The Best Visual-novel Games for Nintendo Switch - Page 5

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Update : Slay the Princess - The Pristine Cut added at rank #9.
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Famicom Detective Club: The Missing Heir (2021)

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Nintendo Switch

Famicom Detective Club: The Missing Heir is the first entry in the series. Play at home, on the go, or in your favorite reading nook—only on the Nintendo Switch™ system. If you purchase one of these games on Nintendo eShop, you can get $10* off the other when also purchased onNintendo eShop**!

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  • visual-novel
  • detective
  • mystery
  • remake

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Goodbye World (2022)

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Xbox Series X Xbox One Playstation 5 Playstation 4 PC Windows Nintendo Switch Xbox Series X/s

"GOODBYE WORLD" is a narrative adventure game. Play through 12 stages of a puzzle platformer while following the two protagonists through 13 chapters of their story.

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  • platform
  • visual-novel
  • linear
  • text
  • cinematic
  • pixel
  • fiction
  • narrative
  • story
  • atmospheric
  • scroller
  • emotional
  • puzzle
  • interactive
  • adventure

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Norn9: Var Commons (2023)

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PC Windows Nintendo Switch vita

Explore a History that Never Existed!

Sorata, a child prodigy, wanders away from his class field trip and awakens in a new but oddly familiar setting.

He is taken to the Norn, a massive floating airship. Aboard he meets others – young people known as Espers, each with unique powers to control elements... or human minds.

The land below them resembles the past, but everything is changed and under the control of a massive organization known as The World. Unravel the mysteries surrounding Sorata’s journey and his companions.

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  • visual-novel
  • dating-sim
  • superhero
  • sci-fi
  • romance
  • japanese
  • drama
  • narrative

44

ghostpia Season One (2023)

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80
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Mac OS Nintendo Switch PC Windows

"In my dreams, I can get out. In my dreams, I can fit in." 'ghostpia' mixes the adorable art style of an illustrated book with glitches-and-noise effects. There are no choices to be made. There's only a lonely girl in a ghost town and her story full of mystery, friendhood...and a bit of violence.

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  • visual-novel
  • dark
  • snow
  • dystopian
  • humor
  • conversation
  • crime
  • text
  • violent
  • story
  • anime
  • cinematic
  • choices
  • 1990s
  • drama

45

Chicken Police (2020)

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PC Windows Xbox One Playstation 4 Nintendo Switch IOS iPhone stadia Playstation 5 Mac OS

Chicken Police - Paint it RED! is an off-kilter adventure game and visual novel that takes you to the city of Clawville as private detective Sonny Featherland and his partner, Marty MacChicken investigate a case. Follow them as they meet the denizens of the seedy underbelly, interrogate suspects and investigate crime scenes in this hard-boiled noir.

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What we like:
  • Smoothly running game
  • Well-made
  • Excellent story supported by good voice acting
  • No-longer weird seeing animal heads on human bodies
What could be improved:
  • Initial weirdness of seeing animal heads on human bodies
  • Minimal action with only occasional minigames

  • detective
  • visual-novel
  • noir
  • mystery
  • point-and-click

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Celestia: Chain of Fate (2024)

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PC Windows Nintendo Switch

A romance-fantasy visual novel that delivers a captivating player driven narrative. Enrol at Celestia Academy and uncover your heritage. Delve into a fantastical realm and unearth your magical potential as a hybrid. Forge new friendships and build affections based on your love interests.


  • otome
  • romance
  • visual-novel
  • demons
  • fantasy
  • dating-sim
  • magic
  • drama
  • choices
  • multiple-endings
  • story
  • romance-fantasy
  • anime
  • soundtrack
  • potter

47

Synergia (2020)

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85
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vita Xbox One Playstation 4 Nintendo Switch Playstation 5 Mac OS Linux PC Windows m Xbox Series X

Synergia is a yuri thriller visual novel that takes place in a cyberpunk future, wrapped up in a beautifully unique, vibrant neon aesthetic. At the end of the world, sometimes love is the ultimate crime.

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  • visual-novel
  • cyberpunk
  • romance
  • graphic
  • narrative

48

Miracle Snack Shop (2018)

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100
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PC Windows Nintendo Switch Playstation 4 Xbox Series X

Try to find love while managing a Korean snack shop.

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  • dating-sim
  • visual-novel
  • illuminati
  • management
  • mature
  • anime
  • simulation
  • cute
  • fantasy
  • 2d
  • casual

49

Digimon Survive (2022)

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Nintendo Switch Android PC Windows Playstation 4 Xbox One

Digimon Survive presents a hybrid visual novel and tactical RPG set in a mysterious world filled with dangerous monsters and deadly battles that will test your ability to survive.


  • visual-novel
  • tactical
  • rpg
  • battle
  • anime
  • grid
  • turn-based

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Summer Pockets (2018)

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Playstation 4 Nintendo Switch Android IOS iPhone PC Windows

From the creators of Angel Beats! and CLANNAD, Key, comes their latest emotional, award-winning journey. Follow protagonist Takahara Hairi as he travels to the secluded island Torishirojima, where he rediscovers what it means to enjoy summer vacation.


  • visual-novel
  • romance
  • emotional

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