Visual novel for PC — top best games in the Visual novel genre / Page 20

Voices from the Sea - a game in the Visual novel genre

Game released: PC → 16 September 2014

Steam: 92/100

This supernatural slice-of-life visual novel with comedic elements follows a boy named Cantus who meets Maris, a mysterious girl by the sea. As the story unfolds...

Just One Line

Role-playing game, Adventure, Fantasy / Medieval, Visual novel, Text quest, Indie

Game released: PC → 12 September 2018

Steam: 71/100

Just One Line is an adventure role-playing game with visual novel elements in a fantasy setting. You can create your own unique character using editors and go to...

The 25th Ward: The Silver Case

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

Game released: PC → 13 March 2018

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 68/100

The 25th Ward: The Silver Case is a continuation of the Japanese-style adventure visual novel Silver Case. The events of the game take place five years after the...

The Climate Trail

Free game, Adventure, Visual novel, Action

Game released: PC → 23 October 2019

Players: 4.3/10

Steam: 68/100

The Climate Trail is a free-to-play visual novel adventure that explores what will happen to our planet if it continues to warm. As you progress, you will...

The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles

Adventure, Arcade, Visual novel, Simulation, Detective

Game released: PC → 27 July 2021

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 84/100

The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles is a collection of unusual adventure arcade games with visual novel elements, where the gameplay revolves around verbal battles in...

VED: Purification

Side view, Fantasy, Role-playing game, Turn-based, Tactics, Visual novel

Game released: PC → 6 November 2024

Players: 9/10

Steam: 90/100

A dark game in which the gamer explores mysterious islands where he fights monsters. A warrior named Duk falls in love with a magical creature, although he must...

PITANIE

Adventure, Horror, Visual novel, Indie, Action

Game in development: PC → 2027

An atmospheric adventure dedicated to a Soviet factory, where reality cracks at the seams every night. The game's plot revolves around a guard named Sergey, who...

Dysfunctional Systems: Learning to Manage Chaos

Visual novel, Indie, Anime / Manga

Game released: PC → 4 April 2013

Steam: 75/100

This visual novel follows Winter Harrison, a student mediator who travels to chaotic worlds to help resolve their problems. In the series’ first entry, Winter...

Leviathan: The Last Day of the Decade

Visual novel, Adventure, Indie

Game released: PC → 11 November 2014

Steam: 78/100

This detective visual novel takes place in a dark world ravaged by a pandemic, where five clans rule under the authority of an immortal undead king. Young...

Sakura Angels

Anime / Manga, Visual novel

Game released: PC → 16 January 2015

Steam: 84/100

This anime visual novel with romantic comedy elements follows two girls blessed with magical powers. They must save a lonely protagonist from a mysterious witch and...

Regency Solitaire

Visual novel, Puzzle, Board / Group Game

Game released: PC → 18 May 2015

Steam: 96/100

Set in Regency England, this solitaire puzzle follows Bella as she tries to reclaim a lost fortune and restore the family ballroom. Along the way, she must avoid...

Harmonia

Adventure, Visual novel, Casual game

Game released: PC → 23 September 2016

Steam: 95/100

Harmonia is a kinetic visual novel set in a distant future, where a devastating war has left the world in ruins and greatly reduced the human population. Rei, an...

Evening Surprise

Free game, Indie, Visual novel

Game released: PC → 15 September 2017

Steam: 89/100

This comedy visual novel follows Max and his girlfriend Ann, who are happy together until Ann prepares a surprise for him. The story unfolds over several ordinary...

1931: Scheherazade at the Library of Pergamum

Simulation, Role-playing game, Visual novel

Game released: PC → 26 March 2015

Steam: 72/100

This story-driven role-playing visual novel with simulation elements follows archaeologist Scheherazade “Sadie” Keating on adventures in the 1930s. After her...

Himawari - The Sunflower -

Visual novel, Anime / Manga, Science fiction

Game released: PC → 10 December 2016

Steam: 87/100

This coming-of-age science-fiction visual novel is set in 2050 and follows a young man who lost his parents and memories in a spaceship crash but still dreams of...

Melty Blood: Re-ACT

Action, Adventure, Fighting, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Visual novel

Game released: PC → May 2004

Players: 5.5/10

Melty Blood: Re-ACT is a third-person action game with elements of adventure, fighting, anime or manga and visual novel from developers from French-Bread and Type...

Narcissu

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

Game released: PC → 21 August 2005

Narcissu is a first-person adventure with elements of an anime or manga game and a visual novel from developers from the stage-nana studio. In some circles...

Routes

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

Game released: PC → 28 February 2003

Routes is a first-person adventure with an anime/manga twist, an adult game, and a visual novel from the masters at Leaf. The game is published by...

Time Stripper

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

Game released: PC → 1997

Time Stripper is a first-person adventure with an anime/manga/adult/visual novel twist from the developers at Foster Studios. The main publisher of the game is...

Viper V-6

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

Game released: PC → 24 May 1996

Viper V-6 is a first-person adventure with an anime/manga twist, an adult game, and a visual novel from the developers at Sogna. The game is published by...

White Album

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

Game released: PC → 1 May 1998

Players: 7.8/10

Steam: 92/100

White Album is a first-person adventure with an anime/manga twist, an adult game, and a visual novel from Leaf. The main publisher of the game is...

Sunrider

Role-playing game, Action, MMO, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Anime / Manga, Visual novel, Free game

Game released: PC → Q2 2014

Players: 9.7/10

Steam: 92/100

This science-fiction role-playing game with visual novel elements follows Captain Kayto Shields after his homeworld is conquered and his nation falls under enemy...

