Halloween has passed, Thanksgiving and Mariah-Carey-Cember are coming closer. This means tons of sales are going to happen on a regular basis from now to the end of the year. This is thé perfect time to make toplists to ensure you can spend your holiday period with some brand new games, or pick up some classics you looked over!
So for the fifth year in a row, I'm here to present you: The top 100 Visual Novels on the Nintendo Switch (2025 edition)!
At first I thought this was going to be an easy year… until I started checking and realized that once again over 100 new Visual Novels have been released on the Switch! And around 30 of these have a weighed score of 7/10 or higher (which is… good!). Without further ado, here's the list.
Note: Scroll down the list for some notes and scroll to the comment section for a few dedicated top 10 lists.
- Steins;Gate Elite → 1 ( = ) [Y]
- Muv-Luv & Muv-Luv Alternative REMASTERED Double Pack → 2 ( = ) [Y]
- Tsukihime – A Piece of Blue Glass Moon → 4 ( +1 ) [Y]
- The House in Fata Morgana: Dream of the Revenants Edition → 3 ( -1 ) [LR]
- The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles → 6 ( +1 ) [Y]
- Clannad → 7 ( +1 ) [LR, A]
- Jack Jeanne → 5 ( -2 ) [Y]
- Little Busters! Converted Edition → 9 ( +1 ) [A]
- Witch on the Holy night → 8 ( -1 ) [Y]
- Fate / Stay Night → 10 ( = ) [N]
- Ace Attorney Anthology → 11 ( = ) [Y]
- Ace Attorney Investigations Selection → 12 ( = ) [Y]
- Hashihime of Old Book Town → 14 ( +1 ) [A]
- The Silver Case 2425 → 13 ( -1 ) [Y]
- Noctuary → New [A]
- The Grisaia Trilogy → 16 ( = ) [A]
- Chaos;Head Noah / Chaos;Child Double Pack → 17 ( = ) [Y]
- Taisho x Alice All in One → 20 ( +2 ) [A]
- Labyrinth of Galleria: The Moon Society → 15 ( -4 ) [Y]
- Aokana -Four Rhythms Across the Blue- → 19 ( -1 ) [Y]
- Seedsow Lullaby → New [N]
- Even if TEMPEST: Dawning Connections → 23 ( +1 ) [N]
- Collar X Malice → 21 ( -2 ) [Y]
- Even If Tempest: → 24 ( = ) [N]
- Virche Evermore: -ErroR:salvation- → 18 ( -7 ) [Y]
- Stella of the End → 22 ( -4 ) [A]
- Bustafellows Season 2 → New [Y]
- Suzerain → 41 ( +13 ) [N]
- Fate / Hollow Axtaria Remastered → New [N]
- SeaBed → 27 ( -3 ) [A]
- Symphonic Rain (*) → 29 ( -2 ) [A]
- Code: Realize ~Guardian of Rebirth~ → 30 ( -2 ) [Y]
- Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair Anniversary Edition → 28 ( -5 ) [Y]
- Cupid Parasite → 26 ( -8 ) [Y]
- Steins;Gate 0 → 35 ( = ) [N]
- Virche Evermore -EpiC: Lycoris- → 33 ( -3 ) [Y]
- YU-NO: A Girl Who Chants Love at the Bound of this World → 34 ( -3 ) [Y]
- Akai Ito HD REMASTER → 32 ( -6 ) [LR+A]
- Piofiore: Episodio 1926 → 39 ( = ) [Y]
- VA-11 HALL-A → 40 ( = ) [LR+A]
- Butterfly's Poison; Blood Chains → 38 ( -3 ) [A]
- ghostpia Season One → 31 ( -11 ) [A, in 2025]
- Raging Loop → 37 ( -6 ) [Y]
- Hana Awase → 42 ( -2 ) [A]
- Romance MD: Always on Call → 85 ( +40 ) [N]
- Hakuoki: Chronicles of Wind and Blossom → 43 ( -3 ) [A]
- Hush Hush → 54 ( +7 ) [N]
- Please be Happy → New [Y, in 2026]
- The Hundred Line -Last Defense Academy → New [Y]
- Mystery Lover 2 Forgotten Truth → New [N]
- Labyrinth of Refrain: Coven of Dusk → 57 ( +6 ) [Y]
- AI: The Somnium Files → 48 ( -4 ) [Y]
- planetarian: The Reverie of a Little Planet & Snow Globe → 46 ( -7 ) [A]
- The Town of Nie Iromusubi → New [A]
- Root Double -Before Crime * After Days- → 50 ( -5 ) [Y]
- Olympia Soiree → 45 ( -11 ) [Y]
- The Hungry Lamb → New [Y]
- The Sekimeiya: Spun Glass → New [Y]
- Collar x Malice -Unlimited- → 49 ( -10 ) [Y]
- OPUS: Echo of Starsong – Full Bloom Edition → 58 ( -2 ) [Y]
- Bustafellows → 53 ( -8 ) [Y]
- Of the Red, the Light, and the Ayakashi Tsuzuri → 36 ( -26 ) [A]
- BLAZBLUE CENTRALFICTION Special Edition → 59 ( -4 ) [LR, A]
