Clephas

William Arand.  Great dark harem writer.  Would probably make great Venus Blood style VNs, lol.
Michelle West would probably write really good plotge.
Steven Brust would do good drama.
Steven Erikson would probably write a grand multi-game fantasy that would blow all your minds.

https://vndb.org/v3111
https://vndb.org/v18145
https://vndb.org/v16134
https://vndb.org/v12609
https://vndb.org/v1308
https://vndb.org/v453
https://vndb.org/v15080
https://vndb.org/v2016
https://vndb.org/v5843
Ariya primarily for the above
https://vndb.org/v7071
https://vndb.org/v24870
https://vndb.org/v14760
https://vndb.org/v21073
For the above, the heroines are mostly subtly manipulative, (with exceptions) with powerful personalities.
 

Key's standard works are nakige that defined the 'classic' style, focused on character development and catharsis.  Rewrite and Planetarian represent outliers, though the latter is excellent and the former a meh chuunige.

*Clephas gobbles you down in thanks, sending you to the catgirl harem world inside his many stomachs*

*Clephas gobbles you down in thanks, sending you to the catgirl harem world inside his many stomachs*

*Clephas gobbles you down in thanks, sending you to the catgirl harem world inside his many stomachs*

*Clephas gobbles you down in thanks, sending you to the catgirl harem world inside his many stomachs*

Personally these are my criteria and the order in which I consider them important:
1.  Writing
2.  Presentation (of all elements)
3. Artwork
4. Audio elements (BGM and VA)
5. Program stability
 
 
 
You saw what I did there, right?  Essentially, that is a possible subjective view of quality... while ignoring the parts that I didn't admit were important, such as world-building (construction of the setting) and character design (which includes elements of the writing, VA, and artwork to make the whole), both of which I consider important.  The fact is, 'quality' is both an incredibly subjective term - one that doesn't lend itself to clear and objective assessment - and something that, in a general sense, be quantified by that same subjective viewpoint (which is where you get reviews. 
Speaking as someone who reviewed a whole truckload of VNs over the years, I can tell you that trying to be objective is a trap.  Objective quality is one of the most irrelevant types of quality in the eyes of readers.  It's ok to admit where you are biased, but true objectivity isn't something a reviewer should indulge in when playing something they like.  It takes all the fun out of it.
In retrospect, I think I wrote most of my best reviews near the beginning of my 'career' with VNs.  I recommended VNs based on what a reader is looking for, rather than some abstract objective assessment of quality, and I generally got more feedback in general... which is kind of what trapped me.  Also, reviewing SOL games became so painful toward the end that I was completely cutting off my emotions when reviewing them, which kind of defeated the point.

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Harumade Kururu
Sakura, Moyu (oddly enough)
Silverio Vendetta and Trinity (both have some really nice plot twists)
Nanairo Reincarnation
Tasogare no Sinsemilla
Tsuisou no Augment
Yurikago yori Tenshi Made
Haru to Yuki
Baldr Skydive
Hello, Lady
End Sleep
Sakura, Sakimashita
 

I'm kind of annoyed no PC version immediately...  I don't have a Japanese PS4 anymore, and I  never had a Japanese Switch.

Unusual Romance
Hikoukigumo no Mukougawa (Eiri path) (has unusual beginnings)
Akeiro Kaikitan (Velvet)
Tokyo Babel (Lilith)
Hapymaher (All except Saki, who should practically already be married to him, lol)
Komorebi no Nostalgica (Fluorite/Flow path) 
Adult Romance
Nanairo Reincarnation (policewoman path)
Hataraku Otona series (all adult romance)
Hataraku Otaku no Ren'ai Jijou (all)
Relationship with a powerful reason
Ayakashibito (Suzu) (Also unusual and forbidden romance)
Comyu (Kagome) (also unusual romance)
Bullet Butlers (Selma)
Evolimit (Shizuku)
Draculius (all)
Haruka ni Aogi, Uruwashi no (All Main Branch routes)
Inochi no Spare (Warning: Only one sad ending, utsuge)
Karenai Sekai to Owaru Hana (Extremely powerful reasons in this game)
Forbidden Romance
Kikan Bakumatsu Ibun Last Cavalier (Sakamoto Ryouma/Iori path)
Konata Yori Kanata Made (Kris Route)
Yurikago yori Tenshi Made (Tae Route)
Jingai Makyou (Kaze no Ushiro ni Ayumu Mono route)
Ou no Mimi ni wa Todokanai (Princess route, Shizuru route) 
 
That's about as much as I can list off the top of my head
 

Karenai sekai to owaru hana

The bugs are mostly concentrated in little things, like the one that makes the game crash if you go into the menu during certain parts of gigs (which is annoying as hell).  That's the PS4 version though.
I'm doing a Tech/intelligence run with a side of reflexes and enjoying it immensely... but my completionist tendencies have me going off on wild tangents every five seconds.  I've spent a ridiculous amount of time just running around 'solving' crimes and hack-killing random gangers with synapse burn.  

