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)
Blind Man's Sun: A Mystical Detective Horror Visual Novel9/25$0.9980% positive 30experimentalpsychological-horrortext-basedvisual-novelpixel-graphicsS
When the Crow Sings: A Future Where Humans and Evolved Animals Clash4/23Free80% positive 30adventuresingleplayerstory-richchoices-matterinteractive-fictionS
Tessa's Ark: A Sci-Fi RPG Where Perception Shapes Reality2/26Free74% positive 70indierpgfree-to-playpuzzlevisual-novelS
Hospitality VR: Trapped in a Psychological Horror Experience8/17$2.9971% positive 128vrcasualactionhorrorvisual-novelS
LongStory: Navigate Middle School Romance and Mystery12/7$14.9972% positive 102indielgbtq+casualadventuresimulationS
Golem Creation Kit: Craft Unstoppable Monsters in a Minute7/14$4.9974% positive 69indiecasualvisual-novelS
Blossoms Bloom Brightest: A Mysterious Spaceship Adventure4/28Free69% positive 216indieadventurecasualfemale-protagonistlgbtq+S
Virtual★Happy Land: A Love Horror Adventure in a Dream World1/21$4.9977% positive 43horrordating-simvisual-noveltext-basedcuteS
Urban Legend Hunters 2: Double - Explore Unsettling Alternate Dimensions4/25$9.9977% positive 43adventurevisual-novelpoint-&-clickexplorationimmersive-simS
ROBOTICS;NOTES DaSH: A Sci-Fi Adventure Continues on Tanegashima10/14$10.49-70%68% positive 299story-richadventurevisual-novelsci-fianimeS
The Vellescian Gambit: A 2D RPG of Trade and Survival11/15$1.9987% positive 15rpgvisual-noveltime-managementchoose-your-own-adventure2dS
The Robin: A School Bullying Tragedy and a Mysterious Revenge11/1$6.9987% positive 15interactive-fictionrpgvisual-novelcasualmysteryS
Ezrebeth: A Surreal Holiday Time Loop Mystery3/25$4.9987% positive 15visual-novelpoint-&-clickdetectivemultiple-endingsmysteryS
Harem Of Three Thousand: Navigate Imperial Intrigue8/14$10.9987% positive 15strategymultiple-endingscasualvisual-novelword-gameS
Hope's Journey: A Therapeutic Puzzle & Visual Novel Experience4/15$7.9987% positive 15puzzledialogue-heavyvisual-novelexplorationeducationS
IMRY: Siberian Taiga's Unsettling Anomalies & Survival2/11$4.9987% positive 15adventurerpgaction-rpgvisual-novelexplorationS
Limitless Bit: Lead Your Guard to Glory in This Idler RPG4/30$6.9987% positive 15explorationtime-managementidlerinteractive-fictionvisual-novelS
Miraculo Island: Amnesia, Mystery, and Adventure Await10/21$4.9987% positive 15adventurerpgpoint-&-clickvisual-novelchoose-your-own-adventureS
PANIC at Multiverse High!: Your Visual Novel Adventure Awaits8/17$4.9987% positive 15casualadventurerpgindievisual-novelS
Queen At Arms: A Fantasy Visual Novel of War and Intrigue2/3$24.9987% positive 15adventureindiecasualrpgotomeS
Royal Duality: Unravel a Cryptic Tale of Choices and Consequences8/29Free87% positive 15choose-your-own-adventureimmersive-simvisual-novelcasualinteractive-fictionS
Sushi Courier!: Sail, Fish, and Deliver in a Cute Ocean Town6/7Free87% positive 15casualvisual-novelexplorationcutecomedyS
TUZAQ: A Nonlinear Historical Visual Novel of Survival and Vengeance7/11$5.0087% positive 15visual-novel2dmilitaryhistoricalsurvivalS
Voice of Love: A Story-Rich Dating Sim10/1$6.9987% positive 15visual-noveldating-simstory-richinteractive-fictiondialogue-heavyS
Warsaw: Paris of the North (prototype): A Millionaire's Life-Changing Journey1/26Free87% positive 15adventurecasualeducationinteractive-fictionvisual-novelS
