Visual novel for PC — top best games in the Visual novel genre / Page 2

The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante - a game in the Visual novel genre

Role-playing game, Adventure, Simulation, Indie, Visual novel, Text quest, Medieval era

Game released: PC → 4 March 2021

Players: 9/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 82/100

The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante is a narrative role-playing game set in the pages of the protagonist's diary. You will find a story about a ruthless world...

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...

Reigns: The Witcher

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

Game released: PC → 25 February 2026

Steam: 77/100

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...

Evan's Remains

Arcade, Platformer, Side view, Puzzle, Indie, Adventure, Casual game, Visual novel

Game released: PC → 11 June 2020

Players: 8.1/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 72/100

Evan's Remains is a side-scrolling puzzle-platformer adventure inspired by classic Japanese thrillers. You have to explore a mysterious island and solve puzzles to...

Open Roads

Adventure, First-person view, Visual novel, Indie, Exploration

Game released: PC → 28 March 2024

Players: 7.1/10

Steam: 76/100

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...

Sherlock Holmes: Night Stalker

Adventure, First-person view, Puzzle, Visual novel, Detective

Early Access: PC → 21 August 2026; Game in development: PC → 2027

A detective adventure set in the gloomy atmosphere of 19th century London. On the outskirts of the city, shrouded in fog, a mysterious murder of Sir Charles...

Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy

Anime / Manga, Visual novel, Detective

Game released: PC → 9 April 2019

Players: 9.1/10

Steam: 97/100

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...

Coffee Talk

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

Game released: PC → 29 January 2020

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 94/100

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...

The Incident at Galley House

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

Game released: PC → 14 July 2026

Steam: 97/100

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...

Stories Untold

Adventure, Horror, Visual novel, Indie, Text quest

Game released: PC → 27 February 2017

Players: 10/10

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 80/100

Stories Untold is a text adventure with horror elements in the style of 80s films. The game is based on the series of the same name, which was never aired. You are...

Urban Myth Dissolution Center

Adventure, Anime / Manga, Visual novel, Exploration

Game released: PC → 12 February 2025

Steam: 89/100

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...

Corpse Party

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

Game released: PC → 25 April 2016

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...

The Walking Dead: The Telltale Definitive Series

Adventure, Horror, Third-person view, Collection, Visual novel, Zombies, Comics

Game released: PC → 29 October 2020

Players: 9.9/10

Steam: 97/100

Metacritic: 84/100

The Walking Dead: The Telltale Definitive Series — a special edition of the adventure series The Walking Dead from Telltale Games. The game includes 4 seasons and...

Blush Blush

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

Game released: PC → 22 April 2020

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 86/100

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...

Amnesia: Memories

Adventure, Anime / Manga, Visual novel, Casual game

Game released: PC → 25 August 2015

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 72/100

A romantic visual novel with elements of mysticism, where the main character tries to hide her memory loss and piece her life back together. Finding herself among...

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

Steam: 89/100

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...

Slay the Princess — The Pristine Cut

Adventure, Horror, Visual novel, Comedy, Point & Click

Game released: PC → 23 October 2023

Players: 9.5/10

Steam: 97/100

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...

Whispers from the Star

Adventure, Interactive movie, Casual game, Visual novel, Simulation

Game released: PC → 15 August 2025

Steam: 80/100

The player communicates with Stella, an astronaut whose ship has crashed on a mysterious planet called Gaia. You need to video call the girl, send voice or text...

KinitoPET

Horror, Visual novel, Indie, Casual game, Old school

Game released: PC → 9 January 2024

Players: 10/10

Steam: 93/100

Psychological horror styled after virtual assistants from the early 2000s. The player meets a friendly digital pet named Kinito, who can communicate, learn user...

2064: Read Only Memories

Adventure, Futurism (Future), Anime / Manga, Visual novel, Cyberpunk, Side view, Combat robots, Point & Click

Game released: PC → 6 October 2015

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 83/100

Metacritic: 78/100

2064: Read Only Memories is a Japanese-style sci-fi adventure visual novel with pixel art. The game takes place in the world of the future, namely in the city of...

Mirror 2: Project X

Simulation, Puzzle, Adult game, Anime / Manga, Match-3 (Three in a row), Visual novel

Early Access: PC → 21 January 2022; Game released: PC → 25 December 2022

Players: 6.4/10

Steam: 46/100

Mirror 2: Project X is a continuation of the exciting match-3 puzzle game with elements of a dating simulator for adults. Unlike the original, the second part is...

Storyteller

Puzzle, Visual novel, Logic, Casual game, Point & Click, Adventure

Game released: PC → 23 March 2023

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 86/100

Metacritic: 72/100

An unusual cartoon puzzle where you can compose various stories in the language of pictures. The main goal of each level is to create a fairy tale with a specific...