Fading Hearts

Role-playing game, Simulation, Adventure, Anime / Manga, Visual novel, Indie, Japanese role-playing game, Casual game

Game released: PC → 5 February 2014

Steam: 60/100

This role-playing story with simulation and visual novel elements follows Ryou, an ordinary high school student in the land of Sorayama. The player decides how he...

Cibele

Arcade, Adult game, Indie, Visual novel, Simulation

Game released: PC → 2 November 2015

Steam: 68/100

Metacritic: 71/100

An interactive story about love, sex, and the internet, based on a true story. Nina, a 19-year-old woman, grows close to a young man she meets in an online game...

Able Black

Arcade, Puzzle, Visual novel, Indie

Game released: PC → 21 December 2016

Steam: 100/100

Able Black is an arcade puzzle game with visual novel elements for mobile platforms. You play as the android Abe, who must pass a civilian test to avoid being shut...

Sakura Space

Adventure, Futurism (Future), Anime / Manga, Visual novel, Indie

Game released: PC → 10 October 2016

Players: 10/10

Steam: 79/100

Sakura Space is an anime/manga and visual novel adventure from the developers at Winged Cloud. The game is published by Sekai...

Senko no Ronde 2

Shooter, Fighting, Futurism (Future), Anime / Manga, Visual novel, Action

Game released: PC → 7 September 2017

Steam: 77/100

Metacritic: 72/100

Senko no Ronde 2 is a sci-fi action fighting game with Japanese-style visual novel elements. In 1486, a future has arrived in which humanity has traveled to the...

Pesterquest

Adventure, Futurism (Future), Visual novel, Indie, Role-playing game

Game released: PC → 4 September 2019

Steam: 91/100

Pesterquest is an adventure visual novel set in a science fiction setting. You will embark on an amazing journey through time and space in a wonderful universe. As...

The Night Fisherman

Adventure, Visual novel, Benchmark program, Horror, Point & Click, Text quest

Game released: PC → 29 June 2020

Players: 6.7/10

Steam: 82/100

The Night Fisherman is a game about a fisherman who suddenly becomes a hostage to a situation — an armed man swims up to him and starts asking the hero...

A Rogue Escape

Simulation, Puzzle, Visual novel, Steampunk, Virtual Reality (VR), Exploration

Game released: PC → 10 June 2021

Steam: 73/100

A Rogue Escape is a steampunk adventure for virtual reality devices, which is a reimagining of the game Nauticrawl. You are tasked with stealing a giant robot...

Doctor Who: The Lonely Assassins

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

Game released: PC → 18 March 2021

Steam: 91/100

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...

Mary Skelter 2

Role-playing game, First-person view, Anime / Manga, Turn-based, Tactics, Fantasy / Medieval, Visual novel, Dungeons, Japanese role-playing game

Game released: PC → 13 January 2022

Steam: 74/100

Metacritic: 75/100

Mary Skelter 2 is a continuation of the atmospheric role-playing game with turn-based combat and first-person view in the Japanese style. Events take place in a...

Seance

Detective, Adventure, Visual novel, Anime / Manga, Comedy, Puzzle, Role-playing game, Exploration, Mysticism / Supernatural

Game released: PC → 29 May 2021

Steam: 94/100

Seance is a mystical visual novel with anime and puzzle elements. In this game, detective duo Kennedy (a 33-year-old retired agent) and Mia (a 16-year-old girl with...

That's Not How it Happened

Visual novel, Adventure, Action, Indie, Comedy, Point & Click, Casual game

Game released: PC → 8 August 2022

Steam: 96/100

That's Not How it Happened is a point and click adventure visual novel with indie and humor elements. This game presents the same story from different perspectives...

Tails: The Backbone Preludes

Side view, Point & Click, Visual novel, Casual game, Adventure

Game released: PC → 2 February 2023

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 77/100

The game takes place years before the events of Backbone in a dystopian world inhabited by anthropomorphic animals. Four characters go through different stories...

Miniatures

Visual novel, Casual game, Exploration, Adventure, Puzzle, Hidden Objects, Point & Click

Game released: PC → 14 November 2024

Steam: 90/100

A collection of four graphic adventures about childhood. The player follows the story and interacts with certain objects. The stories merge imagination and reality...

Amarantus

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

Game released: PC → 26 June 2023

Steam: 76/100

The main character is forced to flee home after a midnight attack. His parents are captured and the house is set on fire. Along the way, the character gathers a...

The Bear - A Story from the World of Gra

Adventure, Platformer, Side view, Casual game, Visual novel

Game released: PC → 4 March 2025

Steam: 100/100

An interactive adventure in which the gamer must guide a bear and a baby through various unusual locations in the atmospheric universe. As the journey progresses...

A Work of Art

Visual novel, Comedy, Horror, Simulation, Japanese role-playing game

Game released: PC → 15 October 2024

Steam: 95/100

A dark thriller that takes 1-2 hours to complete. The plot features several quirky characters and their intricate history. The game is suitable for streamers who...

Fire from the sky: Cagliari 1943 VR

Virtual Reality (VR), Free game, First-person view, Historical, Adventure, Visual novel

Game released: PC → 15 April 2025

Players: 1/10

Steam: 83/100

A free historical game set in the Italian city of Cagliari during World War II. Players, as a member of a wealthy family, must survive the days of the bombings. The...

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Best Games in the Visual novel genre for PC