Visual novel difficulty list This is a list of visual novels ranked by their difficulty, on a scale from 0 to 100, where 0 is very easy and 100 is very hard. You can use it to find the most appropriate VN to read based on how good your Japanese is.
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Gothderi -Gothic Delusion- Length (in words) 145857 Unique words 11342 Unique words (used once) 4698 Unique words (used once %) 41% Unique kanji 2095 Unique kanji (used once) 306 Unique kanji readings 3788 Average difficulty 53/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 65/100 Average sentence length 20.2 Characters 354151 VNDB avg. rating 7.2 VNDB rating count 78
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Daiteikoku Length (in words) 603465 Unique words 24261 Unique words (used once) 8382 Unique words (used once %) 34% Unique kanji 2534 Unique kanji (used once) 243 Unique kanji readings 5109 Average difficulty 54/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 69/100 Average sentence length 10.7 Characters 1471671 VNDB avg. rating 7.7 VNDB rating count 394
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Sanzen Sekai Yuugi ~MultiUniverse Myself~ Length (in words) 230063 Unique words 14474 Unique words (used once) 5751 Unique words (used once %) 39% Unique kanji 2217 Unique kanji (used once) 260 Unique kanji readings 4183 Average difficulty 54/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 64/100 Average sentence length 14.7 Characters 551410 VNDB avg. rating 7.2 VNDB rating count 41
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Kikaijikake no Eve -Dea Ex Machina- Length (in words) 633504 Unique words 24195 Unique words (used once) 7673 Unique words (used once %) 31% Unique kanji 2559 Unique kanji (used once) 203 Unique kanji readings 5224 Average difficulty 54/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 62/100 Average sentence length 19.3 Characters 1535553 VNDB avg. rating 8.3 VNDB rating count 40
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Air Length (in words) 253958 Unique words 13936 Unique words (used once) 5326 Unique words (used once %) 38% Unique kanji 2130 Unique kanji (used once) 299 Unique kanji readings 4020 Average difficulty 54/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 70/100 Average sentence length 12.4 Characters 600227 VNDB avg. rating 7.7 VNDB rating count 1663
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WORLD END ECONOMiCA episode.03 Length (in words) 24608 Unique words 4152 Unique words (used once) 2284 Unique words (used once %) 55% Unique kanji 1327 Unique kanji (used once) 325 Unique kanji readings 2029 Average difficulty 54/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 75/100 Average sentence length 22.1 Characters 59053 VNDB avg. rating 7.5 VNDB rating count 746
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Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Sui - Hajisarashi-hen Length (in words) 9798 Unique words 2250 Unique words (used once) 1330 Unique words (used once %) 59% Unique kanji 949 Unique kanji (used once) 336 Unique kanji readings 1344 Average difficulty 54/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 71/100 Average sentence length 17.5 Characters 24114
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Noel Length (in words) 171075 Unique words 12120 Unique words (used once) 4918 Unique words (used once %) 40% Unique kanji 2105 Unique kanji (used once) 246 Unique kanji readings 3806 Average difficulty 55/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 71/100 Average sentence length 14.9 Characters 397952 VNDB avg. rating 7.9 VNDB rating count 27
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Steins;Gate Length (in words) 233634 Unique words 13514 Unique words (used once) 5320 Unique words (used once %) 39% Unique kanji 2065 Unique kanji (used once) 264 Unique kanji readings 3760 Average difficulty 55/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 65/100 Average sentence length 17.7 Characters 569763 VNDB avg. rating 9.0 VNDB rating count 10589
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Lamunation! Length (in words) 118366 Unique words 10557 Unique words (used once) 4879 Unique words (used once %) 46% Unique kanji 1856 Unique kanji (used once) 302 Unique kanji readings 3186 Average difficulty 55/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 78/100 Average sentence length 14.2 Characters 304926 VNDB avg. rating 7.0 VNDB rating count 638
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Ouka Sengoku! ~Nobunaga-chan no Koishite Yabou!?~ Length (in words) 458104 Unique words 19064 Unique words (used once) 6856 Unique words (used once %) 35% Unique kanji 2445 Unique kanji (used once) 260 Unique kanji readings 4862 Average difficulty 55/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 70/100 Average sentence length 19.2 Characters 1121205 VNDB avg. rating 7.9 VNDB rating count 36
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Baldr Sky Dive1: Lost Memory Length (in words) 407981 Unique words 17681 Unique words (used once) 5970 Unique words (used once %) 33% Unique kanji 2315 Unique kanji (used once) 222 Unique kanji readings 4423 Average difficulty 55/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 67/100 Average sentence length 15.5 Characters 966125 VNDB avg. rating 8.2 VNDB rating count 1986
