X-Note
X-Note is another great Visual-Novel, Supernatural Mystery that offers a brilliant combination of Life and Dating Simulation aesthetics. The game revolves around the character of Essi, a young girl whose mother dies in a car accident and that affects her life badly. As the result Essi gets reserved and starts behaving differently than her past. Going through the stuff and memories she finds a USB flash Device that has the info about her mother in a folder named X-Note, she tries hard but fails to see the contents of the folder. Meanwhile a boy named Yuon asks for her help regarding a murder at Xen-Institute, Essi finds it interesting and starts digging about her own history and also the murder mystery that Yuon is working on. Your task is to be Essi in the game, go with the story, make choices and get the different endings all based up on the actions you perform. With a brilliant story, addictive game-play and eye catching visuals, X-Note is a fun game to play and enjoy.
#1 Zero Escape: The Nonary Games
Zero Escape: The Nonary Games is an Adventure, Visual Novel and Anime-Style video game developed by Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd. The game takes place in the fictional land, and the story revolves around nine people who were kidnapped and taken to a strange location. According to the plot, nine people find themselves in a strange location forced to take part in a diabolical game. You assume the role one of nine people to find out the answer why your and other members are forced to puts their lives in the game of life and death. During the gameplay, you can manipulate the environment, interact with other characters and find clues to solve mind-bending puzzles to complete the level. The game becomes tough as you advanced. There are a variety of dialogues available to interact with others. Unearth the secret about the game and find out the answer how nine people reached there. Zero Escape: The Nonary Games offers core features such as Two Difficulty Settings, a variety of Levels, high-resolution Graphics, and more. Try it out.
#2 Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony
Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony is an Adventure, Visual Novel and Single-player video game created and published by Spike Chunsoft. The game serves as the third installment in the series of Danganronpa and brings a thrilling storyline revolves around the female protagonist, a high school student named as Kaede Akamatsu, who is abducted and finds herself in the Ultimate Academy for Gifted Juveniles. During the exploration, the player will discover fellow students including Shuichi Saihara. The gameplay is similar to its previous titles, and the ultimate task of the player is to manipulate the land, interact with non-player characters to progress through the game until coming across a brutal murder. After that, the player needs to gather evidence for the murder and use in the class rail. Like previous entries, the game focuses on endless debate, in which the player discusses the case with other NPCs and struggle to fulfill the requirement of each case while earning experience. Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony offers prominent features such as Murder Mysteries, Detailed Debate, new Mini-Games, and more.
#3 Zero Escape: Zero Time Dilemma
Zero Escape: Zero Time Dilemma is an Adventure, Visual Novel, and Single-player video game developed by Chime and published by Spike Chunsoft. It is the third instalment in the series of Zero Escape video game, following the Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors, released in 2009. The story takes place between previous two titles and revolves around nine persons who are abducted by a masked person called Zero. The kidnapped people are split into three teams and forced to play a dangerous game known as the Decision Game. The player can assume the role of three characters and can explore the land his way through the chapters full of mind-bending puzzles, deadly obstacles and moral decisions. Each chapter represents the 90-minute periods to accomplish the task. During the gameplay, the player needs to interact with other people, solve puzzles, and find a way to escape to save his life. Zero Escape: Zero Time Dilemma includes prominent features such as 3D Environments, Cinematic Gameplay, Decision Game, Non-linear Narrative, New Mysteries, Old Faces and more. Try it out.
#4 Chaos;Child
Chaos;Child is an Adventure, Visual Novel and Single-player video game developed by 5pband published by PQube. The game serves as the fourth installment in the series of Science Adventure, and it is a sequel to Choas;Head , released in 2008. In the game, the player takes on the role of the protagonist named as Takuru Miyashiro, who is the president of his newspaper club of school. The player receives the option to select at the multiple points throughout the storyline if the protagonist should experience a negative or positive delusion. The choices taken by the player will directly affect the storyline and change its direction. The game split into multiple storylines, during the playthrough the player needs to play the main narrative, after completing the game, other routes will become available to play. Each route revolves around one of the characters of the game, dealing with non-player character motivations and secrets not uncovered in the main narrative. Main Route, Nono Route, Hana Route, Hinae Route, etc. are prominent parts of the storyline. Try it out, if you love playing Visual Novel games.