Witch Please!: A Magical Academy Simulation & Visual Novel9/17$11.9987% positive 15strategyadventurevisual-novelchoose-your-own-adventurecuteS
Yousei: Unravel a Psychic Murder Mystery in a Visual Novel9/14$8.9987% positive 15indieadventurevisual-novelanimemysteryS
My Pet Sitter is a Futanari: A Raunchy Visual Novel Adventure5/27$0.9974% positive 68visual-novel2dlgbtq+romancetranshumanismS
Summer in Trigue: A Heartbreak Escape to Romance10/18$17.9979% positive 33lgbtq+dating-simromanceanimevisual-novelS
Our World Is Ended.: Developers Caught Between Fiction and Reality5/29$39.9972% positive 99adventurevisual-novelanimefunnybeautifulS
The Diary: Unravel a Suspenseful Missing Case Through Interactive Journals6/20$15.9969% positive 210casualchoices-matterstory-richfemale-protagonistromanceS
Ark Noir — Resource Management RPG with Deep Character Customization7/12$9.9976% positive 49rpgadventureindievisual-novelturn-basedS
I Am The Prosecutor: No Evidence? No Problem! - Visual Novel Court Drama4/30$0.9976% positive 49visual-noveldetectivestory-richmultiple-endingschoices-matterS
Kiss And Cry: A Free Visual Novel About Love and Psychology8/13Free75% positive 57female-protagonistvisual-noveldating-simemotionalcuteS
Silenced: The House - A Visual Novel of Dark Secrets3/7$3.9972% positive 98gorevisual-novelviolentindieadventureS
My Nemesis and Hero: Slice of Life BL Visual Novel1/11$4.9978% positive 37simulationvisual-noveldating-simlgbtq+2dS
My Mundane Life Is Threatened by the Tropes of an RPG!!!: A JRPG-Inspired Office Worker Adventure8/8$2.9978% positive 37hidden-objectinteractive-fictionrpgvisual-novellife-simS
Do 11: Navigate a Cyberpunk Plague in this Visual Novel Puzzle8/10$1.9981% positive 26story-richmultiple-endingschoices-matterinteractive-fictionvisual-novelS
Eidolon: Unravel Your Identity in a Branching Visual Novel11/19Free81% positive 26indievisual-novelfree-to-playanimephilosophicalS
Kairu! Hacker Detective: Hack Your Way Through Puzzles10/29Free81% positive 26adventuremysterydetectivevisual-novelemotionalS
Nott Longa — A folk horror graphic adventure about nostalgia, lost futu11/5$4.9981% positive 26steamvisual-noveladventureindierpgS
Apathy Elementary School's Scary Tales: Monday - A Psychological Horror Visual Novel5/11$8.9991% positive 11adventurevisual-noveltext-basedhorrormysteryS
Anchored Hearts: A Tale of Destiny — A Pirate's Romance Adventure Against Fate6/24$12.9991% positive 11romancedating-simpiratesvisual-novelfemale-protagonistS
Gozenyojinomanimani: The End of a False World12/28$6.9991% positive 11singleplayeradventurepixel-graphics1990'sstory-richS
SS.Archives: Unraveling Supernatural Mysteries6/15$2.9991% positive 11singleplayeradventurevisual-novelinteractive-fictionword-gameS
Yandere X Contract: A Twisted Romance Begins7/19$2.9991% positive 11casualinteractive-fictionword-gamevisual-novel2d-platformerS
Vogvhathos: An Elf's Epic Text Adventure in Kirkvir10/7$1.9991% positive 11interactive-fictionchoose-your-own-adventuretext-basedchoices-matterlgbtq+S
Rapscallions On Deck - Friendship Otome: A Pirate Ship Adventure1/19$4.9991% positive 11casualsimulationdating-simvisual-novel2dS
Be My Loyal Subject: A Medieval BL Visual Novel of Royal Intrigue10/13$4.9991% positive 11casualsimulationdating-siminteractive-fictionvisual-novelSShowing 2901-2950 of 3937 items
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