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The 8 Best & Most Bizarre Visual Novels You Need to Experience

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Ignacio Weil

Gaming - July 15th 2024, 18:00 GMT+2

Hatoful Boyfriend

Imagine you are a girl attending a typical Japanese high school, full of handsome guys desperate to win your heart. The twist? They’re pigeons! Hatoful Boyfriend is hilarious due to the absurdity of its premise, where you get to know this strange group of birds until you find your lifelong companion. And be warned, as ridiculous as it is, there are also very dark storylines that you won't see coming... | © Mediatonic

Hooked on You A Dead by Daylight Dating Sim — Hooked on You: A Dead by Daylight Dating Sim

I like that someone played Dead by Daylight, the famous cooperative horror game where you have to escape from a serial killer or a monster, and thought, "Wow, I would love to have a date with that thing." Hooked on You: A Dead by Daylight Dating Sim lets you fulfill that fantasy with some of the most popular villains from the original game, which is a bit weird, but fun nonetheless. | © Psyop

I Love You Colonel Sanders A Finger Lickin Good Dating Simulator — I Love You, Colonel Sanders! A Finger Lickin’ Good Dating Simulator

Same company, same bizarre concept: someone saw the image of Colonel Sanders while eating fried chicken and couldn't stop licking their fingers while mantaining eye contact (okay, sorry for the mental image). I Love You, Colonel Sanders! A Finger Lickin’ Good Dating Simulator lets you... fulfill that fantasy? It's particularly funny considering that the Colonel is an anime character with a perfectly sculpted abdomen. And there's also a corgi! | © Psyop

Doki Doki Literature Club!

A classic in horror. Did I say horror? Woops, my bad! Doki Doki Literature Club! has nothing to do with horror, no sir. It's an adorable and kawaii visual novel where you join a literature club with 4 cute girls and start forming deep relationships and connections with them. It's not a horror game at all, nope. Just a very innocent visual novel based on the classic anime trope. | © Team Salvato

Sucker for Love First Date — Sucker for Love: First Date

Ok, someone must have been reading Lovecraftian horror, thinking about a creature with tentacles on its face, and thought, "How I'd love to have a date with..." Bonk, go to horny jail! But Sucker for Love: First Date lets you create romances not only with an anime and female version of Cthulhu but also with the King (Queen?) in Yellow, with more than one surprise where in the midst of the end of the world and cosmic horror, there's still room for love. | © DreadXP

The Song of Saya

So far we’ve had some funny and ridiculous visual novels, even when based on something horror-related, but The Song of Saya is the real deal. You might know the writer Urobuchi Gen, who is the author behind great anime worlds like Fate/Zero, Madoka Magica, Psycho-Pass, and if you’re familiar with these franchises, then you know what to expect. After all, it’s a world filled with flesh, blood, and gore, but with an impeccable script. | © Nitroplus

Dream Daddy: A Dad Dating Simulator

I know what you're thinking, but even if you're not a fan of daddy romance, Dream Daddy: A Dad Dating Simulator has a lot to offer, not just in its beautiful visual designs, but in the inherent comedy of the game. In fact, it's a game created by the popular YouTube duo Game Grumps, and their essence is evident in this game. I promise you'll find the daddy of your dreams, or at the very least, a game that will have you rolling with laughter at the many dad puns. | © Game Grumps

Monster prom 3 — Monster Prom

I want to end the list with a real game. And I'm not saying that the previous ones weren’t, but, well, visual novels tend to be very linear, with the gameplay element limited to choosing which waifu to pick. Instead, Monster Prom even works as a competitive game to play with friends, where you attend a high school full of all kinds of popular monsters, with the goal of wooing one before prom night. But I promise you, despite the competitiveness, it's not about whether you win or lose in this game, but rather enjoying and reading the many funny situations that occur in the difficult life of a teenage monster. | © Those Awesome Guys

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Sometimes, we want to enjoy a story more than we want to play, but still have an element of interactivity to make decisions. This is how the genre of visual novels was born. However, over the years, it has become more associated with the anime format where a protagonist has to choose between several possible romantic interests. We've seen it so many times that parodies of this type have started to emerge, giving a twist to the clichéd plots and the kind of virtual waifu you can end up with.

That's why we decided to create our top 8 of the funniest and weirdest visual novels that you have to experience at least once!

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Sometimes, we want to enjoy a story more than we want to play, but still have an element of interactivity to make decisions. This is how the genre of visual novels was born. However, over the years, it has become more associated with the anime format where a protagonist has to choose between several possible romantic interests. We've seen it so many times that parodies of this type have started to emerge, giving a twist to the clichéd plots and the kind of virtual waifu you can end up with.

That's why we decided to create our top 8 of the funniest and weirdest visual novels that you have to experience at least once!