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.
3482
games
56platforms
Name variations: NVL, ADV, AVG

WIN 2009-02-13

X68K 1991-04-20

WIN 2007-04-20

LIN 2007-03-31

WIN 2011-10-21

WIN 2001-05-24

WIN 2009-05-29

WIN 2001-02-09

WIN 2006-08-13

WIN 2011-09-07

WIN 2011-04-15

WIN 2005-03-25
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.
The first Visual novel video game was released in 1973.
Atelier Kaguya, Sekai Project and Parthenon published most of these games.
Parent group
Child group
Related groups
Game genre
Dating simulation, Gamebook