Hi, I am new in the genre of visual novels and I really like them. But I don't know which one I should buy/try to win at first. Any suggestions? :) Thanks.

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inb4 "the ones with boobs"

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what is inb4 standing for?

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Ah, okay never heard of it before. ^^

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He was just saying he commented before someone commented "The ones with boobs"

7 years ago
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In before (like "B" + four)
edit: Looks like i'm too late xD

8 years ago
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Eden* is apparently really great

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Have this on my wishlist. :D

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+1 to Eden its really good :)

8 years ago
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Not really a Visual Novel, but you may like 'Gone Home'!

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I already own and played this game I really liked it, thx for the info!

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Why pay, when you can have a really nice game for free? Sunrider: Mask of Arcadius - I still didn't manage to beat it (you know, I don't really have time ;/) but it starts nicely and you actually play when it comes to fights. Oh and it have mechs. Who doesn't like mechs?

8 years ago
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Thx, I was not aware that there are free visual novels!

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Oh, no problem, I hope you will like it :) There are more of them, but I only checked Sunrider so I can't actually recommend any title, but they should be easy to find on steam :)

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So far I liked Cinders the most. Hell, it might be the only visual novel I really liked.

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Thx putted it on my wishlist!

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Thank you!

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Thank you! Oh I already have this one lol never noticed xD

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:P ! Now is your time to play it :D

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will play it but will last some days because of really slow internet :<

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U will play it the last day of the decade? ;D

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+1
It was my firts VN, and now i have big expectations towards this genre (many choices influencing story/endings, nice art). But don't expect any nudity, its not "that" kind of VN.

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Thanks!

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+1 to Cinders. Beautiful art and the best storytelling that I've ever seen.

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To the moon.
Or some Telltale game (I prefer The Wolf Among Us)
Not proper visual novels, but... . let's not lying, they are

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I think they are most like Point & Click that Visual Novel

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Maybe they are other kind of visual novel , with cinematics and a bit of gameplay instead of static graphics. They are more focused in the story than in the gameplay (that is almost inexistent). But yes, you are right, they are still away from the classic japanese VN we know.

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I have the telltale games and I like them, I love point and click too. :D So thanks for mentioning them!

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Speaking of point&click, Enigmatis and Enigmatis 2 are great story/detective/point&click games.

8 years ago
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Thank you will add these too :D

Oh I see they are hidden object games, dont like these...

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Don't know of any good visual novels, but since you like P&C games as well, I'll recommend Cognition. I won this recently in a giveaway, and it's easily the best thing I've ever won here.

8 years ago
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Hello :-)

I liked the 39 steps.

http://store.steampowered.com/app/234940/

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Oh right, didn't think of this one, also a great one. Might not be that interesting if you read the book or saw some movie adaptation beforehand, but I've known of neither so I really liked this.

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I believe there's a 1935 movie by Hitchcock called " the 39 steps" but I didn't see it.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0026029/

But for me the 39 steps on Steam had a feeling reminiscent of the black and white Sherlock Holmes movies with Basil Ratbone :-)

8 years ago
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Thx, putted it on my wishlist! :D

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Np, glad to help :-)

8 years ago
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It's free at indiegala.com (scroll to the bottom of the page)

https://www.indiegala.com/free2play

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http://store.steampowered.com/app/344630/ Princess Evangile
http://store.steampowered.com/app/345610/ The Fruit of Grisaia
http://store.steampowered.com/app/340730 Sunrider Academy

Top 3 VNs on Steam imo .

Alltho Eden and If My Heart Had Wings* are pretty good aswell .

IF you want something silly , you can always go for the Sakura series , or Idol Magical Girl Chiru Chiru Michiru :)

8 years ago
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If My Heart Had Wings I already discovered, the other are now on my wishlist too, thanks!

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I can agree from watching a friend that Grisaia is pretty good. I can also affirm that Sakura Beach was awful. The other two Sakura games are decent though.