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Muv-Luv Alternative Length (in words) 423240 Unique words 15847 Unique words (used once) 5517 Unique words (used once %) 34% Unique kanji 2195 Unique kanji (used once) 239 Unique kanji readings 4158 Average difficulty 55/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 69/100 Average sentence length 16.2 Characters 969890 VNDB avg. rating 9.0 VNDB rating count 7859
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Rewrite+ Length (in words) 673983 Unique words 29197 Unique words (used once) 10272 Unique words (used once %) 35% Unique kanji 2632 Unique kanji (used once) 233 Unique kanji readings 5459 Average difficulty 56/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 75/100 Average sentence length 14.4 Characters 1581097 VNDB avg. rating 8.6 VNDB rating count 6092
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BALDR SKY Dive2 "RECORDARE" Length (in words) 753150 Unique words 21884 Unique words (used once) 6565 Unique words (used once %) 29% Unique kanji 2442 Unique kanji (used once) 176 Unique kanji readings 4837 Average difficulty 56/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 67/100 Average sentence length 15.3 Characters 1819971 VNDB avg. rating 8.7 VNDB rating count 1717
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Higanbana no Saku Yoru ni - Dai Ichi Ya Length (in words) 101384 Unique words 8270 Unique words (used once) 3616 Unique words (used once %) 43% Unique kanji 1876 Unique kanji (used once) 280 Unique kanji readings 3249 Average difficulty 56/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 72/100 Average sentence length 17.5 Characters 235328 VNDB avg. rating 7.4 VNDB rating count 1144
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Phantom Integration Length (in words) 195171 Unique words 14867 Unique words (used once) 5328 Unique words (used once %) 35% Unique kanji 2345 Unique kanji (used once) 240 Unique kanji readings 4435 Average difficulty 57/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 74/100 Average sentence length 14.4 Characters 464702 VNDB avg. rating 8.0 VNDB rating count 584
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Ciconia no Naku Koro ni Length (in words) 154782 Unique words 13333 Unique words (used once) 5733 Unique words (used once %) 42% Unique kanji 2142 Unique kanji (used once) 260 Unique kanji readings 3913 Average difficulty 57/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 73/100 Average sentence length 19.3 Characters 370886 VNDB avg. rating 7.8 VNDB rating count 755
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Memory's Dogma Code:01 Length (in words) 90032 Unique words 8150 Unique words (used once) 3432 Unique words (used once %) 42% Unique kanji 1774 Unique kanji (used once) 295 Unique kanji readings 2994 Average difficulty 57/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 73/100 Average sentence length 19.8 Characters 210040 VNDB avg. rating 6.4 VNDB rating count 259
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Higanbana no Saku Yoru ni - Dai Ni Ya Length (in words) 71644 Unique words 7060 Unique words (used once) 3211 Unique words (used once %) 45% Unique kanji 1712 Unique kanji (used once) 276 Unique kanji readings 2925 Average difficulty 58/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 72/100 Average sentence length 16.7 Characters 165827 VNDB avg. rating 7.5 VNDB rating count 824
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Sakura, Moyu. -As the Night's, Reincarnation- Length (in words) 533863 Unique words 13899 Unique words (used once) 5027 Unique words (used once %) 36% Unique kanji 2102 Unique kanji (used once) 255 Unique kanji readings 3858 Average difficulty 58/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 71/100 Average sentence length 15.7 Characters 1233514 VNDB avg. rating 8.7 VNDB rating count 307
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J.Q.V Jinrui Kyuusai-bu ~With Love from Isotope~ Length (in words) 153163 Unique words 16229 Unique words (used once) 7434 Unique words (used once %) 45% Unique kanji 2345 Unique kanji (used once) 316 Unique kanji readings 4364 Average difficulty 58/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 79/100 Average sentence length 14.9 Characters 363282 VNDB avg. rating 8.1 VNDB rating count 61
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Hentai Prison Length (in words) 628999 Unique words 24124 Unique words (used once) 8203 Unique words (used once %) 34% Unique kanji 2624 Unique kanji (used once) 265 Unique kanji readings 5282 Average difficulty 59/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 74/100 Average sentence length 15.8 Characters 1539556 VNDB avg. rating 8.8 VNDB rating count 189
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Sakura no Toki -Sakura no Mori no Shita o Ayumu- Length (in words) 460683 Unique words 17835 Unique words (used once) 6377 Unique words (used once %) 35% Unique kanji 2359 Unique kanji (used once) 235 Unique kanji readings 4481 Average difficulty 59/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 74/100 Average sentence length 16.9 Characters 1087529 VNDB avg. rating 8.9 VNDB rating count 27
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Omega Vampire Length (in words) 223121 Unique words 13789 Unique words (used once) 5619 Unique words (used once %) 40% Unique kanji 2193 Unique kanji (used once) 225 Unique kanji readings 4165 Average difficulty 59/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 74/100 Average sentence length 13.7 Characters 512768 VNDB avg. rating 7.3 VNDB rating count 74
