Visual novel

Game genre theme

Sug-genre of adventure games. Easily confusable with dating sims with which visual novels share their outward appearance, but the emphasis is on non-gamelike elements and the lack of use of statistics or other numerical data.

1482

games

platforms

Name variations: NVL, ADV, AVG

Kishin Hishou Demonbane

WIN 2006

Chäos;HEAd NoaH

PSP 2010-06-24

Host Love

LIN 2006-06-01

@Camelia Girls

LIN 2010-06-16

Uta no * Prince-Sama♪ All Star

PSP 2013-03-07

Summer Paradise

LIN 2013-04-08

Trauma Center: Second Opinion

WII 2006-11-14

Saya no Uta

WIN 2003-12-26

C'～can't live without you～

WIN 2001-02-23

Angelic Orbs: Broken Memories

LIN 2009-05-25

Furimukeba Tonari Ni

PS1 2001-04-26

The first video game about Visual novel was released in 1986.

Sekai Project, 07th Expansion and Winter Wolves has published most of these games

NVL and AVG/ADV relate to how text is displayed on screen and are irrelevant for this tag. For the curious NVL refers to text occupying full screen with multiple lines of dialog and description occupying same space while the others refer to part-screen where they function more like speech and thought bubbles.

Often used for eroge.

See also: gamebooks, dating sim

Parent group

Adventure

Child group

Kinetic novel

Related site

Visual novel at Wikipedia

Platforms

Linux		1108
Windows		135
Mac OS X		40
PS Vita		39
PSP		29
PS2		15
GBA		10
PS3		8
PS4		8
Nintendo DS		7
MS-DOS		6
NEC PC9801		6
X360		5
PS		5
Android		4
Dreamcast		4
iOS		4
C64		4
MSX2		4
Apple II E		3
Wii		3
NEC PC8801		3
FM Towns		3
Amiga		3
Mega Drive		2
Thomson		2
X68000		2
Atari ST		2
Amstrad CPC		2
Xbox One		2

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