RomanceKatawa Shoujo
Following a long hospital stay, Hisao moves to a school for students with disabilities and adjusts to new friendships and possible relationships.
Emotional visual novels
Character-led journeys about connection, memory, and change. Take a look at the premise and content notes to choose the kind of emotional experience you want.
50 visual novels
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FantasyRewrite+
Kotarou joins his school's occult research group in a city built around the coexistence of civilization and nature, where local rumors lead to larger questions.
RomanceIf My Heart Had Wings
After an injury ends his cycling plans, Aoi returns home and joins a group trying to rebuild their school's glider club.
Science FictionMuv-Luv Alternative
The final main installment of Muv-Luv continues Takeru's story through military conflict and decisions with consequences for his companions.
Science FictionMuv-Luv
Takeru's familiar school life becomes the starting point for a story that moves from romantic comedy into an alternate-world conflict.
Fantasyfault - milestone two side:above
The next part of fault follows directly from milestone one's fantasy journey and the relationships established there.
DramaLittle Busters! English Edition
A close group of friends draws its protagonist into school activities, new relationships, and a larger emotional story.
YuriSeaBed
Three perspectives connect in a psychological mystery about memory, relationships, and the people searching for answers.
HorrorWe Know the Devil
Three teenagers at summer camp face an approaching threat while their friendships repeatedly leave one person outside.
YuriHighway Blossoms
A solitary traveler meets a hitchhiker and follows an old prospector's journal across the American Southwest.
YuriA Little Lily Princess
Sara Crewe builds relationships at a Victorian boarding school before a dramatic change threatens the life she knows.
DramaSiren's Call: Escape Velocity
A teenager prepares to leave a Florida hometown while relationships and unsettling experiences complicate the departure.
Science FictionI Was a Teenage Exocolonist
Grow up on an alien planet, form relationships, and make choices that affect both your future and your colony.
HorrorLake of Voices
Travelers crossing a dangerous lake must decide who can be protected from the creatures beneath its surface.
OtomeNameless ~The one thing you must recall~
A girl's attachment to her dolls becomes the starting point for an unusual set of romantic relationships.
OtomeBUSTAFELLOWS season2
The BUSTAFELLOWS cast returns for another season of relationships and conflicts surrounding crime.
MysteryWILL: A Wonderful World / WILL：美好世界
Letters asking for help become puzzles in which rearranging sentences changes the lives of their writers.
Science FictionHarmonia
A robot awakens in a damaged world and encounters people whose emotions challenge its understanding of humanity.
Slice of LifeCoffee Talk Episode 2: Hibiscus & Butterfly
Return to a late-night coffee shop to prepare drinks and listen to another set of conversations with its visitors.
Science FictionROBOTICS;NOTES ELITE
A school robotics club on Tanegashima struggles to survive in a world where augmented-reality devices are part of everyday life.
HorrorThe Letter - Horror Visual Novel
Seven people become entangled in a curse, and their decisions affect both their relationships and their chances of survival.
Science FictionMarco & The Galaxy Dragon
A spacefaring treasure hunter returns to Earth after finding a clue that may lead to her missing mother.
RomanceSymphonic Rain
Music student Chris Vertin studies in the rainy town of Piova and works toward becoming a professional musician.
Science Fictioneden*
A soldier and an unusual young woman become part of a final love story as their planet approaches its end.
Science FictionLucy -The Eternity She Wished For-
A boy encounters an android whose expressions and behavior raise questions about whether a machine can have a soul.
DramaNarcissu 1st & 2nd
Two connected kinetic novels follow people confronting serious illness and the limited time available to them.
OtomeHakuoki: Edo Blossoms
Chizuru's relationships and the conflicts surrounding the Shinsengumi continue as the story moves toward Edo.
DramaSummer Pockets
Hairi visits the secluded island of Torishirojima and spends a summer getting to know its residents.
Science FictionATRI -My Dear Moments-
In a coastal town threatened by rising seas, a boy encounters a robot girl while searching what remains beneath the water.
FantasyWITCH ON THE HOLY NIGHT
A TYPE-MOON story follows young magic users and a newcomer whose ordinary life intersects with their hidden world.
Science FictionSTEINS;GATE 0
An alternate worldline explores the consequences of failing to save someone in the original STEINS;GATE story.
MysteryUmineko When They Cry - Answer Arcs
Episodes five through eight continue the island mystery and arguments introduced in Umineko's Question Arcs.
Slice of Lifeone night, hot springs
Join Haru, a young transgender woman, on a hot-springs trip with her friend Manami. Everyday decisions shape a short story about access, friendship, and feeling welcome.
YuriButterfly Soup 2
Diya, Noelle, Akarsha, and Min-seo navigate school, baseball, and relationships in the San Francisco Bay Area in 2009. This sequel continues the original game’s four connected perspectives.
YuriA Summer's End - Hong Kong 1986
Michelle and Sam meet in Hong Kong in 1986. Their developing relationship explores family expectations and cultural change through dialogue choices and two endings.
Slice of LifeA YEAR OF SPRINGS
Follow Haru, Erika, and Manami across three connected stories about a hot-springs visit, a spa-day plan, and questions about friendship and romance.
DramaOne Night Stand
Wake in a stranger’s bedroom after a night you cannot clearly remember. Conversation and careful observation reveal what happened and lead to twelve possible endings.
YuriHeart of the Woods
Two paranormal vloggers visit a remote village where supernatural activity is real. One encounters a woman’s ghost, drawing them into an old curse and an unexpected romance.
Fantasyfault - milestone one
Princess Selphine and her guardian Ritona flee an attack on their homeland, only to arrive in an unfamiliar forest. Their journey home begins in a world of science and magic.
Science Fictionplanetarian ~the reverie of a little planet~
A scavenger enters a ruined planetarium and meets a robot who still expects visitors. He agrees to repair its projector amid the remains of a devastated civilization.
HorrorThe House in Fata Morgana
An amnesiac visitor wakes in a ruined mansion. A maid recounts the tragedies of its former residents across different centuries, raising questions about the visitor’s own identity.
Science FictionVA-11 Hall-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Action
Mix drinks in a small bar in Glitch City and listen to its regulars describe life under corporate rule. Your orders influence conversations and the paths their stories take.
Slice of LifeCoffee Talk
Run a late-night café in an alternate Seattle where humans, elves, and other fantasy residents share their problems. The drinks you serve influence how their stories develop.
DramaCLANNAD
Tomoya helps Nagisa rebuild their school drama club while confronting his troubled home life. Their growing circle of friends connects school, family, and life beyond graduation.
Science FictionSTEINS;GATE
Students in Akihabara discover that a modified microwave can send messages into the past. Phone calls and messages lead to different outcomes as their experiments attract dangerous attention.
OtomeCinderella Phenomenon
A princess loses her royal life to a fairy-tale curse and meets other people whose stories have taken an unexpected turn.
YuriButterfly Soup
Four Asian-American girls find friendship, first love, and room to be themselves around a high-school baseball team.
Yuriher tears were my light
Time meets Space in a small cosmic love story where rewinding is part of how you find your way back to each other.
RomanceOur Life: Beginnings & Always
Grow up beside the boy next door in a seaside town, shaping your personality, your memories, and the kind of relationship you want to have.
HorrorDead Plate
In 1960s France, an energetic waiter named Rody takes a week-long job at an elegant bistro run by the charismatic chef Vince. Dead Plate blends restaurant management, visual novel storytelling, and point-and-click exploration into a character-driven horror experience where an ordinary workplace gradually becomes unsettling.