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

Клуб Романтики - a game in the Visual novel genre

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

Game released: PC → 13 October 2023

Players: 7.2/10

A collection of interactive romantic novels in which the player controls the fate of the character by making numerous decisions during the passage of each story...

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...

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...

The Freak Circus

Adventure, Horror, Visual novel, Casual game

Game released: PC → 19 June 2025

Players: 10/10

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...

Mondealy

Role-playing game, Adventure, Simulation, Visual novel

Game released: PC → 9 August 2023

Players: 9.6/10

Mondealy is an adventure life simulator with visual novel and RPG elements. In the game, you will try on the role of Michael — an ordinary guy who managed to...

Potionomics

Business / Management, Side view, Fantasy, Simulation, Visual novel, Indie, Role-playing game, Crafting

Game released: PC → 17 October 2022

Players: 5.5/10

Metacritic: 80/100

Potionomics is an exciting management simulator with visual novel elements in a fantasy setting. After the tragic death of her uncle, a poor witch named Sylvia...

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...

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...

Save Koch

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

Game released: PC → 18 April 2019

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...

Paranormasight: The Seven Mysteries of Honjo

Mysticism / Supernatural, Visual novel, Horror

Game released: PC → 8 March 2023

Players: 7/10

Metacritic: 84/100

A dark story about the mysterious “Ritual of Resurrection.” The game takes place at the end of the 20th century in the Sumida district of Tokyo. An office worker...

Бесконечное лето

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

Game released: PC → 21 December 2013

Players: 8.7/10

Samurai Maiden

Anime / Manga, Japanese role-playing game, Action, Platformer, Slasher, Visual novel, Adventure, Role-playing game, Historical, Fantasy

Game released: PC → 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...

Karryn's Prison

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

Game released: PC → 15 December 2021

Players: 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...

Magical Diary: Horse Hall

Role-playing game, Simulation, Adventure, First-person view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Visual novel

Game released: PC → 31 May 2012

Magical Diary: Horse Hall is a first-person RPG with simulation, adventure, anime/manga, fantasy and visual novel elements from the masters at Spiky Caterpillar and...

Steins;Gate

Adventure, Anime / Manga, Visual novel

Game released: PC → 8 September 2016

Players: 8.3/10

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...

Roadwarden

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

Game released: PC → 12 September 2022

Metacritic: 83/100

A text game about a brave wanderer who helps travelers and traders move between isolated villages. On the road you can encounter bandits, monsters and the undead...

Gone Home

Adventure, First-person view, Visual novel, Indie

Game released: PC → 15 August 2013

Players: 5.6/10

Metacritic: 86/100

Gone Home is an atmospheric adventure with a first-person view. The game tells the story of Caitlin Greenbriar, who returned home from a trip to Europe. She soon...

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...

Growing Up

Adventure, Interactive movie, Simulation, Visual novel, Business / Management, Arcade

Game released: PC → 14 October 2021

Players: 8.9/10

Growing Up is an adventure visual novel with life simulation elements from the creators of Weedcraft Inc and Oh...Sir! The Hollywood Roast. In the game, you...

A Case of Distrust

Adventure, Visual novel, Indie, Detective

Game released: PC → 8 February 2018

Metacritic: 77/100

An interactive detective story set in San Francisco in 1924. The main character is detective Phyllis Cadence Malone. She investigates various criminal cases...

Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony

Arcade, Adventure, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Anime / Manga, Visual novel

Game released: PC → 26 September 2017

Players: 9.1/10

Metacritic: 81/100

Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony is an adventure visual novel set in the Danganronpa universe. Welcome to the new world of Danganronpa. The most ambitious and...

Deep Sky Derelicts

Role-playing game, Futurism (Future), Turn-based, Visual novel, Side view

Game released: PC → 26 September 2018

Players: 8.9/10

Metacritic: 70/100

Deep Sky Derelicts is a side-scrolling sci-fi turn-based game with visual novel elements. You will go to conquer a dark future, where humanity is scattered...

