Visual Novel Guide

An ultimate guide for visual novel games.

The gaming genre of visual novels has been popular in Japan for decades, but only in the 21st century have more frequent translations helped the genre find a home in the West. These games are exactly as they sound: heavy with text and supplemented by artwork that acts as a background and context for the story.The gaming genre of visual novels has been popular in Japan for decades, but only in the 21st century have more frequent translations helped the genre find a home in the West. These games are exactly as they sound: heavy with text and supplemented by artwork that acts as a background and context for the story.Many act as illustrated choose-your-own-adventure affairs of the video games world, featuring multiple paths leading to various endings, the player's decisions determining the protagonist's course of action. Some are highly dense with text, while others spread it out with puzzles and traditional gameplay. Some have sci-fi themes, and some are mysteries.

If you're new to Visual Novels, the games outlined in Green are "starter" Visual Novels, recommended for introducing yourself to the medium. They aren't required reading, but are meant to serve as a collection of good stories from a variety of genres that should be enjoyable to almost any reader. When you feel feel like branching out, browse through the games outlined in Blue and use the summaries and genre tags to see if you can find something to your liking.

Now without further ado, let’s kick off the guide. We’ve conveniently sorted them into tiers based on how experienced you are with visual novels to make sure you find the very best for you. Beginner means these titles are recommended to total visual novel noobies, Advanced for those still relatively new to them, Expert for those who have the time and endurance to read through the very longest ones, and an honorary mentions tier for the games that are a lot like visual novels but have actual gameplay.

Main Features of Visual Noval Guide app.

Detailed Walkthrough.

Characters.

Guide about different paths .

Endings.