The Best Visual-novel Games

Update, 20 July 2022: Muv-Luv Alternative Total Eclipse Remastered added at rank #43.

Doki Doki Literature Club Plus! (2021)

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PC Windows Xbox Series X Nintendo Switch Playstation 4 Playstation 5 Mac OS Xbox One

Welcome to the club! Write poems for your crush and experience the terror of school romance in this critically-acclaimed psychological horror story.

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visual-novel
dating-sim
horror
romance
psychological
anime
cute

Overboard! (2021)

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IOS iPhone Mac OS PC Windows Android Nintendo Switch

GET AWAY WITH MURDER. Highly replayable detective game where you're the one whodunnit. From the creators of 80 Days and Heaven's Vault.

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crime
visual-novel
choices
detective
mystery
narrative
fiction
comedy
interactive
conversation
adventure
novel
sailing
cover
puzzle

Gnosia (2019)

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vita PC Windows Nintendo Switch

The Gnosia lie. Pretending to be human, they’ll get in close, trick and deceive, and then eliminate one victim at a time...

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visual-novel
deduction
sci-fi
social
rpg
narrative
mystery

OPUS: Echo of Starsong (2021)

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PC Windows Mac OS IOS iPhone Nintendo Switch

Echo of Starsong is a Narrative puzzle adventure game. Eda, a girl who can hear mysterious sound waves known as starsong, crosses paths with a young man in search of their source. Together, they venture out to the heart of space to unravel an ancient myth.

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visual-novel
exploration
emotional
interactive
fiction
anime
pirates
narrative
soundtrack
sci-fi
japanese
story
adventure
puzzle
2.5d

Arcadia Fallen (2021)

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Nintendo Switch PC Windows Mac OS Linux

Play the role of a young alchemist apprentice who is unwillingly bound to an illegal spirit. Suddenly drawn into a war between humanity and magic, they must join a group of unlikely heroes to escape their own doom, hopefully saving the world along the way.

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visual-novel
choices
otome
romance
dating-sim
immersive
comic
character
fantasy
lgbtq
demons
book
text
story
puzzle

The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles (2021)

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Nintendo Switch PC Windows Playstation 4

Immerse yourself in a dramatic yet charming and witty world of evidence-gathering, deduction and courtroom battles with this double-pack of the adventures of rookie lawyer Ryunosuke.

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visual-novel
detective
crime
drama
historical
mystery
narrative
western
adventure
crossover

A YEAR OF SPRINGS (2021)

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PC Windows Mac OS Linux Playstation 4 Nintendo Switch Xbox One Xbox Series X Playstation 5 Android

Experience the stories of Haru, Erika, and Manami, a trio of friends navigating their feelings of love, connection, and just wanting to belong.

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visual-novel
choices
lgbtq
cute
relaxing
romance
multiple-endings
emotional
fiction

If Found... (2020)

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PC Windows IOS iPhone Nintendo Switch Mac OS

If Found... is a game about going home, coming out and erasing everything.

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visual-novel
lgbtq
interactive
fiction
beautiful
narrative
casual
sci-fi
stylized
story

Raptor Boyfriend: A High School Romance (2021)

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Nintendo Switch Xbox Series X Xbox One Playstation 5 Mac OS Playstation 4 PC Windows Linux

Raptor Boyfriend: A High School Romance is a dating sim about a teen girl who moves to a small secret community of cryptids. Romance a magical Fairy, a sensitive Sasquatch and a bold Velociraptor. A satirical 90's teen drama about trying to find love in your last year of high school.

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dating-sim
visual-novel
dinosaurs
lgbtq
romance
choices
multiple-endings
1990s
drama
story
2d
funny
hand-drawn

Heart of the Woods (2019)

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Playstation 4 Xbox Series X Playstation 5 onlive Nintendo Switch Linux Mac OS PC Windows Xbox One

A fantasy yuri visual novel filled with magic, fairies, and a ghost girl. When Maddie and her best friend, Tara, journey to a remote forest village to investigate rumors of the supernatural, they find a whole lot more than they bargained for.

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