Just wanted to hear what the community is into!
I mainly like mystery and romance VNs, and recently played episode 0 (the demo) of of the Devil (which I loved and I instantly bought episode 1) and played the demo for Urban Myth Dissolution Center (visually impressive but the story and MC didn’t catch me).
Apart from that I’m very slowly working through Mamiya, on my second playthrough of Jack Jeanne, and in the middle of my first route of Lkyt!
It’s true that many gachas use VN format for storytelling, but from what I see they aren’t generally considered VNs 🤔 I’d say the critical difference is that the core gameplay consists of character collection, resource management, upgrades, and whatever battle system/interactive game mechanics the game uses, rather than story? Though I spent a considerable amount of time reading the main story and side stories in granblue fantasy myself…
That seems a bit arbitrary considering series like Rance (and others that slipped my mind at the moment) are considered VNs despite their gameplay sections.
It doesn’t really matter though, it was mostly a joke question to move my list a little further from its mostly romance focus.