Visual novel recommendations

[SpaceCadetGenocide]

Any visual novel fans here? list some recommendations for VNs you really liked, I played Hoshi no Furu Oka a while ago and in spite of it being unremarkable and very obscure, I liked it a lot

 

[PaleFolklore]

Little bit of a cliche pick, but Otogirisou.

 

[SpaceCadetGenocide]

Little bit of a cliche pick, but Otogirisou.

I'll probably check it out sometime in the future, I've never heard of it personally

 

[DanVzare]

Little bit of a cliche pick, but Otogirisou.

I second this pick. It's a good one.

 

[Bonkers225]

House in Fata Morgana
Remember 11
Somnium Files
Corpse Party: Book of Shadows
Steins Gate
Danganronpa 1-3

 

[mlastes1987]

Mirrors for PC-88. Wonderful story and great music too.

 

[PSVitaForever]

For the PSP, I loved "Planetarium".

 

[Clippy]

We have a thread for PC VNs here you might wanna check out.

 

[VampireLord1024VampireLord1024's icon]

Was going to say isn't this a dupe forum but I see it is.

 

[Clippy]

Was going to say isn't this a dupe forum but I see it is.

I didn't summon @Waffles because this is a general thread rather than a PC one but if he chooses to merge then so be it.

 

[Karnik]

We have a thread for PC VNs here you might wanna check out.

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[Waffles's iconWaffles]

Yeah, I'm keeping them separated for now.

 

[SpaceCadetGenocide]

Thank you all for the recommendations and feedback, and apologies for the confusion caused around the end with duplicate threads or whatever

 

[Karnik]

So, my advice is about classic fan-translated titles for PC, but also playable on android devices (via exagear, kirikiroid2, Xsystem4 etc).

-VN rpgs: Utawarerumono, Tears to Tiara, Sengoku Rance, Rance VI, Lovely Kingdom (Giga), Men at Work 2, Castle Fantasia 2, Daibanchou;

-VNs: Animamundi, Fate Stay Night, Crescendo, Kana Little Sister, Family Project, Umineko, Ever17, Clannad, Remember11, Yu-No

 

[Cu-Neo]

I recommend Little busters

And Bad apple wars (this one is Otome and a vita exclusive)

The Zero trilogy ia also great (Nine hours, Zero escape and time dilemma) and for last The silver Case is great too.

 

[goregoregoregoregoregore]

Katawa Shoujo is free on steam
Tsukihime both remake and OG, and if you like it you can hop on Melty Blood too to enjoy it's fighting game version

 

[CardcaptorEd2019]

The Zero trilogy ia also great (Nine hours, Zero escape and time dilemma) and for last The silver Case is great too.

I'm playing 999 right now and I am hooked on it. I got my first ending not too long ago.

Katawa Shoujo is free on steam
Tsukihime both remake and OG, and if you like it you can hop on Melty Blood too to enjoy it's fighting game version

I'm on my last route which is the Shizune route and it might be my favorite route from the game

 

[E0N]

I don't know whether you consider these VNs or not but both Ace Attorney and Famicom Detective Club series are some of the best games I've ever played.

 

[TropicalFreeze3499]

The Silver Case and it's sequel, The 25th Ward.
428 Shibuya Scramble.

 

[NOA]

Read Chaos;Head Noah if you like psychological and scary stuff. It also has a great OST.

 

[Num]

just finished apeiria overall i really liked it. its one of those ones with a "strong personality" protagonist so i guess its bound to be likable in some extent from that alone but he was actually pretty good conceptually too. he reminded me seiya from amagi mixed with kakeru from onani master, i enjoyed that he didnt just only come off as eccentric at times but it being portrayed as a genuine character flaw. the cat and mouse stuff in the narrative was a surprise too very rare in vns cool to see. all the heroines were pretty good but probably carried by the authors very particular taste. like they dont have any more depth than the average plotge heroine but they have particular qualities about them that you dont really see much elsewhere, and those aspects are honed in and turned fulled throttle. the whole vn as a whole just feels like the authors "this is my taste" put on full display really. biggest miss for it all was the sci fi aspect because despite it being so prominent it really didnt have anything special to say nor was the execution any better than any other work that tries.

 

[Sir Auriel of Lionel]

Death Mark also known as Spirit Hunter and it's two sequels.
The Silver Case
The Zero Escape series
I Wani Hug That Gator and Snoot Game
If you can stomach gore and violence there is The Price of Flesh.
I also have a slew of romance recommendations that I can list depending on level of trash to quality and theme appeal.

 

[CG4R12I4N]

Anything written by Maruto Fumiaki and Tanaka Romeo really. Those two are guarantee of quality regardless of how obscure the VNs they worked at.
Kana Imouto and White Album 2 are some of the best undisputed VN writings of all time even with their wonky English translations.

I'd also recommend Nukitashi despite how unashamedly garbage quality localizations Shiravune did injustice for it. Because it's just THAT good of a eroge VN settingwise and there's really nothing quite like it.

 

[PrismRed]

Any visual novel fans here? list some recommendations for VNs you really liked, I played Hoshi no Furu Oka a while ago and in spite of it being unremarkable and very obscure, I liked it a lotView attachment 19261

If I'm being evil here I could just throw out a bunch of hardcore nukige titles and nobody would notice hahaha.

Anyway, are you into certain genre? I'll list my fav and the well known ones in the meanwhile

Comedy: Snow Sakura, Majikoi and it's extended universe, My Girlfriend is the President, Our World is Ended
Action: Fate series but start from Fate/stay night, Full Metal Daemon Muramasa, Galaxy Angel
Mystery: Science Adventure Series (Chaos;Head, Steins;Gate, Robotic;Notes, and all their spin offs)
Horror: Saya no Uta, Corpse Party
Dem feels: Anything by Key, notably Little Busters, Clannad, Rewrite as well.
Yo what the fudge: Muv Luv (in a good way), Euphoria (in not so good way)

 

[Gamma]

Sore Jaa, Mata ne or, in english, Until We Meet Again.​

A short little VN that I discovered in the old NicoBlog days when they posted pc games.
I had never heard of it before and gave it a try and found it's visual and story very interesting.