/r/vnsuggest

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Suggesting visual novels.


Get visual novel recommendations or recommend one yourself. This is a child subreddit to /r/visnovs.


This is the official general recommendation chart. This is a list of relatively easy visual novels to read in Japanese. If you took a look but still feel like you'd like some more specific recommendations, please feel free to submit a post! Regular non-recommendation questions belong in the stickied Weekly Question Thread on /r/visnovs.


Spoiler tags

You can hide spoilers like this: [visible title of VN](#s " hidden spoilery text") which shows up as visible title of VN

Submitting a post

There are two different types of submissions:

  • Asking for recommendations

Be as specific as you can about what you're looking for. Examples of what to include:

  • Translated/partially translated/untranslated
  • Originally Japanese/OELVN
  • Genres and themes
  • 18+/all-ages
  • Professional work/doujin
  • Platform
  • Length
  • Link to your VNDB profile
  • If you have a VNDB profile, make sure to include a link to it (preferably in your flair). Don't have a VNDB profile? Go create one and vote on everything you've read! This helps people make better recommendations.
  • Recommending a visual novel

  • If you want to recommend a visual novel to the subreddit, use a minimum of 750 characters in your submission. Do not recommend Doki Doki Literature Club.

    Rules

    • NSFW

    After submitting, mark the submission with the NSFW tag if unhidden 18+ material is contained in the linked page, image, or submission.

  • Piracy

  • Don't ask for or link to illegal downloads, don't mention sites where illegal downloads are hosted, and don't encourage illegal downloading. Translation patches are allowed.

  • Behavior:

  • Don't be a dick, and please do not recommend Doki Doki Literature Club.

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    4

    VNs with a mc like Takumi from Chaos; head

    Please if you have any suggestions

    0 Comments
    2024/12/02
    08:39 UTC

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    Cheap VNs

    Hi im looking for a cheap vns. By cheap i mean 0-20€. The genre doesn't really matter. I just want to play something that doesn't cost so much. Thanks for your answers.

    5 Comments
    2024/11/28
    18:36 UTC

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    Your opinion on the use of SFXs for narrative purposes in VNs?

    How do you feel about situational SFXs for narrative purposes (environmental sounds, laughing, sounds of interaction with objects, etc.) in VNs? Is it something you must have in the game for a better immersion, or does it do quite the opposite for you: breaking any immersion? I’m currently making a game (some of you might have noticed it by certain posts I did), and there’s a certain number of standard SFXs for different situations. We’ve got some feedback for the game: some people wanted more SFXs, and some criticized the SFXs that were already in the game.

    So, I wanted to get a specific discussion concerning SFXs. What do you think? How many or few effects should there be? Etc. Anything you can contribute is welcomed and would be much appreciated. Thanks!

    View Poll

    5 Comments
    2024/11/26
    15:35 UTC

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    Question about feedback

    How often do you leave feedback when you consume content? Do you feel compelled to leave feedback when a VN is bad or good? And if something is wrong with a VN, how openly are you willing to criticize the drawbacks?

    1 Comment
    2024/11/22
    13:52 UTC

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    looking for horror VNs

    I'm looking for horror / horror eroge VNs I already know the popular ones like higurashi, euphoria ,saya no Uta ,totono and wonderful everyday I'm really thankful for any replies <3

    9 Comments
    2024/11/22
    02:02 UTC

    9

    What VN protagonist is the most mentally unstable/unhealthy?

    Curious about VNs that have a protagonist who makes you go "bruhh".

    10 Comments
    2024/11/14
    19:22 UTC

    3

    Recommend me a romance vn

    Im new to this genre and want to try a romance vn 😄😄

    5 Comments
    2024/11/09
    23:22 UTC

    5

    Help me find a specific visual novel or suggest a similar one

    It is a visual novel I played using a mobile phone. The gist of the story is that the mc is having a divorce with his wife. He sort of goes back in time after a self-inflicted car crash and relives his college memories with his friends (inc her wife). I am very sure that the art style is anime and some parts/branches of the story are pay to unlock. I personally want to play it again. I hope that you can help me find this certain vn or suggest a similar vn (on any platform). Thank you in advance!

