Visual Novel PC Games | Highly Rated Titles on Steam
The first split in visual novels is whether you get choices. In some, branches change the ending; in others you read a single path through. The second is length, from an hour to dozens. And a story written in Japanese reads differently from one translated into it. The Japanese-support flag here reflects Steam's declaration and says nothing about translation quality. Titles with few reviews but no split in opinion come first. One's Own Exile and Project Canvas, for example, hold a steady rating with fewer than 500 reviews.
6,674 titles match. 2,447 of them hold a steady rating on 10–500 reviews, 1,756 support Japanese, and 1,269 are free.
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3,937 titles (10–500 reviews, by rating)
Magical Eyes: Red is for Anguish - A Mystery Visual Novel3/30$14.9982% positive 72adventureindievisual-novelanimemysteryS
PARASiTE FLOWER: A Disturbing Time-Loop Horror Adventure3/23$2.9977% positive 263rpgjrpgvisual-novelwalking-simulator2d-platformerS
Mourningwood Lodge: Live-Action FMV Horror Unravels Ancient Sect Conspiracy9/12$6.9978% positive 186fmvmysteryhorrorvisual-novelinteractive-fictionS
Students' Horrible Stories FIN: Uncover the Shadowy Truth5/25$7.9982% positive 71indievisual-novelhorrorsimulationchoices-matterS
THE TALE OF SPRING CITY: A Hand-Drawn Mystery Visual Novel4/16$8.9984% positive 50visual-novelinteractive-fictionmysteryfemale-protagoniststylizedS
Mound of Music: A Rhythm Adventure with Classical Melodies10/25$9.9986% positive 37musicvisual-novelrhythmadventureindieS
My Maid Girlfriend – Romance Your Childhood Friends as Maids9/4$9.9986% positive 37casualadventurevisual-novelanimeS
Path to Mnemosyne: Explore Your Mind in a Hypnotic Adventure9/26$9.9977% positive 251adventureindiepuzzlefemale-protagonisthorrorS
this morning I decided to die: A Psychedelic Visual Novel8/2$1.9978% positive 180female-protagonistvisual-novelpsychological-horroranimemultiple-endingsS
oct 14: A Short Psychological Horror Visual Novel10/14Free81% positive 84interactive-fictionpsychological-horrorcutevisual-novelrpgS
Sakura Forest Girls: A Journey of Friendship and Mystery4/19$9.9980% positive 104visual-noveldating-simanimenaturesimulationS
Secret Opera: A 1980s Rural Mystery Adventure6/18$4.9978% positive 175visual-noveladventuremultiple-endingsmysteryinteractive-fictionS
Hard to Make a Romantic Cartoon!: BL Visual Novel Adventure4/5$24.9986% positive 36dating-simcasualvisual-novelromancecomedyS
Your Royal Gayness: A Fairytale Parody Adventure1/26$14.9979% positive 129lgbtq+indiesimulationadventurepsychological-horrorS
Conflux: Prologue - Visual Novel Card Battler Adventure5/20Free85% positive 41adventurestrategycard-gametabletopvisual-novelS
Pay 2 Win: The World is Mine - Incremental Strategy & Anime Assistants6/4$14.9982% positive 66incrementalstrategyvisual-novelcomedycasualS
Team up with a Magician! An All-Ages Adventure GALGAME8/14$6.9982% positive 66indiecasualadventurerpgsimulationS
A Night With Angel: A Charming Pixel Art Dating Sim1/31$2.9987% positive 31lgbtq+casualpixel-graphicstext-baseddating-simS
Starlights: A New Visual Novel Adventure6/7Free87% positive 31visual-novelsimulationdating-simlgbtq+2dS
Break Chance Memento: A Time-Traveling Visual Novel of Family and Fate2/13$14.9987% positive 31indieadventurevisual-novellgbtq+S
Leucanthemum Eyes: Escape the Haunted Sewers3/14Free87% positive 31adventurepoint-&-clickvisual-novelexploration2dS
Detective Kobayashi: A Visual Novel of Crime and Clues10/24$12.9987% positive 31detectivecrimemysteryvisual-novelpoint-&-clickS
