The Best Visual-novel Games for Linux - Page 5

Update : Slay the Princess - The Pristine Cut added at rank #2.
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Aquadine (2021)

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"Welcome to Aquadine! My name is Ciel, and I'll be your tour guide for today!" A young gondolier works part-time to save money for his mother's hospital bills, but he has a secret. Follow Ciel as he tours people around the beautiful town of Aquadine, where his family and friends bond with him.

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  • visual-novel
  • romance
  • emotional
  • text
  • underwater
  • linear
  • anime
  • multiple-endings
  • romantic
  • narration
  • third-person

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The Fairy's Song (2020)

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Linux PC Windows Xbox Series X Playstation 4 Playstation 5 Nintendo Switch Xbox One

Marnie, a bored goth girl, accidentally stumbles upon a sleeping female knight in the forest. Together, the pair must work to break a centuries-old curse, while romantic feelings between them begin to grow.

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  • visual-novel
  • romance
  • casual
  • lgbtq
  • adventure
  • subscription
  • novel
  • dragon
  • book
  • anime
  • interactive

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Raptor Boyfriend: A High School Romance (2021)

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Nintendo Switch Xbox Series X Xbox One Playstation 5 Mac OS Playstation 4 PC Windows Linux

Raptor Boyfriend: A High School Romance is a dating sim about a teen girl who moves to a small secret community of cryptids. Romance a magical Fairy, a sensitive Sasquatch and a bold Velociraptor. A satirical 90's teen drama about trying to find love in your last year of high school.

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  • dating-sim
  • visual-novel
  • dinosaurs
  • lgbtq
  • romance
  • choices
  • multiple-endings
  • 1990s
  • drama
  • story
  • 2d
  • funny
  • hand-drawn

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The Sin (2021)

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Linux Mac OS PC Windows Nintendo Switch

The depressing pictures of a dying village and its inhabitants to the dark ambient music of the underground performers make those who are still trying to survive in places where everything has long died, to plunge even deeper into the world of mystical horror and deep despair

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  • idler
  • horror
  • crime
  • psychological
  • fiction
  • visual-novel
  • text
  • empire
  • mythology
  • narration
  • detective
  • demons
  • thriller
  • management
  • hand-drawn

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Heart Fragment (2021)

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PC Windows Mac OS Linux

In Heart Fragment, you play as Xani, a character struggling to cope with their past, a friend's disappearance and their own identity crisis. As you make choices throughout the game, you shape Xani's personality and influence the outcome of the story. With over 40 different endings, including romantic, platonic and family-based paths, Heart Fragment is an adventure full of mystery and unexpected twists. Gorgeous artwork, a beautiful soundtrack and a cast of diverse characters make for an immersive and unforgettable gaming experience.

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What we like:
  • More engaging story than a book with dozens of choices and stats management
  • Plenty of save features
  • Features a social media app and the ability to look into people's hearts for certain objectives
  • Attractive UI and beautiful CGs
  • Easy recommendation with lively characters, solid partial voice acting, and intriguing mystery
What could be improved:
  • Slow pacing and meandering plot with lengthy infodumps and low action scenes
  • Self-centered internal monologue of main character makes it hard to connect
  • Repetitive expressions of opinions by some characters
  • Lack of chemistry between main character and love interests
  • Odd lack of tension with main antagonist not appearing often or making a strong effort to kill main character

  • simulation
  • visual-novel
  • rpg
  • otome
  • dating-sim
  • romance
  • psychological
  • choices

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Without A Voice (2020)

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In the depths of a forest, an exiled princess whiles her time in solitude. One day, a mysterious, beautiful maiden appears, throwing her world out of its alignment. A dark fantasy visual novel following the intertwining paths of these two women. In seven days, the wheel of fate will splinter...

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  • visual-novel
  • lgbtq
  • gore
  • casual
  • anime
  • rpg
  • horror
  • multiple-endings

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Royal Alchemist (2020)

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PC Windows Mac OS Linux

Join a high fantasy royal court setting as you take on the role of a tutor and help your students survive in this visual novel game with RPG elements.

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What we like:
  • Intrigue
  • Betrayal
  • Survival simulation
  • RPG elements
What could be improved:
  • Single player mode only
  • Locked characters

  • otome
  • visual-novel
  • lgbtq
  • dating-sim
  • anime
  • romance
  • magic
  • choices
  • crowdfunded
  • multiple-endings
  • simulation
  • rpg
  • strategy

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Sound of Drop - fall into poison - (2015)

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Nestled in the heart of Tokyo, the quaint little aquarium, Manten Aquarium. Numerous urban legends have arisen from here. On the night of the full moon the waters turn to blood and man faced fish lurk within. Junior high school students Mayu and Himeno came to Manten Aquarium to investigate these urban legends. In the beginning it was fun, but then... They see a glimpse of Mayu’s missing little sister, Mari. The wheels of fate begin turning as they chase after Mari’s shadow.


  • visual-novel
  • horrific
  • non-visual-novel
  • romance

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Red Embrace (2018)

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A normal graveyard shift at a dingy diner in San Francisco... until a mysterious customer arrives, bringing with him a war between vampires.

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  • romance
  • visual-novel
  • lgbtq
  • casual
  • violent
  • dating-sim
  • vampire
  • war

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How Stories Die (2020)

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Time travel, assassins and one magical gangster rabbit! The demon king threatens your kingdom and it's up to you, the prince, to find a suitable hero to fight it. Not an easy task, as it will require you to shed a lot of blood and maybe even die. But at least you will save everyone... right?

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  • visual-novel
  • medieval
  • anime
  • multiple-endings
  • romance
  • gore
  • magic
  • blood
  • violent
  • mystery
  • fantasy
  • story
  • comedic
  • colourful

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