    0 Comments
    2024/11/06
    13:27 UTC

    12

    Hi! Need f*cked up recs

    Hi everyone! Just need the nastiest, weirdest shit you've got, the more horrific the better. Can be nsfw/yaoi/yuri I don't care 😭 (censored title as idk if you're allowed to swear in them lol)

    12 Comments
    2024/11/04
    23:11 UTC

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    Can you suggest some visual novels about AI and robots in the future?

    The thing is, I am working on a novel about an AI-powered robot in a futuristic setting, and I am curious if I missed any of the existing works on this topic. I have read some, but curious to see what I might have overlooked. What are your personal top picks?

    7 Comments
    2024/10/31
    14:14 UTC

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    Give me, a non yuri alternative of Sakura forest girls

    I really want to see tribal dark skinned girls. Sakura forest girls was perfect but...it is yuri. And i don't like yuri.

    Is there any alternative? I want to see straight relationships aimed at a male audience

    1 Comment
    2024/10/29
    12:12 UTC

    1

    VNs set in Victorian Era

    Does anyone have recommendations for VNs set in the Victorian Era? (Or with a Victorian aesthetic)

    0 Comments
    2024/10/27
    10:43 UTC

    8

    Looking for literally anything!

    Hi everyone, i'm just getting into VN's and I'd really love some recs. Anything horror/psychological is great but i'm happy to play anything basically! I also have no idea what is popular or not so literally anything goes (I will say I have played Saya no Uta and liked it!) Eroge content is fine as well as anything non hetero lol. Ty in advance!

    6 Comments
    2024/10/23
    11:25 UTC

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    I hope these exist

    Ok, im looking for some stuff. A VN like Katawa Shoujo, a VN with monster girls (Lamias, Half-dragons and stuff like that), and/or a VN with one of the romanceable girls being homeless. Do you guys know any?

    1 Comment
    2024/10/21
    22:39 UTC

    2

    Android device

    I want to know if there is any visual novels that can be read on android

    3 Comments
    2024/10/19
    04:43 UTC

    4

    GL VNs with Female Protagonist?

    I'm lesbian and I'm looking for some VNs where the protagonist you play as is female as well as the love interests being female. If there is a choice of gender at the start of the game that is fine too aslong as there are lesbian routes in the game. I also don't really care wether it's 18+ or all ages since I am mainly just there for the story, Untranslated is also fine if not toooo long :)

    Idk if anyone else has asked this before but I hope there are atleast a few VNs out there that fit

    12 Comments
    2024/10/17
    10:11 UTC

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    Any recommendations for visual novels either on switch or playstation?

    I have only played one visual novel once, but that was years ago.

    Been wanting to get into them for a while though recently, so could I please have some suggestions?

    Admittedly, I would rather prefer ones with light hearted or comedic tones, but I wouldn't mind something more serious too.

    Also if they contain romance, I don't mind either option of dating men or women.

    Hopefully this isn't too much to ask, just wanted to see my options as someone who's just starting to want to get into VNs

    4 Comments
    2024/10/15
    12:17 UTC

    2

    Any suggestions ?

    Hello I just finished my first VN and maybe you g'have some suggestions for me :) I played hush hush and it was a great experience. I like when your choices really matter :) Thank you 😊

    1 Comment
    2024/10/11
    20:33 UTC

    4

    What's the most positive, life-affirming VN you know?

    Basically the VN equivalent of TTGL.

    3 Comments
    2024/10/10
    18:25 UTC

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    Which VNs have the most disparate choice options?

    Like for example, picking certain choices will basically have the VN progress in a super wholesome moe SoL way, while picking others will turn it into a disturbing psychological horror story. Basically, contrast.

    4 Comments
    2024/10/04
    20:23 UTC

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    VN with dungeons - like magical diary

    I really enjoyed both magical diary games, especially the fact that you can use your time to gain abilities, and that these abilities are then used to solve puzzles. Are there VNs/Games that lean deeper into this idea?

