Favourite Visual Novel?

Mmm, I had fun playing Long Live the Queen recently. Right now I'm playing Sickness, I find it interesting and somewhat relatable. My first VN was Katawa Shoujo, which had a nice plot.

999 count?

Sakura anything ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

Grisaia no Kajitsu. One of the best visual novels I've read

Never really been a fan of VNs. If I want to read something, I'll pick up a book.

The Fruit of Grisaia

Probably Hatoful Boyfriend... I thought it was just going to be a funny pigeon dating sim, and it was, but it also almost made me cry because it surprisingly had a really sad story hidden behind all the bird puns QAQ

For me it's Steins;Gate hands down, you'll experience how creating a time machine can lead to disastrous consequences on world timeline (butterfly effect) and the attempt of the MC and his friends to undo their actions (sometimes in a "groundhog day" fashion). Super cast, lot of humour and sad moments, you'll feel your life is empty when you finish reading it :)

Lately I'm reading Tokyo Babel (did Raziel routes and started with Sorami), that's one of the more dynamic visual novel I've seen until now, lof of effects going on to convey the intensity of the various battles, interesting story and humour is top notch too.

Since we established that 9 Hours, 9 Persons, 9 Doors counts, I consider that one of my ten favorite games of all time. It makes me get wet... down there.

And yeah, the same thing happens to guys too. it would happen to everybody.

Higurashi was intense and I love Rena.

Danganronpa needs more love as well.

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Eden* for a touching story
Tales from the Borderlands, they hit everything right on the spot in this telltale.

The Fruit of Grisaia

G-senjou no Maou. The feels.

Either RE: Prince of Nigeria or Hatoful Boyfriend: Holiday Star. I'm a huge fan of crack fiction and those two are so deliciously zany, I find myself grinning like a loon just thinking about them. If I had to pick a more serious title, I'd probably choose Narcissu. I think I cried 20 minutes straight after that ending; it's been a couple of years since I read it and I STILL cannot decide whether it was a happy or a sad one.

My first experience with VN games was Katawa Shoujo and I liked it so much I decided to try a few more. None got me nearly as invested as KS...

So yeah, KS is free and my favourite VN.

Muv-Luv Trilogy. Nothing sucked me in as hard ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) as this one, especially 3rd part. Have read it few years ago, it still hunts my mind to this day.

First Muv-Luv is 10h long pretty cliche VN about boy in high school and few potential girlfriends, typical harem, nothing awesome, but introduces set of characters and their relationships. Second M-V is subtitled as Extra (around 20h long). If I remember right both M-V1 and M-V2 come bundled as single game and Extra unlocks when you finish first one. And this is when shit gets real. To avoid spoilers - story changes from typical harem into that of survival struggle in the world being overrun by alien creatures. As great as Extra is, it pales in comparison to story of 3rd M-V - Alternative (whooping 50h of reading), direct continuation with interesting plot twist right after end of Extra. When I got to this part I almost didn't eat, didn't sleep, all I did was read and managed to finish whole Alternative over the course of 3 days.
It's also worth mentioning there are two aminus set in the world of Muv-Luv, but are not directly related to VN story - Total Eclipse and Schwarzesmarken.

Other than that, few other honorable picks:

• Tears of Tiara
• Utawarerumono
• Kamidori
• Bunny Black
• Fate/Stay Night
• Grisaia no Kajitsu
• Eien no Aselia
• ...

Katawa Shoujo was one of my favorites, and it's free.
Kanon
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My favorite newest one is The House in Fata Morgana. Not your typical VN with an anime artstyle and the usual clichés. It has a gothic-horror like feel to it, a very emotional story and the music is amazing.

I also like the western Cupid very much (it's free). I find overall that the quality in some western VNs has been raised a lot in these last few years. I think Katawa Shoujo really helped people understand that western VNs are not all shit and that they deserve to have a chance too.

Umineko no Naku Koro ni, Sengoku Rance and Hotel Dusk/Last Window.

My favs are: Unimeko, Clannad, Saya no Uta, Kira Kira, Tsukihime, Fate/staynight
I just cant pick one, they all are amazing

Visual Novel Hybrid: Sengoku Rance
This is the best 4x/TBS game I've ever played, period, mostly due to the combat system. It blows all of the ones I've played (Civ series, Age of Wonders, Warlock, Disciples, etc) out of the water. Wish the game were less rapey, but it is what it is. But the 4x mechanics are fantastic.

Pure Visual Novel: Kara no Shoujo
If you like detective mysteries, play this game. I actually played in Japanese first through my limited Japanese knowledge + machine translation. Then when the official translation came out, I played through it again. This game has great atmosphere, great storytelling. If you're interested in this one, definitely play through all the Innocent Grey games.

Console Visual Novel (more game than VN imo): 999
People already have espoused the virtues of this one above.

corpse party, but actually i'm not the pro at this genre