5 Best Visual Novel Game Recommendations on PC!

In addition to the Action or MOBA genre games, games with the Visual Novel or VN genre are quite popular in several countries. VN also has a clearly different target market from games in general.

For those of you who don’t know, Visual Novel is a game genre where you will see images statically and have a storyline like a novel.

Talking about this game genre, did you know that there are several Visual Novel games that are arguably the best in their class. What are they? Let’s see together.

1. Doki-Doki Literature Club

Doki-Doki Literature Club or DDLC is a Visual Novel game that has shocked the world of the gaming community. The reason is, this game comes against the points of a visual novel.

Starting from the storyline that is indeed anti-mainstream to unexpected things. DDLC tells the story of a high school boy who joins the literacy club at school. In this club, there are 4 very cute girl members.

At the beginning, you will see stories that do exist in visual novel games in general. However, after playing this game for a while, you will know the real facts of DDLC which are quite surprising.

2. Steins; Gate

Initially, Steins; Gate is an anime that was very popular a few years ago. Because of his popularity, Steins; Gate is getting a visual novel of the same title.

In the story, you will embark on a journey on how to cross space and time. Every action you choose, the storyline of this VN will change. This is called a non-linear plot which does not depend on just one plot, but many.

3. Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc

This game is fairly heavy on the storyline and is suitable for those of you who like puzzles. Yep, Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc focuses on the story of a school that adopts the Battle Royale system.

That is, there will be many murder scenes in this visual novel. You yourself will act as Makoto who analyzes various clues and evidence to put forward an argument. This visual novel is highly recommended for you.

4. Psycho-Pass: Mandatory Happiness

Just like Steins; Gate, Pyscho-Pass: Mandatory Happiness was released by 5pb and has a different plot from the game above. Here, you can choose to be Nadeshiko Kugatachi or Takuma Tusugi.

The storyline of this visual novel is the same as the anime version. Even so, there are still differences in the visual aspect. However, this visual novel is still highly recommended for you.

5. Clannad

Finally, there is the name Clannad which is a visual novel made by developer Key. Clannad has a branching storyline so the available plots will suit the action you choose.

This game was released in 2004 ago. If you are interested, there is also an anime version of Clannad which is very emotionally draining. In essence, the storyline of this visual novel will be different from the anime version.