Visual novel 2016 for PC — top best games in the Visual novel genre

Steins;Gate - a game in the Visual novel genre

Adventure, Anime / Manga, Visual novel, Science fiction

Game released: PC → 8 September 2016

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 95/100

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...

ENIGMA:

Adventure, Anime / Manga, Visual novel, Indie

Game released: PC → 15 November 2016

Players: 10/10

Steam: 94/100

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...

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...

Treasure of a Blizzard

Simulation, Adventure, Anime / Manga, Visual novel, Fantasy

Game released: PC → 6 October 2016

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 79/100

Treasure of a Blizzard is a simulator with a mixture of adventure, game in the anime or manga genre, and visual novel from the masters of the Flaming Firefly...

Agatha Christie - The ABC Murders

Adventure, Third-person view, Hidden Objects, Puzzle, Visual novel

Game released: PC → 4 February 2016

Players: 10/10

Steam: 77/100

Metacritic: 67/100

Agatha Christie — The ABC Murders — a point-and-click adventure based on the detective novels of Agatha Christie. Players will take on the role of the...

Space Rangers: Quest

Role-playing game, Adventure, Puzzle, Visual novel, Science fiction, Space

Game released: PC → 5 September 2016

Players: 9/10

Steam: 56/100

Space Rangers: Quest is a sci-fi text adventure with role-playing elements in the Space Rangers universe. You will have to investigate the nature of a new threat...

VA-11 Hall-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Action

Action, Adventure, Anime / Manga, Visual novel, Cyberpunk, Point & Click

Game released: PC → 21 June 2016

Players: 9/10

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 81/100

VA-11 Hall-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Action is a unique adventure bartender simulator in a sci-fi cyberpunk setting. The events of the game take place in the distant...

The House in Fata Morgana

Horror, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Visual novel, Side view, Gothic

Game released: PC → 14 May 2016

Players: 10/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 96/100

House in Fata Morgana is an adventure visual novel with Japanese-style horror elements. The events of the game will tell the story of a young hero who wakes up in...

Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc

Arcade, Visual novel, Logic, Anime / Manga, Detective

Game released: PC → 18 February 2016

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 95/100

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...

Zero Escape: Zero Time Dilemma

Adventure, Puzzle, Visual novel

Game released: PC → 29 June 2016

Players: 8.9/10

Steam: 81/100

Metacritic: 81/100

Zero Escape: Zero Time Dilemma is the third game in the Zero Escape series, taking place between 999 and Virtue's Last Reward. Like its predecessors, the game...

Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair

Arcade, Adventure, Puzzle, Visual novel, Anime / Manga, Detective

Game released: PC → 18 April 2016

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 81/100

This detective visual novel follows a school trip to the abandoned Jabberwock Island, where Monokuma restarts a deadly game. Students from Hope’s Peak Academy must...

Along the Edge

Adventure, Visual novel, Indie

Game released: PC → 12 October 2016

Steam: 89/100

Along the Edge is an adventure interactive visual novel that will take you to the European outback, where your choices will affect the personality and appearance of...

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...

Tokyo Babel

Adventure, Anime / Manga, Visual novel, Action

Game released: PC → 31 March 2016

Steam: 91/100

Tokyo Babel is a Japanese style adventure visual novel. The gates to heaven are locked, hell has collapsed, endless worlds are disappearing, and the surviving...

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...

Steins;Gate 0

Adventure, Anime / Manga, Visual novel, Science fiction

Game released: PC → 31 March 2014

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 81/100

STEINS;GATE 0 is the continuation of the wonderful Japanese-style adventure visual novel Steins;Gate. The story describes the events after Okabe Rintaro returns to...

The Deed: Dynasty

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

Game released: PC → 10 May 2016

Steam: 85/100

A standalone story expansion for the game The Deed, developing its main concept. The player will still have to commit a murder, carefully plan their actions, plant...

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...

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...

Umineko When They Cry - Question Arcs

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

Game released: PC → 9 July 2016

Steam: 95/100

A mystical visual novel set during the annual gathering of the wealthy Ushiromiya family. As the health of the family head rapidly declines, his relatives gather on...

Sorcery! 3

Role-playing game, Top-down view, Board / Group Game, Fantasy / Medieval, Visual novel, Adventure, Indie

Game released: PC → 5 April 2016

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 90/100

Sorcery! 3 is a role-playing fantasy board game in the visual novel genre. The land of Kahabad is a wilderness — ruined desert, tangled forest, cruel...

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...

Ladykiller in a Bind

Simulation, Adventure, Visual novel, Indie

Game released: PC → 9 January 2017

Players: 10/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 73/100

Ladykiller in a Bind is a visual novel with dating simulator elements. The events of the game revolve around the main character, who pretends to be her twin...

