Best Rated Visual Novel Games Under $20
The best rated Visual Novel games on Steam for games under $20. Scores are weighted by review volume, so small-sample flukes stay off the list.
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Our score adjusts Steam's raw rating for sample size. The fewer reviews a game has, the more its score gets pulled toward the site-wide average, so a tiny game can't fluke its way to #1.
- 1Persona 4 Golden85,10295.80%97.03%
- 2Volcano Princess48,02295.68%97.82%
- 3Firework44,05995.41%97.69%
- 4The Wolf Among Us39,35095.36%97.89%
- 5Mirror84,23695.21%96.37%
- 6VA-11 Hall-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Action38,23594.83%97.30%
- 7Doki Doki Literature Club Plus!31,12994.13%96.94%
- 8Slay the Princess — The Pristine Cut32,10294.09%96.77%
- 9What Remains of Edith Finch51,04693.92%95.60%
- 10Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk33,53393.91%96.45%
- 11The Coffin of Andy and Leyley37,50493.76%95.99%
- 12Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc37,12393.75%96.00%
- 13Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair31,55993.31%95.82%
- 14The Hungry Lamb: Traveling in the Late Ming Dynasty59,26193.17%94.48%
- 15Milk outside a bag of milk outside a bag of milk21,64793.10%96.66%
- 16NEEDY STREAMER OVERLOAD55,52293.04%94.42%
- 17The Test20,13192.97%96.74%
- 18Tales of the Black Forest15,22592.77%97.61%
- 19Until Then16,75192.58%96.88%
- 20NEKOPARA Vol. 127,28892.48%95.08%
- 21Love Is All Around45,85291.86%93.28%
- 22NEKOPARA Vol. 212,79591.85%96.90%
- 23Night in the Woods19,97391.66%94.79%
- 24NEKOPARA Vol. 311,98391.65%96.88%
- 25Winter Memories10,39791.59%97.45%
- 26Find Love or Die Trying11,96791.52%96.63%
- 27BAD END THEATER9,70391.38%97.55%
- 28Tales from the Borderlands19,38291.27%94.31%
- 29Living With Sister: Monochrome Fantasy11,78691.25%96.22%
- 30NEKOPARA Vol. 48,79190.96%97.17%
- 31No Case Should Remain Unsolved10,10290.95%96.46%
- 32Detention11,71890.93%95.65%
- 33LoveChoice36,19690.81%92.31%
- 34NEKOPARA Vol. 017,72190.71%93.71%
- 35Summer Memories24,54590.62%92.75%
- 36Coffee Talk12,35690.58%94.77%
- 37Marco & The Galaxy Dragon7,68690.56%97.29%
- 38Yog-Sothoth’s Yard13,45890.52%94.32%
- 39Florence16,05690.23%93.24%
- 40Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth112,23490.23%94.18%
- 41The Red Strings Club13,94390.14%93.54%
- 42Knowledge, or know Lady8,84190.02%95.25%
- 43The Test: Hypothesis Rising5,92689.94%97.60%
- 44Monster Prom14,29089.89%93.04%
- 45KinitoPET14,37789.86%92.96%
- 46Otaku's Adventure8,95889.85%94.83%
- 47Vampires' Melody5,69789.77%97.45%
- 48The Test: Final Revelation5,37189.75%97.88%
- 49Lucy -The Eternity She Wished For-8,20089.73%95.01%
- 50Class of '098,64789.67%94.62%
- 51Far Away8,13089.60%94.78%
- 52小白兔电商~Bunny e-Shop10,23989.57%93.64%
- 53Minds Beneath Us5,78889.39%96.29%
- 54Long Live The Queen7,12889.32%94.82%
- 55Suzerain11,40589.21%92.56%
- 56Beacon Pines4,33789.17%97.63%
- 57Hatoful Boyfriend7,56089.12%94.06%
- 58DRAMAtical Murder4,70789.01%96.71%
- 59Batman: The Enemy Within - The Telltale Series10,42488.91%92.29%
- 60Chill Pulse4,77088.71%95.68%
- 61Orwell: Keeping an Eye On You15,45588.39%90.33%
- 62AI: The Somnium Files9,23688.38%91.61%
- 63Ken Follett's The Pillars of the Earth7,48988.34%92.28%
- 64The Operator8,31588.26%91.70%
- 65Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales17,12388.19%89.83%
- 66Assemble with Care10,38687.95%90.42%
- 67American Arcadia4,03387.87%94.00%
- 68Pyre9,30187.80%90.39%
- 69Love Curse: Find Your Soulmate3,14487.76%95.29%
- 70The Song of Saya9,56287.51%89.73%
- 71Her Story10,31387.41%89.37%
- 72The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante9,64887.38%89.45%
- 73Gaokao.Love.100Days8,20987.35%89.73%
- 74Chicken Police - Paint it RED!2,50887.23%94.54%
- 75Venba3,50887.22%92.45%
- 76Dreamlike Love with Seira1,59287.22%98.68%
- 77Yokai's Secret6,90887.15%89.69%
- 78To Be or Not to Be8,12387.12%89.24%
- 79MELTY BLOOD: TYPE LUMINA10,38986.99%88.54%
- 80坏小孩1,68986.98%95.74%
- 811 to 1 humanoid edible toys2,38386.86%93.03%
- 82Storyteller8,82286.82%88.44%
- 83Batman - The Telltale Series17,83686.78%87.56%
- 84Swaying Girl5,08086.65%88.92%
- 85Nunholy5,16986.61%88.97%
- 86Long Dream98486.55%98.37%
- 87Cooking Companions1,19386.29%93.80%
- 88Vanity Fair: The Pursuit4,51486.13%87.77%
