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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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Anaon
A road trip along the sea.
The Sailing Frogs
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(7 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Typeless
A visual novel typing game where you must sacrifice your keyboard letters​.
Naihto
Rated 4.2 out of 5 stars
(17 total ratings)
Visual Novel
Play in browser
ChatHuman
Instead of you prompting AI, AI prompts you.
MraveniskoDev
Rated 4.1 out of 5 stars
(31 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Clockwork Apple
A BL Visual-novel featuring kidnapping and characters of doubtful morality. (English and Italian)
Synapsed
Rated 4.3 out of 5 stars
(9 total ratings)
Visual Novel
Old-fashioned way to die
A hand-drawn detective game
ana.merzlaya
Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
(8 total ratings)
Visual Novel
Play in browser
Ask Her
A short parser-like game inspired by some of Sam Barlow's games. Made for the LD37.
bloomingbuds
Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
(8 total ratings)
Visual Novel
Play in browser
Seek A Way Out
A Capitalist Dystopian Escape Room
PRINCESS INTERNET CAFé
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(6 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Din in the Seventeenth Minute
It started with a muted cacophony in the outer banks.
3 Halves Games
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(6 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Sagebrush
The love, life, and existential crisis of a soon-to-be college dropout
Rosewater Games
Rated 4.4 out of 5 stars
(8 total ratings)
Visual Novel
GIF
input
A Spambot in Love
Jillian Maywhether
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(7 total ratings)
Visual Novel
Play in browser
Where the Sun Always Shines
A self-obsessed writer searches for inspiration.
ebi-hime
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(7 total ratings)
Visual Novel
Fairy Tales of Innocent Children
Chase your shooting star. [Visual Novel, 5 mins]
Bruised Banana
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(6 total ratings)
Visual Novel
The Game of Theseus
A maze game prototype that became something more.
hatimb00
Rated 4.0 out of 5 stars
(11 total ratings)
Visual Novel
Play in browser
RE:BURN
A short and creepy story told through emails and instant messages
Jane Titor
Rated 3.8 out of 5 stars
(19 total ratings)
Visual Novel
Food From a Stranger
A creepy stranger offers a girl candy.
IntStories
Rated 3.9 out of 5 stars
(12 total ratings)
Visual Novel
The Phantom of the Hospital
A short and light-hearted VN + art assets
Hidden Masquerade
Rated 3.9 out of 5 stars
(15 total ratings)
Visual Novel
A Witch's Heart
Prologue
nobodiestudios
Rated 4.4 out of 5 stars
(7 total ratings)
Visual Novel
Play in browser
Tides of Midnight
A visual novel where you are a sailor lost at sea, your fate will be decided this very night with unexpected company...
Paesant
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(6 total ratings)
Visual Novel
Play in browser
nothing but everything
a little story from my childhood I want to share
dv49
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(6 total ratings)
Play in browser
The Girl I Met At The End Of The World
How can you find a purpose, when the entire world has been destroyed?
PneumaVoid
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(6 total ratings)
Visual Novel
Visual Novelties
Compilation of experimental visual novel ideas
mut
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(5 total ratings)
Visual Novel
Play in browser
At Times Like These, There's Only One Thing To Say
A visual novel where you get only one dialogue option.
Chris Klimowski
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(5 total ratings)
Visual Novel
Play in browser
A Conscious Decision
kaelynmauve
Rated 4.1 out of 5 stars
(8 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
City Lights
A man, a drink, a city.
badsprite
Rated 4.3 out of 5 stars
(7 total ratings)
Visual Novel
Bucket: A Space Odyssey
A Choose Your Own Adventure Game in the Deep Reaches of Space
Daring Owl Studios
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(5 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Through the dark nowhere
random event driven space journey to the new home
JJBlazej
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(4 total ratings)
Visual Novel
EXTENDED CARE UNIT ROOM 19B
A Medical Adventure Game with Horror Elements
Ambrosio
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(4 total ratings)
Visual Novel
"Sorry"s
that I couldn't and didn't want to tell you
HayleyLin
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(4 total ratings)
Play in browser
Last Shop Before Boss
~Prepare for the final fight. Don't do crime. Find a new adventure?~
Halfstar
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(4 total ratings)
Visual Novel
Play in browser
Little Antifa Novel
A playable leaflet about a Fascist march and our counter-demonstration
Mauro Vanetti
Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars
(40 total ratings)
Visual Novel
Play in browser
Consumed
Can you survive the room?
Peanut Panda
Rated 3.6 out of 5 stars
(12 total ratings)
Visual Novel
Play in browser
Cha.in
A short social horror interactive experience
Marevo Collective
Rated 3.7 out of 5 stars
(9 total ratings)
Visual Novel
Play in browser
GIF
Nightowl
Old friends reunite over a chat room. (LD37)
Crystal Game Works
Rated 4.4 out of 5 stars
(5 total ratings)
Visual Novel
GIF
La Terreur Sur Roues
How will she be able to escape her childhood infatuation and a sneaky killer?
Oishii
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(4 total ratings)
Visual Novel
Stuck with you
A late night conversation between two best friends
teletuu
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(4 total ratings)
Visual Novel
GIF
9 months
Decide your fate and create something beautiful.
jorandp
Rated 4.0 out of 5 stars
(6 total ratings)
Visual Novel
Play in browser
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