1999 and earlier | 2000-2009 | 2010-2019 | 2020-2029
An Index of Visual Novels that have been/will be released between 2020 and 2029.
2020
- Ace in Space
- Arranged (released
31 Jan, 2020)
- Blankspace
- Buried Stars
- Caffeine: Victoria's Legacy
- Code Romantic
- Coffee Talk
- corru.observer
- Court Of Darkness
- The Curse of Kudan
- Dear Devere
- Devil's Kiss
- Eldritch University
- Elevator Hitch
- Errant Kingdom (released 24 Jan, 2020)
- Ever After Academy
- Every Day's Different
- Grimm & Tonic: Aperitif (Early access in 2018, full release January 31, 2020)
- Ikemen Villain
- Kortia
- Later Daters (released 16 Apr, 2020)
- a letter of challenge
- Lkyt.
- Love Unholyc (English release)
- Magical Diary: Wolf Hall
- Marco & the Galaxy Dragon
- Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
- Milky Way Prince - The Vampire Star (a dark romance with an abusive boyfriend, released August 13)
- Missing Stars
- Mission: It's Complicated
- Mizuchi
- Monster Prom 2: Monster Camp
- Murder By Numbers
- My Candy Love: Love Life
- My Vow To My Liege
- Necrobarista
- OshiRabu: Waifus Over Husbandos
- Otomania note
- Our Life: Beginnings & Always
- Purrfect Apawcalypse 3
- Purrfect Tale note
- Quantum Suicide
- Rainbow Dreams
- RB: Axolotl (released August 7, on Steam and itch.io)
- Roman's Christmas
- Sable's Grimoire: Man and Elf
- Sable's Grimoire: A Dragon's Treasure
- Scarlet Hollow
- Shelter (2020)
- SHUFFLE! Episode 2
- A Summer's End — Hong Kong, 1986
- Summer Pockets Reflection Blue
- Synergia
- Therapy with Dr. Albert Krueger
- Together - A Wish No One Remembers
- Tomato Clinic (published on April 13, 2020)
- Tyrania (kinetic novel released on May 27, 2020)
- Undead Darlings
- Underworld Office
- White Wings
- Wicked Lawless Love
- Wicked Willow
- Witches X Warlocks
2021
- Amelie
- Aquadine
- Arcadia Fallen (Official website, Kickstarter campaign)
- Arches
- Ascension (2021)
- At Your Feet (Yuri dating sim by Winter Wolves, released September 1, 2021)
- BAD END THEATER
- Blooming Panic
- Class of '09
- Cooking Companions
- The Divine Deception (released December 3, 2021)
- Far Beyond the World
- fault - SILENCE THE PEDANT note
- Feral Hearts
- Find Love Or Die Trying (released September 16, 2021)
- Heart Fragment - Book One: Fantasy Fragments (released July 30, 2021)
- Henchman Story
- Here For Sweethearts
- HIKEBACK
- Hypoxia - One Last Breath (released September 7, 2021)
- Ikemen Prince (English release)
- Knights College
- Lands of Fire (allegedly ongoing)
- Love Bakudan
- Lovely Overseer (Furry fandom dating sim set in a military academy, by the creators of Treasure of a Blizzard and Forest Fortress; Kickstarter, Steam page. A version replacing the furry characters with humans that have minor animal features, Pretty Overseer, released in November 2023 and can be viewed here.)
- Love Notes (the sequel to Winter Wolves' Love Bites; released December 13, 2021)
- Love Shore
- A Masquerade In The Woods
- Max's Big Bust 2: Max's Bigger Bust
- Milk outside a bag of milk outside a bag of milk
- Murder On The Marine Express (released July 30, 2021)
- My Furry series:
- My Furry Neighbour (released August 28, 2021)
- My Furry Dictator (released October 9, 2021)
- My Furry Detective (released December 4, 2021)
- Nekopara - Catboys Paradise
- Not It: Spookiest Edition (released October 12, 2021)
- Once More (released October 27, 2021)
- OshiRabu: Waifus Over Husbandos ~Love･or･die~
- Penthos
- Perfect Gold
- Process of Elimination
- Psycholonials
- Robot Daycare (released September 3, 2021)
- Sanator: The Jewel of Monostructure (the sequel to 2018's Sanator: Scarlet Scarf)
- The Sekimeiya: Spun Glass
- Shale Hill Secrets
- Sinsations (boys' love mature demon dating sim by Frigid Delights Studios, released November 4, 2021)
- Slow Damage
- Smoldeps Magickal Adventure
- Starry Flowers
- Sucker for Love
- Superhuman
- Tales From The Under Realm Hazel (created by Winter Wolves; shares a setting with Loren the Amazon Princess/Seasons of the Wolf/Cursed Lands/etc.)