To the Moon

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

Game released: PC → 6 July 2012

Players: 9.4/10

Steam: 95/100

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...

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...

Project Dark

Visual novel, Fantasy, Adventure, Casual game

Game released: PC → 6 April 2023

Players: 10/10

Steam: 100/100

An episodic immersive audio game in which the player creates their own adventure by choosing story paths. Each story offers a new setting and characters. The game...

Coffee Talk Tokyo

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

Game released: PC → 21 May 2026

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 81/100

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...

Love Love School Days

Action, Adventure, Stealth, Simulation, Anime / Manga, Visual novel, Roguelike, Procedural generation, Horror, Exploration

Game released: PC → 6 February 2023

Steam: 95/100

A visual novel with elements of a romantic simulator and science fiction. In the near future, the Brain Link technology allows you to literally enter game worlds...

Alone With You

Adventure, Futurism (Future), Indie, Visual novel

Game released: PC → 9 February 2017

Players: 10/10

Steam: 68/100

Metacritic: 73/100

Alone With You is a sci-fi adventure game in a pixel style. Players will play as the last surviving person on the planet. The main character needs to get out of a...

Milk outside a bag of milk outside a bag of milk

Horror, Visual novel, Anime / Manga, Indie, Text quest

Game released: PC → 16 December 2021

Players: 9.7/10

Steam: 97/100

Milk outside a bag of milk outside a bag of milk is a visual novel in the horror genre with point and click elements. A psychedelic narrative full of pyramidal word...

Gone Home

Adventure, First-person view, Visual novel, Indie, Walking Simulator, Exploration

Game released: PC → 15 August 2013

Players: 5.6/10

Steam: 77/100

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...

Resort BOIN

Adventure, Anime / Manga, Visual novel

Game released: PC → 16 March 2007

Players: 7/10

Resort BOIN is an adventure with a mixture of an anime or manga game and a visual novel from developers from the CROSSNET studio. The main publisher of the game is...

Reverse: 1999

Role-playing game, Adventure, Anime / Manga, Turn-based, Tactics, Visual novel

Game released: PC → 26 October 2023

Players: 9.1/10

Steam: 93/100

Free anime game about time travel. According to the plot, on the last day of 1999, a "Storm" struck the world, and people witnessed how the era turned back into the...

Cooking Companions

Adventure, Horror, Anime / Manga, Visual novel, Mysticism / Supernatural, Casual game

Game released: PC → 7 October 2021

Steam: 87/100

An unusual visual novel with elements of psychological horror, hiding a dark story behind a cute and almost carefree facade. The events unfold in the forests of the...

Your Story: Games with Death

Role-playing game, Adventure, Visual novel, Text quest, Casual game, Medieval era

Game released: PC → 11 September 2026

Players: 1/10

Steam: 38/100

A variable text quest set in a medieval setting, where the fate of an ordinary person depends on the decisions made. Every action can change the further development...

Hatoful Boyfriend

Arcade, Adventure, Visual novel, Anime / Manga, Comedy

Game released: PC → 15 February 2012

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 70/100

Hatoful Boyfriend is an arcade visual novel with anime-style adventure elements. You have been accepted as the only human student at the prestigious Saint Dove...

Chicken Police

Adventure, Indie, Visual novel, Detective

Game released: PC → 5 November 2020

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 94/100

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...

Бесконечное Лето 2

Adventure, Anime / Manga, Visual novel, Indie

Game in development: PC → 2027

Anticipation Rating: 6.7/10

Continuation of the cult visual novel “Endless Summer”. The game tells the story of Alexey, a guy from the 21st century, who falls asleep on bus number 410 and ends...

Otome wa Boku ni Koishiteru

Adventure, Anime / Manga, Adult game, Visual novel

Game released: PC → 28 January 2005

Players: 5.5/10

Otome wa Boku ni Koishiteru is an anime/manga adventure game, adult game, and visual novel from Caramel Box. The game is published by Alchemist, Caramel Box and...

Metropolis: Lux Obscura

Interactive movie, Visual novel, Logic, Match-3 (Three in a row), Indie, Casual game

Game released: PC → 11 October 2017

Players: 8.1/10

Steam: 77/100

Metropolis: Lux Obscura is a unique blend of visual novel and match-3 puzzle game set in a noir setting. The game takes place in the gloomy city of Metropolis...

Demonschool

Role-playing game, Adventure, Anime / Manga, Turn-based, Visual novel, Tactics, Comedy, Japanese role-playing game, Isometric

Game released: PC → 19 November 2025

Steam: 91/100

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...

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Best Games in the Visual novel genre for PC