DR3AMy: Psychological Horror Visual Novel Exploring Nightmares1/31Free87% positive 31casualvisual-novel2d-platformer2danimeS
Saccharine Echo: A Supernatural Romance Visual Novel3/17$4.9987% positive 31otomevisual-novelstory-richlgbtq+romanceS
Trials of Guinevere: A Story-Rich RPG with Turn-Based Combat12/31$8.9987% positive 31rpgstory-richturn-based-combatparty-based-rpgchoices-matterS
Desta: The Memories Between - Turn-Based Tactics Adventure4/26$16.9978% positive 161story-richturn-based-tacticsrogueliteaction-roguelikeroguelikeS
It was a human.: Psychedelic Sci-Fi Interrogation Adventure7/26$4.9975% positive 492adventurevisual-novelchoose-your-own-adventure2dcuteS
The Stonks Market: Become the Ultimate Daytrader5/5$2.9986% positive 35choices-mattervisual-novelsimulationfunnycapitalismS
Edelweiss: A Pixelated Descent into Orphanage Horror4/20$3.9986% positive 35horrorpixel-graphicsjrpg2dexplorationS
Star-Crosst: A Post-Alien Invasion RPG Adventure8/6$9.9986% positive 35rpgvisual-novelchoose-your-own-adventureanimecasualS
The Quintessential Quintuplets OMOIDE VR ~ITSUKI~: A VR Adventure with Itsuki10/12$24.9986% positive 35adventurevranimecutecasualS
Seven Deadly Dates — A Demon Speed Dating Adventure7/7$6.9985% positive 40choose-your-own-adventurevisual-novelcollectathonromancetutorialS
Let Go of That Throat Cover: A Gender-Reversed Visual Novel Adventure8/13Free85% positive 40casualdating-siminteractive-fictionvisual-novel2dS
One Night: Burlesque - Unravel a Noir Mystery with Telepathy11/3$12.9985% positive 40dialogue-heavynoirsimulationchoose-your-own-adventureinteractive-fictionS
Morok: A Hand-Drawn Visual Novel of Amnesia and Mystery10/14Free79% positive 121free-to-playindiecasualadventurevisual-novelS
Animals Memory: A Charming Card Game for All Ages12/20$4.9981% positive 77singleplayercasualcard-gameindiepuzzleS
Deluge: Sermon for the Dead - A Lovecraftian Mystery Visual Novel5/17Free79% positive 117lovecraftianvisual-novelanimemysteryadventureS
When You Wish Upon a Star: A Choice-Driven Romance Visual Novel5/6$9.9983% positive 53indiesimulationcasualvisual-noveldating-simS
CAFE 0 ~The Sleeping Beast~: A Supernatural Mystery Visual Novel11/11$16.9983% positive 53visual-novelinteractive-fictionfemale-protagonisthorrorromanceS
Ms Vampire Love to Date with Me: Uncover a Vampire's Secrets11/7$4.9983% positive 53rpg2d-platformervisual-noveldetectiveromanceS
PROJECT: Halloween: A Psychological Horror Visual Novel10/21Free83% positive 53visual-novelcasualpsychological-horrorhorrorfemale-protagonistS
Block, Love, and Ancient Greece: Merge Blocks, Defeat Scholars9/4Free85% positive 39casual2dpuzzlesingleplayerincrementalS
In Your World (I Own): An RPG Adventure to Save the Universe8/13Free85% positive 39adventurearcadevisual-noveldesign-&-illustrationcrpgS
Anicon - Animal Complex - Cat's Path: A Whimsical Otome Adventure8/2$7.9987% positive 30adventureindiecasualsimulationotomeS
CODA – An Avant-Garde Exploration of Unique Worlds6/9$4.2987% positive 30explorationrpgwalking-simulatorhorrorsurrealS
Chris Isn't Alone: Survive a Monster in Your Closet9/12Free87% positive 30choose-your-own-adventureactionvisual-novelhorrorcomedyS
Whispers of the Village: A Fortune Teller's Visionary Mystery6/17Free87% positive 30interactive-fictionpuzzlevisual-novelmysteryfirst-personS
At Eve’s Wake Definitive Edition: A Lovecraftian Family Horror10/26$9.9984% positive 45psychological-horrorvisual-novelstory-richchoices-matterlovecraftianS
Dear Mirror Flower: Unraveling Mysteries in a Town of Demon Spirits6/19$24.9984% positive 45adventurevisual-novelanimeatmosphericstory-richSShowing 2351-2400 of 3937 items
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