Visual novel for PC — top best games in the Visual novel genre / Page 9

Umamusume: Pretty Derby - a game in the Visual novel genre

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

Game released: PC → 25 June 2025

Players: 10/10

Steam: 93/100

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...

Mugen Souls

Role-playing game, Action, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game, Visual novel

Game released: PC → 22 October 2015

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 69/100

Metacritic: 55/100

This turn-based Japanese role-playing game combines anime-inspired fantasy with exploration and battles on free-roaming maps. The player travels across worlds in...

Hatoful Boyfriend: A School of Hope and White Wings

Simulation, Adventure, Visual novel

Game released: PC → 31 July 2011

Hatoful Boyfriend: A School of Hope and White Wings is a fairly simple dating simulator. The player takes on the role of a human girl (default name Hiyoko Tohsaka...

Demetrios - The BIG Cynical Adventure

Adventure, Side view, Indie, Visual novel, Point & Click, Comedy, Hidden Objects

Game released: PC → 31 May 2016

Steam: 80/100

Metacritic: 72/100

Demetrios — The BIG Cynical Adventure is a fun visual novel with puzzles and a side view. The main character is a slob living in Paris named Björn Thonen. One...

One Day in London

Adventure, Puzzle, Visual novel, Indie

Game released: PC → 10 August 2016

Players: 8.9/10

Steam: 87/100

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...

AB AETERNO

Shooter, Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Visual novel, Action, Virtual Reality (VR)

Game in development: PC → 2026

Anticipation Rating: 10/10

AB AETERNO is an adventure shooter with a first-person view and survival elements in a post-apocalyptic setting for virtual reality devices HTC Vive and Oculus. The...

Highway Blossoms

Simulation, Anime / Manga, Visual novel, Indie

Game released: PC → 17 June 2016

Players: 10/10

Steam: 94/100

Highway Blossoms — a visual novel with elements of a Japanese-style dating simulator. The game's plot unfolds in the southwestern USA, where young Amber seeks to...

Silver Case

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

Game released: PC → 6 October 2016

Players: 7/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 64/100

Silver Case — adventure visual novel in Japanese style. The game is dedicated to the investigation of a series of brutal murders that occurred in a city area...

Princess Maker 2 Refine

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

Game released: PC → 29 September 2016

Players: 9/10

Steam: 93/100

Princess Maker 2 Refine is a re-release of the classic arcade game Princess Maker 2 by the developers from Gainax studio. You will systematically turn a little girl...

Night Call

Adventure, Visual novel, Indie, Simulation

Game released: PC → 17 July 2019

Players: 1/10

Steam: 77/100

Metacritic: 66/100

Night Call is an atmospheric noir adventure set in Paris and told from the perspective of a taxi driver. The main character unwittingly witnesses evidence that...

OMON Girl: Bottle Royal

Adult game, Arcade, Adventure, Action, Visual novel, Simulation, Casual game, Indie

Game released: PC → 20 December 2019

Players: 5.2/10

Steam: 79/100

OMON Girl: Bottle Royal is a game for adults that combines the visual novel and puzzle genres. Expect naked anime girls, riot police and the opportunity to put...

Gerda: A Flame in Winter

Adventure, Isometric, Arcade, Historical, Visual novel, Role-playing game

Game released: PC → 1 September 2022

Players: 10/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 82/100

Gerda: A Flame in Winter is an interactive adventure with role-playing elements and an isometric camera view in the setting of World War II. The game will tell the...

Where The Stars Brought Us

Adventure, Visual novel, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Casual game, Simulation

Game released: PC → 14 December 2022

Where The Stars Brought Us is a fantasy adventure visual novel. This is a story about a boy Ryo Jung from Seoul, South Korea. He and his family (mother, father and...

Maneater and the Golden Teacher

Free game, Post-apocalyptic, First-person view, Visual novel, Point & Click

Game released: PC → 10 May 2022

Steam: 90/100

Maneater and the Golden Teacher is a free point and click adventure game set in a post-apocalyptic world 100 years after a nuclear...

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...

The Hepatica Spring

Visual novel, Fantasy, Indie, Comedy

Game released: PC → 28 February 2022

Steam: 82/100

The player manages a beautiful hotel located on the shore. The hero keeps the team running smoothly and serves various fantasy guests. But one day the king plans to...

Chicken Police: Into the HIVE!

Adventure, Puzzle, Detective, Visual novel, Point & Click

Game released: PC → 7 November 2024

Players: 10/10

Steam: 80/100

Metacritic: 77/100

Detectives Sonny and Marty from Chicken Police continue to do their job. During the investigation, the heroes end up in the Hive — a ghetto inhabited by insects...

Loop8: Summer of Gods

Japanese role-playing game, Role-playing game, Anime / Manga, Fantasy, Visual novel

Game released: PC → 6 June 2023

Steam: 45/100

Metacritic: 50/100

The game takes place in the quaint Japanese city of Ashihara in August 1983. A teenager named Nini explores the settlement, interacting with its inhabitants and...

Bahnsen Knights

Visual novel, Detective, Old school, Adventure

Game released: PC → 14 December 2023

Steam: 97/100

The game takes place in 1986 in Tornado Alley, USA. The main character is an undercover agent who has infiltrated a religious cult known as the Knights of Banzen...

1000xRESIST

Science fiction, Adventure, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Walking Simulator, Visual novel, Exploration, Futurism (Future), Post-apocalyptic

Game released: PC → 9 May 2024

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 96/100

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...

