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

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

Game released: PC → 10 December 2024

VGTimes: 9.2/10

Players: 8.1/10

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...

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

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

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...

Karryn's Prison

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

Game released: PC → 15 December 2021

Players: 8.9/10

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...

Doki Doki Literature Club!

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

Game released: PC → 6 October 2017

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...

Kanon

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

Game released: PC → 4 July 1999

Players: 8.5/10

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...

CUCKOLD SIMULATOR: Life as a Beta Male Cuck

Arcade, Action, Simulation, Third-person view, Visual novel, Indie

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

Players: 5.5/10

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...

Lost Museum -Echoes of the Chromageists-

Adventure, Visual novel, Point & Click, Fantasy

Game in development: PC → лето 2027

An adventure game about forgotten masterpieces and mysterious creatures born from thoughts, emotions, and memories captured in paintings. The story centers around a...

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

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...

Бесконечное лето

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

Game released: PC → 21 December 2013

Players: 8.7/10

Steins;Gate

Adventure, Anime / Manga, Visual novel

Game released: PC → 8 September 2016

Players: 8.5/10

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...

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...

Tomoyo After: It's a Wonderful Life

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

Game released: PC → 25 November 2005

Players: 6.7/10

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...

ENIGMA:

Adventure, Anime / Manga, Visual novel, Indie

Game released: PC → 15 November 2016

Players: 10/10

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...

Banebush

Horror, Visual novel, Indie

Game released: PC → 25 December 2024

Players: 9.7/10

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...

Grisaia Phantom Trigger Vol.1

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

Game released: PC → 28 April 2017

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...

Альтушка для скуфа

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

Game released: PC → 21 April 2024

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...

The Incident at Galley House

Puzzle, Visual novel, Point & Click, Casual game, Detective

Game released: PC → 14 July 2026

Metacritic: 84/100

A detective adventure where you will uncover the mystery of a strange crime that took place in an abandoned mansion in 1936. When the locals first entered the empty...

Plumbers Don't Wear Ties: Definitive Edition

Visual novel, Adult game, Simulation

Game released: PC → 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...

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

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...

Coffee Talk

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

Game released: PC → 29 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...

Ministry of Truth: False Memory

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

Game released: PC → 19 August 2026

Players: 10/10

A narrative simulator about life in a totalitarian society, where information becomes the main tool of power. The main character works as an official in the...

Time Space Rebuild

Adventure, Simulation, Visual novel

Game released: PC → 20 May 2025

Players: 10/10

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...

Reigns: The Witcher

Adventure, Card game, Visual novel, Logic, Casual game, Comedy, Fantasy, Medieval era

Game released: PC → 25 February 2026

Metacritic: 74/100

Card strategy set in the universe of "The Witcher." The game is a thematic adaptation of the Reigns series and uses its key decision-making mechanics through swipes...

Sovereign Tower

Role-playing game, Adventure, Visual novel, Comedy, Medieval era

Game released: PC → 6 August 2026

Players: 8/10

Metacritic: 85/100

An adventure role-playing game with kingdom management elements, where you will become the ruler of a magical tower and lead your own Round Table. A set of...

Air

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

Game released: PC → 8 September 2000

Players: 7.2/10

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

Punch Line

Adventure, Anime / Manga, Adult game, Visual novel

Game released: PC → 23 May 2019

Players: 5.5/10

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...

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...

Umamusume: Pretty Derby

Online, Anime / Manga, Visual novel, Free game, Side view, Cooperative (co-op), Role-playing game, Sports game

Game released: PC → 25 June 2025

Players: 10/10

A sports RPG about unusual heroine horses who strive to be the best on the racetrack. Each participant has her own personality, abilities, and dreams, and the path...

Needy Girl Overdose

Simulation, Visual novel, Anime / Manga, Adventure, Text quest

Game released: PC → 21 January 2022

Players: 8.7/10

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...

Blush Blush

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

Game released: PC → 22 April 2020

Players: 8.8/10

Blush Blush is an adventure arcade clicker game for adults with elements of a Japanese-style dating simulator. The game tells a funny story where you have to save...

Super Seducer 3: The Final Seduction

Simulation, Adventure, Interactive movie, Visual novel

Game released: PC → 26 March 2021

Players: 7.7/10

Super Seducer 3: The Final Seduction is a continuation of an unusual dating simulator. The game uses a completely new version of Seduction Engine 2.0, which will...

Catherine

Action, Adventure, Horror, Platformer, Third-person view, Isometric, Puzzle, Anime / Manga, Adult game, Visual novel

Game released: PC → 10 January 2019

Players: 7.1/10

Metacritic: 80/100

Catherine is an adventure arcade puzzle game with visual novel elements. The game will tell the story of computer scientist Vincent, who is experiencing the peak of...

Steins;Gate Re:boot

Anime / Manga, Visual novel, Science fiction

Game released: PC → 19 August 2026

Metacritic: 83/100

A reboot of the iconic novel Steins;Gate with updated graphics, interface, and storyline. The story is dedicated to a group of tech-savvy students led by Rintaro...

Traveler Stories: Journeys of Real People

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

Game released: PC → 24 August 2026

A visual novel with elements of a life simulator, based on the stories of real travelers. Arriving in Tokyo, the hero gets a job as a bartender and gradually meets...

RoboLife-Days with Aino

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

Game released: PC → 23 June 2021

Players: 10/10

RoboLife-Days with Aino is an adventure role-playing game with visual novel elements and an anime-style dating simulator. The plot tells about the android girl...

The Operator

Detective, Adventure, Puzzle, Visual novel

Game released: PC → 22 July 2024

Players: 9.5/10

Metacritic: 78/100

A detective simulator made in the format of an interactive quest. The player acts as an operative of a detective agency, searching for evidence and solving crimes...

Fate/stay Night Remastered

Visual novel, Anime / Manga, Adventure, Fantasy, Adult game, Comedy

Game released: PC → 8 August 2024

Players: 8.5/10

Remastered Fate/stay night, based on the PS VITA version. The story tells about a teenager dreaming of becoming a hero, and an almighty vessel that grants wishes...

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Best Games in the Visual novel genre for PC