Best 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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Hyperdevotion Noire: Goddess Black Heart (Neptunia) In this chibi-style* strategy role-playing game you'll amass an army of game-referencing allies, fight on trap-laden maps, and beef up Lily Rank for crazy damage. But look out for status ailments or you might be (literal) tofu! You ain't seen the Neptunia characters like this before!

Price 12.49€
Rating 7.5
Release 26 Apr 2016
Corpse Party A group of friends unknowingly perform an occult ritual that traps them in an otherworldly elementary school. Here, the vengeful spirits of young children threaten their lives and their sanity, and the only hope of survival is to uncover the chilling details behind the murders of those trapped before them...

Price -68% 4.85€
Rating 8.5
Release 25 Apr 2016
One Thousand Lies One day, Ciarán starts receiving enigmatic emails from a mysterious sender, turning his everyday life into a mess of a romantic comedy with psychological themes mixed in. What lies beyond the mystery he's been presented with? In the words of Harry H.: "If you want to know the truth, go find it".

Price Free to play
Rating 8.5
Release 24 Apr 2016
OPUS: The Day We Found Earth Dive into the boundless galaxy and embark on an emotional adventure! Help little robot Emeth to fulfill a century-old promise by finding Earth in order to save Mankind—so step into the spaceship, operate a deep space telescope, and find out what’s out there in the unknown.

Price -50% 7.39€
Rating 8.3
Release 22 Apr 2016
Melty Blood Actress Again Current Code The final episode of the series, "MELTY BLOOD Actress Again Current Code" is now on Steam!

Price -95% 1.30€
Rating 9.0
Release 19 Apr 2016
Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair Jabberwock Island—You and your classmates were ready for fun in the sun until Monokuma returned to restart his murderous game! Trapped in a kill-or-be-killed situation, your only hope rests in solving the island’s mysteries.

Price 19.99€
Rating 9.4
Release 18 Apr 2016
The Average Everyday Adventures of Samantha Browne An interactive story about a painfully introverted college student who must find a way to make some oatmeal in the communal kitchen of her dorm. One simple task, can you help her complete it?

Price Free to play
Rating 7.8
Release 18 Apr 2016
Deer Man Deer Man is a short Interactive Storytelling experience. You play as Jacob's memory, where you will have an incredible encounter with Deer Man & the dark side of his love for the wildlife. If you love animals, this is for you!

Price 0.79€
Rating 6.8
Release 15 Apr 2016
Lucid9: Inciting Incident Lucid9 is a visual novel focused on a web of intricate mysteries set in the fictional 2018 metropolis of Isamu. Lucid9: Inciting Incident is the first part of the story, focused on a string of disappearances that occur at a prestigious, uppity boarding academy.

Price Free to play
Rating 8.5
Release 14 Apr 2016
Dear RED - Extended Dear Red is a game based on two choices: Truth or Lie. Each of your choices will lead to a different result.

Price -91% 0.27€
Rating 6.3
Release 12 Apr 2016
Lost girl`s [diary] A group of girls are having their vacation, alone. What would a group of girls do on a dark Christmas night? Of course, fortunetelling! Unfortunately for them, their boyfriends are not about to leave them alone and their sudden visit totally ruins their plans for fortune telling, turning it into a scary story contest.

Price Free to play
Rating 7.8
Release 24 Mar 2016
Hyperdimension Neptunia U: Action Unleashed Choose your tag team and rip through massive hordes of enemies with exciting aerial and ground-based combos. Look out, though - take too many hits and your clothes and defense will end up shredded!

Price -80% 2.61€
Rating 8.8
Release 21 Mar 2016
Hustle Cat You are Avery Grey, the newest employee at a popular cat cafe called A Cat's Paw. The coffee's good and the staff is friendly (and kinda cute!) but mysterious. One day, you find a strange book in the basement, with letters you can't quite read...

Price -92% 1.41€
Rating 8.8
Release 16 Mar 2016
Season of 12 Colors --The way it was, Just like it is now, On a bright, bright summer day. "That's a promise, right?" The girl in a white dress said. Sunny sky. A paper plane slid across it, riding on blue winds.

Price 2.99€
Rating 8.9
Release 14 Mar 2016
Sunrider: Liberation Day - Captain's Edition Liberation Day will come... but you will be betrayed. Experience the stunning continuation of Sunrider Mask of Arcadius in this hardcore turn based tactics game with heavy story elements.

Price -90% 2.52€
Rating 7.9
Release 04 Mar 2016
CUPID - A free to play Visual Novel "Love is both poison and cure, both knife and remedy." Set in 18th Century France, this is a gothic romance tale about loss, revenge and the different faces of love.

Price Free to play
Rating 8.3
Release 04 Mar 2016
The Bottom of the Well Play as Alice who has just had an unsettingly life-like dream about the end of the world, and is retelling it to her friend. A single play-through might take as little as 20 minutes, but experiencing all the possible paths Alice can take through the ruins of her city will take you many hours.

Price Free to play
Rating 8.0
Release 03 Mar 2016
BlazBlue: Chronophantasma Extend 'BlazBlue: Chronophantasma Extend' is the sixth installment of the BlazBlue series, a combination of 2D fighting action game and visual novel.

Price -97% 0.92€
Rating 8.7
Release 02 Mar 2016
Lucy -The Eternity She Wished For- If there was a robot that could laugh, cry and smile. ...Does it have a soul?

Price -82% 1.80€
Rating 9.2
Release 28 Feb 2016
NEKOPARA Vol. 2 Business is booming for La Soleil, the patisserie run by Kashou Minaduki with his two catgirls, Chocola and Vanilla, his sister Shigure, and the Minaduki family's four catgirl sisters.

Price -31% 6.74€
Rating 9.4
Release 19 Feb 2016
Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc Investigate murders, search for clues and talk to your classmates to prepare for trial. There, you'll engage in deadly wordplay, going back and forth with suspects. Dissect their statements and fire their words back at them to expose their lies! There's only one way to survive—pull the trigger.

Price 19.99€
Rating 9.4
Release 18 Feb 2016
Learn Japanese To Survive! Hiragana Battle The ideal introductory course to the Japanese language! Learn how to read and write Japanese characters (Hiragana) at a steady pace. A full-blown RPG specifically designed to keep you engaged. By playing along, you’re going to be introduced to the Japanese language like never before!

Price -86% 0.88€
Rating 8.7
Release 16 Feb 2016
We Know the Devil WE KNOW THE DEVIL is a visual novel about teens reluctantly fighting the devil at summer camp. Follow meangirl Neptune, tomboy Jupiter, and shy shy Venus as they get to know each other--but one always gets left out.

Price -69% 1.76€
Rating 8.9
Release 15 Feb 2016
Kindred Spirits on the Roof During lunch one day, Toomi Yuna meets two "Kindred Spirits" on the roof of her school. When they insist she help them nurture young love, Yuna finds herself playing "yuri cupid" to six unique and adorable couples. Can she remain aloof or will the promise of a "yuritopia" reach her too?

Price -87% 4.34€
Rating 9.2
Release 12 Feb 2016