Topic: Visual Novels

@Lightgazer
I have not.
To Heart is the first game i have ever completed in Japanese(yay!), and the first "pure" visual novel i've played through since Tsukihime 20 years or so ago.
I do want to try to play through all the Key visual novels in order, though.

@EllaTheQueen6 Did you miss me? I'm finally back. Just got a Switch OLED again and slowly rebuilding my physical collection! Currently playing Marco and the Galaxy Dragon on Switch and The Last of Us: Part II on PS4.

Anyone else played Heart of the Woods? I'm really enjoying it; great voice acting.

@Hompen Lunaria: Virtualized Moonchild is the best Key visual novel I've played. I own a physical copy. Don't sleep on that one.

@FishyS It's on my wishlist. Been wanting to get it for years and will soon enough since a physical version came out during a 1 1/2 period that I didn't own a Switch OLED.. since I now have one again. I'm getting it. Slowly rebuilding my physical collection. This is what I've got so far...

Aokana: Four Rhythms Across the Blue
Archetype Arcadia
BioShock: The Collection
Clannad (Import)
Danganronpa Decadence
Everlasting Flowers (Import)
Forgive Me Father (Import)
Harmonia (Import)
Hatsumira: From the Future Undying (Import)
If My Heart Had Wings (Import)
Lunaria: Virtualized Moonchild (Import)
Master Detective Archives: Rain Code
Persona 5 Royal
Persona 5 Strikers
Raging Loop
Reynatis
Senren Banka (Limited Run Games)
Seven Days (Import)
Since Memories: Off the Starry Sky
Some Some Convenience Store (Import)
World End Syndrome (Limited Edition Import)

Ohhh, I did miss you! I was wondering where you went! Welcome back!

@EllaTheQueen6 My physical collection is already at 40

Aokana: Four Rhythms Across the Blue

Archetype Arcadia

BioShock: The Collection

Catherine: Full Body

Clannad

Danganronpa Decadence

Doom

Doom Eternal

Everlasting Flowers

Forgive Me Father

Ghostpia: Season One

Grisaia: Phantom Trigger 01 to 05

Grisaia: Phantom Trigger 5.5 to 08

The Grisaia Trilogy

Harmonia

Hatsumira: From the Future Undying

If My Heart Had Wings

Island

Life is Strange: Arcadia Bay Collection

Life is Strange: Double Exposure

Lollipop Chainsaw RePop

Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club: Tokimeki Roadmap to the Future

Lunaria: Virtualized Moonchild

Master Detective Archives: Rain Code

The Outer Worlds

Persona 5 Royal

Persona 5 Strikers

Persona 5 Tactica

Postal: Brain Damaged

Raging Loop

Reynatis

Senran Kagura: Peach Ball

Senren Banka

Seven Days

Shin Megami Tensei V

Since Memories: Off the Starry Sky

Some Some Convenience Store

Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus

World End Syndrome

Wrath: Aeon of Ruin

I absolutely love interactive fiction. From text adventure games like Zork, to choose your own adventure games like Henry Stickmin. And I especially love story-based games where little decisions you make can make a huge difference to the story in the future. I love branching paths that lead to wildly different endings but still can intertwine a bit. So, I feel like visual novels would be the kind of thing I would like.
However, I'm not interested in the style of most visual novels I have seen. I'm not interested in playing a visual novel that's like a high-school dating sim. I don't want anything too dark or violent, nor do I want anything, you know, steamy. (You know what I'm saying.)
Anyway, what I'm getting at is asking if anyone has good suggestions for visual novels. You don't have to limit yourself to western VN's, but in some cases, they would be preferred. Thank you, guys.

The Hundred Line: Last Defense and 13 Sentinels are the 2 best VNs I've ever played. Both have strategy based gameplay too. Hundred Line is grid based in the vein of Fire Emblem. Highly recommend.