For the last two years or so, I've gotten repeated requests to unequivocally name my top VNs made up until the present, ignoring objectivity, my vndb votes, etc.  I've more or less just ignored most of those requests, because it is a pain in the ass to name a 'favorite' VN in the first place.  I've made lists of VNs I loved from various genres, and I've also made lists of VNs for a specific purpose.  However, I've avoided making a list like this one up until now, mostly because my 'favorites' switch out so often. 

Let's get this straight for those who are going to criticize my choices... these are the VNs I like the most, not the fifty best VNs of all time.  I make no pretense to preeminence of opinion in this case, because I'm also discarding all attempts at objectivity.  What a person likes is ultimately a matter of personal tastes, not a matter of logic.

Why did I make it fifty?  Because my number of VNs played, setting aside replays and nukige, is over six hundred already (with replays and nukige, it is closer to eight hundred...)... I'd be surprised if I didn't have this many VNs I considered wonderful. 

Keep in mind that these aren't in a particular order.

 

1.   Evolimit

2.   Dies Irae (the one by Light)

3.   Ikusa Megami Zero

4.   Nanairo Reincarnation

5.   Semiramis no Tenbin

6.   Bradyon Veda

7.   Vermilion Bind of Blood

8.   Hapymaher

9.   Tiny Dungeon (as a series)

10.  Bullet Butlers

11.  Chrono Belt

12.  Ayakashibito

13.  Otome ga Boku ni Koishiteiru 2

14.  Chusingura

15.  Draculius

16.  Otome ga Tsumugu, Koi no Canvas

17.  Silverio Vendetta

18.  Konata yori Kanata Made

19.  Grisaia series

20.  Akatsuki no Goei series

21.  Reminiscence series

22.  Haruka ni Aogi, Uruwashi no

23.  Harumade, Kururu

24.  Soukou Akki Muramasa

25.  Tokyo Babel

26.  Tasogare no Sinsemilla

27.  Komorebi no Nostalgica

28.  Yurikago yori Tenshi Made

29.  Izuna Zanshinken

30.  Moshimo Ashita ga Harenaraba

31.  Kamikaze Explorers

32.  Devils Devel Concept

33.  Suzunone Seven

34.  Baldr Skydive series

35.  Baldr Sky Zero series

36.  Toppara Zashikiwarashi no Hanashi

37.  Tsuisou no Augment (series)

38.  Kikan Bakumatsu Ibun Last Cavalier

39.  Shin Koihime Musou (series not including the original Koihime Musou)

40.  Soshite Hatsukoi wa Imouto ni Naru

41.  Tenshi no Hane o Fumanaide

42.  Irotoridori no Sekai

43.  Noble Works

44.  Koisuru Otome to Shugo no Tate (series)

45.  Kitto, Sumiwataru Asairo yori mo

46.  Jingai Makyou

47.  Sakura, Sakimashita

48.  Abyss Homicide Club

49.  Re:Birth Colony Lost Azurite

50.  Owaru Sekai to Birthday