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  • The Cat Lady
  • The Cat Lady
  • The Cat Lady
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I was always a little unsure about this one, because of its visuals, but I will give it a try. (I think I might have it on my Desura Account)

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I did complain about that as well. Here's my review: http://steamcommunity.com/id/zeroxxx/recommended/253110?snr=1_5_9__402

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Other than eden* and To The Moon (if you count it) which have already been mentioned, I can strongly recommend planetarian and Analogue: A Hate Story (and its sequel). Also, WORLD END ECONOMiCA, which is currently on its second part of a trilogy. I probably forgot some.

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Thank you. I have To The Moon and I like it. Added the others to my wishlist, thanks again!

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Everlasting Summer, definitely! Also it's free.

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Awesome, thx!

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+1, it's awesome and free

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Narcissu
Everlasting Summer
Hatoful Boyfriend

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Thank you, all on my wishlist now. hihi.

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You're welcome. ^_^

If you're interested in non steam VNs i can recommend Ever17, Katawa Shoujo, Yo-jin-bo and Family Project (fair bit of hentai in FP, but the story is interesting)

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Thx but first I will try the steam VNs. ^^

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Nekopara Vol. 0 & 1
Sakura Angels
Sakura Spirits
Amnesia™: Memories
Forget Me Not: My Organic Garden
Sakura Fantasy Chapter 1
Sakura Beach
Pyrite Heart
Cursed Sight
The Fruit of Grisaia
Idol Magical Girl Chiru Chiru Michiru Part 1 & 2
WORLD END ECONOMiCA episode.01 & 2
How to Take Off Your Mask
Ame no Marginal -Rain Marginal-
Love at First Sight
Sunrider Academy
Hatoful Boyfriend
Dysfunctional Systems: Learning to Manage Chaos
Go! Go! Nippon! My First Trip to Japan
Hate Plus
Analogue: A Hate Story

And my Personal favourite: Katawa Shoujo

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Thank you very much for your effort! I added all to my wishlist but I couldn't finde Katawa Shoujo?

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Thank you, that explains it!

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The reason why you can't find Katawa Shoujo on steam is because it's not on steam at all - It's only been available via a free direct download on the official Katawa Shoujo website.

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Thx for the info!

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np. i could give you more VN but they are in JP and there are no english version of it. Mostly anime VN from anime and manga turn into VN but eh.

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Cant understand japanese sadly.

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One Manga Day? haha. :)

I liked Hatoful Boyfriend but I haven't read many VN.

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Haha yeah I played some visual novels on my PSVita so I thought maybe I can find some more on steam. :D

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I'm going with eden*, planetarian and of course Higurashi no Naku Koro ni.

For free ones I recommend Narcissu, Sunrider and Everlasting Summer.

Sadly, right now, Steam is not a very good place looking for VNs.

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Where do you think is a better place to look vor VNs? And thx for the ones you postet!

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Some sites to get VNs:

  • Jast, pretty nice catalogue
  • Mangagamer, some great ones, some decent ones but mostly terrible nukige (like the two recent disappointing MG bundles on Groupees and HumbleBundle)
  • JList, nice catalogue + imported ones (just make sure there is an english fantranslation available)
  • Lemma Sof(t Forums, lots of free ones, most of them not that good but with a few hidden gems.
  • Ren'Py, same as above

And if you're willing to use a VPN and fowarding service, I had good experiences with Getchu and DMM.

In general I would suggest just to go to vndb (Database of about 17500 VNs) and search via tags, rating, available languages etc. and go on from there.

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Search Otome (or click) for the genre.

Too many Boobs on Steam lately.

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What is Otome?

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Thank you very much Yeliena! I might take a look, but as I am depressive myself I dont know if I should play that kind of VS. ^^

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Personally, I like these games:

Shan Gui (山桂) - http://store.steampowered.com/app/307050/
Journal - http://store.steampowered.com/app/261680/
Dysfunctional Systems: Learning to Manage Chaos - http://store.steampowered.com/app/248800/
Always Sometimes Monsters - http://store.steampowered.com/app/274310/
Three Fourths Home: Extended Edition - http://store.steampowered.com/app/344500/
Always Remember Me - http://store.steampowered.com/app/291030/
Flower Shop: Winter In Fairbrook - http://store.steampowered.com/app/311680/
Flower Shop: Summer In Fairbrook - http://store.steampowered.com/app/290990/
Infinite Game Works Episode 0 - http://store.steampowered.com/app/302290/

P.S. I'm a guy, so you may not like these ones as I'm.

