Visual novel difficulty list This is a list of visual novels ranked by their difficulty, on a scale from 1 to 10, where 1 is very easy and 10 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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Momoiro Closet Length (in words) 102503 Unique words 7522 Unique words (used once) 3361 Unique words (used once %) 44% Unique kanji 1646 Unique kanji (used once) 312 Unique kanji readings 2735 Difficulty 3/10 Average sentence length 15.1 Characters 264906 VNDB avg. rating 6.7 VNDB rating count 551
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Midori no Umi Length (in words) 214265 Unique words 7565 Unique words (used once) 2789 Unique words (used once %) 36% Unique kanji 1689 Unique kanji (used once) 243 Unique kanji readings 2792 Difficulty 3/10 Average sentence length 11.7 Characters 529137 VNDB avg. rating 7.0 VNDB rating count 191
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Lunaria -Virtualized Moonchild- Length (in words) 59924 Unique words 7765 Unique words (used once) 3806 Unique words (used once %) 49% Unique kanji 1653 Unique kanji (used once) 315 Unique kanji readings 2712 Difficulty 6/10 Average sentence length 15.7 Characters 145870 VNDB avg. rating 7.7 VNDB rating count 74
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Kimi to Kanojo to Kanojo no Koi Length (in words) 90357 Unique words 7284 Unique words (used once) 3204 Unique words (used once %) 43% Unique kanji 1626 Unique kanji (used once) 274 Unique kanji readings 2680 Difficulty 4/10 Average sentence length 11.9 Characters 221089 VNDB avg. rating 8.1 VNDB rating count 3164
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Tokeijikake no Ley Line -Tasogaredoki no Kyoukaisen- Length (in words) 135667 Unique words 7533 Unique words (used once) 2995 Unique words (used once %) 39% Unique kanji 1592 Unique kanji (used once) 272 Unique kanji readings 2651 Difficulty 3/10 Average sentence length 15.0 Characters 325491 VNDB avg. rating 7.1 VNDB rating count 1181
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Hitoribocchi no Tentai Kansoku Length (in words) 246794 Unique words 7756 Unique words (used once) 2922 Unique words (used once %) 37% Unique kanji 1546 Unique kanji (used once) 194 Unique kanji readings 2552 Difficulty 3/10 Average sentence length 16.5 Characters 598118
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Date A Live: Rinne Utopia Length (in words) 120503 Unique words 7766 Unique words (used once) 3527 Unique words (used once %) 45% Unique kanji 1647 Unique kanji (used once) 286 Unique kanji readings 2742 Difficulty 3/10 Average sentence length 11.2 Characters 293603 VNDB avg. rating 7.2 VNDB rating count 315
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Shizuku Length (in words) 151729 Unique words 7723 Unique words (used once) 2240 Unique words (used once %) 29% Unique kanji 1618 Unique kanji (used once) 163 Unique kanji readings 2760 Difficulty 5/10 Average sentence length 19.4 Characters 345660 VNDB avg. rating 6.2 VNDB rating count 125
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Shukusei no Girlfriend -the destiny star of girlfriend- Length (in words) 65917 Unique words 7680 Unique words (used once) 3855 Unique words (used once %) 50% Unique kanji 1720 Unique kanji (used once) 316 Unique kanji readings 2893 Difficulty 4/10 Average sentence length 12.1 Characters 156903 VNDB avg. rating 7.6 VNDB rating count 123
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Suiren to Shion Length (in words) 120519 Unique words 7896 Unique words (used once) 3213 Unique words (used once %) 40% Unique kanji 1717 Unique kanji (used once) 277 Unique kanji readings 2900 Difficulty 3/10 Average sentence length 15.8 Characters 313135 VNDB avg. rating 7.7 VNDB rating count 135
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Watashi no Real wa Juujitsu Shisugiteiru Length (in words) 126423 Unique words 7987 Unique words (used once) 3190 Unique words (used once %) 39% Unique kanji 1618 Unique kanji (used once) 269 Unique kanji readings 2680 Difficulty 4/10 Average sentence length 13.8 Characters 295146 VNDB avg. rating 7.7 VNDB rating count 78
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Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney 2 Length (in words) 149925 Unique words 7543 Unique words (used once) 2674 Unique words (used once %) 35% Unique kanji 1111 Unique kanji (used once) 140 Unique kanji readings 1857 Difficulty 5/10 Average sentence length 12.4 Characters 383139 VNDB avg. rating 7.6 VNDB rating count 4659
