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Visual Novel

Visual novels are interactive stories. They focus mainly on character development and plot rather than action and gameplay mechanics.

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Text based

Focused on using its text, moreso than its visuals or audio, to tell the bulk of its story/plot. (Still can have great audio and visuals, though!)

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Rose garden sentiments
You talk to a pretty prince in a rose garden
teletuu
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(72 total ratings)
Visual Novel
Soft Underbelly
Take a break. Talk to your cat about friendship, trust & care.
rosa✦dev
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(103 total ratings)
Visual Novel
Play in browser
GIF
The Painting
A grieving father relives memories of days long gone.
Tymedust Games
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(43 total ratings)
Visual Novel
Play in browser
Welcome Back
A text-based game about the space between endings and beginnings.
Nessa Cannon
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(70 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
One More Sleep🌙️
beats to relax/text to
PRINCESS INTERNET CAFé
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(54 total ratings)
Visual Novel
Play in browser
Delphine's Discovery
Venture into an abandoned orphanage, solve a mystery, and fall in love.
LegendEx Games
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(94 total ratings)
Visual Novel
Still Shining
Watch the stars with your best friend.
HusbandoGoddess
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(43 total ratings)
Visual Novel
Play in browser
GIF
Please Tell Me I Love You
A short conversation about a relationship
A G Moody
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(38 total ratings)
Visual Novel
Play in browser
Don't Die Alone
Spam has never been so deadly.
StephenW313
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(71 total ratings)
Visual Novel
GIF
The Secret Life of Probes Prologue
Story in the far reaches of space and time.
Elyon
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(14 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
GIF
Our Winding Road
Former heroes try to save their relationship.
Nim
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(34 total ratings)
Visual Novel
Blood On The Snow
A narrative adventure game.
Maricu
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(31 total ratings)
Adventure
stay with me
(you're not alone)
steff
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(31 total ratings)
Puzzle
Play in browser
When my life begins
Thoughts about labour, retirement and the workplace
PRINCESS INTERNET CAFé
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(14 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Canvas Colors: In The Moving City
Travel along with Maggie and Vale inside a moving city in Canvas Colors!
UnfinishedCircl
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(38 total ratings)
Visual Novel
The Good Weapon
Will you nuke the world to save it?
ninecoffees
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(39 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
The Sun Goes Out
A micro game about what happens when there is no sun.
Sun Labyrinth
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(12 total ratings)
Visual Novel
Play in browser
venial sin
when a burden becomes too much
nadia nova
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(16 total ratings)
Visual Novel
Play in browser
GIF
AL - A Choose Your Own Adventure
Gabriel Cornish
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(18 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Neotrogla
A Twine story of bugs and bodies.
Roxy S.
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(20 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
On Mount Ségou
Mystical Horror Sound Novel
Rastagong
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(11 total ratings)
Visual Novel
Play in browser
GIF
a purrfect catastrophe
The daily chaotic adventures of a little cat
Fabi
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(19 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
GIF
A Short Eternity
1000 words. A boat at the end of the world. Will you survive?
Halfstar
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(10 total ratings)
Visual Novel
Play in browser
Feathers
A short story about a harpy who has too many feathers. (LD40)
Crystal Game Works
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(20 total ratings)
Visual Novel
Play in browser
Chronicles of Tal’Dun: The Longing
A dark fantasy novel.
Nim
Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
(25 total ratings)
Visual Novel
Play in browser
a siren's promise
kellythekraken
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(10 total ratings)
Visual Novel
Play in browser
Goblins Demise
Goblins seeking Refuge
Lodugh
Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
(20 total ratings)
Adventure
Play in browser
No !@#$s Left to Give
A short abstract visual novel about what you feel about having too many or too little !@#$s left to give
Knickknack PJ
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(10 total ratings)
Visual Novel
Play in browser
CRASH / IMPACT / CONTACT
Stone thoughts in a rock desert. Unsustainable peace.
laughingpineapple
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(10 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
rédiger
fermentum tempus
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(8 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Who Stole My Sausages?
Interview your housemates, challenge their lies, and catch the resident sausage thief.
estif
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(8 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
A Moment of Reflection
Help a stranger in a moment of reflection
Brii-Nanas
Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
(11 total ratings)
Visual Novel
Morning Ritual
It's morning. Again. A short interactive story about getting up and depression.
emavel
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(8 total ratings)
Play in browser
Post-Disclosure, Devil's Night
Go to a party. Meet some old friends. Don't get in your head about it.
Roxy S.
Rated 4.3 out of 5 stars
(12 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
GIF
One More Time❄️
beats to relax/meet up to
PRINCESS INTERNET CAFé
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(8 total ratings)
Visual Novel
Play in browser
Dream Team
A Millennial Dream Simulator
PRINCESS INTERNET CAFé
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(8 total ratings)
Visual Novel
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