There are SO MANY visual novels from Japan, such as Steins Gate, Clannad, and Fate/Stay Night. Yet visual novels isn't just a Japanese genre. There are many good visual novels outside of Japan, specifically those made by Winter Wolves (Italian developer), Christine Love and her visual novel series (Canada), and Sakevisual and the Jisei series (United States).

My favorite visual novel so far is Cinders by Moacube. It takes a very well-known Western fairytale and places a more adult spin on it. That and the art style is not the standard anime style and there are actually seemingly endless combinations. I put many hours into it, and still haven't experienced the entire game yet.

On the side of free visual novels, I found this one interesting: http://taarradhin.cyanide-tea.net/ This dev has developed several games including this game, Ristorante Amore, and Nachtigal, all of which I have enjoyed. Tarradhin in particular had an interesting plot and art style. If you like this game or want similar types, check out this forum and their annual NaNoRenO competition: http://lemmasoft.renai.us/forums/viewforum.php?f=11

So what are your favorite non-Japanese/Western visual novels (free or commercial)?

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KATAWA SHOUJO AND ITS FREE!!!

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I thought Katawa Shoujo was japanese in your heart !

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I can't think of any other than Katawa Shoujo and Long Live the Queen...
As for Japanese ones, Princess Maker 5 was pretty fun to play.

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Well have you heard of the ones I mentioned? Winter Wolves made Heileen games, Spirited Heart, Always Remember Me.

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Dysfunctional system: learning to manage chaos. Does this count?

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I haven't played as many as I would like, but the more recent one I really liked was Magical Diary.
Though I really liked Planet Stronghold, the VN part was the weakest and the meat of the game was the RPG part. The VN part wsn't bad at all, it's just that the story is quite generic.

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Final fantasy and YS series

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Visual Novels ?

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lol
Definitely non-Japanese (!) Visual Novels (!!)

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I just rememberd it. Cinders is a rather great VN with beautiful artwork and nice OST. The story is a really nice mature Cinderella twist.

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yeah that one is relatively different from most. Looking forward to the dev's next VN

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Not too sure, but I'm really looking forward to that Hatoful Boyfriend remake by Devolver.

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that is Japanese still (even though it is being published by non-japanese

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