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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 Difficulty 6/10 Average sentence length 19.8 Characters 210040 VNDB avg. rating 6.4 VNDB rating count 259
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Shiei no Sona-Nyl -What a Beautiful Memories- Length (in words) 187935 Unique words 8169 Unique words (used once) 2923 Unique words (used once %) 35% Unique kanji 1880 Unique kanji (used once) 217 Unique kanji readings 3204 Difficulty 6/10 Average sentence length 9.6 Characters 424477 VNDB avg. rating 8.2 VNDB rating count 164
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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 Difficulty 6/10 Average sentence length 17.5 Characters 235328 VNDB avg. rating 7.4 VNDB rating count 1144
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Nanatsuiro★Drops Length (in words) 186728 Unique words 7751 Unique words (used once) 2993 Unique words (used once %) 38% Unique kanji 1539 Unique kanji (used once) 231 Unique kanji readings 2595 Difficulty 3/10 Average sentence length 14.2 Characters 450515 VNDB avg. rating 7.3 VNDB rating count 107
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Sayonara wo Oshiete ~Comment te Dire Adieu~ Length (in words) 96670 Unique words 8441 Unique words (used once) 3589 Unique words (used once %) 42% Unique kanji 1887 Unique kanji (used once) 268 Unique kanji readings 3233 Difficulty 6/10 Average sentence length 15.7 Characters 221651 VNDB avg. rating 7.9 VNDB rating count 423
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Tokyo School Life Length (in words) 75816 Unique words 8247 Unique words (used once) 3899 Unique words (used once %) 47% Unique kanji 1631 Unique kanji (used once) 261 Unique kanji readings 2747 Difficulty 4/10 Average sentence length 14.1 Characters 183991 VNDB avg. rating 6.5 VNDB rating count 401
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Tsui no Stella Length (in words) 70636 Unique words 8652 Unique words (used once) 4104 Unique words (used once %) 47% Unique kanji 1783 Unique kanji (used once) 288 Unique kanji readings 3028 Difficulty 5/10 Average sentence length 15.1 Characters 165513 VNDB avg. rating 8.2 VNDB rating count 131
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Tsukikage no Simulacre Length (in words) 127521 Unique words 8563 Unique words (used once) 3681 Unique words (used once %) 42% Unique kanji 1769 Unique kanji (used once) 255 Unique kanji readings 3049 Difficulty 5/10 Average sentence length 16.2 Characters 285757 VNDB avg. rating 7.6 VNDB rating count 254
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Saya no Uta Length (in words) 63944 Unique words 8742 Unique words (used once) 4232 Unique words (used once %) 48% Unique kanji 2023 Unique kanji (used once) 331 Unique kanji readings 3536 Difficulty 6/10 Average sentence length 22.8 Characters 144607 VNDB avg. rating 8.0 VNDB rating count 13591
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Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Length (in words) 175950 Unique words 8103 Unique words (used once) 2961 Unique words (used once %) 36% Unique kanji 1215 Unique kanji (used once) 131 Unique kanji readings 2019 Difficulty 5/10 Average sentence length 12.8 Characters 435747 VNDB avg. rating 8.1 VNDB rating count 6058
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Tokeijikake no Ley Line -Asagiri ni Chiru Hana- Length (in words) 157520 Unique words 8498 Unique words (used once) 3264 Unique words (used once %) 38% Unique kanji 1655 Unique kanji (used once) 219 Unique kanji readings 2874 Difficulty 5/10 Average sentence length 16.0 Characters 376283 VNDB avg. rating 8.2 VNDB rating count 457
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Kimi no Tonari de Koi Shiteru Length (in words) 153098 Unique words 8725 Unique words (used once) 3514 Unique words (used once %) 40% Unique kanji 1729 Unique kanji (used once) 267 Unique kanji readings 2942 Difficulty 3/10 Average sentence length 15.1 Characters 365492 VNDB avg. rating 7.1 VNDB rating count 157
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ATRI -My Dear Moments- Length (in words) 98491 Unique words 8831 Unique words (used once) 3904 Unique words (used once %) 44% Unique kanji 1767 Unique kanji (used once) 278 Unique kanji readings 3015 Difficulty 4/10 Average sentence length 14.7 Characters 237442 VNDB avg. rating 8.0 VNDB rating count 1188
