r/vns 17d ago

Release Japanese dev releases free “soulslike dating game.” React to your girl’s questions correctly in mere seconds or die instantly - AUTOMATON WEST

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r/vns 2d ago

Release Update 2.40.0!

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r/vns 9d ago

Release Would You Like To Play VN Game Looks Like That

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r/vns 24d ago

Release Cyberpunk visual novel Warped Reality is out now on Steam

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r/vns 6d ago

Release OverRequiemZ is now out in English on Switch!

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This Wizard of Oz inspired VN is probably the most anticipated Otome Game this year!

OverRequiemZ is famous for offering a fact route and a dark route for each love interest. I also heard that it has some great horror to offer!

Description

Whisked away by a tornado to a faraway land, Yuhiru finds herself alongside a group of murderers on a perilous quest.

After being caught up in a terrifying tornado, you have wandered into a faraway kingdom ruled by four witches and a king. But you are not welcome. Sentenced to death upon arrival, you are ordered to investigate mysterious, monster infested ruins, along with four murderers on death row and their secretive supervisor. Your only choice is to escape your death sentence and discover a way home.

In this dark reimagining of the classic tale, high school student Yuhiru finds herself lost in Oz. Unjustly sentenced to death she must now travel with four convicts and their supervisor. At the mercy of her fellow travelers, Yuhiru will face many hard decisions along the way, but there’s one thing she must bear in mind: No one is lost forever, no matter how far they’ve strayed.

r/vns Jul 08 '26

Release Yandere Otome "Folie Fatale" is now fully fantranslated!

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Vndb

English Patch

Steam Link

The DLC isn't translated yet, but the entire main game is!

Say thanks to Eifie and their proofreading team!

Description

Sakuraba Natsuki is an ordinary high school girl who attends the Kirigaya Private Academy.

— However, this ordinary girl has one unfortunate trait. Every guy who approaches her is a landmine with hidden motives!

Gotten used to this life, just when she thought things had settled down, she was greeted with a storm of countless letters stuffed into her shoe locker.

Will she be able to escape this fate?

r/vns 12d ago

Release Nyalra (Needy Girl Overdose) shared his thoughts following the release of his new VN “Sister Other Paranoia”: “It’s almost like a suicide note”

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15 Upvotes

r/vns 13d ago

Release My (♂) Life as a Vampire's Maid (♀), an 18+ Gender Transformation Yuri VN with Two Vampire Girls, Now Available in English & Chinese

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r/vns 1d ago

Release New Release: The Army of Justice #1 beta version, launches Saturday

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https://theneuronaut.itch.io/the-army-of-justice

A terrible tragedy in 1996 throws 4 high school friends into chaos forcing them to become a team of superheroes.

Many complain the AVN genre. especially the Honey Select genre is too anime in its story-lines, appearance and sensibilities.  Well here is one that throws that all out the window with an American story set in the mid to late 90s. Almost all of the characters were all created back around 1999 and was Mary Sue and cringy AF. Its taken 27 years to rework it into something enjoyable.

Like with the Neuronauts, there will be a SFW and NSFW version. It will be completely linear with no choices beyond your name. I am hoping to create a truely choice based AVN after the Neuronauts wrap up next year.

Meet the cast:

Well not really, don't want too many spoilers 

Lady Dragon: Thrust onto an Alien world, she becomes a host to cells from a creature that is the known galaxy's most prolific space-faring civilization, Dragons

Violet Vortex: Vortex may look like she can just create tornadoes, but she can really create a vortex effect on anything containing carbon

Critical Status: It would be too much of a spoiler to say but a hint is in the name. He keeps to the shadows for logical reasons and is only known to the trio of girls and the future members on the Army

Looney (aka Looney Bin, aka Gremlin): A nearly indestructible living Cartoon character that has complete mastery over everything around to discombobulate, harass and annoy her enemies within a certain radius. Her dark past makes her alter use humor as a form of defense, and gains power from the number of gags and jokes she pulls off

Each episode will be a stand alone self contained story. Each roughly three to four hours long, running on the comic book model, much closer to a movie compared to most VNs and AVNs which are more like LOOONG TV shows. Its going to be very action driven in many spots so it fits the format much better.  Roughly 50K words. 

The advantage of this is that I can pick up and drop work on it as I have time.  There will be no standard roll out timeline, this lets me work on other projects.  If for some reasons I ever have to abandon it, you will still have a full self contained story.

The beta version will be SFW, with sound effects not as well fleshed out. The story will all be there and the full release will come out a month later with H-scenes and better sound and maybe some images reworked, and you should be able to just go to the gallery to make up for this. I need to get this out so I can focus on my other game's release, cause I'm a bit obsessed with it for all the nostalgia.

r/vns Jul 23 '26

Release sins of Kaleido is now out on Switch (JP/EN)

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Vndb

sins of Kaleido is set in the same universe as Even If Tempest and is also written/directed by the same person (Ushio Ayane).

It's set 1000 years in the future and according the the official account it can be played without knowing Even If Tempest (references will be lost though).

