Top 20 Adventure & Novel Game Rankings! Legendary masterpieces!

It is a PC game released in 2000 by Key, and it is one of the games that established the crying game genre.
The game is divided into three parts: “DREAM”, which describes the interaction between a young man who is a puppeteer and unique girls living in the countryside; “SUMMER”, which is set in the summer of a thousand years ago when the descendants of the “winged men” live; and “AIR”, which tells the story of the main heroine, Kamio Misuzu, from a different perspective.

It sold more than 100,000 copies, which is unusual for a PC game, and was made into an anime for TV by Kyoto Animation in 2005, which led to an explosive rise in popularity.
It was the first main writer for Jun Aseda (Kanon was written by Naoki Kuya), who worked on the scenario, and the success of the game led to his fame.

No.6：EVE Series

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The series is based on the PC game “EVE burst error”, which was released in 1995.
However, the creator of burst error, Hiroyuki Kanno, has no involvement in the series since then.

This is a mystery and human drama with a “multi-site system” that allows players to solve mysteries while switching between the two protagonists’ perspectives to solve the case.
burst error is highly acclaimed due to the charm of the two protagonists and the compelling scenario, and its sales record is high, with the Sega Saturn version selling about 200,000 copies.

Due to its popularity, sequels have been produced over the years, with highly acclaimed writers such as Kazuki Sakuraba (GOSICK) and Kotaro Uchikoshi (Ever17) working on the game’s scenario.
EVE rebirth terror, the latest work by Kasa Sakaki of “Golden Color Lovely”, is quite popular.

No.5：Muv-Luv Alternative

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The critically acclaimed PC game released in 2006 by âge, who won acclaim for Kimi ga Nozomu Eien, was the first PC game to be released.
The previous romance adventure game, Muv-Luv, had a tricky two-part structure: the EXTRA version, a coming-of-age school story, and the UNLIMITED version, in which the characters from the EXTRA version are lost in an alternate world where they are fighting against the extraterrestrial species, BETA.

A desperate and dramatic story, a world in which the main characters could die at any moment, and the sudden and brutal death of a familiar figure …… all of which have left an indelible mark on the history of the game.
It is also famous that Hajime Isayama, the author of “The Giant of Progress”, has stated that it was one of his influences.

4位：STEINS;GATE Series

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This series is based on STEINS;GATE, which was released in 2009 as the second installment in the “Science Adventure Series” from 5pb (MAGES.).
Okabe Rintaro, the leader of the Future Gadget Laboratory, an invention club in Akihabara, travels through the world using a time machine he accidentally developed called the “telephone range” (tentative), and struggles to avoid a worst-case scenario of the death of someone close to him.
The anime was also a huge hit, and many derivative works including “STEINS;GATE 0” were created.

Since the gameplay is not that high, there is not much difference from the anime version, but there are individual routes and stories that were not drawn in the anime, and the structure of details is different, so even those who have seen the anime can enjoy the game.
The series has sold more than one million copies, and the game has been deeply loved by many people for a long time.

No.3：Sound Novel Series

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This is an ADV series, the first of which was released in 1992 by Spike Chunsoft (then Chunsoft).
It is a work in which the text is displayed over the entire screen, a genre commonly referred to as a visual novel.
Sound Novel” is a registered trademark of Spike Chunsoft.

Its main characteristic is a sense of presence through the use of sound.
Since the genre varies from work to work and there are many different types of scenarios within a work, it is difficult to pinpoint the field, but the main focus is on horror and suspense.
Two of his most famous works are “Brotherhood of the Brotherhood” and “Kamaitachi no Yoru”, the latter of which was a huge hit, selling a total of 1.25 million copies in the series.

2位：Fate Series;

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It all began with Fate/stay night, which was released in 2004 as the first commercially distributed work by TYPE-MOON, a doujin circle that attracted attention with Tsukihime.
Currently, the smartphone game app “Fate/Grand Order” has become the most popular game in Japan, with 17 million downloads in Japan and 40 million worldwide.
FGO and its characters have become so well known that the anime is full of battle scenes, so it could be mistaken for an action game, but the Fate series is basically an ADV game.

While there are many pornographic games that focus on “interaction with the heroine” and “a story that adults can enjoy,” this is a game that violently shakes the spirit of chuuninis by using shonen-like settings and development, and it may be the original “chuuninis” game.
The setting has become more and more magnificent with each installment of the series, and it is now one of the most expansive fantasy worlds ever created.

No.1：Ace Attorney Series

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The series has sold 6.9 million copies in total, and is one of the most popular Japanese ADV games.
The bold idea of using the trial as the subject matter of the game, the challenging mystery part that combines puzzle-solving elements and gameplay, a scenario that repeatedly overturns expectations, and the unique characters …… have made the series popular among a wide range of players and made it a classic series.

Beginning in 2001, six numbered games (as of 2019) as well as numerous spin-offs have been produced, establishing the unique genre of “courtroom battles”.
It is the best ADV series in terms of achievement, recognition and popularity.

Summary

In recent years, I have the impression that most ADVs are action ADVs, but there are many old-fashioned ADVs that have less gameplay, but have the spirit of captivating stories, and there are many masterpieces!
It is quite likely that the influence of the ADV genre is also quite significant in establishing the current format of the lanove.
If you want to be exposed to interesting story pieces, be sure to play these masterpieces!
Top 20 Adventure & Novel Game Rankings! Legendary masterpieces!