Worse than Akagoei, in terms of being incomplete.  Akagoei at least pretended to have actual endings, as short and unsatisfying as they were until the FD came out.  If they had released a sequel within six months, I might have been willing to forgive them, but even then, I still would have had major complaints.  This game's potential was wasted entirely because the producers didn't rein in Kinugasa's love of never finishing anything.  The non-true heroine paths are pathetically short and the true heroine's path essentially shuts down in the middle of things, where the action would have begun to get going in any decent game.  Worse, there is no guarantee of a sequel, despite them having set up to easily graft one on, because Kinugasa's tendency to never finish anything extends to everything he does.

GOOD VNs with chaotic good heroines are rare.  I say this because most heroines in VNs don't have enough force of personality outside of their moe points to really have an alignment, lol.  Also, very few VN heroines are anything resembling selfless.  If anything, since romance is so vital to most VN stories (romance being an inherently selfish concept) most VNs prove a poor medium for a 'good' heroine.
Katsuragi Youko- Akeiro Kaikitan- Technically, her ending is the 'bad' ending of Akeiro, but it doesn't change that this ancient being is a force for good... on an individual level.  She is whimsical, distant, and kind.  She is more than a little hedonistic and tends to encourage the same in those around her.  Her tendency to scheme to achieve multiple ends from a single plan sometimes backfires, but she always has a backup.  She doesn't give a flip for the rules of those around her but rather on the well-being of those she has taken a shine to.  That said, once she has done her best for them, she expects them to stand or fall on their own.
Aiba Kazumi- Kanojo wa Tenshi de Imouto de- Kazumi is an individual who was originally thought to be the most likely candidate to replace god as the world's overseer, but instead she chose the path of the reaper when she reached the peak of power available to an angel.  There were a number of reasons for this, but at least part came from the fact that she was disinterested in being further bound to a position as restrictive and horrifying as that one.  She is good, helpful and loyal... but she is disinterested in obeying what is expected of her.  Like Youko, while she will help as she can, she refuses to be a crutch for others to stand on.
Yuuzutsu Hanene- Tenshi no Hane o Fumanaide- The individualistic but good-hearted apparent main heroine of the game, an ojousama who's only real love is the protagonist but who will save others on the way out of habit.  Her father's teachings have left her with a strong core of self-reliance only surpassed by that of the protagonist.  (honestly, if you like individualistic philosophy that doesn't necessarily deny communalist ideas, this is a good VN to pick)
Himegami Alice- Yami to Hikari no Sanctuary- Raised in the extreme elite capitalist Himegami family, she is perhaps the only member of her family who isn't a sociopath.  In fact, she has a tendency to take life as she finds it and see the best in people around her without blinding herself to their flaws.  Her only crutch is the protagonist, Souji, and even that is more of a precaution than anything else.  Like most of the heroines on this list, she'll help someone along the way, but she quite naturally expects them to take care of themselves without her intervention after.
Fujina Kanori- Minamijuujisei Renka- To her followers, a leader to a better future; to her friends a mischievous but kind-hearted princess; and to her enemies, a ruthless foe who will take extreme action when the situation calls for it.  While she can think of the greater good, her actions are mostly done for the good of her followers, herself, and those she is fond of rather than out of any sense of communalistic duty.  Law and custom are only tools to fulfill her goals to her, and her position is an obstacle she has also turned into a tool.  
Izuna Zanshinken- All three heroines - This is an unusual game, in that all three heroines can be considered to be chaotic good.  Whether it is Suzuka's devotion to her role as the head of the Kuzuryuu Family, Hikaru's devotion to her sense of justice, or Shinobu's need to act for the sake of the victims of the most depraved crimes, all of them show the signature features of a heroine of this type, acting not out of rote belief but out of a deeply personal moral code.
To be honest, I ended up cutting about fifty heroines from this list after considering them, simply because most 'good' heroines are much closer to the lawful or neutral good descriptors.  

Semiramis no Tenbin - Kamio Ami
Kikan Bakumatsu Ibun Last Cavalier - Most of the heroines 
Bradyon Veda- Shion
Devils Devel Concept- All heroines
Draculius- Belche
Akagoei 3- The Route C (Kinshi Kuiki) heroines except Anzu
Izuna Zanshinken- Two out of three
Yurikago yori Tenshi made- Ume and Tae
 
 
 

Worse than Akagoei, in terms of being incomplete.  Akagoei at least pretended to have actual endings, as short and unsatisfying as they were until the FD came out.  If they had released a sequel within six months, I might have been willing to forgive them, but even then, I still would have had major complaints.  This game's potential was wasted entirely because the producers didn't rein in Kinugasa's love of never finishing anything.  The non-true heroine paths are pathetically short and the true heroine's path essentially shuts down in the middle of things, where the action would have begun to get going in any decent game.  Worse, there is no guarantee of a sequel, despite them having set up to easily graft one on, because Kinugasa's tendency to never finish anything extends to everything he does.

