Best Visual Novels of 2018

This has been one of the weakest years for visual novels, so much so, that I actually struggled to collect twenty titles and had to include games that otherwise wouldn’t…

[VN] Steins;Gate 0

Steins;Gate being among my favorite visual novels, I had pretty high expectations for Steins;Gate 0… and to say that they were not met would be putting it lightly. Release: 2018…

Top 10 Best Rated Visual Novels Translated in 2018

Although I’m a big fan of Island and Evenicle, this year has been nowhere near as kind to translated visual novels as the previous one with the top of this…

[VN] Nukige Mitai na Shima ni Sunderu Watashi wa Dou Surya Ii Desu ka?

A visual novel that sounds like nothing but a nukige, yet turns out to be a fairly interesting mix of comedy, chuuni, and actually relatively well thought-out story instead… though…

[VN] ChronoBox

A mindfuck horror visual novel that’s both kind of disappointing and oddly compelling. Release: 2017 (No Brand) Writers: Sakuraba Maruo (Dasaku) Japanese difficulty: Easy English: None Ratings: VNDB (7.06), EGS…

[VN] Kara to Shoujo

Kara no Shoujo is a disturbing mystery visual novel that while hardly mind-blowing is quite fun if you’re into detective stories and horror. Release: 2008 (Innocent Grey) Writers: Suzuka Miya…

[VN] Kin’iro Loveriche

A vacuous moege that culminates with a hidden average nakige plot to trick people it’s actually about something. Release: 2017 (Saga Planets) Writers: Sakaki Kasa (Tsuyokiss 3gakki) Japanese difficulty: Easy English:…

[Nukige] Koinosu ☆ Ichacolize

Damn, I got this because of its relatively positive reception, but only after playing it for a bit and realizing that it was just recycled vanilla ero scenes with no…

Best Visual Novels of 2017

Although I think 2017 was one of the weaker years as far as visual novels were concerned, it still offered a couple of pleasant surprises, namely Kamisama no Game and…

[Nukige] Heartful Maman (Alice Soft)

With beautiful artwork and plentiful ero scenes, including some pretty good NTR, Heartful Maman is a nice, if not particularly outstanding eroge to pick up if you don’t mind oneesans.…