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Best visual novel games

Ranked by the Terpsis rating: critics, players and reach.

236 games
Pentiment
Pentiment
2022 · Adventure · 2D
95% · 10 K reviews
Gorogoa
Gorogoa
2017 · Puzzle · 2D
97% · 21 K reviews
Slay the Princess — The Pristine Cut
Slay the Princess — The Pristine Cut
2023 · Visual novel
97% · 35 K reviews
Doki Doki Literature Club Plus!
Doki Doki Literature Club Plus!
2021 · Visual novel
97% · 33 K reviews
Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair
Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair
2016 · Adventure
96% · 33 K reviews
1000xRESIST
1000xRESIST
2024 · Adventure
94% · 7 K reviews
To the Moon
To the Moon
2012 · Adventure · isometric
96% · 87 K reviews
The Case of the Golden Idol
The Case of the Golden Idol
2022 · Puzzle · 2D
98% · 11 K reviews
Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc
Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc
2016 · Adventure
96% · 39 K reviews
Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy
Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy
2019 · Adventure
98% · 45 K reviews
There Is No Game: Wrong Dimension
There Is No Game: Wrong Dimension
2020 · Adventure · 2D
98% · 26 K reviews
VA-11 Hall-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Action
VA-11 Hall-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Action
2016 · Adventure · 2D
97% · 39 K reviews
The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles
The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles
2021 · Adventure · first person
94% · 10 K reviews
The Cosmic Wheel Sisterhood
The Cosmic Wheel Sisterhood
2023 · Visual novel
93% · 6 K reviews
A Plague Tale: Requiem
A Plague Tale: Requiem
2022 · Action-adventure · third person
91% · 28 K reviews
Her Story
Her Story
2015 · Visual novel
89% · 10 K reviews
Zero Escape: The Nonary Games
Zero Escape: The Nonary Games
2017 · Adventure · first person
93% · 7 K reviews
The Walking Dead: The Telltale Definitive Series
The Walking Dead: The Telltale Definitive Series
2020 · Adventure · third person
97% · 48 K reviews
STEINS;GATE
STEINS;GATE
2016 · Visual novel
97% · 27 K reviews
Before Your Eyes
Before Your Eyes
2021 · Adventure · first person
98% · 24 K reviews
GNOSIA
GNOSIA
2022 · Adventure · 2D
94% · 5 K reviews
Ace Attorney Investigations Collection
Ace Attorney Investigations Collection
2024 · Adventure · 2D
97% · 5 K reviews
Doki Doki Literature Club!
Doki Doki Literature Club!
2017 · Horror
96% · 229 K reviews
AI: THE SOMNIUM FILES - nirvanA Initiative
AI: THE SOMNIUM FILES - nirvanA Initiative
2022 · Visual novel
86% · 4 K reviews
I Was a Teenage Exocolonist
I Was a Teenage Exocolonist
2022 · Visual novel
96% · 5 K reviews
Citizen Sleeper
Citizen Sleeper
2022 · RPG
92% · 11 K reviews
STEINS;GATE 0
STEINS;GATE 0
2018 · Adventure · first person
96% · 9 K reviews
The House in Fata Morgana
The House in Fata Morgana
2016 · Adventure · 2D
95% · 7 K reviews
Finding Paradise
Finding Paradise
2017 · Adventure · 2D
98% · 20 K reviews
PARANORMASIGHT: The Seven Mysteries of Honjo
PARANORMASIGHT: The Seven Mysteries of Honjo
2023 · Adventure · 2D
95% · 7 K reviews
The Hundred Line -Last Defense Academy
The Hundred Line -Last Defense Academy
2025 · Adventure
88% · 9 K reviews
Beacon Pines
Beacon Pines
2022 · Adventure · isometric
98% · 5 K reviews
Helltaker
Helltaker
2020 · Puzzle · 2D
98% · 128 K reviews
Pyre
Pyre
2017 · RPG
90% · 9 K reviews
The Wolf Among Us
The Wolf Among Us
2013 · Adventure · third person
98% · 40 K reviews
Florence
Florence
2020 · Adventure · 2D
93% · 17 K reviews
Until Then
Until Then
2024 · Visual novel
97% · 20 K reviews
Gone Home
Gone Home
2013 · Adventure · first person
77% · 18 K reviews
The Red Strings Club
The Red Strings Club
2018 · Adventure · 2D
93% · 14 K reviews
Volcano Princess
Volcano Princess
2023 · Simulation · first person
98% · 49 K reviews
The Hungry Lamb: Traveling in the Late Ming Dynasty
The Hungry Lamb: Traveling in the Late Ming Dynasty
2024 · Visual novel
94% · 60 K reviews
Firework
Firework
2021 · Horror · 2D
98% · 45 K reviews
Mirror
Mirror
2018 · Visual novel
96% · 84 K reviews
The Rise of the Golden Idol
The Rise of the Golden Idol
2024 · Adventure · 2D
92% · 4 K reviews
Senren＊Banka
Senren＊Banka
2020 · Visual novel
98% · 37 K reviews
OPUS: Echo of Starsong
OPUS: Echo of Starsong
2021 · Adventure
96% · 9 K reviews
Minds Beneath Us
Minds Beneath Us
2024 · Adventure · 2D
96% · 6 K reviews
Fate/stay night REMASTERED
Fate/stay night REMASTERED
2024 · Adventure · 2D
96% · 5 K reviews