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Tsui no Sora Remake Length (in words) 132515 Unique words 8530 Unique words (used once) 3289 Unique words (used once %) 38% Unique kanji 1829 Unique kanji (used once) 270 Unique kanji readings 3067 Average difficulty 59/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 83/100 Average sentence length 15.5 Characters 307620 VNDB avg. rating 8.0 VNDB rating count 311
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Abyss -Satsujin Club- Length (in words) 525505 Unique words 17786 Unique words (used once) 6204 Unique words (used once %) 34% Unique kanji 2350 Unique kanji (used once) 240 Unique kanji readings 4553 Average difficulty 59/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 73/100 Average sentence length 20.9 Characters 1223811 VNDB avg. rating 7.7 VNDB rating count 21
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Yume Miru Kusuri Length (in words) 214298 Unique words 15314 Unique words (used once) 6572 Unique words (used once %) 42% Unique kanji 2118 Unique kanji (used once) 271 Unique kanji readings 4032 Average difficulty 59/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 77/100 Average sentence length 12.8 Characters 500730 VNDB avg. rating 7.4 VNDB rating count 4998
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Dear My Abyss Length (in words) 159928 Unique words 11211 Unique words (used once) 4223 Unique words (used once %) 37% Unique kanji 2159 Unique kanji (used once) 229 Unique kanji readings 4069 Average difficulty 60/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 69/100 Average sentence length 17.4 Characters 363859 VNDB avg. rating 7.2 VNDB rating count 11
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Mahou Shoujo Shoumou Sensen DeadΩAegis Length (in words) 287749 Unique words 14876 Unique words (used once) 5462 Unique words (used once %) 36% Unique kanji 2233 Unique kanji (used once) 256 Unique kanji readings 4026 Average difficulty 60/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 70/100 Average sentence length 21.5 Characters 692986 VNDB avg. rating 7.4 VNDB rating count 232
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Chaos;Head Length (in words) 236581 Unique words 13210 Unique words (used once) 4860 Unique words (used once %) 36% Unique kanji 2059 Unique kanji (used once) 217 Unique kanji readings 3723 Average difficulty 60/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 75/100 Average sentence length 17.2 Characters 565461 VNDB avg. rating 7.4 VNDB rating count 5018
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BLACK SHEEP TOWN Length (in words) 534334 Unique words 20388 Unique words (used once) 7290 Unique words (used once %) 35% Unique kanji 2395 Unique kanji (used once) 248 Unique kanji readings 4541 Average difficulty 60/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 76/100 Average sentence length 25.3 Characters 1252053 VNDB avg. rating 8.5 VNDB rating count 24
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Sekai Seifuku Kanojo Length (in words) 507300 Unique words 18652 Unique words (used once) 7075 Unique words (used once %) 37% Unique kanji 2430 Unique kanji (used once) 316 Unique kanji readings 4720 Average difficulty 60/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 73/100 Average sentence length 16.9 Characters 1199232 VNDB avg. rating 7.5 VNDB rating count 47
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Kichiku Megane R Kichiku Megane Fan Disc Length (in words) 250705 Unique words 12737 Unique words (used once) 4849 Unique words (used once %) 38% Unique kanji 2052 Unique kanji (used once) 269 Unique kanji readings 3777 Average difficulty 60/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 73/100 Average sentence length 17.2 Characters 600462 VNDB avg. rating 8.0 VNDB rating count 48
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Kara no Shoujo - The Last Episode Length (in words) 199808 Unique words 11292 Unique words (used once) 4461 Unique words (used once %) 39% Unique kanji 2184 Unique kanji (used once) 251 Unique kanji readings 4025 Average difficulty 60/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 72/100 Average sentence length 15.8 Characters 449561 VNDB avg. rating 8.4 VNDB rating count 254
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Kara no Shoujo - The Second Episode Length (in words) 316867 Unique words 14758 Unique words (used once) 5512 Unique words (used once %) 37% Unique kanji 2501 Unique kanji (used once) 261 Unique kanji readings 4799 Average difficulty 60/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 71/100 Average sentence length 15.2 Characters 719560 VNDB avg. rating 8.5 VNDB rating count 2079
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Chaos;Head Noah Length (in words) 318499 Unique words 14600 Unique words (used once) 5090 Unique words (used once %) 34% Unique kanji 2119 Unique kanji (used once) 213 Unique kanji readings 3886 Average difficulty 60/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 74/100 Average sentence length 16.9 Characters 762074 VNDB avg. rating 8.3 VNDB rating count 561
