Visual Novel games on Steam
Steam tag · 17,825 games · 2,936 released in the last 12 months · median 85% positive across 8,986 games with 10+ reviews · 6,249,748 Steam reviews
Share of new releases
11% of new Steam releases in the last 12 months (2,936 games), 12% the 12 before (2,308). By year: 2014: 4.2%, 2015: 5.7%, 2016: 6.6%, 2017: 5.5%, 2018: 6.4%, 2019: 7.7%, 2020: 9.0%, 2021: 9.6%, 2022: 11%, 2023: 12%, 2024: 11%, 2025: 12%, 2026: 10%.
Most reviewed Visual Novel games
- Doki Doki Literature Club! · 2017
- Dispatch · 2025
- Helltaker · 2020
- Limbus Company · 2023
- Disco Elysium - The Final Cut · 2019
- Mirror 2: Project X · 2022
- Everlasting Summer · 2014
- Mirror · 2018
Breakouts of the last 12 months
- Tiny Bunny · 2025
- Z.A.T.O. // I Love the World and Everything In It · 2025
- Chill with You : Lo-Fi Story · 2025
- Esoteric Ebb · 2026
- The Weeping Swan: Ten Days of the City's Fall · 2026
- Road to Empress Ⅱ · 2026
- Magical Princess · 2026
- Mixtape · 2026
Often paired with
Story Rich, Adventure, 2D, Anime, Multiple Endings, Choices Matter, Romance, Sexual Content, Dating Sim, Nudity