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The Visual Novel Database

Use VNDB when a title exists across several platforms, languages or editions. Its strength is the relationship between a work, each release, the people behind it and the community metadata used to describe themes and characters.

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VNDB is a community-maintained reference for visual novels, releases, localizations, characters, creators, tags and user activity.

What you will find

  • 64,727 visual novels
  • 152,883 releases
  • Characters and staff
  • Tags and traits
  • User lists and votes
  • Data dumps and API

Records you can examine

VNDB models a visual novel as a work connected to releases, people, organizations, characters and community classification.

  • Titles, original names, descriptions, length estimates, development status and content ratings.
  • Releases by language, platform, region, publication type and release date.
  • Developers, publishers, staff roles, voice actors, characters, traits and relationships.
  • Tags, spoiler levels, user votes, wish lists, play status and recent database changes.

Useful comparisons

The release layer is what makes VNDB especially useful when the same visual novel has multiple ports, translations or editions.

  • Compare releases by language, platform, date and publisher instead of treating every edition as identical.
  • Compare visual novels by tags, length, rating, release status and available localization.
  • Compare characters by traits, role, gender and the works in which they appear.
  • Check whether a translation is official, fan-made, complete, partial or attached to a specific platform.

Best ways to use VNDB

Start with the work page, then move to the release that matches the language and device you actually plan to use.

  • Identify the correct edition before buying or installing a visual novel.
  • Find English or other localized releases without assuming the original title includes them.
  • Trace a writer, artist, composer or voice actor across related works.
  • Use dumps or the public API only within the published license and rate limits.

Scope and cautions

VNDB is a community database rather than a publisher catalog, so provenance and spoiler controls matter.

  • Tags and ratings reflect community contributions and can change as records are reviewed.
  • A release entry does not guarantee that a store listing is still available.
  • Character traits and plot tags may reveal spoilers even when the interface offers spoiler levels.
  • Confirm price, system requirements and licensing on the publisher or store page before purchasing.