Best visual novel games on Steam
The best-reviewed visual novels on Steam. Ranked by review score weighted by how many reviews stand behind it, not by the raw percentage — a game with 40,000 reviews at 92% places above one with 210 at 96%, because a small crowd of enthusiasts is not the same thing as a verdict.
40 games, best first
ranked by weighted review score
98%#1Helltaker
98%#2Senren＊Banka
96%#3Doki Doki Literature Club!
98%−35%#4Volcano Princess
97%#5Persona 4 Golden
98%#6The Wolf Among Us
98%#7Firework
96%#8Persona 5 Royal
98%−67%#9Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy
96%#10Mirror
97%#11VA-11 Hall-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Action
98%#12ATRI -My Dear Moments-
97%#13The Walking Dead: The Telltale Definitive Series
97%#14Doki Doki Literature Club Plus!
97%#15Slay the Princess — The Pristine Cut
97%#16STEINS;GATE
96%#17Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
96%#18What Remains of Edith Finch
96%#19Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc
96%#20The Coffin of Andy and Leyley
96%#21Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair
99%#22Our Life: Beginnings & Always
94%#23Everlasting Summer
97%#24Milk outside a bag of milk outside a bag of milk
94%−30%#25The Hungry Lamb: Traveling in the Late Ming Dynasty
97%#26The Test
98%#27A Date with Death
94%#28Persona 3 Reload
94%#29NEEDY STREAMER OVERLOAD
98%−70%#30Tales of the Black Forest
97%#31Until Then
94%#32Lobotomy Corporation | Monster Management Simulation
94%#33Library Of Ruina
95%#34NEKOPARA Vol. 1
98%#35CLANNAD
98%#36Eternal Senia
93%#37Disco Elysium - The Final Cut
96%#38missed messages.
97%#39NEKOPARA Vol. 2
93%#40Love Is All Around
The badge on each cover is the share of Steam reviews that are positive. Only games with at least 200reviews are eligible, and the order weights that share by how many reviews back it, so a large review count beats a slightly higher percentage from a small one. Prices are today’s US Steam prices and update hourly; player counts are live from Coilr’s own tracking.