https://wiki.vncompat.org/ 2026-04-30T02:54:43+00:00 https://wiki.vncompat.org/ https://wiki.vncompat.org/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=wiki:logo.png text/html 2025-06-04T04:26:43+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.vncompat.org/doku.php?id=visualnovel:buying&rev=1749011203&do=diff Buying Visual Novels This guide is written for players using a desktop operating system. This includes Windows and non-Windows operating systems, such as macOS and GNU/Linux. We briefly touch on acquiring console releases of visual novels at the end of this guide. This wiki contains no information on acquiring illegally-redistributed game files for visual novels. We encourage you to support visual novel developers—which are often small companies with a niche audience—by buying their games from… text/html 2025-03-04T05:27:28+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.vncompat.org/doku.php?id=visualnovel:compatibility-list&rev=1741066048&do=diff A Visual Novel Compatibility List Assertions We made a default set of assumptions when producing this list, which we will go over briefly. General Assertions 1. Unless a game is specifically marked with 18+, we are talking about the all-ages version(s). text/html 2025-08-17T04:41:23+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.vncompat.org/doku.php?id=visualnovel:problems&rev=1755405683&do=diff GNU/Linux If your visual novel didn’t work with Wine after following our VNs on GNU/Linux Guide, don’t give up! There are plenty more tricks you can try, depending on the issue you’re facing. If the game won’t start at all, or you get a black screen instead of the opening movie, or the text is garbled, see our text/html 2025-04-09T09:28:33+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.vncompat.org/doku.php?id=visualnovel:readinjp&rev=1744190913&do=diff Reading Visual Novels in Japanese Anime is now a global phenomenon, but visual novels are still far more niche. Many visual novels remain untranslated, and sometimes the localizations we do get are…lackluster. Often, the best way to experience a visual novel is in their original language—Japanese. Whether you’re already interested in learning Japanese for some other reason, or want to learn Japanese purely to play visual novels in their original language, either motivations is perfectly valid.… text/html 2024-12-24T03:56:10+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.vncompat.org/doku.php?id=visualnovel:recommendations&rev=1735012570&do=diff Recommendations Not sure what to read? Try one of these visual novels! English Native A visual novel that was originally written in English, rather than translated from another language. The genre is nowhere near as big as it is in Japan, but there have been a few standouts. text/html 2024-12-21T10:49:50+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.vncompat.org/doku.php?id=visualnovel:start&rev=1734778190&do=diff VNCompat Wiki Welcome to the VNCompat Wiki. text/html 2024-12-22T07:13:58+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.vncompat.org/doku.php?id=visualnovel:vnsonlinux&rev=1734851638&do=diff Playing Visual Novels on GNU/Linux This page explains how to play Windows-only visual novels on GNU/Linux, but there are some native GNU/Linux visual novels available, which we touch on There's no need to be a command-line wizard—aside from pasting a few commands into your terminal in the beginning, you'll be living in graphical programs most of the time. text/html 2024-12-22T07:08:31+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.vncompat.org/doku.php?id=visualnovel:winedistros&rev=1734851311&do=diff Wine Distributions For GNU/Linux This page covers a few notable builds of Wine and software often distributed with Wine, Wine Managers, and their compatibility with visual novels. It explains the strengths of these Wine builds and how to use them. Using Bottles as a Wine Manager