Best Visual Novel Games
144 Visual Novel games, ranked by the Rank and Play community.
Zero Escape: The Nonary Games
Released: Mar 24, 2017
Critic rating: 89.1 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Puzzle, Adventure, Visual Novel
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation Vita, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player
Zero welcomes you to take part in both the Nonary Game and the Nonary Game: Ambidex Edition as the award-winning escape-the-room visual novels Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors (999) and its sequel, Virtue’s Last Reward (VLR), are together for the first time.
Persona 3 Portable
Released: Nov 1, 2009
Critic rating: 87.9 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Point-and-click, Role-playing (RPG), Adventure, Visual Novel
Platforms: PlayStation Vita, PlayStation Portable
Game modes: Single player
Persona 3 Portable is an enhanced remake of Persona 3 for the PlayStation Portable.
428: Shibuya Scramble
Released: Dec 4, 2008
Critic rating: 82.5 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Adventure, Visual Novel
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Wii, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, PlayStation Portable
Game modes: Single player
A kidnapping on the streets of Shibuya brings together a hot-blooded detective, hard-hitting journalist, former gang leader, the head researcher of a big pharma manufacturer and a part-timer stuck in cat costume for a series of events each more unexpected and outrageous than the last.
Steins;Gate 0
Released: Dec 10, 2015
Critic rating: 87.2 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Adventure, Visual Novel
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation Vita, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Steins;Gate 0 is a Japanese visual novel.
AI: The Somnium Files - Nirvana Initiative
Released: Jun 23, 2022
Critic rating: 87.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Puzzle, Adventure, Visual Novel
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Newly-appointed Special Agent Mizuki and her AI partner Aiba are tasked to solve the bizarre Half Body serial killings in this sequel to the critically acclaimed AI: The Somnium Files.
Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Trials and Tribulations
Released: Aug 23, 2007
Critic rating: 83.5 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Point-and-click, Adventure, Visual Novel
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), Nintendo DS
Game modes: Single player
Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney − Trials and Tribulations (known as Gyakuten Saiban 3 in Japan) is the third game in the Ace Attorney series.
Neon White
Released: Jun 16, 2022
Critic rating: 88.8 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Shooter, Platform, Indie, Arcade, Visual Novel
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Neon White is a single-player speedrunning FPS where you can sacrifice your guns for godlike parkour moves.
Steins;Gate
Released: Oct 15, 2009
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Adventure, Visual Novel
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, PlayStation Vita, PlayStation Portable, Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player
Steins;Gate is a Japanese visual novel developed by 5pb.
Needy Streamer Overload
Released: Jan 21, 2022
Critic rating: 85.7 / 100 • 51 votes
Rating: M
Genres: Adventure, Indie, Visual Novel
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Mac, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
NEEDY STREAMER OVERLOAD is a “multi-ending ADV” depicting daily life with “OMGkawaiiAngel-chan”, a young girl with a rather extreme need for approval attempting to become the #1 “Internet Angel” (streamer).
AI: The Somnium Files
Released: Sep 17, 2019
Critic rating: 86.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Puzzle, Adventure, Visual Novel
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Play as detective Kaname Date on the case of an elusive serial killer in this thrilling, sci-fi murder mystery.
Everlasting Summer
Released: Nov 18, 2014
Critic rating: 84.8 / 100 • 151 votes
Rating: T
Genres: Adventure, Indie, Visual Novel
Platforms: Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac
Game modes: Single player
Semyon, a poster child contemporary chan culture consumer, falls asleep in the bus, only to wake up in front of the gates of Sovyonok, a pioneer camp of the late Soviet Russia.
Professor Layton and the Curious Village
Released: Feb 15, 2007
Critic rating: 87.5 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Point-and-click, Puzzle, Visual Novel
Platforms: Android, iOS, Nintendo DS
Game modes: Single player
In the curious village of St.
Chaos;Child
Released: Dec 18, 2014
Critic rating: 81.7 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Adventure, Visual Novel
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, PlayStation Vita, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Chaos;Child is the fourth game in the Science Adventure series, set six years after the events of Chaos;Head.
Chicken Police
Released: Nov 5, 2020
Critic rating: 81.3 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Point-and-click, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie, Visual Novel
Platforms: Google Stadia, PlayStation 4, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, PlayStation 5, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Chicken Police is an "Animal Noir Adventure Game", set in the fictional world of the Wilderness, featuring a gripping, dark story, mature themes and a unique sense of humor.
VA-11 Hall-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Action
Released: Jun 21, 2016
Critic rating: 83.9 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Simulator, Adventure, Indie, Visual Novel
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, PlayStation Vita, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Learn about daily life in a cyberpunk dystopia.
Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair
Released: Jul 26, 2012
Critic rating: 85.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Adventure, Visual Novel
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, PlayStation Vita, PlayStation Portable, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
The follow up to Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc.
The Coffin of Andy and Leyley
Released: Oct 13, 2023
Critic rating: 84.0 / 100 • 39 votes
Genres: Puzzle, Role-playing (RPG), Adventure, Indie, Visual Novel
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player
In The Coffin of Andy and Leyley, you follow the story of Andrew and Ashley, siblings who have been quarantined in their house for months and are slowly starving to death.
Blue Archive
Released: Feb 4, 2021
Critic rating: 84.0 / 100 • 37 votes
Rating: M
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Strategy, Adventure, Visual Novel
Platforms: Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Blue Archive is a new RPG developed by Nexon Games, a subsidiary of Nexon Korea, and published and operated by Yostar(Japan), Nexon Korea(Global).
Paranormasight: The Seven Mysteries of Honjo
Released: Mar 8, 2023
Critic rating: 85.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Point-and-click, Simulator, Adventure, Visual Novel
Platforms: Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
How far would you go to bring someone back from the dead?
Pyre
Released: Jul 25, 2017
Critic rating: 86.1 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Adventure, Indie, Visual Novel
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
A party-based RPG/visual novel/sports game hybrid wherein the player, dubbed the Reader for their literacy by the group of scavengers who discovers them, is sent in exile to a lawless wasteland called the Downside and has to lead their ever-growing party of misfits to locations wherein many similar parties compete in Rites in order to attain freedom and be absolved of their crimes.
Utawarerumono: Mask of Truth
Released: Sep 21, 2016
Critic rating: 76.9 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Tactical, Visual Novel
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation Vita, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
The epic story of Utawarerumono comes to an end in Mask of Truth, as the fate of the world will be determined by warring nations.
Punishing: Gray Raven
Released: Dec 5, 2019
Critic rating: 83.3 / 100 • 33 votes
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure, Visual Novel
Platforms: Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Punishing: Gray Raven is a story in the future.
Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor
Released: Jan 15, 2009
Critic rating: 90.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Tactical, Visual Novel
Platforms: Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo DS
Game modes: Single player
Tokyo is in full lockdown, the government's swift, coldblooded response to a surprise demon invasion.
Ever17: The Out of Infinity
Released: Aug 29, 2002
Critic rating: 83.2 / 100 • 29 votes
Rating: T
Genres: Adventure, Visual Novel
Platforms: Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, PlayStation Portable, Xbox 360, Dreamcast, PlayStation 2
Game modes: Single player
Ever 17: The Out of Infinity is a visual novel video game developed by KID.
Saya no Uta
Released: Aug 13, 2019
Critic rating: 82.9 / 100 • 101 votes
Genres: Visual Novel
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player
A horror visual novel about Fuminori Sakisaka, a medicine student who suffers an accident that leaves his perception of the world distorted: everything and everyone is perceived as a twisted mass of intestines, flesh and blood.