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Best Visual Novel Games

Top 50 of 291 qualifying games — tagged Visual Novel (community voting), 1,000+ reviews · ranked by Wilson lower bound on Steam review score · review data as of 2026-05-20.

1 Monster Prom 4: Monster Con (2025) Visual Novel · Comedy · LGBTQ+ · 50K–100K owners · $14.99 99.3%1,444 reviews 2 买个可乐饼吧！ - Buy a Croquette! (2024) RPGMaker · Mystery · Sci-fi · 100K–200K owners · Free 99.0%4,397 reviews 3 Our Life: Beginnings & Always (2020) Visual Novel · Romance · LGBTQ+ · 500K–1M owners · Free 98.8%12,452 reviews 4 Threefold Recital (2025) Drama · Mystery · Visual Novel · 50K–100K owners · $14.99 98.9%3,475 reviews 5 星空列车与白的旅行 (2021) Visual Novel · Cute · Adventure · 20K–50K owners · $19.99 98.8%5,331 reviews 6 planetarian HD (2017) Visual Novel · Anime · Casual · 20K–50K owners · $9.99 98.9%2,981 reviews 7 CLANNAD (2015) Visual Novel · Anime · Story Rich · 200K–500K owners · $44.99 98.5%9,709 reviews 8 I Wani Hug that Gator! (2024) Visual Novel · Story Rich · Romance · 200K–500K owners · $14.99 98.5%4,839 reviews 9 Endless Monday: Dreams and Deadlines (2023) Visual Novel · Choose Your Own Adventure · Interactive Fiction · 20K–50K owners · $9.99 98.8%1,510 reviews 10 DOTOKOI / 像素男友 (2019) Casual · RPG · Indie · 50K–100K owners · Free 98.9%1,107 reviews 11 A Date with Death (2023) Dating Sim · Visual Novel · LGBTQ+ · 500K–1M owners · Free 98.3%10,483 reviews 12 Scarlet Hollow (2021) Early Access · Choices Matter · Visual Novel · 50K–100K owners · $24.99 98.3%3,071 reviews 13 Aliya: Timelink (2024) RPG · Interactive Fiction · Visual Novel · 200K–500K owners · $2.99 98.2%6,512 reviews 14 Firework (2021) Horror · Indie · Puzzle · 500K–1M owners · $9.99 97.9%41,558 reviews 15 The Wolf Among Us (2013) Adventure · Detective · Story Rich · 1M–2M owners · $14.99 97.9%35,678 reviews 16 Volcano Princess (2023) Life Sim · Multiple Endings · Choices Matter · 1M–2M owners · $10.99 97.8%41,180 reviews 17 Katawa Shoujo (2024) Visual Novel · Romance · Dating Sim · 100K–200K owners · Free 98.2%3,806 reviews 18 像素女友 (2020) RPG · Indie · Casual · 50K–100K owners · Free 98.5%1,368 reviews 19 Hello Charlotte EP3: Childhood's End (2018) Story Rich · Psychological Horror · Gore · 50K–100K owners · $3.99 98.2%2,605 reviews 20 The Test: Final Revelation (2020) Simulation · Choose Your Own Adventure · Choices Matter · 0–20K owners · $1.99 98.0%5,360 reviews 21 Ticy Adventure Club (2022) RPG · Cute · Story Rich · 100K–200K owners · Free 98.1%3,059 reviews 22 Tales of the Black Forest (2019) RPG · RPGMaker · Pixel Graphics · 200K–500K owners · $3.99 97.7%13,947 reviews 23 Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy (2019) Detective · Visual Novel · Story Rich · 1M–2M owners · $29.99 97.6%37,254 reviews 24 StarVaders (2025) Roguelike Deckbuilder · Deckbuilding · Turn-Based Tactics · 50K–100K owners · $24.99 98.2%1,955 reviews 25 Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective (2023) Puzzle · Adventure · Mystery · 100K–200K owners · $29.99 97.8%5,947 reviews 26 The Test: Hypothesis Rising (2020) Simulation · Multiple Endings · Choices Matter · 20K–50K owners · $1.99 97.7%5,893 reviews 27 Eternal Senia (2015) Anime · Free to Play · RPG · 500K–1M owners · Free 97.6%11,948 reviews 28 VA-11 Hall-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Action (2016) Cyberpunk · Visual Novel · Pixel Graphics · 500K–1M owners · $14.99 97.4%36,462 reviews 29 候鸟 (2023) Word Game · 2D Platformer · Interactive Fiction · 20K–50K owners · $10.99 97.8%3,521 reviews 30 Class of '09: The Re-Up (2023) Visual Novel · Female Protagonist · Comedy · 200K–500K owners · $14.99 97.7%4,036 reviews 31 坦率的小红帽和爱说谎的狼 (2020) Free to Play · RPG · Casual · 50K–100K owners · Free 98.2%1,066 reviews 32 Beacon Pines (2022) Visual Novel · Story Rich · Emotional · 100K–200K owners · $19.99 97.8%3,495 reviews 33 STEINS;GATE (2016) Visual Novel · Story Rich · Anime · 500K–1M owners · $29.99 97.4%21,078 reviews 34 Until Then (2024) Visual Novel · Pixel Graphics · Emotional · 100K–200K owners · $19.99 97.5%9,868 reviews 35 BAD END THEATER (2021) Multiple Endings · Visual Novel · Story Rich · 200K–500K owners · $9.99 97.5%8,332 reviews 36 Marco & The Galaxy Dragon (2020) Visual Novel · Anime · Adventure · 50K–100K owners · $19.99 97.5%7,068 reviews 37 Vampires' Melody (2020) Visual Novel · Casual · Adventure · 200K–500K owners · $3.99 97.5%5,377 reviews 38 Far Away (2021) Singleplayer · Visual Novel · Choices Matter · 200K–500K owners · $12.99 97.5%7,360 reviews 39 Monster Prom 3: Monster Roadtrip (2022) Visual Novel · LGBTQ+ · Dating Sim · 100K–200K owners · $11.99 97.6%3,112 reviews 40 Persona 4 Golden (2020) JRPG · Great Soundtrack · Story Rich · 1M–2M owners · $19.99 97.0%78,346 reviews 41 planetarian ~the reverie of a little planet~ (2014) Visual Novel · Anime · Post-apocalyptic · 50K–100K owners · Free 97.6%2,032 reviews 42 Slay the Princess — The Pristine Cut (2023) Visual Novel · Choices Matter · Psychological Horror · 500K–1M owners · $17.99 97.1%23,963 reviews 43 Promise Mascot Agency (2025) RPG · Adventure · Open World · 20K–50K owners · $24.99 97.8%1,317 reviews 44 Sakuya Izayoi Gives You Advice And Dabs (2020) Casual · Visual Novel · Relaxing · 50K–100K owners · $0.99 97.6%2,293 reviews 45 Milk outside a bag of milk outside a bag of milk (2021) Psychological Horror · Visual Novel · Psychedelic · 500K–1M owners · $8.99 97.0%18,723 reviews 46 The Test (2020) Choose Your Own Adventure · Simulation · Multiple Endings · 500K–1M owners · $1.99 96.9%19,954 reviews 47 Bagel Love Story (2024) Casual · Adventure · Funny · 20K–50K owners · $3.27 97.7%1,160 reviews 48 Tyrion Cuthbert: Attorney of the Arcane (2023) Visual Novel · Anime · Mystery · 50K–100K owners · $11.99 97.6%1,320 reviews 49 Coffee Talk Episode 2: Hibiscus & Butterfly (2023) Conversation · Relaxing · Pixel Graphics · 100K–200K owners · $14.99 97.3%2,312 reviews 50 Ace Attorney Investigations Collection (2024) Adventure · Investigation · Mystery · 100K–200K owners · $39.99 97.2%3,077 reviews