Promise Mascot Agency

Adventure, Simulation, Anime / Manga, Visual novel, Open world

Game released: PC → 10 April 2025

Metacritic: 79/100

The game takes place in a cursed Japanese city. The main character collects mascot creatures to help them, but they can also perform various tasks on their own. You...

Idol Manager

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

Game released: PC → 27 July 2021

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...

1000xRESIST

Science fiction, Adventure, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Walking Simulator, Visual novel, Exploration

Game released: PC → 9 May 2024

Players: 5.5/10

Metacritic: 86/100

In the future, a mysterious alien race of giant creatures arrives on Earth. They are not hostile, but their arrival is a death sentence for people. Humanity is...

Lucius

Adventure, Third-person view, Interactive movie, Visual novel

Game released: PC → 5 February 2012

Players: 8.7/10

Metacritic: 59/100

Lucius is an action-horror adventure game with a third-person view, in which you take on the role of an unusual boy who was born on June 6, 1966. As you might...

Mythic Love: Iberian Legends

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

Game in development: PC → лето 2026

A visual novel about romantic relationships with beings from Spanish folklore, where ancient myths intertwine with choices, mysteries, and dangerous feelings. In a...

Firework

Indie, Adventure, Side view, Horror, Puzzle, Mysticism / Supernatural, Visual novel

Game released: PC → 4 February 2021

Players: 10/10

Firework is a side-scrolling indie horror adventure with visual novel elements. An accidental fire at a funeral forces police to re-investigate a closed mass murder...

Mask of the Rose

Visual novel, Interactive movie, Adventure, Detective

Game released: PC → 8 June 2023

Players: 5.5/10

Detective visual novel from the creators suns Sea: zubmariner edition and suns skies. The game is a background for all events in the Fallen London universe. Its...

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...

Immortality

Adventure, Indie, Horror, Visual novel

Game released: PC → 30 August 2022

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...

To the Moon

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

Game released: PC → 6 July 2012

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...

Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy

Anime / Manga, Visual novel

Game released: PC → 9 April 2019

Players: 9.2/10

Metacritic: 80/100

Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy is an anime visual novel. This episode takes place in a courtroom. You'll experience the thrill of protecting clients in the...

Clannad

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

Game released: PC → 23 November 2015

Players: 7.6/10

Clannad is an adventure visual novel with elements of a dating simulator. The game tells the story of a young guy, Tomoya Okazaki, a student at Hikarizaka School...

Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair

Arcade, Adventure, Puzzle, Visual novel

Game released: PC → 18 April 2016

Players: 8.6/10

Metacritic: 81/100

Suzerain

Role-playing game, Strategy, Top-down view, Historical, Visual novel, Benchmark program

Game released: PC → 4 December 2020

Players: 9.6/10

Metacritic: 81/100

Suzerain is a political strategy game with elements of a text role-playing game in which the player controls a fictional state. The player's goal is to make the...

One Day in London

Adventure, Puzzle, Visual novel

Game released: PC → 10 August 2016

Players: 8.9/10

One Day in London is an episodic visual novel for mobile platforms. The game takes you to old England, where you can uncover the mysteries of a secret society...

Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc

Arcade, Visual novel, Logic

Game released: PC → 18 February 2016

Players: 8.6/10

Metacritic: 81/100

Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc is a visual novel with elements of a Japanese-style dating simulator. Only the most talented students in any field are accepted...

Кужлевка

Adventure, First-person view, Visual novel, Business / Management

Game released: PC → 6 April 2023

Players: 9.5/10

1992 In the midst of the confusion reigning in the country, another unexpected test falls on the heads of the Kuzhlevites, residents of an ordinary Russian village...

Slay the Princess — The Pristine Cut

Adventure, Horror, Visual novel, Comedy

Game released: PC → 23 October 2023

Players: 9.5/10

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...

Visual novel

Best Games in the Visual novel genre for PC