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.

1704

games

platforms

Name variations: NVL, ADV, AVG

Crescent Moon Gaaru

9801 ? *

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LIN 2010-08-13

Akane Iro ni Somaru Saka Portable

PSP 2009-12-17

Abunai Tengu Densetsu

9801 1989-10-15

Seasons of Sakura

9801 1996

Angelus: Akuma no Fukuin

MSX2 1989

Metal Gear Solid: Digital Graphic Novel

PSP 2006-06-13

Loren the Amazon Princess: The Castle of

WIN 2012

CLANNAD

WIN 2004-04-28

Armored Warrior Iris

WIN 2006-03-24

Ayumi-Chan Monogatari

9801 1993-09-15

Madonna ~Kanjuku Body Collection~

WIN 2011-10-21

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

Sekai Project, 07th Expansion and Alice Soft 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		1113
Windows		191
NEC PC9801		98
PSP		50
PS Vita		46
Mac OS X		41
PS2		17
PS		12
Dreamcast		12
GBA		10
MS-DOS		9
PS4		8
PS3		8
Nintendo DS		8
MSX2		7
Android		6
X360		5
PCE CD		5
iOS		5
C64		4
3DS		4
Amiga		3
Apple II E		3
Wii		3
NEC PC8801		3
X68000		3
FM Towns		3
Amstrad CPC		2
Xbox One		2
Mega Drive		2

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