Which are the best visual novels on steam?

inb4 "the ones with boobs"

Eden* is apparently really great

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

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?

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

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

Hello :-)

I liked the 39 steps.

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

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 :)

• The Cat Lady
• The Cat Lady
• The Cat Lady

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.

Everlasting Summer, definitely! Also it's free.

Narcissu
Everlasting Summer
Hatoful Boyfriend

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

One Manga Day? haha. :)

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

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.

Search Otome (or click) for the genre.

Too many Boobs on Steam lately.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

Analogue was pretty good for what it was.

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