Top rated Visual Novel games from 2023

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TOUCHSTARVED: A Dark Romance Visual Novel

Find a cure for your curse by entrusting your fate to 5 monstrous love interests

Red Spring Studio

Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars

(2,128 total ratings)

Visual Novel

Dead Plate

60s French restaurant tycoon themed rpg horror game about a waiter and a chef

racheldrawsthis

Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars

(1,936 total ratings)

Role Playing

MiSide DEMO

Mita

Aihasto

Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars

(1,013 total ratings)

Simulation

Assignment Due: Project Blue

"Are we calling tonight?"

reidubu!

Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars

(966 total ratings)

Visual Novel

Do NOT Take This Cat Home

You find a cute cat all alone in an alley. What will you do?

Pixeliminal

Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars

(792 total ratings)

Visual Novel

what body?

Clean your room!

bun_tired

Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars

(1,297 total ratings)

Play in browser

Threads of You: Beyond the Bay

A broken down car, 2 weeks in a hidden seaside town, and 7 men waiting to sweep you off your feet.

Lavendeer Studios

Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars

(542 total ratings)

Visual Novel

Sylving

Take your first step into another world as you make new friends, explore, and grow closer to the mighty wolf

Drakita Project

Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars

(545 total ratings)

Visual Novel

Today, I'm Harvesting You!

i've had enough of being poor and single!!

robobarbie

Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars

(1,172 total ratings)

Visual Novel

Play in browser

A Tavern at Night

Seek shelter from the rain and find some company for the night.

qkayoo studio

Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars

(610 total ratings)

Visual Novel

Cryptid Crush

A TTRPG inspired Cryptid Sim! Meet Monsters, crush on cryptids.

Drowsy Drake Studios

Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars

(750 total ratings)

Visual Novel

GIF

Killer Trait

Would you ally with a serial killer to get revenge on your worst enemy?

prikarin

Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars

(732 total ratings)

Visual Novel

GAVRIL

There's an intruder in your house.

Part

Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars

(741 total ratings)

Visual Novel

Play in browser

Tomorrow Will Be Dying

Team Robo

Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars

(331 total ratings)

Visual Novel

After Hours

A visual novel about Sun and Moon from FNAF: Security Breach!

Snowyrey

Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars

(416 total ratings)

Visual Novel

Rewritten

Meet the hottest singles from the fiction section!

Weird Little Beasties

Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars

(380 total ratings)

Visual Novel

Charm Studies

learn magic with picross!

NomnomNami

Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars

(622 total ratings)

Visual Novel

GIF

Long Gone Days

$24.99

Modern-day RPG that imagines the world of war that's coming for us, with a focus on civilians and language barriers.

Serenity Forge

Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars

(570 total ratings)

Role Playing

Soul of Sovereignty Prelude

$9.99

a tale of deadly kindness and selfish virtue

ggdg

Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars

(215 total ratings)

Visual Novel

Snow White Ashes - Extended Demo

His skin was white–and cold–as snow.

ENDYSIS

Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars

(306 total ratings)

Visual Novel

Play in browser

GIF

Stillwater

Private Investigator Hugo Laurent, gets reeled into a murky mystery entangled in lies, secrets, and a family curse.

Studio Clump

Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars

(678 total ratings)

Visual Novel

Resident Lover

Resident Lover - a sapphic, modern rendition of Resident Evil Village

teamavia

Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars

(204 total ratings)

Visual Novel

Before You Depart

Slice-of-death visual novel.

Team Lycoris

Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars

(272 total ratings)

Visual Novel

Gentle Fall [Demo]

As the leaves fell... i felt the need to protect you forever.

Isa, Isa

Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars

(482 total ratings)

Visual Novel

Titan Arum

It's time to write your masterpiece.

Cath

Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars

(315 total ratings)

Visual Novel

Small Town Emo (demo)

GameBoy RPG about a lovesick emo kid in 2007.

Fnife Games

Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars

(255 total ratings)

Adventure

Play in browser

The Human Heart

A fish out of water, slice of life, dating sim about mammals.

Leo

Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars

(658 total ratings)

Visual Novel

Karamu

You broke up with your (yandere) boyfriend; it might have been a mistake.

Chattercap

Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars

(309 total ratings)

Visual Novel

GIF

I.C.O. - Machina Lutris

A lonely sea otter surviving in a world ravaged by the mysterious monsters known as the I.C.O.

CetusOtter

Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars

(278 total ratings)

Visual Novel

Stranded

The Stray Project

Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars

(634 total ratings)

Visual Novel

GIF

Bitter/Sweet Blythe

Blythe just wants to give you your best-ever birthday! Why wouldn't you want to spend it with an adorable yandere bunny?

Melancholy Marionette

Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars

(295 total ratings)

Visual Novel

Sweet Dreams

You struggle to stay awake on the train...

C2PHOS

Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars

(318 total ratings)

Visual Novel

Penultima

A short video call with your rival before the finale.

zetareishi

Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars

(408 total ratings)

Visual Novel

Play in browser

I love my follower (count)

A stat-raising Boys' Love visual novel about an eldritch horror catboy and his faithful priest. Nya.

But Wholesome Games

Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars

(269 total ratings)

Visual Novel

GIF

Fields of Spring

All of your problems out there? Leave them out there.

Eymon

Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars

(210 total ratings)

Visual Novel

AISYLUM - Nora chapter 3 updated!

Unravel secrets behind the chatgpt-powered characters in AIsylum

elijah-bleu

Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars

(206 total ratings)

Adventure

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