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.

3845

games

platforms

Name variations: NVL, ADV, AVG

Sister tyranT ~Jisshi Kuppuku Choukyou~

WIN 2006-04-23

Ah ! An

9801 1993-09-22

Christmas★Present

WIN 2003-12-05

Passengers on the Wind 2

OCS 1988

Pokopoko Gunsho ~Tana kara Koboreta Story~

WIN 2001-05-24

Akogare no Okaa-san

WIN 2010-08-13

Ane x Oto ~Maid Kissa Saiwan Hanjou Ki~

WIN 2005-11-26

Rinne Tsukihime

GBA 2001

Chikatetsu Fuusa Jiken 'Naze Boku-tachi wa Koko ni Iru'

WIN 2004-10-29

Kuroneko Plus

WIN 2012-05-18

Boku No Kanojo ga NTR Inran Bitch ni Natteiku Gakuen Seikatsu 1

WIN 2011-10-27

Flyable CandyHeart

WIN 2011-02-25

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.

Parent group

Adventure

Child group

Kinetic novel

Related groups

Game genre
Dating simulation, Gamebook

Games by year

The first Visual novel video game was released in 1973.

Atelier Kaguya, Elf and Sekai Project published most of these games.

Related site

Visual novel at Wikipedia

Platforms

Windows		1771
Linux		1134
NEC PC9801		265
PSP		95
PS Vita		56
PS2		56
PS		48
Mac OS X		41
X68000		31
Dreamcast		29
FM Towns		25
Nintendo DS		21
PS4		19
DVD player		18
NEC PC8801		17
MSX		17
PS3		16
MS-DOS		15
Android		14
Switch		13
Flash		12
GBA		12
X360		12
Amiga		11
MSX2		11
Saturn		9
iOS		9
PC Engine CD		7
PC Engine		5
Wii		5

Most common companies

Atelier Kaguya	73
Elf	44
Sekai Project	36
Alice Soft	36
Parthenon	35
Complet	31
Kogado Studio	20
Active	20
07th Expansion	19
Idea Factory	18
Cocktail Soft	18
Kid	16
MorningStar	16
Candy Soft	15
Ail	15