visual novel; interactive fiction game
A video game genre emphasizing text-based storytelling with mostly static graphics, often with branching narratives. The term is wasei-eigo and may be used interchangeably with ビジュアルノベル.
wasei-eigo (Japanese-coined English), from novel game
See also: ビジュアルノベル
Lately I've been hooked on visual novels, and I'm advancing the story every night.
In this visual novel, the ending changes depending on your choices.