- 9 R.I.P. → 25 [Y]
- ATRI – My Dear Moments (*) – → 52 ( -13 ) [N]
- Illusion of Itehari → New [Y]
- Staffer Case: A Supernatural Mystery → New [A]
- Grisaia: Phantom Trigger 5.5 – 8 → 44 ( -14 ) [A]
- AIR → New [A, requires download from JP eShop]
- Island → 56 ( -14 ) [A]
- Seven Days → 55 ( -16 ) [A]
- The Town of Nie → 51 ( -11 ) [A]
- Slay the Princess – The Pristine Cut → 62 ( -11 ) [Y]
- Mary Skelter 2 (with Mary Skelter 1 as free DLC) → 81 ( +7 ) [Y]
- Code: Realize ~Future Blessings~ → 69 ( -6 ) [A]
- Aoi shiro HD REMASTER → 61 ( -15 ) [LR+A]
- Birushana: Rising Flower of Genpei → 65 ( -12 ) [A]
- I was a teenage exocolonist → 47 ( -31 ) [N]
- Ever17/Never7 Double Pack → New [A]
- Cafe Enchante → 66 ( -14 ) [Y]
- Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony Anniversary Edition → 63 ( -18 ) [Y]
- Kanon → 73 ( -9 ) [A, requires download from JP eSHop]
- Robotics;Notes Elite → 71 ( -12 ) [Y]
- fault – milestone two side: above → 67 ( -17 ) [N]
- Sable's Grimoire: A Dragon's Treasure → 60 ( -25 ) [N]
- If My Heart Had Wings → 72 ( -14 ) [LR+A]
- Maitetsu -pure station → 74 ( -13 ) [A]
- Code: Realize ~Wintertide Miracles → 79 ( -9 ) [Y]
- Senren * Banka → 70 ( -19 ) [LR]
- Norn 9: Last Era → 91 ( +1 ) [Y]
- Roadwarden → New [N]
- Shuten Order → New [A]
- Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc Anniversary Edition → 76 ( -17 ) [Y]
- Marco & the Galaxy Dragon → 75 ( -19 ) [N]
- Nightshade / Hyakka Hyakurou →78 ( -17 ) [A]
- Nurse Love Syndrome → 80 ( -16 ) [LR]
- Paranormasight: The Seven mysteries of Honjo → 82 ( -15 ) [N]
- Tayutama: Kiss on my Deity (*) → New [A]
- TOKYO CHRONOS & ALTDEUS: Beyond Chronos TWIN PACK → 98 ( -1 ) [A]
- Spirit Hunter: NG → 89 ( -11 ) [Y]
Dekudeals link for this top 100: https://www.dekudeals.com/lists/9tcjvm
Some rules/footnotes:
- Placement in this list based on weighted score rating from the Visual Novel DataBase (VNDB). While VNDB has its issues (e.g. not allowing amazing games like 13 Sentinels), since not every visual novel has a metacritic score VNDB's scoring is the best possible alternative.
- Next to each title, there's the placement in last year's list, alongside how much it's changed. Next to that there's a physical availability code:
- Y/N: Yes / No
- LR: Available through Limited Run type service
- A: Asian release with EN support
- If a bundle is available on the eShop, the bundle is listed instead of each individual game. Bundles that are only available in physical form (e.g. Danganronpa Decadence) will be ignored, since those can go out of stock.
- Only games available or released in 2025 are listed. Unconfirmed/2026 releases are not listed.
- Only games that officially have English support are listed. For example: Christmas Tina is available on the world wide eShop, but without English support. So that's not listed.
- Games marked with an asterisk (*) are only available on Asian eShops, but have full English support.
- Note: Not making the top 100 is not a shame. For reference: In 2022, the 100th game in this list had a score of 7.00/10. Today, nearly 250 games have a score of 7.00 or higher.
- Important Note: Not every port/translation on Switch is great. For example: Steins;Gate Elite edition has anime scenes, which fans consider a "lesser" version of the game. Similarly, Akai Ito & Aoi Shiro have a poor/stiff translations, which have not really well received by fans when compared to the old fan translations. Specific Editions has been mentioned for clarity.
For reference:: The Dekueals list of ALL visual novels on the Switch you can find here: (over 800 entries)
Also for references to compare: The 2024 list
by MaJuV