling, and he...

Majotori

Trivia, Anime / Manga, Visual novel

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 29 January 2026

Steam: 96/100

This interactive trivia game follows Lariat, a witch who grants a wish if a character wins a quiz; losing brings dark consequences. In Majotori, quiz...

Fragments of Him

Adventure, First-person view, Indie, Casual game, Visual novel

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 26 September 2017

Players: 1/10

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 68/100

Fragments of Him is a dramatic adventure in which you will see the sad story of the death in a car accident of a character named Will and how each of...

Utawarerumono: False Mask

Role-playing game, Visual novel, Anime / Manga

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 24 September 2015

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 68/100

This role-playing game with visual novel storytelling follows a man who wakes on a snowy mountain with no memory of his past, stranded in an...

Where the Water Tastes Like Wine

Adventure, Third-person view, Indie, Visual novel, Role-playing game

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 29 November 2019

Steam: 76/100

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...

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Best Games in the Visual novel genre for PlayStation 4