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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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Narrative

Story based experiences

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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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Top rated free Visual Novel
tagged Narrative and Text based (129 results)

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Bird Of Passage
A free night ride across Tokyo, searching for our home with the help of some stranger.
SpaceBackyard
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(272 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
Disharmony
An investigative IF journey into the unknown.
Pink Soda Studios
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(40 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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
Delphine's Discovery
Venture into an abandoned orphanage, solve a mystery, and fall in love.
LegendEx Games
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(93 total ratings)
Visual Novel
Drown With Me Demo
Mermaids vs Pirates
Barbara Truelove
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(32 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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
I Knew You Would Find This
An experimental Twine game exploring a broken relationship.
Nessa Cannon
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(25 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Don't Die Alone
Spam has never been so deadly.
StephenW313
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(69 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
(13 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
Serenity at Dusk
Here is where a heavy heart asks for rest.
klaiis
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(33 total ratings)
Visual Novel
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Blood On The Snow
A narrative adventure game.
Maricu
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(31 total ratings)
Adventure
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
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An Afternoon Rippling
Take a road trip through a valley.
marslizard
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(46 total ratings)
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
Don't Give Up On Me!
A confession goes wrong in multiple ways and days!
Stefannofornari Games
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(14 total ratings)
Visual Novel
NieR:Cogito
You are a Machine. Make choices about Machines.
Silver Stitch
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(21 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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
GIF
Sleepy Tales
Tell your sister stories until she falls asleep
classheikki
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(9 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
GIF
leaving the nest
Little Magpie's first home away from the nest
Fabi
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(18 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Stares Back
The signs brought you here.
StephenW313
Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
(19 total ratings)
Visual Novel
CLOSED HANDS
An unflinching work of interactive fiction.
PΔSSENGER
Rated 4.4 out of 5 stars
(15 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Kitchen Table
An interactive conversation about love, empathy and emotional management.
Gurpegui
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(8 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
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
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
GIF
The Hacker's Cave
A short twine adventure
Gabriel Cornish
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(8 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
A Skull
A surreal visual novel built on old bones and entropy
Alpha Chrome Yayo
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(7 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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
Daughter
Ein Streitgespräch über Community
eymeikey
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(6 total ratings)
Visual Novel
Play in browser
Local signal
Interactive story as an emergency dispatcher
YerkoAndrei
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(6 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Aventurière Intérimaire DEMO GRATUITE
Aventuriers Intérimaires
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(6 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
A Witch's Heart
Prologue
nobodiestudios
Rated 4.4 out of 5 stars
(7 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
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