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Tsui no Sora Remake Length (in words) 132515 Unique words 8531 Unique words (used once) 3290 Unique words (used once %) 38% Unique kanji 1829 Unique kanji (used once) 270 Unique kanji readings 3067 Difficulty 6/10 Average sentence length 15.5 Characters 307620 VNDB avg. rating 8.0 VNDB rating count 311
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Shironagasu Tou e no Kikan Length (in words) 132324 Unique words 8891 Unique words (used once) 3846 Unique words (used once %) 43% Unique kanji 1778 Unique kanji (used once) 244 Unique kanji readings 3059 Difficulty 5/10 Average sentence length 15.5 Characters 311052 VNDB avg. rating 6.8 VNDB rating count 205
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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 Difficulty 6/10 Average sentence length 17.2 Characters 258051 VNDB avg. rating 7.3 VNDB rating count 138
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Schwarzesmarken Length (in words) 111953 Unique words 8962 Unique words (used once) 4045 Unique words (used once %) 45% Unique kanji 1840 Unique kanji (used once) 305 Unique kanji readings 3199 Difficulty 5/10 Average sentence length 15.8 Characters 267440 VNDB avg. rating 8.5 VNDB rating count 136
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Rance 4 -Kyoudan no Isan- Length (in words) 106730 Unique words 8443 Unique words (used once) 3733 Unique words (used once %) 44% Unique kanji 1689 Unique kanji (used once) 271 Unique kanji readings 2810 Difficulty 4/10 Average sentence length 15.7 Characters 266212 VNDB avg. rating 6.4 VNDB rating count 537
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AstralAir no Shiroki Towa Finale -Shiroki Hoshi no Yume- Length (in words) 164998 Unique words 8926 Unique words (used once) 3473 Unique words (used once %) 38% Unique kanji 1736 Unique kanji (used once) 260 Unique kanji readings 3019 Difficulty 4/10 Average sentence length 16.7 Characters 392202 VNDB avg. rating 7.6 VNDB rating count 88
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Amairo Chocolata 2 Length (in words) 138790 Unique words 8966 Unique words (used once) 3692 Unique words (used once %) 41% Unique kanji 1782 Unique kanji (used once) 280 Unique kanji readings 3066 Difficulty 4/10 Average sentence length 16.7 Characters 353697 VNDB avg. rating 7.8 VNDB rating count 35
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Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney 4 Length (in words) 170914 Unique words 8429 Unique words (used once) 3179 Unique words (used once %) 37% Unique kanji 1294 Unique kanji (used once) 147 Unique kanji readings 2210 Difficulty 5/10 Average sentence length 13.0 Characters 427949 VNDB avg. rating 7.4 VNDB rating count 2908
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Kotonoha Maichiru Natsu no Koe Length (in words) 220842 Unique words 9106 Unique words (used once) 3467 Unique words (used once %) 38% Unique kanji 1769 Unique kanji (used once) 230 Unique kanji readings 3046 Difficulty 3/10 Average sentence length 11.6 Characters 549872 VNDB avg. rating 7.7 VNDB rating count 61
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Professor Layton vs Ace Attorney Length (in words) 171291 Unique words 8454 Unique words (used once) 3209 Unique words (used once %) 37% Unique kanji 1524 Unique kanji (used once) 215 Unique kanji readings 2616 Difficulty 4/10 Average sentence length 13.4 Characters 434063 VNDB avg. rating 7.3 VNDB rating count 697
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Dies irae ~Interview with Kaziklu Bey~ Length (in words) 89999 Unique words 9292 Unique words (used once) 4324 Unique words (used once %) 46% Unique kanji 2067 Unique kanji (used once) 341 Unique kanji readings 3700 Difficulty 7/10 Average sentence length 20.9 Characters 210387 VNDB avg. rating 8.1 VNDB rating count 491
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Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney 3 Length (in words) 195062 Unique words 8717 Unique words (used once) 2976 Unique words (used once %) 34% Unique kanji 1237 Unique kanji (used once) 137 Unique kanji readings 2144 Difficulty 5/10 Average sentence length 13.2 Characters 488682 VNDB avg. rating 8.6 VNDB rating count 4319
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Atlach-Nacha Length (in words) 114500 Unique words 9087 Unique words (used once) 3547 Unique words (used once %) 39% Unique kanji 1916 Unique kanji (used once) 259 Unique kanji readings 3418 Difficulty 7/10 Average sentence length 14.1 Characters 258535 VNDB avg. rating 8.1 VNDB rating count 72