Worse than Akagoei, in terms of being incomplete.  Akagoei at least pretended to have actual endings, as short and unsatisfying as they were until the FD came out.  If they had released a sequel within six months, I might have been willing to forgive them, but even then, I still would have had major complaints.  This game's potential was wasted entirely because the producers didn't rein in Kinugasa's love of never finishing anything.  The non-true heroine paths are pathetically short and the true heroine's path essentially shuts down in the middle of things, where the action would have begun to get going in any decent game.  Worse, there is no guarantee of a sequel, despite them having set up to easily graft one on, because Kinugasa's tendency to never finish anything extends to everything he does.

Functionally, the new Microsoft console probably has the best hardware for VNs.  Sadly, the lack of a foothold in Japan will hinder them - just like it has with each iteration of the xbox - in actually getting any games out of Japan on their system.  
Consoles have pretty much become a stand-in for people who can't afford gaming PCs over here.  A gaming PC generally bottoms out at $1000 and there is no limit to how much one can cost, if you go all-out.  Even the current generation of consoles is half that, which means the trade-off in flexibility is attractive for people who just want to game.
VNs have minimal requirements - relatively speaking - but high-end VNs sometimes have ridiculous ones for the content (I mean, why should any VN have a 3GB RAM requirement?  It isn't like there is all that much in the way of gameplay).  
The fact that most VNs are based off the PC produces the need for ports, which cost a surprising amount of money to produce sometimes (depending on the original engine and the system they are porting it to).  Like any port, the benefit vs cost analysis is everything to most companies.  If people buy the VNs that get ported enough to justify the cost, then we'll see more get ported and sent over here.  
Personally, if I was going to play a console VN, I'd want it on the Switch.  The Switch is more convenient than either of the other two systems, with the ability to easily connect it to a TV, its light weight, and its portability.  I really wish the PSP version of Ayakashibito would get ported to Switch, lol.  
As for popularity?  That's more questionable.  It's going to be years before we see any real results from the console market for VNs.  There just aren't a lot of JVNs that aren't otomege on consoles just yet, even over there.  Without the content, there is nothing to lust after, after all.
Note: Understand that when I say there is a 'limited' number of JVNs on console, I mean this in a relative sense.  One reason that VNs have managed to create a niche over here is the sheer number localization companies have to select from with JVNs.  The number of 'classics' and high-quality VNs in general makes it possible to cherry-pick, whereas consoles don't, as of yet, have the numbers to allow for that.

Functionally, the new Microsoft console probably has the best hardware for VNs.  Sadly, the lack of a foothold in Japan will hinder them - just like it has with each iteration of the xbox - in actually getting any games out of Japan on their system.  
Consoles have pretty much become a stand-in for people who can't afford gaming PCs over here.  A gaming PC generally bottoms out at $1000 and there is no limit to how much one can cost, if you go all-out.  Even the current generation of consoles is half that, which means the trade-off in flexibility is attractive for people who just want to game.
VNs have minimal requirements - relatively speaking - but high-end VNs sometimes have ridiculous ones for the content (I mean, why should any VN have a 3GB RAM requirement?  It isn't like there is all that much in the way of gameplay).  
The fact that most VNs are based off the PC produces the need for ports, which cost a surprising amount of money to produce sometimes (depending on the original engine and the system they are porting it to).  Like any port, the benefit vs cost analysis is everything to most companies.  If people buy the VNs that get ported enough to justify the cost, then we'll see more get ported and sent over here.  
Personally, if I was going to play a console VN, I'd want it on the Switch.  The Switch is more convenient than either of the other two systems, with the ability to easily connect it to a TV, its light weight, and its portability.  I really wish the PSP version of Ayakashibito would get ported to Switch, lol.  
As for popularity?  That's more questionable.  It's going to be years before we see any real results from the console market for VNs.  There just aren't a lot of JVNs that aren't otomege on consoles just yet, even over there.  Without the content, there is nothing to lust after, after all.
Note: Understand that when I say there is a 'limited' number of JVNs on console, I mean this in a relative sense.  One reason that VNs have managed to create a niche over here is the sheer number localization companies have to select from with JVNs.  The number of 'classics' and high-quality VNs in general makes it possible to cherry-pick, whereas consoles don't, as of yet, have the numbers to allow for that.

I pushed Akeiro, Silverio Vendetta (since Akabei has an in), and Aoi Tori.

I pushed Akeiro, Silverio Vendetta (since Akabei has an in), and Aoi Tori.

I pushed Akeiro, Silverio Vendetta (since Akabei has an in), and Aoi Tori.