#5 Alone with You
Alone with You is an Adventure, Visual Novel, Pixel Graphics, Romance and Single-player video game created and published by Benjamin Rivers Inc. The game takes place in the science-fiction environment where the protagonist is trying to escape a doomed space colony with the assist of troubled AI (Artificla Intelligence) companion and four emotional holograph. The game embarks you on the epic missions to scan the clues, solve tricky puzzles, and find the fates of more than two-dozen of former colleagues and their lives. You must explore the beautiful, adventure-style environments as you search for important items for clues and solving puzzles. The game comes with dozens of multiple endings, depending on the decision taken by you during the gameplay. Alone with You includes prominent features such as Dynamic Sound Effects, Love Letter, Experience the fully-realized World, Interact with NPCs, and more. With addictive gameplay, superb mechanics, and smooth controls, Alone with You is the wonderful game to play and enjoy.
#6 Steins; Gate 0
Steins; Gate 0 is an Adventure, Visual Novel and Single-player video game developed and published by 5pb. The game serves as the title of the Science Adventure series, and it is the sequel to Steins; Gate, released in 2009. The story of the game can be seen from multiple characters viewpoints, mainly the student of the university named as Rintaro Okabe, the neuroscientist Maho Hiyajo, and the time traveller Suzuha Amane. After encountering Maho and her clique named as Alexis LEskinen, Okabe becomes a tester for AI system called Amadeus. During the gameplay, the player reads the dialogue and text that consists of the story, and affect the plot’s direction by selecting whether to answer phone calls in the starting of the game. The story of the game split into two parts, which turns branch into the different ending of the game. The game takes place in the Beta Worldline and offers the thrilling story and gameplay. The game offers multiple endings, depending on the decision taken by the player. Steins; Gate 0 includes superb gameplay, anime-based characters, and smooth graphics.
#7 Utawarerumono: Mask of Deception
Utawarerumono: Mask of Deception is an Adventure, Visual Novel, and Single-player Simulation developed and published by Atlus U.S.A., Inc. The game tells an emotional story that will enchant the minds and the hearts of the players as it takes them on an epic journey. The plot begins with a man named as Haku, who is saved by a woman with beast-like tail and ears named as Koun. With the combination of beautiful visual story experience, the protagonist and his companion will encounter a cast of intriguing and amazing characters in the empire of Yamato. According to the story, the peaceful world is attacked by brutal monsters and the dark forces. Now, the protagonist must find out NPCs, team up with them, and survive as long as possible while taking down monsters to restore the peace. The game supports single-player mode and features multiple endings, depending on the decision taken the player. It comes with fast-paced, SRPG and Combat elements and offers prominent features such as Time Attack Chain Mechanics, Final Strike, and more.
#8 Hakuoki: Kyoto Winds
Hakuoki: Kyoto Winds is an Adventure, Anime-based, Visual Novel, and Otome Simulation developed by Design Factory and published by Idea Factory International. The game supports Single-player mode, and it takes place in the historical fantasy world, where the player takes on the role of the female protagonist named as Chizuru. The story revolves around the struggle of the protagonist, who is searching for her father. In the game, the player as the famous samurai of the Shinsengumi, as the player unearth his/her dark secrets and face mysteries of his/her past. In the Text-based adventure, the player can select from a variety of narrative choices and branch stories to unlock thirty different endings. There are more than 12 handsome bachelors, and the player can choose one of them to fall in love. During the gameplay, the player can engage himself/herself in dramas of friendship, romance, and betrayal. Hakuoki: Kyoto Winds includes core features such as Thirty different Endings, Each Decision affect your Relationship, Make Choices, 12 Handsome Bachelors, and more.
#9 Atelier Rorona: The Alchemist of Arland
Atelier Rorona: The Alchemist of Arland is a Role-playing and Single-player video game developed and published by Gust Co. Ltd. The game serves as the 11th entry in the series of Atelier and the first title in the series, released for PlayStation 3. It has four exciting modes such as an Alchemy system, a Battle Screen, the Visual Novel system, and the Field Map. The game comes with an exciting story, in which the small but beautiful kingdom standing on the edge of destruction. The ancient relics known as machines were found in ruins, the fortune comes to smile upon the kingdom. There is only an alchemy workshop in the kingdom, used to bustle with activity. One day, the owner of the shop receives the message from the king, the workshop will be closed, unless the workshop’s owner can prove that he/she is capable of running and maintaining the successful shop. The player controls the female protagonists, who embarks on an epic adventure to save her workshop from being closed. During the adventure, the player will encounter lots of non-player characters, interact with them, make choices and struggle to shape his/her story. The game comes with multiple endings, depending the decisions taken by the player throughout the game. Atelier Rorona: The Alchemist of Arland includes prominent features such as Third-person Exploration, Turn-based Combat, Score the Points, NPCs, and more. Try it out, and you’ll like it.
