# The best visual novels

The best-reviewed visual novels according to OpenCritic, which aggregates reviews from major outlets (mostly games from about 2013 on).

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- Aug 15, 2026 · 翔太
- https://even.best/en/l/341/the-best-visual-novels

## Top 20

1. **The House in Fata Morgana** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Released May 2016 (PC, Switch, PS4, Vita). OpenCritic top critic average: 93.
2. **Schrödinger's Call** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Released May 2026 (PC). OpenCritic top critic average: 90.
3. **Path of the Midnight Sun** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Released January 2023 (PC). OpenCritic top critic average: 89.
4. **Mission: It's Complicated** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Released February 2020 (PC). OpenCritic top critic average: 89.
5. **Steins;Gate** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Released August 2010 (PC, Vita, PS4). OpenCritic top critic average: 87.
6. **Doki Doki Literature Club** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Released September 2017 (PC). OpenCritic top critic average: 87.
7. **Ever 17: The Out of Infinity** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Released March 2025 (PC, PS4, Switch). OpenCritic top critic average: 86.
8. **The Cosmic Wheel Sisterhood** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Released August 2023 (PC, Switch). OpenCritic top critic average: 86.
9. **Zero Escape: The Nonary Games** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Released March 2017 (PS4, PC, Vita, PS5, XBXS, XB1). OpenCritic top critic average: 85.
10. **Wax Heads** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Released May 2026 (XBXS, PS5, Switch, PC, Switch 2). OpenCritic top critic average: 85.
11. **The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Released July 2021 (PS4, Switch, PC). OpenCritic top critic average: 85.
12. **Danganronpa Decadence** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Released December 2021 (Switch). OpenCritic top critic average: 85.
13. **Pyre** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Released July 2017 (PS4, PC, PS5). OpenCritic top critic average: 84.
14. **Arcade Spirits: The New Challengers** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Released May 2022 (XBXS, PS5, Switch, PC, PS4, XB1). OpenCritic top critic average: 84.
15. **If Found...** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Released May 2020 (PC). OpenCritic top critic average: 84.
16. **Steins;Gate 0** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Released November 2016 (PS4, Vita, PS5, Switch, XB1, PC). OpenCritic top critic average: 83.
17. **Highway Blossoms** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Released June 2016 (PC). OpenCritic top critic average: 83.
18. **Iwakura Aria** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Released August 2025 (Switch, PC). OpenCritic top critic average: 83.
19. **The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Released March 2021 (PC, PS4, XB1, XBXS). OpenCritic top critic average: 83.
20. **ANONYMOUS;CODE** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Released September 2023 (PC, Switch, PS4, PS5). OpenCritic top critic average: 83.
21. **Coffee Talk Tokyo** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Released May 2026 (XBXS, PS5, Switch 2, Switch, PC). OpenCritic top critic average: 83.
22. **Quarantine Circular** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Released May 2018 (PC). OpenCritic top critic average: 83.

How is this ranking ordered? By people's votes: each ▲ adds a point and each ▼ takes one away. Anyone can vote and add what is missing.