Visual novel games come in all shapes and sizes. Some of them are rich fantasy epics with 42 branching paths and hidden easter eggs, while others are bite-sized gems that are perfect for cozy train ...

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I am a huge fan of all things horror, from brooding and creepy to extreme gore that borders on parody, but sometimes during ...

Based in Rome, Diana loves all kinds of stories, even though she’s too lazy for most things that aren’t games. She's a freelance writer with a degree in Art History, contributing to GameRant while she ...

Spike Chunsoft has picked up another text-heavy thriller, and this time it’s a remake of a rather legendary visual novel. YU-NO: A Girl Who Chants Love at the Bound of This World has finally appeared ...

Steins;Gate is easily one of the greatest visual novels ever made, telling a harrowing time travel story that digs deep into the consequences and effect it might have on the human psyche. The story ...

Even if you’re a fan, the visual novel’s niche status probably doesn’t come as much of a surprise. In many ways, the genre seems an order of magnitude apart from what most people play video games for: ...

Visual novels are a genre of video games that not everyone is bound to like, especially some anime fans. While the stories told in the best games in the genre are truly extraordinary, their long ...

Visual novels occupy an unusual space in the gaming industry — not quite like the conventional idea of a “game” but still part of the broad category of interactive media. Besides gameplay, they differ ...

Despite being one of gaming's most accessible genres, visual novels are still fairly niche. Some people don't have the time to sit through 50 hours of reading, or have been turned off by the countless ...

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