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...

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...

Minecraft: Story Mode - Episode 5: Order Up!

Adventure, Visual novel, Point & Click

Game released: PC → 29 March 2016

Players: 9.1/10

Metacritic: 72/100

Minecraft: Story Mode — Episode 5: Order Up! — the fifth episode of the adventure game set in the Minecraft universe. Ivor, Jesse, and friends head to an abandoned...

Mind 0

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

Game released: PC → 8 March 2016

Steam: 40/100

Metacritic: 59/100

This fantasy dungeon-crawling RPG follows Kei, a high school student whose life changes after he forms a contract with a MIND, a being and weapon with deadly...

Senran Kagura: Shinovi Versus

Arcade, Action, Slasher, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Visual novel

Game released: PC → 1 June 2016

Players: 7/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 69/100

This 3D action game follows rival teams of female shinobi in modern Japan and picks up after the events of SENRAN KAGURA Burst. The girls of Hanzō National Academy...

Nurse Love Addiction

Simulation, Adventure, Visual novel, Anime / Manga

Game released: PC → 7 July 2016

Players: 9.4/10

Steam: 92/100

Nurse Love Addiction is an adventure dating simulator made in the style of a visual novel. The game takes place in a nursing school, where female students learn...

Muv-Luv

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

Game released: PC → 14 July 2016

Players: 10/10

Steam: 93/100

Muv-Luv is an adventure visual novel in a sci-fi setting. The game takes place in an alternate reality where, after a failed expedition to the Moon in 1967, the...

Mugen Souls Z

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

Game released: PC → 25 August 2016

Steam: 73/100

Metacritic: 57/100

This tactical role-playing game is set across twelve Zodiac worlds threatened by an ancient force awakening from a long sleep. Chou-Chou and her companions join...

Sorcery! 2

Role-playing game, Top-down view, Board / Group Game, Fantasy / Medieval, Visual novel

Game released: PC → 2 February 2016

Metacritic: 88/100

Sorcery! 2 is a top-down RPG with a dash of fantasy and visual novel from the developers at Inkle Studios. The main publisher of the game is Inkle Studios...

Serafina's Crown

Adventure, Fantasy / Medieval, Visual novel, Free game, Indie

Game released: PC → 15 March 2016

Steam: 85/100

Serafina's Crown is a fantasy adventure visual novel. It's a fantasy drama visual novel with branching storylines, stat-based strategy gameplay, and dating sim...

Little Lily Princess

Anime / Manga, Visual novel, Indie, Simulation

Game released: PC → 19 May 2016

Steam: 92/100

Little Lily Princess is a dating simulator with visual novel elements and Japanese style. The events of the game tell the story of Sarah, the daughter of a wealthy...

Gal Gun: Double Peace

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

Game released: PC → 27 September 2016

Players: 6/10

Steam: 86/100

Metacritic: 65/100

This anime-styled first-person rail shooter with visual novel elements follows Houdai, who is struck by Cupid angel Ekoro and suddenly becomes popular with every...

Sakura Nova

Adventure, Anime / Manga, Visual novel, Casual game

Game released: PC → 20 October 2016

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 87/100

Sakura Nova is an adventure with elements of an anime or manga game and a visual novel from the masters of the studios Nutaku and Winged Cloud. The game is...

Ice-Bound Concordance

Futurism (Future), Visual novel, Indie, Free game

Game released: PC → 21 January 2016

Ice-Bound Concordance is a visual novel with an indie and free-to-play twist from the developers at Aaron A. Reed Studios. The game is published by Aaron A...

War of the Human Tanks - Limited Operations

Strategy, Top-down view, Anime / Manga, Turn-based, Visual novel, Tactics, Adventure, Tanks

Game released: PC → 13 June 2016

Steam: 86/100

War of the Human Tanks — Limited Operations is a tactical turn-based strategy with a top-down view in the Japanese style. An exciting story awaits you...

XBlaze Lost: Memories

Adventure, Anime / Manga, Visual novel

Game released: PC → 11 August 2016

Steam: 88/100

XBlaze Lost: Memories is a Japanese style adventure visual novel that is a sequel to XBlaze Code: Embryo. The main character, a mysterious girl with pink hair, must...

Sweet Volley High

Simulation, Adventure, Visual novel, Indie, Casual game

Game released: PC → 26 October 2016

Steam: 56/100

This visual novel follows high school senior Aya Mizuki as she pursues her dream of becoming a professional volleyball player. The story spans her final year at...

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Best Games in the Visual novel genre of 2016 for PC