The Best Visual-novel Games for Linux - Page 3

Update : Banebush added at rank #21.
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Banebush (2024)

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Mac OS Linux PC Windows

Banebush is a nonlinear and very red visual novel in the horror genre. Do you dare to step into a fairy tale if it turns out to be reality? 💀

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  • horror
  • visual-novel
  • psychological
  • atmospheric
  • story
  • violent

22

Slay the Princess (2023)

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PC Windows Mac OS Linux

You're here to slay the princess. Don't believe her lies.


  • horror
  • choices
  • dating-sim
  • visual-novel
  • psychological
  • lore
  • souls
  • comic
  • walking-simulator
  • humor
  • fiction
  • romance
  • point-and-click
  • rpg
  • interactive

23

Athanasy (2022)

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Linux Mac OS Windows Phone / Windows 10 Mobile Nintendo Switch Android PC Windows

Deep beneath the surface of the dead Earth, the City, the last refuge of humanity, hides. Engineering genius and efforts of all mankind; a giant structure of steel, concrete, and biopolymers. It keeps the remnants of civilization one step away from total extinction.

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  • narration
  • horror
  • visual-novel
  • dynamic
  • sci-fi
  • lore
  • text
  • lovecraftian
  • cyberpunk
  • conversation
  • post-apocalyptic
  • psychological
  • surreal
  • choices
  • multiple-endings

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Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.8 Matsuribayashi (2020)

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Linux Mac OS PC Windows

Higurashi When They Cry is a sound novel. The music, backgrounds and characters work together to create a world that is the stage of a novel for the user to read. They laugh and cry and get angry. The user takes the point of view of the protagonist to experience the story.


  • visual-novel
  • horror
  • psychological
  • anime
  • mystery
  • story

25

a new life. (2020)

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Android IOS iPhone Linux Mac OS PC Windows

When your loved one hurts you, what do you do? A classic love story about letting go.

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  • visual-novel
  • lgbtq
  • emotional
  • romance
  • multiple-endings

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A Summer's End - Hong Kong 1986 (2020)

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PC Windows Mac OS Linux

A Summer's End is a visual novel set in 1980s Hong Kong. It tells of a love story between two women. Lush and vibrant visuals, the game features over 400 unique hand-drawn artwork inspired by Asian cinema and 1980s anime.

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  • visual-novel
  • lgbtq
  • romance
  • must-read
  • 1980s
  • casual

27

Pesterquest (2019)

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Android PC Windows Mac OS Linux Playstation 4 m Playstation 5 Nintendo Switch

Embark on a quest of epic importance in Pesterquest, a grimsical episodic visual novel adventure set in the darkly funny Homestuck / Hiveswap universe. Find all the answers you're looking for as you zap between Earth and Alternia making friends as you go.


  • visual-novel
  • travel
  • lgbtq
  • time
  • funny
  • rpg
  • comedy
  • story
  • adventure
  • sci-fi

28

Impostor Factory (2021)

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PC Windows Mac OS Linux

A bonkers time-loop tragicomedy murder mystery thriller featuring multiple casualties and a suspicious cat, from the creator of To the Moon & Finding Paradise.


  • emotional
  • story
  • rpgmaker
  • pixel
  • visual-novel
  • psychological
  • mystery
  • horror
  • comedy
  • adventure
  • atmospheric
  • roleplaying
  • must-play
  • dark
  • rpg

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Sakura Succubus 2 (2020)

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Nintendo Switch Playstation 4 Playstation 5 PC Windows Mac OS Linux

In Sakura Succubus 2, you play as a man who must balance his work with the attention of Japan's famous succubi. With five beautiful and unique women to seduce, you'll explore a world of mystery and intrigue.

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What we like:
  • Good artwork and CG
  • More developed story than previous games
  • Short visual novel
  • Easily obtainable achievements and game collector badge
What could be improved:
  • Poor writing and grammar errors
  • Illusion of choice with little impact
  • Lazy and uninspired background design
  • Unsatisfactory and hasty ending
  • Story makes little sense.

  • visual-novel
  • mature
  • anime
  • simulation
  • dating-sim
  • multiple-endings
  • conversation
  • romance

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Guilty Parade (2021)

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PC Windows Mac OS Linux

One war. Two sides of a military conflict. Which side will you choose if you take a look at the world from both sides of the conflict? Whom will you support and whom will you destroy if some are fighting for an uncertain future, while others are for a peaceful present?

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  • visual-novel
  • point-and-click
  • detective
  • choices
  • multiple-endings
  • anime
  • war
  • wartime
  • mystery
  • story
  • stylized
  • atmospheric
  • hand-drawn
  • violent
  • comedy

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