#10 Root Letter
Root Letter is an Adventure, Visual Novel, and Single-player video game developed and published by Kadokawa Games for multiple platforms. The game takes place in Matsue, where the protagonist reaches in search for Fumino Aya, the childhood friend from high school, who had vanished for fifteen years. After the player discovers a letter dedicated to him from her that was never sent. The player embarks on an epic adventure to interrogate the classmates as the player goes in shock when found everything about her friend had been a lie. The game features multiple endings, based on the choices of the player throughout the game. The player plays the game as the adventure visual novel, where the player must figure out what happen to his friend named as Aya, a girl who disappeared after receiving a mysterious letter. The entire gameplay will be divided into two parts such as the simulation part and the adventure part. In Adventure part, the player must interrogate the characters, who knew Aya to find the information about her while in Simulation parts, where the player relives through interaction with Aya. With addictive gameplay, superb mechanics, and smooth controls, Root Letter is the wonderful game to play.
#11 Mr. Massagy
Mr. Massagy contains Adventure, Visual Novel, and Single-player gameplay elements developed and published by Green Lava Studios for Microsoft Windows. The game mainly revolves around Dating Simulation, and it puts the player in the shoes of Jonny who are looking for cute girls to date. It introduces a funny cast of anime characters and lets the player select one of them to start the game. In the game, the player can interact with non-player characters, communicate them to find his love and choose the place to date. The developer programmed different vibration patterns, depending on the dating personality. During a date, the player can choose the best firing lines to dominate the girl he is dating. It comes with multiple endings, depending on the dialogues and choices made by the player during the game. Mr. Massagy is a fabulous game for those players who love playing Dating Simulations.
#12 VA-11 Hall-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Action
VA-11 Hall-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Action is a Cyberpunk, Adventure, RPG, and Single-player video game developed by Sukeban Games. Throughout the game, the player plays the job of a female protagonist who is a bartender at a small dive bar. At the bar, the primary mission of the player is to prepare drinks based on the given instructions by the clients and then serve them to characters.
The game is storytelling and dialogue-driven, where most of the time, the player has to listen to the stories of the people. The game allows the player to perform activities outside the bar, such as at Jill’s home, where the player can have text conversation and use applications for amusement over the phone.
The player can spend the earned money by visiting shops, buying items, decorating Jill’s home, and paying the rent. At the beginning of each day, the player has to create a music playlist for the game in the jukebox for entertainment.
#13 Catherine: Full Body
Catherine: Full Body is a Puzzle, Adventure, and Single-player video game developed by Atlus for multiple platforms. During the gameplay, the player takes on the role of a protagonist named Vincent Brooks, who has relations with multiple ladies. The game has two segments, such as the social simulation part and the nightmare segment.
In the social simulation part, the player has to communicate with several characters, whereas in the nightmare part, the player requires to navigate deadly block towers. The game has three playable modes, where each offers significant gameplay. While interacting with characters, the player has to choose different options to respond where the game has standard dialogue options and text messages option.
The character must go through the towers, which the player has to arrange to get to the exit. The tower collapses, and if he fails to arrange the blocks before the collapse, the result will be the end of the game and requires the player to restart from the last save point.
#14 Steins; Gate Elite
Steins; Gate Elite is an Anime, Visual-Novel, Sci-fi, Adventure, and Single-player video game developed by Spike Chunsoft for multiple platforms. Throughout the gameplay, the player serves as a protagonist and has to make different choices based on reality. It is a text-based game where the player views the text on the screen that either indicates the dialogues of the other characters or imaginations of the main protagonist.
The game features a phone trigger system that permits the player to answer or reject a call desirably. The text messages contain explicit words underlined and appeared in blue. The game also features a hyperlink on a program, which the player can choose to answer to the instant message.
Most of the calls or instant messages don’t require a reaction, but in some cases, the player has to make a quick move. Depending on the player’s decisions to react to these calls and instant messages, the game will advance in a particular way.
#15 DATE A LIVE: Rio Reincarnation
DATE A LIVE: Rio Reincarnation is an Anime, Adventure, Dating, and Single-player video game developed by Idea Factory International. The game serves as the sequel to the first two releases and offers the same gameplay to the previous ones. Throughout the gameplay, the player serves as Rio, the main character, who has to save the world with the power of love.
The player is a normal secondary school student who can seal away the soul’s forces. The game comes up with 11 playable characters where each one has different abilities and skills. Three light novels are there for the player, such as Arusu’s Quest, Rinne’s Bathtime, and Rio Reunion to rejoice.
Over 150 dating events are there for the player to show off his love for the spirits. The game has multiple endings depending on the player’s choices and dialogues. Significant features of the game are 150 Dating Events, 11 Playable Characters, and Three Novels.