14 chapters, ~5–6 hour completion time.

There's a new tournament/poll Tumblr blog for determining the VN of all time. It's probably going to have a tournament structure and match VNs against each other, like similar blogs. Feel free to submit VNs!

::: spoiler Description The Ghost of Alcantra is a passion project made by four people. It is a free kinetic romance/mystery vn that alternates between two perspectives, one taking place in 1987 and one taking place in 1997. In 1987, Nick Fox meets the mysterious Alexandria (who seems to know more than she lets on) at the Summer Festival of Alcantra. They become closer, but at the same time, Alcantra finds itself the center for a series of murders. In 1997, an unknown narrator gets hit by a motorcycle and ends up in the hospital with amnesia. A detective, Scarlet Storm, informs him that a murder has just occurred and gives him a note found with his belongings that says: “Her blood is on your hands.” He joins Detective Storm to assist in the case in hopes that doing so will help him recover his memories. She tells him that the townspeople think the murder was done for The Ghost of Alcantra. As the events progress, it becomes clear that the events of 1997 are connected to those of 1987.

I was internally debating whether this counts at all, but it has a VNDB page, so VNDB

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The "Worst Visual Novel Ever" Challenge 2025 has concluded!

Try out the worst the VN-Dev community has to offer here!

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I mentioned this game in the general thread but since I don't know if anyone read it I thought I'd link it as a post as well.

Game has a demo, a pretty interesting one, so feel free to check it out if you're looking for a crime focused VN and aren't put off by the potential triggers.

Here's the content warning from the dev, just in case:

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cross-posted from: https://goblin.band/notes/a6du0npwliuervh0

The Kickstarter for Studio Élan's magical girl yuri visual novel Lock & Key: A Magical Girl Mystery is live

Kickstarter | Demo | VNDB

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NaNoRenO 2025 has concluded - A VN game jam with over 187 entries

If you feel like trying out a short indie VN, check them out!

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On the night before her wedding, Princess Amaia of Steinna whispers a wish she thinks will be unheard. The moment she pronounces thse words, "I don't want to marry him", a dragon appears and, in a pure fairy tale fashion, kidnaps the Princess, trapping her in a tower. Surprisingly enough, the dragon, named Happho, is rather sympathetic and claims she wants to set Amaia free from her tyrannic fiancé, Azaiah, of whom the Princess of Steinna seems frightened... Can Amaia really trust her jailor? And in the end, who will save the Princess?

Game also has content warnings. They are spoilery, so

::: spoiler content warnings

• Toxic relationship with power dynamics, in particular, depiction of a violent and possessive partner
• Representation of murder
• Mentions of rape (however, no rape actually happens in the story)
• Characters being burnt alive (one illustration depicts a character's raw flesh after being set on fire)
• Explicit representation of blood
• A character attempts suicide :

I found this randomly on Steam and ended up really liking it!

I still haven't completely finished it yet, but I'm pretty impressed by how long and interesting the story is. The more you go the more mysteries come up and you want to know more.

The characters are lovely and I really like the 2D/3D style. Give it a try!