Visual novel for PC — top best games in the Visual novel genre

Romance Club - a game in the Visual novel genre

Adventure, Simulation, Adult game, Interactive movie, Visual novel, Text quest

Game released: PC → 13 October 2023

Players: 7.2/10

Steam: 79/100

A collection of interactive romantic novels where the player controls the fate of the character by making numerous decisions during each story. The game offers...

MiSide

Adventure, Horror, Simulation, First-person view, Visual novel, Anime / Manga

Game released: PC → 10 December 2024

VGTimes: 9.2/10

Players: 8.1/10

Steam: 97/100

Metacritic: 83/100

A hybrid of horror and dating simulator, MiSide offers a kaleidoscope of multi-genre mini-games — from classic puzzles to shooter elements, along with a variety of...

The Freak Circus

Adventure, Horror, Visual novel, Casual game

Game released: PC → 19 June 2025

Players: 8.7/10

A dark visual novel where romance intertwines with psychological horror. The story begins with an ordinary job at a café, but a chance encounter with the mysterious...

Five Dates

Interactive movie, First-person view, Adventure, Indie, Adult game, Visual novel, Point & Click

Game released: PC → 17 November 2020

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 83/100

Metacritic: 79/100

Five Dates is a dating simulator with elements of an interactive adult adventure and a dash of romantic comedy. Unlike most similar projects, the game offers to...

Tiny Bunny

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

Early Access: PC → 16 April 2021; Game released: PC → 5 December 2025

VGTimes: 7.8/10

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 81/100

An adventurous visual novel with horror elements. Looking out of the window of an old house, the boy Anton sees a fading village, huge snowdrifts, and a frozen...

Sweet Hamster Days

Adventure, Simulation, First-person view, Adult game, Visual novel

Game released: PC → 16 July 2026

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 88/100

After an accident, the main character is reborn as a pet hamster living with three sisters, the Siratori sisters. Instead of the usual adventures, he faces a new...

Doki Doki Literature Club!

Horror, Anime / Manga, Adult game, Visual novel, Free game, Casual game

Game released: PC → 6 October 2017

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 78/100

A visual novel that starts as a carefree story about a school literature club but gradually turns into something much more unsettling. Upon joining the club, the...

Karryn's Prison

Role-playing game, Adventure, Top-down view, Adult game, Visual novel, Indie

Game released: PC → 15 December 2021

Players: 9/10

Steam: 95/100

Karryn's Prison is a top-down adventure RPG for adults with visual novel elements. In the game you will try on the role of the fiery Carrin, the new warden of the...

Evil School

Adventure, Interactive movie, Visual novel, Role-playing game, Strategy

Game released: PC → 14 August 2026

VGTimes: 8.2/10

Steam: 92/100

Interactive movie about revenge and dealing with the consequences of school bullying. Eight years ago, a teenager disappeared without a trace, while influential...

Kanon

Adventure, First-person view, Anime / Manga, Adult game, Visual novel, Casual game

Game released: PC → 4 July 1999

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 97/100

Kanon is a first-person adventure with elements of an anime/manga game, an adult game and a visual novel from Key Studio. The game is published by Visual Art's...

inKONBINI: One Store. Many Stories

Adventure, Simulation, Business / Management, First-person view, Third-person view, Casual game, Visual novel

Game released: PC → 30 April 2026

Players: 10/10

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 78/100

A small store by the house becomes the center of events, where behind the usual routine lie the stories of local residents, their concerns, and little secrets. In...

Бесконечное лето

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

Game released: PC → 21 December 2013

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 89/100

This visual novel follows Semyon, an ordinary young man who falls asleep on a bus in winter and wakes up in the heat of summer beside the pioneer camp Sovyonok. His...

Red Rooster

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

Game in development: PC → 2027

Summer Eternal’s debut RPG, created by former Disco Elysium developers. The team includes writers Argo Tuulik and Dora Klindžić, as well as other writers and...

Steins;Gate

Adventure, Anime / Manga, Visual novel, Science fiction

Game released: PC → 8 September 2016

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 84/100

Steins;Gate is a visual novel in an adventure style and anime style. You follow a ragtag group of tech-savvy young students as they discover ways to change the past...

