Hidden Visual Novel Games on Steam

Unlike generic lists, our strategy game recommendations use a rigorous analysis of Steam user reviews to identify and feature only the best, community-validated visual novel games. For those who prefer not to search, check out lists of the most played, top deals and best free to play Visual Novel games on Steam.

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Hakuoki: Edo Blossoms Continue your journey to Edo in Hakuoki™: Edo Blossoms, where you play as the heroine Chizuru Yukimura. Romance the famous warriors of the Shinsengumi as you enter a fantasy drama of battles and self-discovery. Your narrative choices unlock multiple branching storylines and 30 different endings!

Price -81% 1.62€
Rating 9.0
Release 13 Mar 2018
Tropical Liquor Welcome to Tropical Island.

Price 9.75€
Rating 7.6
Release 09 Mar 2018
Omen Exitio: Plague Investigate a paranormal disease that threatens to eradicate humanity in this unsettling Lovecraftian adventure, inspired by the choose-your-own-adventure gamebooks of the 80s and 90s. Your choices will determine the story, your character’s destiny… and the future of humanity.

Price -96% 0.41€
Rating 8.1
Release 05 Mar 2018
Creature Romances: Kokonoe Kokoro A short love story with a twist: the love of your life is 50% human, and 50% grasshopper.

Price -17% 2.51€
Rating 7.2
Release 02 Mar 2018
Mhakna Gramura and Fairy Bell Written in the style of a children’s book, Mhakna Gramura and Fairy Bell is a Cinematic Novel about two children named Mhakna and Sebiarno that escape the wretched Mullbear Orphanage with the help of a Fairy named Bell, who promises eternal happiness as long as they agree to never grow up.

Price 4.99€
Rating 9.1
Release 19 Feb 2018
Speed Dating for Ghosts Branching dialogue! Hard choices! A cemetery's worth of phantoms, wraiths, and poltergeists lookin' for love in all the blight places.

Price 5.69€
Rating 8.9
Release 13 Feb 2018
A Case of Distrust A Case of Distrust is a narrative mystery from 1924 San Francisco. Play as private investigator Phyllis Cadence Malone in this historical 2D adventure game.

Price -98% 0.30€
Rating 7.7
Release 08 Feb 2018
Monobeno This was a story about humans and monsters, disease and haunting, and the past and the future. It leads you to the unusual traditional Japanese culture.

Price 22.99€
Rating 8.9
Release 26 Jan 2018
Banyu Lintar Angin - Little Storm - Banyu Lintar Angin is a series of experimental illustrations about three siblings, living together independently in a rural Indonesian environment.

Price Free to play
Rating 9.0
Release 11 Jan 2018
Six Days of Snow In a small inn located in the snowy Japanese mountains, an unlikely relationship blossoms between a once-popular poet and the daughter of the inn's proprietress.

Price Free to play
Rating 7.3
Release 29 Dec 2017
Sakura no Mori † Dreamers Who is the one hiding deeply in abyss? The Devil? The Killer? or—Yourself?

Price 17.99€
Rating 8.7
Release 28 Dec 2017
旧手表 - Old Watch This is an Visual Novel game. It's a story about time leap.

Price 9.99€
Rating 8.0
Release 20 Dec 2017
SeaBed SeaBed is a yuri-themed mystery visual novel told through the perspectives of three separate characters: Sachiko, Takako and Narasaki.

Price -55% 8.95€
Rating 9.1
Release 19 Dec 2017
Hoshizora no Memoria -Wish upon a Shooting Star- HD A Japanese love adventure game, as you follow the story of Kogasaka You, his hometown and a promise he made.

Price 19.50€
Rating 8.7
Release 18 Dec 2017
A Sky Full of Stars 仰望夜空的星辰 The starry sky spreads far and wide overhead... This story full of love, comedy, and excitement follows our protagonist and his stargazing friends as they grow together. "A Sky Full of Stars" is a coming-of-age astronomy tale by the same team who brought you "If My Heart Had Wings".

Price -75% 4.49€
Rating 9.1
Release 15 Dec 2017
Umineko: Golden Fantasia The tag-team fighting game based on the original "Umineko When They Cry" series, finally released on Steam, in English and with improved rollback netplay!

Price 22.99€
Rating 8.5
Release 08 Dec 2017
Shadowhand: RPG Card Game Shadowhand is a strategic RPG card game. Duel powerful enemies in 18th Century England with unique solitaire-style turn-based combat. Equip your character strategically to sneak, slice and blast through foes!

Price -97% 0.58€
Rating 7.8
Release 07 Dec 2017
Let`s not stay friends Friendship is a wonderful thing… unless you are friends with a girl who has no idea you have feelings for her! Inske, a student of magical arts, is troubled by the upcoming outdoors exam, and can't even imagine that someone might want to use the test as an opportunity to get close to her.

Price 4.99€
Rating 7.4
Release 28 Nov 2017
Eternal Hour: Golden Hour Play through a timeless adventure as Yasu or Rin Fujimoto and discover the origins of Eternal Hour! Eternal Hour: Golden Hour is a fun, emotional, and story-driven Visual Novel that takes place before the events of Eternal Hour.

Price Free to play
Rating 8.4
Release 27 Nov 2017
Eiyu*Senki – The World Conquest A mysterious hero from the heavens and the young ruler of Zipang, Himiko, set their sights on ending the eternal war burning around them, but to bring peace to the world they must first conquer it.

Price 24.99€
Rating 8.4
Release 10 Nov 2017
KARAKARA2 KARAKARA. It is the sound of aridity. It is the sound of dry asphalt and sandy winds. It is the sound of relentless sunshine, as well as the sound of a withering race.

Price -55% 4.46€
Rating 8.7
Release 10 Nov 2017
Little Busters! English Edition Capturing the hearts of countless fans since 2007, Little Busters! is an emotional visual novel from Key, the minds behind Angel Beats! and CLANNAD. This special English release supports touch controls and dynamic switching between English and Japanese text, and is in HD for the first time on PC.

Price 31.99€
Rating 9.2
Release 01 Nov 2017
Perceptions of the Dead Follow three stories set in a world where the dead linger, and things far worse wait beyond the veil.

Price Free to play
Rating 8.5
Release 31 Oct 2017
Attentat 1942 Attentat 1942 is a historically-accurate adventure about World War 2. Face moral dilemmas and existential struggles as you uncover the troubled past of your family.

Price -6% 8.46€
Rating 8.6
Release 31 Oct 2017