Celestia: Chain of Fate

Visual novel, Fantasy, Adventure, Anime / Manga

Game released: PC → 12 September 2024

Steam: 72/100

A romantic visual fantasy novel with a compelling plot that depends on the player's actions. The main character is the daughter of a duke, whose ideal life changes...

Dear me, I was...

Adventure, Anime / Manga, Visual novel, Casual game

Game released: PC → 12 February 2026

Steam: 100/100

A short story presented in the form of watercolor images. The main character lives her ordinary days, facing joys and sorrows. There is no text in the game, but...

Higurashi When They Cry

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

Game released: PC → 16 May 2015

Steam: 97/100

The events unfold in June 1983 in the quiet Japanese village of Hinamizawa. The main character, high school student Keiichi Maebara, moves here from the city and...

I'm Making a Monster

Adventure, Visual novel, Text quest, Casual game, Simulation

Game released: PC → 6 July 2026

Steam: 72/100

A short narrative game that combines an interactive novel, a monster creation simulator, and a story about experiencing loss. As a mage-scientist, you will...

Exogenesis: Perils of Rebirth

Adventure, Anime / Manga, Post-apocalyptic, Visual novel, Point & Click, Indie

Early Access: PC → 20 April 2019

Steam: 66/100

Exogenesis: Perils of Rebirth is a visual adventure novel with anime elements in a post-apocalyptic setting. From the ashes of war, humanity struggles to survive in...

Sorcery!

Role-playing game, Strategy, Isometric, Turn-based, Visual novel

Game released: PC → 22 September 2016

Metacritic: 85/100

Sorcery! — a text role-playing game from Steve Jackson. The player plays the role of an “adventurer” and, following a classic fantasy scenario, searches for a...

Wheels of Aurelia

Adventure, Futurism (Future), Indie, Visual novel

Game released: PC → 20 September 2016

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 50/100

Metacritic: 63/100

Wheels of Aurelia is an adventure game with driving elements. The events take place on the road in Italy in the 70s. The main character is a very restless woman who...

Analogue: A Hate Story

Visual novel, Anime / Manga, Indie

Game released: PC → 27 April 2012

Steam: 94/100

This science-fiction visual novel centers on the mystery of the Mugunghwa, a generation ship launched in the 25th century to establish the first interstellar colony...

Muv-Luv Alternative

Adventure, Futurism (Future), Anime / Manga, Combat robots, Visual novel, Science fiction

Game released: PC → 18 September 2017

Steam: 94/100

Muv-Luv Alternative is a continuation of the Japanese style adventure visual novel. Three years have passed since the day when an unsuspecting Japanese high school...

Just One Line

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

Game released: PC → 12 September 2018

Steam: 70/100

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...

Save Koch

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

Game released: PC → 18 April 2019

Steam: 61/100

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...

Wanderlust: Transsiberian

Visual novel, Adventure, Arcade, Indie, Trains, Text quest

Game released: PC → 9 April 2020

Steam: 63/100

Wanderlust: Transsiberian — adventure visual novel with a non-linear narrative. The two main characters embark on an amazing journey through the easternmost...

StarCrossed

Arcade, Online, Side view, Science fiction, Action, Cooperative (co-op), Indie, Shooter, Visual novel

Game released: PC → 11 February 2020

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 85/100

StarCrossed is a co-op, dynamic side-scrolling action game set in a sci-fi setting. In the game you have to join a group of 5 space heroes who travel among the...

The Deed

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

Game released: PC → 24 November 2015

Players: 9.6/10

Steam: 92/100

The Deed is an action-adventure RPG that offers gamers a dark and unconventional take on the classic murder story. The Deed is in the style of classic detective...

Know by heart

Adventure, Indie, Visual novel, Interactive movie, Third-person view, Casual game

Game released: PC → 10 February 2022

Players: 10/10

Steam: 89/100

The main character Misha is mired in monotonous work and indistinguishable everyday life, but one day his routine is invaded by old school love and the hope of...

Martial Law

Adventure, Side view, Visual novel, Free game, Indie

Game released: PC → 23 December 2021

Steam: 91/100

Martial Law is a free side-scrolling adventure with visual novel elements. Its main character is one of the inhabitants of communist Poland, abandoned to the mercy...

Grunnd

Visual novel, Side view, Detective, Walking Simulator, Puzzle, Point & Click

Game released: PC → 26 January 2023

Steam: 64/100

A detective adventure in which the character travels through a gloomy city. Here he meets strange people and uncovers secrets that change his journey. The main...

Mediterranea Inferno

Anime / Manga, Visual novel, Horror, Comics

Game released: PC → 24 August 2023

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 84/100

Claudio, Andrea and Mida are vacationing in the south of Italy. Around the age of 20, the characters reunite after two years of enforced isolation, hoping to...

VED

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

Game released: PC → 14 November 2024

Steam: 79/100

Metacritic: 66/100

A dark game in which the gamer explores mysterious islands where he fights monsters. Set in two worlds, the game tells the story of Cyrus, a young hero who embarks...

Sunset Hills

Exploration, Adventure, Puzzle, Indie, Role-playing game, Visual novel

Game released: PC → 21 August 2024

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 61/100

The game takes place in a world inhabited by anthropomorphic animals. After the army, the main character named Niko became a writer and went on a train journey. In...

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Best Games in the Visual novel genre for PC