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Chooita ~Subarashiki Chounouryoku Jinsei~ Length (in words) 105201 Unique words 8924 Unique words (used once) 3323 Unique words (used once %) 37% Unique kanji 1764 Unique kanji (used once) 231 Unique kanji readings 2968 Difficulty 6/10 Average sentence length 17.4 Characters 252305 VNDB avg. rating 6.7 VNDB rating count 4
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Tokeijikake no Ley Line -Zan'ei no Yoru ga Akeru Toki- Length (in words) 175718 Unique words 8998 Unique words (used once) 3408 Unique words (used once %) 37% Unique kanji 1743 Unique kanji (used once) 276 Unique kanji readings 2955 Difficulty 4/10 Average sentence length 16.7 Characters 421364 VNDB avg. rating 8.0 VNDB rating count 579
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Flowers -Le Volume sur Hiver- Length (in words) 125934 Unique words 9437 Unique words (used once) 3981 Unique words (used once %) 42% Unique kanji 2057 Unique kanji (used once) 287 Unique kanji readings 3714 Difficulty 6/10 Average sentence length 19.1 Characters 282297 VNDB avg. rating 8.4 VNDB rating count 249
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Sono Hanabira ni Kuchizuke wo: Shirayuki no Kishi Length (in words) 178864 Unique words 9085 Unique words (used once) 3825 Unique words (used once %) 42% Unique kanji 1665 Unique kanji (used once) 265 Unique kanji readings 2859 Difficulty 3/10 Average sentence length 15.1 Characters 434700 VNDB avg. rating 7.6 VNDB rating count 81
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Ace Attorney Investigations: Miles Edgeworth Length (in words) 189400 Unique words 8748 Unique words (used once) 3220 Unique words (used once %) 36% Unique kanji 1378 Unique kanji (used once) 167 Unique kanji readings 2412 Difficulty 5/10 Average sentence length 14.4 Characters 462766 VNDB avg. rating 7.3 VNDB rating count 1958
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Flowers -Le Volume sur Été- Length (in words) 112655 Unique words 9640 Unique words (used once) 4146 Unique words (used once %) 43% Unique kanji 2026 Unique kanji (used once) 297 Unique kanji readings 3642 Difficulty 5/10 Average sentence length 18.6 Characters 255970 VNDB avg. rating 8.4 VNDB rating count 593
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Satsukoi ~Yuukyuu Naru Koi no Uta~ Length (in words) 123754 Unique words 9515 Unique words (used once) 4170 Unique words (used once %) 43% Unique kanji 1877 Unique kanji (used once) 294 Unique kanji readings 3257 Difficulty 5/10 Average sentence length 12.4 Characters 288752 VNDB avg. rating 7.2 VNDB rating count 154
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Carnival Length (in words) 130311 Unique words 9374 Unique words (used once) 4291 Unique words (used once %) 45% Unique kanji 1838 Unique kanji (used once) 318 Unique kanji readings 3126 Difficulty 5/10 Average sentence length 17.8 Characters 309252 VNDB avg. rating 7.2 VNDB rating count 158
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Utawarerumono Length (in words) 107136 Unique words 9211 Unique words (used once) 4048 Unique words (used once %) 43% Unique kanji 1962 Unique kanji (used once) 327 Unique kanji readings 3516 Difficulty 5/10 Average sentence length 14.1 Characters 268467 VNDB avg. rating 7.9 VNDB rating count 4163
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Flowers -Le Volume sur Printemps- Length (in words) 138232 Unique words 9657 Unique words (used once) 4030 Unique words (used once %) 41% Unique kanji 1973 Unique kanji (used once) 287 Unique kanji readings 3502 Difficulty 5/10 Average sentence length 18.9 Characters 313551 VNDB avg. rating 7.6 VNDB rating count 991
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Fuyukara, Kururu. Length (in words) 208007 Unique words 9488 Unique words (used once) 3731 Unique words (used once %) 39% Unique kanji 1880 Unique kanji (used once) 271 Unique kanji readings 3169 Difficulty 4/10 Average sentence length 14.0 Characters 515736 VNDB avg. rating 7.3 VNDB rating count 94
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Kamaitachi no Yoru Rinne Saisei Length (in words) 142417 Unique words 9562 Unique words (used once) 3839 Unique words (used once %) 40% Unique kanji 1739 Unique kanji (used once) 265 Unique kanji readings 3034 Difficulty 5/10 Average sentence length 17.7 Characters 330012 VNDB avg. rating 7.0 VNDB rating count 282