Want to escape to experience a slow life in the countryside with your sister? Sickly Days and Summer Traces (Ecchi de Ichizu na Doinaka Nii-sama to, Koshikiyukashii Byoujaku Imouto) lets you take it slow while working together to build up your sister’s health. Before diving into the review, to provide some clarity this visual novel […]
Mojika: Truth Rears Its Ugly Head, or simply Mojika (Minikui Mojika no Ko), is an adult psychological thriller visual novel initially released in Japanese by Nitroplus through its sub-brand Nitro Origin back in July 2018. It is a modern story about a hideous boy who uses his power to read people’s thoughts to exact revenge […]
Tayutama -Kiss on My Deity- was first released by Lump of Sugar as an adult visual novel back in 2008. Approximately 17 years on, it’s been partially remastered and released as an all-ages title both on PC and Nintendo Switch as kawaiinium’s first release as a brand. Tayutama -Kiss on My Deity- was followed by […]
Hentai Prison, or simply HenPri, is an adult noir visual novel released by Qruppo back in January 2022 and brought to international audiences in 2025. Set inside Japan’s fictional ninth correctional precinct, it tells the story of a boy incarcerated for his use of his exhibitionism as an art form. The game is technically a […]
All The Words She Wrote is an original English language visual novel (OELVN) by ebi-hime, one of the better-known indie developers in this niche. It’s a short yuri romance comedy, mostly set in the Japanese countryside. In Love with Elf Forest The easy-going protagonist Mayo Takaoka isn’t much of a reader, but she’s obsessed with […]
Destiny Star Girlfriend 3 (Shukusei no Girlfriend 3 -The Destiny Star of Girlfriend-) is a single-heroine visual novel developed by mirai and published by Shiravune. This romance comedy focuses on a stoic magical girl with a tragic past. While this is technically a standalone release, I’d suggest reading the initial Destiny Star Girlfriend and Destiny […]
Geminism is a visual novel released by the company CRAFTWORK, known for their hit denpa title Sayonara o Oshiete ~Comment to Dire Adieu~. Released in 2023, it is their first title after over 22 years of inactivity in the visual novel market. Geminism’s production staff involves two of their original members—the artist and scenario writer […]
Criminal Border 3rd Offence (titled Liminal Border Part III on Steam) is the penultimate episode of Purple Software’s crime drama visual novel, Criminal Border. Shiravune is publishing the English translation of Criminal Border. This review may contain spoilers for the previous two episodes. Criminal Border 3rd Offence is an eroge which contains sexual content and […]
Despite apparently being too lewd for Steam, Yuzusoft’s Angelic☆Chaos RE-BOOT! (also known as Tenshi☆Souzou RE-BOOT!) has been released. Demons, angels, and other worlds collide in this reincarnation romance. The Demon Lord, Reincarnated Riku Tanikaze is a fairly normal 2nd year student. He’s somewhat of a slacker, enjoys his porn and eroge, and has a few friends. […]
The Shell Part III: Paradiso is a remastered release of Kara no Shoujo – The Last Episode, the closing chapter of Innocent Grey’s Kara no Shoujo series, which was originally released in Japan in 2020. Last year I called The Shell Part II: Purgatorio “a testament to the narrative potential of visual novels”, and both […]