A type of VisualNovel which averts the long-standing tradition of MultipleEndings. Instead of branching plots which can end in multiple ways, a novel of this type has only one ending and one story to tell.

A variation of this is having an obvious true ending and multiple bad endings when certain conditions are met. A way of telling if this is a Linear Visual Novel is if the other endings are obviously marked as bad/dead ends which are not canon. These kinds of stories do have some form of interactivity, but the way they change the plot is more cosmetic than the regular VisualNovel.

A subtype of this is the KineticNovel, where there is absolutely no interactivity involved. Examples of these novels should go on that page and not here.
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!!Examples of visual novels with linear plots:
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* ''Franchise/AceAttorney''
* ''VisualNovel/AcquittalInduction''
* ''VisualNovel/Adastra2018''
* ''VisualNovel/{{Arches}}''
* ''VideoGame/CorpseParty''
* ''VisualNovel/CryptidCrush''
* ''VisualNovel/DanganronpaTriggerHappyHavoc''
* ''VisualNovel/FarBeyondTheWorld''
* ''VisualNovel/FateHollowAtaraxia''
* ''VisualNovel/FleuretBlanc''
* ''VisualNovel/FreshWomen''
* ''VideoGame/GoodbyeVolcanoHigh''
* ''VisualNovel/HarvestDecember''
* ''VisualNovel/HarveyBirdmanAttorneyAtLaw''
* ''VisualNovel/HeartOfTheWoods''
* ''VideoGame/HexeptaMayorAttack''
* ''VisualNovel/InvisibleApartment''
* ''VisualNovel/KindredSpiritsOnTheRoof''
* ''VisualNovel/KiraKira ~ Curtain Call''
* ''VisualNovel/LandsOfFire'' (though a multichoice version is apparently going to be the end product)
* ''VisualNovel/LiarUncoverTheTruth''
* ''Creator/{{Lovestruck}}''
* ''VideoGame/TheMurderOfSonicTheHedgehog''
* ''VisualNovel/MuvLuvAlternative''
* ''VisualNovel/{{Nerus}}''
* ''VisualNovel/NoCaseShouldRemainUnsolved''
* ''VideoGame/ANormalLostPhone''
* ''VideoGame/NuignSpecter''
* ''VisualNovel/{{Otomania}}''
* ''VisualNovel/{{Paramedium}}''
* ''VisualNovel/ProcessOfElimination''
* ''VisualNovel/{{Remember 11}}''
* ''VisualNovel/TheSekimeiyaSpunGlass''
* ''VisualNovel/SharinNoKuni''
* ''VisualNovel/ShikkokuNoSharnoth''
* ''VisualNovel/ShinraiBrokenBeyondDespair''
* ''VisualNovel/{{Serre}}''
* ''VisualNovel/SocratesJonesProPhilosopher''
* ''VisualNovel/TearsToTiara''
* ''VideoGame/TearsToTiara2''
* ''VisualNovel/TimeHollow''
* ''VisualNovel/TokyoDebunker''
* ''VisualNovel/VoicesFromTheSea''
* ''VisualNovel/WhenAsterFalls''
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