- Tears of Themis
- Tiny Bunny
- Tsukihime -A piece of blue glass moon-
- Winning Love By Daylight (Ep. 1 + 2 released November 8, 2021)
- The Zodiac Trial
2022
- 7 Days of Rose
- Arcade Spirits: The New Challengers
- Astra's Garden
- Bad Faith
- Ballads at Midnight
- Casting Hearts
- CORPSE FACTORY
- Dial Town
- The Divine Speaker
- Don't Toy With Me
- Even If Tempest
- Extra Case: My Girlfriend's Secrets
- fault - StP - LIGHTKRAVTE (Prequel of fault - milestone one)
- Friendsim 2 (unofficial fan-made sequel to Hiveswap Friendsim)
- Genba No Kizuna (In development, demo has been released but actual release date TBD)
- Glory Hounds (associated with the broader Echo Project)
- Heart Fragment - Book Two: Belief Fragments (released September 30, 2021)
- Her Jentle Hi-ness
- A Hero and a Garden
- Hooked on You (Official Dead by Daylight dating simulator where four of the Killers are love interests)
- John Doe
- Kaichu - The Kaiju Dating Sim
- Life After Magic
- Mima And Ninas Chocolate Workshop
- Monster Prom 3: Monster Roadtrip
- My Furry series:
- My Furry Teacher (released March 19, 2022)
- My Furry Maid (released November 19, 2022)
- Night Cascades
- NIGHT/SHADE: You're The Drug
- Parasite In Love
- Please Be Happy
- The Price of Flesh
- Radical Dreamers (first official international release, as part of Chrono Cross: The Radical Dreamers Edition)
- Repurpose
- Solanaceae After All
- start;again
- Super-Nova (2022)
- Trapped with Jester
- Ukraine War Stories
- ValiDate: Struggling Singles In Your Area
- VTuber Connect
2023
- Absolutely Perfect Specimen
- Band Camp Boyfriend
- The Beastmaster Princess (released by Winter Wolves on March 1, 2023)
- Case 03: True Cannibal Boy
- Changeling Tale note
- Charade Maniacs (International version; originally released exclusively in Japan in 2018 for Play Station Vita)
- Charm Studies
- Coffee Talk Episode 2: Hibiscus & Butterfly
- The Cosmic Wheel Sisterhood
- A Date with Death
- Dear Monster (mature boys' love dating sim with art by Jouvru, released January 16, 2023)
- Demi Dato
- Diona's Flower Shop
- Do NOT Take This Cat Home
- Don't Take It Personally, I Just Don't Like Younote
- Dynopunk (released May 25, 2023)
- Endless Monday Dreams And Deadlines (released May 4, 2023)
- Even If Tempest: Dawning Connections
- Fool's Gold: Dice, Death & Dating (visual novel promotion for the upcoming Fool's Gold: SOULBREAKER roguelike)
- From Madness With Love (released July 18, 2023)
- Go For A Punch! Saki Sanobashi (released September 14, 2023)
- Good Luck Baby (released March 6, 2023)
- The Groom Of Gallagher Mansion
- A Heart Of Butterblue (freeware horror novel with farming elements, released September 29, 2023)
- Hush Hush - Only Your Love Can Save Themnote
- I Did Not Buy This Ticket
- Inescapable: No Rules No Rescue (social thriller with people isolated on a lawless island for a reality show, published by Aksys Games, released October 19, 2023)
- Inexplicable Geeks #RestoreTheMillerCut (released July 20, 2023)
- Karamu
- Komorebinote
- Lovebrush Chronicles
- Maid Cafe (mature dating sim in which a young man becomes a pastry chef and romances his coworkers, released August 25, 2023)
- malViolence (Definitive Edition released May 18, 2023)
- Mask of the Rose
