Best Visual Novels for PC

[Karnik]

I recommend "Yumina the Ethereal", is a mix of dungeon crawler, jrpg and VN.

Sure. If I remember correctly the gameplay is similar to Rance VI. I had been playing it for a few hours, and honestly it's very cute, but Rance is a completely different story, lmao.

 

[ObscureJigglypuff]

I'll take note of the games mentioned here, thanks.

In my case Katawa Shoujo, it's a special one for me <3

Someone said something about Ace Attorney not being in pc, but The great Ace Attorney have a compilation for pc.

 

[ThirdEidolon]

Snatcher and the Hotel Dusk/Last Window series.

 

[Darklink]

Not a PC game, as far as I know. (unless you count emulators)

Someone said something about Ace Attorney not being in pc, but The great Ace Attorney have a compilation for pc.

Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy on Steam

Become Phoenix Wright and experience the thrill of battle as you fight to save your innocent clients in a court of law. Play all 14 episodes, spanning the first three games, in one gorgeous collection.

store.steampowered.com

Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney Trilogy on Steam

Join rookie attorney Apollo Justice and his mentor, the legendary Phoenix Wright, in this collection of 3 games! This title features 16 episodes (including previously DLC-only episodes) and supports English, French, German, Japanese Korean, and Traditional and Simplified Chinese.

store.steampowered.com

The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles on Steam

Immerse yourself in a dramatic yet charming and witty world of evidence-gathering, deduction and courtroom battles with this double-pack of the adventures of rookie lawyer Ryunosuke.

store.steampowered.com

 

[ObscureJigglypuff]

It seems that only both Miles Edgeworth games don't have pc version.
I hate the first one but the second is godlike.
Anyway, our lawyer have a bunch of great games.

 

[Clippy]

Please don't mention the nukige genre which is disgusting and perverse, for depraved people.

Goddamnit. And here I was thinking it was going to be my time to shine. How could you?

On a more serious note, I'm a fan of C's Ware/Himeya Soft works - Eve Burst Error, Desire, Divi-Dead and a couple of others whose names escape me at the moment.

Eve has the most engaging story out of these and coincidentally it also happens to feature the most infuriating gameplay since they tried to be cute and do more than just let you read it and make choices at crucial plot points. It also has a sequel called Adam The Double Factor which I'm still raging about no matter how many years pass. Long story short - the English translation doesn't include the final chapter because Himeya was closing down its American branch so in their infinite wisdom they just released what they had translated up to that point and bookended the game with a teaser of the climax of the story. If I ever get my hands on whoever made that decision, I swear to God...

I am big mad about it and the worst thing is that there is no fantraslation to rectify it either despite the fact that the game is 20+ years old.

 

[Karnik]

On a more serious note, I'm a fan of C's Ware/Himeya Soft works - Eve Burst Error, Desire, Divi-Dead and a couple of others whose names escape me at the moment

Bravo! You were right to mention these older titles: I also played them at the time, along with lighter, shorter and less demanding titles for MS-DOS/Win95 such as Season of Sakura, Runaway City, Nocturnal Illusion and others. Also, thanks for the curious info about Adam: I knew nothing about this backstory. What annoys me about these titles is the fact that you have to click numerous times on various random and insignificant points in the background before you can continue with the story: how much time of my life wasted in vain....

 

[Clippy]

What annoys me about these titles is the fact that you have to click numerous times on various random and insignificant points in the background before you can continue with the story: how much time of my life wasted in vain....

Punch the wall 3 times for no reason because that somehow moves the story along, sheesh.

 

[Strategist]

Speaking of, I discovered this gem a few months ago. Some madlad from a far away land made all of the classic eroge VNs playable on the browser. Check it out: https://tss.asenheim.org/

 

[Karnik]

Check it out: https://tss.asenheim.org/

Thanks for the info, boss, but that site has been around for several years. Do you think that a fanatic of old VNs like me might not know this?

 

[Strategist]

Punch the wall 3 times for no reason because that somehow moves the story along, sheesh.

The most annoying part about some of these games is when they have multiple endings and you have to play through the same scenes over and over. And then you have to jump to a random room at a certain time, then go to the basement twice to unlock another ending.

To be fair, these games are really short and this type of padding may feel necessary to drag out the experience.

 

[geeforty]

haven't gotten into as much VNs as I should but I always like more horror themed ones like divi-dead. clannad's a classic as well

 

[Karnik]

I always like more horror themed ones like divi-dead

Then I recommend Animamudi: the Dark Alchemist : we discussed it at the beginning of this thread. Action-packed, full of twists and turns, dramatic from the start and tragic in some bad endings, great jpn voice acting and memorable characters, especially Georik Zaberisk. An unfairly underrated masterpiece.

 

[Rolandhoalfa]

I played so many VN but if this for every people can enjoy maybe i can recommended 07th expansion visual novel.
Higurashi

Umineko

Why i love them because Quality for story, soundtrack,voice actor High tier for me