CUCKOLD SIMULATOR: Life as a Beta Male Cuck

Arcade, Action, Simulation, Third-person view, Visual novel, Indie, Casual game, Comedy

Early Access: PC → 1 May 2021; Game in development: PC → 2026

Players: 4.3/10

Steam: 93/100

CUCKOLD SIMULATOR: Life as a Beta Male Cuck is an unusual cuckold simulator with a third-person view. In this game you take on the role of a man whose wife is...

The Coffin of Andy and Leyley

Adventure, Horror, Top-down view, Puzzle, Exploration, Demons, Visual novel

Early Access: PC → 13 October 2023; Game in development: PC → 2026

Players: 9.5/10

Steam: 95/100

A brother and sister practice cannibalism after witnessing a satanic ritual go wrong. Finding themselves in an extremely toxic relationship, the heroes try to get...

AI2U-With You 'Til The End

Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Anime / Manga, Casual game, Visual novel

Early Access: PC → 23 January 2025; Game released: PC → 12 August 2026

Players: 6.9/10

Steam: 88/100

An unusual adventure with elements of psychological thriller and AI, where each story unfolds differently thanks to language models. The main character finds...

Tomoyo After: It's a Wonderful Life

Adventure, First-person view, Anime / Manga, Adult game, Visual novel

Game released: PC → 25 November 2005

Players: 7.2/10

Steam: 90/100

Tomoyo After: It's a Wonderful Life is a first-person adventure with elements of an anime/manga game, an adult game and a visual novel from Key Studio. The...

Futa Fix Dick Dine and Dash

Adult game, Indie, Simulation, Arcade, Anime / Manga, Visual novel

Game released: PC → 21 December 2020

Players: 7.2/10

Steam: 85/100

Futa Fix Dick Dine and Dash is an adult visual novel with Japanese-style dating sim elements. Emily has a problem. One day, a long, fleshy penis appeared between...

Souper Game

Business / Management, Adult game, Indie, Fantasy, Visual novel, Arcade

Game released: PC → 6 February 2026

Players: 9.3/10

Steam: 78/100

The spiritual heiress of the Leisure Suit Larry series, telling how the magic borsch is trying to seduce the elf Silvi. To prepare the perfect soup, players need to...

Life in Woodchester

Adventure, Visual novel, Adult game

Game released: PC → 2020

Players: 6.5/10

Life in Woodchester — adventure visual novel for adults. In this game you will find main and side quests. Popular and flexible game engine GMS2. Customize the...

Danganronpa 2x2

Puzzle, Anime / Manga, Visual novel, Detective

Game in development: PC → 2027

Anticipation Rating: 10/10

A new storyline based on Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair. Familiar characters return, but one event triggers a completely different chain of events. The package...

Rogue Racer

Action, Racing, Adventure, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Visual novel, Indie, Arcade

Game released: PC → 18 September 2026

Steam: 75/100

A narrative racing adventure game set in a vast and whimsical world. The story centers around two estranged brothers who embark on a transcontinental race against...

Nighthawks

Role-playing game, Adventure, Visual novel, Mysticism / Supernatural, Text quest

Game released: PC → 22 September 2026

Steam: 90/100

A text-based role-playing game about a vampire who returns to life six months after death in a world where the existence of bloodsuckers is no longer a secret. In a...

The Wolf Among Us Remastered

Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Interactive movie, Fantasy, Detective, Visual novel

Game in development: PC → 29 October 2026

Anticipation Rating: 10/10

An updated version of the iconic adventure from Telltale Games, based on the Fables comic series. The events unfold in a dark New York City, where characters from...

Grisaia Phantom Trigger Vol.1

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

Game released: PC → 28 April 2017

Steam: 92/100

The game takes place in the world of the Grisaia franchise, but with a new storyline and characters. The heroes go on dangerous missions for the good of the state...

