Visual novel 2021 for PlayStation 4 — top best games in the Visual novel genre

Corpse Party - a game in the Visual novel genre

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

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 20 October 2021

Players: 9.8/10

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 73/100

This horror adventure with visual-novel elements follows a group of students trapped in an otherworldly version of an abandoned elementary school after performing a...

Night Book

Adventure, Horror, Interactive movie, Visual novel, Detective

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 27 July 2021

Steam: 67/100

Night Book is an adventure horror game in the genre of interactive cinema with point and click elements. Lauralyn works night shifts remotely from home, translating...

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

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 76/100

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...

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 the story of...

Bloodshore

Indie, Adventure, Action, Interactive movie, Point & Click, Visual novel

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 3 November 2021

Players: 7.9/10

Steam: 68/100

Bloodshore is an interactive adventure movie in the point and click genre with action and indie elements. This game is about a televised battle between famous...

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 of the Weeping...

Re:ZERO - The Prophecy of the Throne

Adventure, Anime / Manga, Turn-based, Visual novel, Tactics

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 5 February 2021

Players: 6.3/10

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 72/100

Re:ZERO — The Prophecy of the Throne is a tactical adventure with visual novel elements and turn-based combat, based on the anime of the same name. A month...

I Saw Black Clouds

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

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 30 March 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...

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...

Lost Words: Beyond the Page

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

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 6 April 2021

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...

The Innsmouth Case

Adventure, Horror, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Mysticism / Supernatural, Visual novel, Text quest

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 22 July 2021

Players: 7.9/10

Steam: 68/100

The Innsmouth Case is an adventure game inspired by the works of Howard Phillips Lovecraft. A desperate mother, a missing girl and a mystical city — the case...

The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles

Adventure, Arcade, Visual novel, Simulation, Detective

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 27 July 2021

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 84/100

The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles is a collection of unusual adventure arcade games with visual novel elements, where the gameplay revolves around verbal battles in...

Blacksmith of the Sand Kingdom

Adventure, Role-playing game, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Visual novel, Business / Management, Tactics, Top-down view, Isometric

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 12 November 2021

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 73/100

Blacksmith of the Sand Kingdom is an adventure role-playing game with turn-based combat and visual novel elements. Muspellsheim, a land of deserts and wilderness...

Sakura Nova

Adventure, Anime / Manga, Visual novel, Casual game

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 21 October 2021

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 87/100

This adventure visual novel follows three aspiring knights at a prestigious academy. Mikage, Kaguya, and Arisa train and fight together, working to overcome their...

Way Down

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

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 2 December 2021

Players: 10/10

Steam: 95/100

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 the most...

Legends of Talia: Arcadia

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

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 8 April 2021

Steam: 76/100

Legends of Talia: Arcadia is an adventure visual novel with elements of a dating simulator. The game will tell the story of a legendary knight named Arcadia, who...

SHINRAI - Broken Beyond Despair

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

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 29 October 2021

Players: 7.6/10

Steam: 90/100

A murder-mystery visual novel about ten friends gathered at a secluded mountain resort for Halloween. Their party turns into a night of horror when one of the...

Werewolf: The Apocalypse - Heart of the Forest

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

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 24 February 2021

Steam: 83/100

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...

Asdivine Saga

Role-playing game, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Top-down view, Adventure, Side view, Turn-based, Tactics, Japanese role-playing game, Visual novel

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 30 September 2021

Players: 2.9/10

Steam: 71/100

Asdivine Saga is a fantasy adventure role-playing tactics game with anime elements and a top-down view. In a world facing sudden war, a mercenary named Weiss finds...

The Legend of Heroes: Kuro no Kiseki

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

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 30 September 2021

Steam: 91/100

The Legend of Heroes: Kuro no Kiseki is a Japanese role-playing game with turn-based combat and third-person perspective in the popular fantasy universe of The...

Memories of East Coast

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

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 10 December 2021

Steam: 66/100

Memories of East Coast is an atmospheric visual novel that will take you on a journey through memories, nostalgia and guilt. The main character is a certain Sam...

A Year Of Springs

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

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 10 December 2021

Steam: 98/100

A Year Of Springs is an adventure arcade visual novel that tells the stories of three girls Haru, Erika and Manami, who are going through difficult times. Join...

Doki Doki Literature Club Plus!

Visual novel

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 30 June 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...

ALTDEUS: Beyond Chronos

Virtual Reality (VR), Visual novel, Anime / Manga

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 15 April 2021

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 78/100

Set 200 years in the future, this science-fiction story follows Lieutenant Chloe as she pilots the battle robot Makhia against the Meteoras, colossal enemies of...

Crimson Spires

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

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 11 August 2021

Steam: 86/100

Crimson Spires is a Japanese style adventure visual novel with horror elements. The small mining town of Bataille, Missouri, was sealed off from the outside world...

Fallen Legion Revenants

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

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 19 February 2021

Steam: 63/100

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...

Angels with Scaly Wings

Adventure, Simulation, Fantasy / Medieval, Visual novel, Indie

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 30 April 2021

Players: 9.4/10

Steam: 96/100

Angels with Scaly Wings is a unique dating simulator with dragons, presented in the form of a visual novel. Acting as a representative of humanity, the player needs...

Root Film

Visual novel, Adventure

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 19 March 2021

Metacritic: 70/100

Root Film is a mystery adventure about aspiring filmmaker Rintaro Yagumo and actress Riho, who investigate a series of bizarre murders in Shimane Prefecture...

Sakura Swim Club

Anime / Manga, Visual novel

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 23 September 2021

Steam: 84/100

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Best Games in the Visual novel genre of 2021 for PlayStation 4