- MDF Magical Defense Force (released March 17, 2023)
- MDF Magical Defense Force Chapters 10-18 (released as a separate novel on December 30, 2023)
- MDF Magical Defense Force Chapters 10-18 (released as a separate novel
- Mice Tea
- Midnight Witch
- Mindhack (Early Access on April 5, 2023)
- Misericorde
- The Moon Looks Beautiful Tonight
- The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
- My Candy Love: NewGen (Launched in July 2023)
- My Furry series:
- My Furry Dragon (released March 25, 2023)
- My Furry Stepmom (released July 15, 2023)
- My Furry Protogen
- My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom! Pirates of the Disturbance note
- One Night Burlesque
- Ovine Replica
- PARANORMASIGHT: The Seven Mysteries of Honjo
- Penny Larceny: Gig Economy Supervillain
- The Radiants
- Reaplaced
- Reborn A Zombie
- Rosetta and the Well
- Royale Harem note
- Saint Maker
- Sanator: Elmo's Legacy (the sequel to Jewel of Monostructure)
- Save the World
- Semiaquatic Circus (by Arcadekitten; Prologue and Day 1 uploaded April 29, 2023, Day 7 and Finale uploaded December 22, 2023)
- Sex Advice Succubus
- Sigh Of The Abyss (dark fantasy by the developers of After I met that catgirl, my questlist got too long!; a prologue version, entitled Sigh of the Abyss: Shadow Bonds ▪ Prologue, was released in mid-2022 and is accessible here)
- Six Ages 2: Lights Going Out
- Slay the Princess
- Snow Angel and Silver Devil
- Soul of Sovereignty Prelude
- Sunrider 4: The Captain's Return
- The Symbiant
- Tales From The Under Realm After Midnight (created by Winter Wolves; sequel to Hazel, listed above)
- Tales of Aravorn: An Elven Marriage
- A TAVERN FOR TEA
- Teleforum
- Today, I'm Harvesting You!
- Tomorrow Will Be Dying
- Tron Identity (A TRON spin-off by Bithell Games, creators of Thomas Was Alone and Subsurface Circular)
- Trouble Comes Twice
- Twofold
- Tyrion Cuthbert: Attorney of the Arcane
- Universe For Sale
- Welcome To Your First Day At Amazicom (short narrative game from Story Incantation and Studio June Games, published June 29, 2023)
2024
- Date A Live: Ren Dystopia note
- Dragon Island (from the developer of the above-listed Roman's Christmas)
- The Hayseed Knight note
- House Of Chavez (full version released on itch.io April 8, 2024, and on Steam April 22, 2024)
- I Just Want To Be Single!
- I Wani Hug that Gator!
- Kiss/OFF ("Audition" prologue/demo version released February 2022; full visual novel released April 2024)
- KONOSUBA - God's Blessing on this Wonderful World! Love For These Clothes Of Desire!
- Lacey's Wardrobe
- Loser Named Hana (Repurpose spin-off starring a side character, released on itch.io March 13, 2024)
- Lucid9 - Second Installment
- My Furry series:
- No Case Should Remain Unsolved
- Our Wonderland note
- Promises To Keep (safe-for-work queer furry novel; Version 0.1 Pilot released in January 2024)
- Renai Bakudan
- Something's Wrong with Sunny Day Jack (Demo version released in 2021; complete version release planned for 2024)
- Soul of Sovereignty
- Sucker for Love: Date to Die For
- Swim Meet
- Tokyo Debunker
- Wholesome Monster Girl Academia
2025
- Our Life: Now & Forever
- Salvus: Aries
- Summer at the Edge of the Universe (from the developers of Heart of the Woods and Please Be Happy)