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Haha I dont think that matters, I like many games that guys like. ^^

Thx for posting them!

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I was thinking to giveaway some of these games but don't worry, you'll be blacklisted. :)))

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Voice from the Sea is another free one. Short but quite enjoyable.
Go! Go! Nippon! My First Trip to Japan is a nice one as well.
Always remember me not what I would call a typical VN, but it is ok for a few times.
If My Heart Had Wings Nice soundtrack and pretty detailed in terms of story and characters.

You might try a non steam one while deciding what you are aiming for next. Katawa Shoujo
Ren'Py you will find a lot free VN there as well
You might as well check out Desura, there are a lot of free novels, too.


Sadly most of the Visual Novels on Steam are decent at best. The main problem on Steam is the restriction of certain content, which reduces the possible choices to a minimum.
For example: Kana: Little Sister This would be a really good one, story wise. The only problem here is the content, which includes the option of incestuous choices - a no go. Even though the story is about an illness, the hard life and decision making regarding you and the people around you (life and death), I suppose this one will never end up in Steam.

The biggest restriction you will have is your law. This may sound a bit wired at first, but it is the way it is. Since a lot of the VN are playing in the teens and younger, you do have a problem regarding the illustration of naked bodies and any kind of content that might lead to or is about sexual activities. Even though it's just drawn content it is hard to differ, if it would fit the category child abuse or not. Sadly there is no point in arguing about the story or the context in those cases. Illustration of those, selling, even owning them simply is forbidden. And I am not just talking about Hentai stuff here.
So even if you might think about ordering VN from oversea or download/buy them "somewhere" you might get into trouble doing that, if you don't double check the content. Actually you could rather call it a legal gray area at the moment, but thx to Edathy everything is quite troublesome regarding that topic right now.

So if you intend to dig deeper into the VN genre, you might wanna keep this in mind.


Just remembered a few different once.

dUpLicity Beyond the Lies
East Tower - Akio
East Tower - Takashi

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Thank you very much for your suggestions and your information. I will try to look after it. But the VNs I can get on Steam in my country should be ok?

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I think so, At least I haven't seen any that would be very harmfull. Even the Eden* Mosaic content isn't that,,, 18+

Pretty much LO/Loli stuff would be hard to deal with. Teens seems...ok.

The entire Anime / Manga tpoic is pretty much in the grey area and to be carefull dealed with. Just came across an older article that was talking about Manga and Anime and the, well, not so pleasant results. Clicky
Not that I know a case in Germany, but just seeing it already have happened makes me cautious.

Didn't want to ruin the fun, it's simply a lil something to keep in mind. That's all there is.

P.S.: Don't get the wrong idea, I am not into that Hardcore and LO stuff either, but since I am working in a social area with kids, I can't afford anything bad of that kind to ruin my work. I do like Anime/Manga a lot and also need some infos for my job, as well.

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Thank you, have these on my list. :D

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The Royal Trap is fun otome with intriguing plot and 15 different endings. I highly recommend it. ^_^

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Thank you!

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A Friend told me that this is the best Visual Novel http://store.steampowered.com/app/316720/

Besides Grisaia http://steamcommunity.com/app/345610

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Thank you, added them to my list. :D The first one looks really interesting. ^^

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Gern geschehen! :)

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Seeing as most of the ones I wanted to suggest have already been mentioned, I will go ahead and recommend Without Within. Not the best by any stretch of the imagination, but it's a funny (and very short - about half an hour for all routes) visual novel. It's also free so hey, why not :p

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Thx I will give it a try as soon as my internet downloads it lol.

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Analogue was pretty good for what it was.

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Thanks!

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The Fruit of Grisaia is 50% off
Magical Diary is 40% off.

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Thanks!

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