    • Being able to choose to get abilities in some way, such that not all abilities may be learned (like choosing which classes to attend in magical diary).
    • being able to apply the abilities in a dungeon/puzzle of a sort with player choice, not just as ability checks in dialogue

    Everything else magical diary has (romance, multiple story paths, magical school, etc) I'm willing to not prioritize as much but they are all things I enjoy overall. This isn't in magical diary, but I would also like it if somehow the dungeons/puzzle were more related to the story (ie, some abilities are related to certain paths, or some dungeons come up from decisions and aren't static world events).

    I have played and loved Steve Jackson's Sorcery! already, and it is also similar to what I'm looking for.

    Edit: I have also played Roadwarden and it's not exactly what I'm looking for (too sandboxy, I would prefer an immediate challenge that isn't a consequence of the limited time in game), but it has many aspects of what I am looking for.

    Platform: PC

    Thank you!

    0 Comments
    2024/10/04
    06:39 UTC

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    vn’s like Amnesia:Memories

    i really liked this one, it was my first otome and i really liked the elements of the game the ost’s the characters and the questions, i’ll be really happy if you suggest me smth like it 🌸

    2 Comments
    2024/09/25
    17:21 UTC

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    Looking for the best dating games for the past 2 decades

    Back in the day in I really got into Tokimeki Memorial (played 1, 2 and 4) as well as Mitsumete Knight, which I loved. Also played some Doukyusei 1 and 2, which turned out to be timeless classics.

    However, after that I kinda dropped the whole VN and dating genre and only recently, after getting a Steam Deck, have found in it a perfect device to rediscover this genre and get caught up with the best it has to offer in the past 20-30 years.

    Im not limited to English localized titles, as I can read and understnd spoken Japanese at a fairly proficient level… platforms obviously would be PC, but I can run all sorts of emulators on the steam deck, so if you think there was a particulrly good title on an old system feel free to include it!

    As a hetero male, not too interested in Otome, but I do love Yuri, so that could be a possibility too. Also, please, if possible… no depressing themes, life is hard enough as it is. xD

    1 Comment
    2024/09/24
    21:31 UTC

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    VNs like Raging Loop.

    I re-read it recently and it was still as good as my first time. I want to read something else like it, if it exists. Here are some of the things that I liked:

    • The mythological aspect

    • The history stuff

    • The “Keys” mechanic

    • The music and the humor

    • The setting (isolated mountain village in rural Japan)

    2 Comments
    2024/09/23
    03:28 UTC

    5

    What are the most soothing and wholesome VNs out there?

    Something that relaxes the mind and purifies the soul.

    2 Comments
    2024/09/21
    22:56 UTC

    3

    Can you guys recommend any vn with ojosama vilainess heroine or something

    Preferably the drill hair, ohoho laugh type. Sfw or nukige. There something that just click for me for this type of girls. Tq :)

    2 Comments
    2024/09/21
    16:51 UTC

    4

    Halloween themed vns

    I want to play more Halloween/horror themed visual novels because it's about to be that time of year any suggestions?

    7 Comments
    2024/09/21
    15:16 UTC

    1

    Suggestion of a VN

    Hello , can somoene tell me a good VN that has voices , choices amd HD or better graphics ?

    1 Comment
    2024/09/16
    01:21 UTC

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    [Suggestions Request] Elf & Kemonomimi

    Hey there, Through reading various Visual Novel and Light Novel slowly there has been a rising desire for more developed romances with these two stereotypes. Specifically with Elves and Kitsune Characters. They way to often get the short end of the story. (Btw ik u can filter on vndb)

    I hope to find suggestions I might have overlooked. Also since I hate the reduction to mindless animals like in nekopara and the like, please leave these out.

    Please leave suggestions that are untranslated as well. Lastly if you have Light Novel ideas I’d be happy if u could pm them to me (as I don’t know if that’s allowed here).

    5 Comments
    2024/09/15
    23:24 UTC

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    Visual Novels with a managerial aspect to them

    It can involve casual stat management like in Persona, or be more hardcore.

    1 Comment
    2024/09/15
    11:28 UTC

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