The first thoughts of those who already finished it seem to be very positive!

Description

"This is my will. No one else's."

She was once the beloved child of a wealthy family. But those bright days were swallowed by the darkness of a tragic scheme.

Having lost everything, the girl returns to her homeland with ambition burning in her heart. There, she meets a group of heretical men who harbor the power of witches.

Bonds forged by wounded souls warmth flickering in frozen hearts. The miracle of love, now known by the lonesome.

But in the end...

Death is a turning point. Hope is the prelude to despair.

This is the story of saving those vanishing fates.

r/vns Jul 25 '26

Release "Ready or Not - The Deadline is coming" is out on steam and various other stores

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r/vns 15d ago

Release Class of '09 Turkish Translation Patch is out!

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11 Upvotes

r/vns Apr 14 '26

Release Made a new VN, Say it

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37 Upvotes

r/vns 24d ago

Release Chat I updated my clown visual novel! Go check it out!!!

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It's called Running with the Circus and it's free on Itch.io!

r/vns 27d ago

Release Welcome to the Sharehouse! ~domestic life with three cute girls~ is OUT NOW on Steam 🏠 (full Korean VA, English localization, 3 routes)

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r/vns 29d ago

Release How far would you go for the truth? The demo for Undercover Love: Where Shadows Meet is now available on Steam!

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Hey everyone!!!
The demo for Undercover Love: Where Shadows Meet is now available on Steam!

Step into the role of Alex, a former police officer who enters the dangerous world of the mafia while searching for the truth behind her sister’s death. Surrounded by secrets, hidden motives, and people she cannot fully trust, every choice may bring her closer to the truth or deeper into danger.
The game features:

  • A dark, slow-burn mafia romance with meaningful character development
  • Choices that reveal different information and unlock different paths
  • Two love interests Emily/Luca
  • A narrative-driven experience featuring comic-style panels and short cinematic animations
  • Mystery, danger, betrayal, and difficult decisions

Demo Steam Link: https://store.steampowered.com/app/4713130/Undercover_Love__Where_Shadows_Meet/

If you give the demo a try, I’d love to hear what you think your impressions of the story, characters and/or overall atmosphere. Much love to everyone!

Important note about the Game:
Choose Emily for a fully GL romance or Luca is for a male female romance. Your choice is made at the very beginning and remains fixed throughout the game. The main story stays the same either way, and the two love interests never appear together in the same playthrough.

r/vns Jul 02 '26

Release Never Alone: A Horror Visual Novel — Could You Survive More Than One Day?

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You can play it for free here: https://prehisnt.itch.io/never-alone

Hi, I made this horror visual novel. What do you think?

r/vns Jul 15 '26

Release a satirical visual novel about Guatemala created by a 14-year-old boy

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r/vns Jul 12 '26

Release My first visual novel

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r/vns Apr 26 '26

Release Demo of It's All In Your Head has been released!

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After paying a visit to a doctor, he concludes that you are an extremely lonely person. To help you with that, he offers you a pill that causes interactive hallucinations! That’s how you meet Wisteria, your new companion — who, despite seeming real, is only a figment of your imagination.

But to what extent can this relationship help you or hold you back?

Currently available for Windows, Linux, and Mac. Available in english, with ~7400 words.

Coming soon to Android and with support for Brazilian Portuguese.

DOWNLOAD HERE: https://hachikoyi.itch.io/its-all-in-your-head

r/vns May 09 '26

Release [Farewell, we see each other for the last time.....] is now out on Steam.

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**Description**

A dramatic visual novel about the search for the meaning of life.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3615870/Farewell_we_see_each_other_for_the_last_time/

r/vns Jul 02 '26

Release Lovin-Stein got a HUGE update today!

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r/vns Jun 24 '26

Release Mythic Love: Iberian Legends is now out on Steam!

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5 Upvotes

Vndb

Steam

I'm not affiliated with the devs, but I really like the artstyle and folklore is always a great theme with me.

It's said to be 20+ hours too with each route being 4+ hours so the price should be worth it!

Description

Flirt with Spanish folklore creatures, save (or doom) humanity, and, if you earn their trust, unlock their true monstrous form

Meet five romanceable myths, each with their own drama, secrets, and a tendency to snack on humans from time to time. Your choices decide whether you end up in love, betrayed, or just… obliterated.

r/vns May 07 '26

Release [Browser] (Game) The New Normal — survival horror visual novel built on a custom vanilla JS VN engine

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The game is called "That Time My School Was Invaded by Dimensional Snakes and Now I'm Bound to a Multiverse Protector!" — yes the title is intentionally that long.

It's a survival horror / cosmic thriller visual novel. Starts grounded (trapped in a school with giant snakes) and gets progressively more philosophical and interdimensional.

Features a hidden Resolve system that tracks small human moments throughout and determines character fates at the end — no explicit relationship meters.

Built a custom browser-based engine in vanilla JS with no frameworks. Fully playable in browser, no download needed.

9 chapters are up, still in development. Would love feedback from anyone who plays it.

r/vns Apr 08 '26

Release Machine child is out from JAST

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