After another three year gap, it’s time to psync back into the ABIS once more with the third title of the AI: The Somnium Files series. While the previous installment, Nirvana Initiative, operated largely as a direct follow-up to the first title and featured different protagonists, No Sleep for Kaname Date – From AI: The […]
Initially released in 2020, then later internationally in 2025, Summer Pockets REFLECTION BLUE is a nakige/slice of life visual novel from Key, a developer well-known for being one of the pioneers of the nakige genre. As the extended version of the 2018 Summer Pockets, it introduces four new routes with additional scenarios for both new […]
Based on the PlayStation 1 late ’90s release of the same name, which itself was somewhat of a remake, ToHeart has been remade once again, and this time includes an English release. But unusually, this time around it’s a 3D visual novel. Does this classic last the test of time? Is the pivot to 3D […]
Three years after 2019’s AI: The Somnium Files, Spike Chunsoft released a sequel titled AI: The Somnium Files – Nirvana Initiative (sometimes stylized as nirvanA Initiative and often shortened to AiNi). Set six years after the events of the first Somnium Files, the Advanced Brain Investigation Squad (ABIS) must again solve a strange new murder […]
Following their generally successful Zero Escape trilogy, Spike Chunsoft decided once again to partner with director and writer Kotaro Uchikoshi to create another mystery adventure game. This manifested in the form of 2019’s AI: The Somnium Files. This title is a murder mystery game with elements of sci-fi, loads of drama, and a rather wild […]
Kanade is a short all-ages visual novel developed by Frontwing and Good Smile Company. It features a scenario penned by Asou Ei (euphoria, Lilja and Natsuka: Painting Lies) alongside several Frontwing veterans such as Kazuya, Yusano, and Matsumoto Fuminori (GINKA, ATRI -My Dear Moments-) who did direction, primary character design, and music respectively. This story […]
A Tithe in Blood (A Tithe in Blood ~Chi no Chigiri~) is a kinetic visual novel developed by Studio Élan, the studio behind works like Highway Blossoms and Please Be Happy. Like their other works, this is a yuri/girls love story, this one pitched as a dark tale of love, mystery, and magic. Love Across […]
Warning: This review will contain spoilers for NEKOPARA Vol. 4, which we would suggest you play before NEKOPARA After. This title is a sequel, so please be aware that there will be details that discuss events that transpired in the previous installment. NEKOPARA After (Neko Para After: La Vraile Famille) is a 2025 visual novel […]
Perennial Dusk -Kinsenka- is the latest release from Frontwing and scenario writer Urushibara Yukito, who is known for Irotoridori no Sekai – The Colorful World and Sakura, Moyu -as the Night’s, Reincarnation-. A tale of seeking meaning in suffering in a world of eternal twilight, Kinsenka has an interesting setting and a memorable story. Unfortunately, […]
The Pillagers of Raillore (Raillore no Ryakudatsusha) is a 2019 visual novel by 3rdEye. Set in the fictional town of Raillore, the game’s story revolves around two groups of people that get entangled in a series of events that threaten to overturn their daily lives as they know it. It features a linear story jam-packed […]