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SeaBed Length (in words) 184852 Unique words 11849 Unique words (used once) 4879 Unique words (used once %) 41% Unique kanji 2132 Unique kanji (used once) 284 Unique kanji readings 3849 Average difficulty 61/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 77/100 Average sentence length 21.2 Characters 406014 VNDB avg. rating 8.2 VNDB rating count 492
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Zoku Satsuriku no Django Length (in words) 103291 Unique words 12200 Unique words (used once) 5469 Unique words (used once %) 44% Unique kanji 2316 Unique kanji (used once) 358 Unique kanji readings 4237 Average difficulty 61/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 76/100 Average sentence length 18.0 Characters 239522 VNDB avg. rating 7.7 VNDB rating count 118
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Aoi Sora no Camus Length (in words) 109618 Unique words 8596 Unique words (used once) 3515 Unique words (used once %) 40% Unique kanji 1842 Unique kanji (used once) 272 Unique kanji readings 3156 Average difficulty 61/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 69/100 Average sentence length 17.2 Characters 258051 VNDB avg. rating 7.3 VNDB rating count 138
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Baldr Force Length (in words) 372029 Unique words 13688 Unique words (used once) 3889 Unique words (used once %) 28% Unique kanji 2093 Unique kanji (used once) 174 Unique kanji readings 3797 Average difficulty 61/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 72/100 Average sentence length 16.5 Characters 862792 VNDB avg. rating 7.6 VNDB rating count 353
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Kami no Ue no Mahoutsukai Length (in words) 370933 Unique words 13933 Unique words (used once) 4800 Unique words (used once %) 34% Unique kanji 2150 Unique kanji (used once) 210 Unique kanji readings 4055 Average difficulty 61/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 76/100 Average sentence length 18.1 Characters 875467 VNDB avg. rating 8.1 VNDB rating count 263
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Shinobi Harisenbo Length (in words) 5277 Unique words 1355 Unique words (used once) 803 Unique words (used once %) 59% Unique kanji 719 Unique kanji (used once) 273 Unique kanji readings 996 Average difficulty 62/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 79/100 Average sentence length 16.1 Characters 11453 VNDB avg. rating 6.3 VNDB rating count 19
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Tokyo 24-ku Length (in words) 367252 Unique words 19605 Unique words (used once) 7270 Unique words (used once %) 37% Unique kanji 2494 Unique kanji (used once) 298 Unique kanji readings 4823 Average difficulty 62/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 72/100 Average sentence length 16.5 Characters 858400 VNDB avg. rating 8.0 VNDB rating count 26
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Kusarihime ~Euthanasia~ Length (in words) 132126 Unique words 10457 Unique words (used once) 4518 Unique words (used once %) 43% Unique kanji 1936 Unique kanji (used once) 294 Unique kanji readings 3450 Average difficulty 62/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 77/100 Average sentence length 13.3 Characters 309286 VNDB avg. rating 7.9 VNDB rating count 262
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Kichiku Megane Length (in words) 324793 Unique words 13166 Unique words (used once) 4519 Unique words (used once %) 34% Unique kanji 2047 Unique kanji (used once) 241 Unique kanji readings 3741 Average difficulty 63/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 71/100 Average sentence length 17.1 Characters 787407 VNDB avg. rating 7.5 VNDB rating count 125
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Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Length (in words) 1028656 Unique words 28782 Unique words (used once) 8773 Unique words (used once %) 30% Unique kanji 2623 Unique kanji (used once) 202 Unique kanji readings 5566 Average difficulty 63/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 73/100 Average sentence length 18.0 Characters 2370419 VNDB avg. rating 8.6 VNDB rating count 6181
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Kara no Shoujo Length (in words) 192276 Unique words 11425 Unique words (used once) 4636 Unique words (used once %) 40% Unique kanji 2330 Unique kanji (used once) 309 Unique kanji readings 4255 Average difficulty 63/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 74/100 Average sentence length 14.7 Characters 429093 VNDB avg. rating 8.0 VNDB rating count 4994
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Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Matsuri Length (in words) 379792 Unique words 20276 Unique words (used once) 7785 Unique words (used once %) 38% Unique kanji 2403 Unique kanji (used once) 233 Unique kanji readings 4783 Average difficulty 63/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 74/100 Average sentence length 18.8 Characters 899182
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Remember11 Length (in words) 244987 Unique words 12704 Unique words (used once) 4418 Unique words (used once %) 34% Unique kanji 2099 Unique kanji (used once) 241 Unique kanji readings 3806 Average difficulty 63/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 77/100 Average sentence length 17.9 Characters 578627 VNDB avg. rating 8.1 VNDB rating count 2191