Visual novel for PlayStation 5 — 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 5 → 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 5 → 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...

Slay the Princess — The Pristine Cut

Adventure, Horror, Visual novel, Comedy

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 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...

Immortality

Adventure, Indie, Horror, Visual novel

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 23 January 2024

Players: 5.5/10

Metacritic: 86/100

Adventure interactive FMV thriller from the creator of indie hit Her Story. This time, the plot revolves around the missing actress Marissa Marcel, whose fate the...

Open Roads

Adventure, First-person view, Visual novel, Indie

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 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...

To the Moon

Adventure, Top-down view, Puzzle, Visual novel, Indie

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 8 October 2024

Players: 9.4/10

Metacritic: 83/100

An indie adventure game created using the RPG Maker engine. The game tells the story of two young doctors, Eva and Neil, who give people another chance to live...

Stray Gods: The Roleplaying Musical

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

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 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...

Idol Manager

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

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 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...

Doctor Who: The Lonely Assassins

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

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 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...

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Anime / Manga, Visual novel, Indie, Casual game, Comedy

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 21 April 2026

Players: 7.4/10

The game, based on a popular meme, tells the story of the acquaintance of a pot-bellied and balding man with altushki from State Services. In the game you can start...

Fallen Legion Revenants

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

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 23 August 2022

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...

Chicken Police

Adventure, Indie, Visual novel

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 31 March 2022

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...

The Wreck

Visual novel, Adventure, Mysticism / Supernatural

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 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 5 → 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 5 → 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...

Little Goody Two Shoes

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

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 31 October 2023

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 81/100

Young Eliza has found a pair of the most beautiful shoes — under the influence of a spell they will send the girl on a terrible journey. The game has 10...

Until Then

Adventure, Visual novel, Side view, Casual game

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 25 June 2024

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 76/100

The game follows the life of Mark Boria, a high school student in the Philippines. At first glance, his life is ordinary: school, friends, instant messaging...

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

Anime / Manga, Visual novel, Science fiction

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 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 5 → 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 5 → 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...

No Longer Home

Adventure, Isometric, Indie, Visual novel, Arcade

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 3 March 2023

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 apartment they've lived...

Cabernet

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

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 20 February 2025

An atmospheric role-playing game set in an alternative Eastern Europe of the 19th century, where dark gothic elements intertwine with social conflicts, political...

Crimson Spires

Adventure, Horror, Anime / Manga, Visual novel

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 11 August 2021

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...

Save Koch

Simulation, Strategy, Adventure, Business / Management, Turn-based, Visual novel, Indie

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 2 August 2023

Metacritic: 63/100

A tactical simulator of a mafia godfather driven into hiding by rumors of a traitor in the ranks of his loyal henchmen. In six days he must find the “mole...

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 5 → 12 November 2021

Players: 5.5/10

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...

Urban Myth Dissolution Center

Adventure, Anime / Manga, Visual novel

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 12 February 2025

Metacritic: 75/100

The main character studies various oddities, cursed relics and spatial anomalies. The stories are based on numerous urban myths floating around the internet. The...

We Are OFK

Adventure, Indie, Interactive movie, Visual novel

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 18 August 2022

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...

The Pizza Delivery Boy Who Saved the World

Arcade, Adventure, Visual novel, Indie

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 23 March 2022

The Pizza Delivery Boy Who Saved the World is an unusual visual novel in which a pizza delivery boy saves the world at his leisure. The plot will tell about a guy...

Afterlove EP

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

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 14 February 2025

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...

Coffee Talk Tokyo

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

Game in development: PlayStation 5 → 21 May 2026

The game transports the familiar formula of a cozy visual novel Coffee Talk to the nighttime Tokyo, where the worlds of humans and yokai intersect behind the doors...

Coffee Talk Episode 2: Hibiscus & Butterfly

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

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 20 April 2023

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 conversations about...

Harmony: The Fall of Reverie

Adventure, Visual novel, Interactive movie

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 22 June 2023

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 74/100

A story-driven adventure from the creators of the Life is Strange series. Polly comes to her hometown because of her missing mother. Unfortunately, the homeland has...

I Was A Teenage Exocolonist

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

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 25 August 2022

Players: 10/10

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...

Bahnsen Knights

Visual novel, Detective, Old school

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 18 January 2024

The game takes place in 1986 in Tornado Alley, USA. The main character is an undercover agent who has infiltrated a religious cult known as the Knights of Banzen...

Arsene Lupin - Once a Thief

Adventure, Visual novel, Exploration, Detective

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 17 October 2024

Events take place in the enchanting and mysterious Paris of the early 20th century, where the player takes on the role of gentleman thief Arsene Lupin. As you...

The Isle Tide Hotel

Detective, Visual novel, Replayability

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 12 September 2023

Players: 7/10

The game takes place in the Tidal Island Hotel, where a religious cult plans to perform a ritual with a girl. The main character must infiltrate the mansion to save...

Memories of East Coast

Visual novel, Adventure, Indie

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 10 December 2021

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...

Shape of the World

Adventure, Visual novel, Indie

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 13 July 2021

Metacritic: 70/100

Angels with Scaly Wings

Adventure, Simulation, Fantasy / Medieval, Visual novel

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 30 April 2021

Players: 9.4/10

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...

A Year Of Springs

Adventure, Visual novel, Arcade, Anime / Manga

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 10 December 2021

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...

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Best Games in the Visual novel genre for PlayStation 5