Banebush

Horror, Visual novel, Indie

Game released: PC → 25 December 2024

Players: 9.7/10

Steam: 94/100

A gloomy adventure made in black and red colors and inspired by fairy tales. The game has several endings, the receipt of which depends on the decisions made by the...

Альтушка для скуфа

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

Game released: PC → 21 April 2024

Players: 7.4/10

Steam: 84/100

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...

Punch Line

Adventure, Anime / Manga, Adult game, Visual novel, Role-playing game

Game released: PC → 23 May 2019

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 63/100

Metacritic: 66/100

Punch Line is an erotic visual novel in which the main character is a high school student who faints at the sight of women's panties. Yuta Iridatsu becomes the...

Faraday Blues

Adventure, Horror, Card game, Visual novel, Cyberpunk, Science fiction, Anime / Manga

Game in development: PC → 2027

Surreal visual novel with elements of card strategy. The main character, Lina, wakes up in an unknown place in front of an old computer, on the screen of which a...

Needy Girl Overdose

Simulation, Visual novel, Anime / Manga, Adventure, Text quest, Point & Click

Game released: PC → 21 January 2022

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 95/100

The main character is the manager of the aspiring streamer Ame. He helps her reach her goal of gaining a million subscribers within a month. Ame is a mentally...

Sockpuppet Noir

Adventure, Puzzle, Visual novel, Comedy, Detective, Text quest

Game released: PC → 25 September 2026

Steam: 85/100

An absurd detective quest about private investigator Frank Sokowski, a woolen sock, who investigates crimes in a city mired in corruption and vice. The dark streets...

Sakura Apprentice

Visual novel, Simulation, Adult game, Side view, Adventure

Game released: PC → 26 August 2019

Players: 9.2/10

Sakura Apprentice is a side-scrolling adventure game for adults in which you take on the role of a hero trained by a charming girl named Freya. She wants to make...

ENIGMA:

Adventure, Anime / Manga, Visual novel, Indie

Game released: PC → 15 November 2016

Players: 10/10

Steam: 94/100

ENIGMA: is an adventure game with a mixture of anime/manga game, visual novel and indie game from the developers of Uzumeya studio. The main publisher of the game...

Danganronpa S: Ultimate Summer Camp

Adventure, Board / Group Game, Role-playing game, Casual game, Visual novel, Anime / Manga, Card game, Turn-based

Game released: PC → 21 July 2022

Players: 10/10

Steam: 62/100

Metacritic: 54/100

Danganronpa S: Ultimate Summer Camp is an adventure tabletop card visual novel. The main part of the game, in which players will develop their character over 50...

Reigns: Game of Thrones

Board / Group Game, Fantasy / Medieval, Card game, Visual novel, Logic, Role-playing game, Indie

Game released: PC → 18 October 2018

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 77/100

Metacritic: 84/100

Reigns: Game of Thrones is a unique card board game in the Game of Thrones universe. As in the original game, the heads of the kingdoms will have to solve problems...

The Sin

Visual novel, Text quest, Detective

Game released: PC → 20 May 2021

Players: 9.2/10

Steam: 87/100

The Sin is a visual novel based on popular mystical folklore about witches. The main character, the boy Roma, moves to the village with his family; his father wants...

Air

Adventure, First-person view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Adult game, Visual novel, Casual game, Simulation

Game released: PC → 8 September 2000

Players: 6.8/10

Steam: 98/100

Air is a first-person adventure with anime/manga, fantasy, adult, and visual novel elements from Key Studio. The game is published by Visual...

The Wolf Among Us

Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Point & Click, Detective, Visual novel

Game released: PC → 11 October 2013

Players: 9.1/10

Steam: 97/100

Metacritic: 80/100

A detective thriller with adventure elements based on the Fables comics, The Wolf Among Us takes place in Fabletown, where characters from fairy tales, legends, and...

Time Space Rebuild

Adventure, Simulation, Visual novel, Role-playing game, First-person view

Game released: PC → 20 May 2025

Players: 10/10

Steam: 76/100

Korean dating simulator The story centers on the last days before a disaster, when only one question remains: save the world or spend the rest of your time with the...

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Best Games in the Visual novel genre for PC