Senren Banka (or Senren * Banka) includes a common route with six heroine routes and a ‘bad ending’. Two are locked behind other routes. This guide will tell you about the choices to access the various routes, and explain the situation regarding the patch. If you have not yet purchased this visual novel, you may […]
Sugar * Style is a fairly straightforward visual novel, but has confused quite a few people due to its unusual system. It includes two four routes and endings. This guide will tell you about the choices to access the various endings, mention Steam achievements, and explain the situation regarding the adult patch. If you’ve not […]
2023 has been a fantastic year for English visual novel releases. While we can’t claim to have played each one, between us, the NookGaming team has certainly read a lot of them. As this year comes to a close and we start 2024, we want to take a look back, highlight some of our personal […]
2022 has seen quite a few visual novels released in English. While we can’t claim to have played every single one, we have checked out quite a few! As we finish off 2022 and start 2023, the NookGaming team wants to take a look back and highlight some of our personal favorites. KuroKairin, Wes Playfair, […]
Suhoshin is the debut visual novel from French studio No More 500. Set in Joseon-era Korea, Suhoshin sees a series of strange and brutal murders shatter the peace of a quiet village in the countryside. It’s up to protagonist Yuri (and you) to unveil the truth. Premise The story begins with Yuri riding back to […]
Suhoshin is the upcoming debut visual novel from studio No More 500. While the full game doesn’t have a release date yet beyond sometime this year, a demo consisting of the first few chapters of this mystery visual novel will be out soon. That’s what I’m taking a look at today, so without further ado, […]
Following The Last Act, Snowhaven Studios presents another Original English Language Visual Novel (OELVN), this time a horror story set on Halloween day. Released for PC on 12 October 2021, Not It: Spookiest Edition is an updated version of Not It, an entry by the same team for the month-long Spooktober Visual Novel Jam in 2019. Highlights of the […]
Do you dream of reaching the stars? The ladies of Byakko do. Farther than the Blue Sky by ChuableSoft and MangaGamer follows the protagonist as he helps them to achieve their dream – to send a rocket into space. Rocket School Farther than the Blue Sky is set at a school meant to raise the […]
2021 has been a great year for visual novels. We’ve had a ton of great ones released in English. Shiravune has made a big splash by dropping repeated surprise releases. We’ve seen some surprisingly good indie releases too. As we roll over into 2022, we’d like to take a look back. KuroKairin, Wes Playfair, and myself […]
Currently on Kickstarter until mid-October, Dear Mom: My Letter to You is a slice-of-life social sim and romance visual novel by indie developer Mangoku418. It follows the story of Ayame Kawasaki, an 18-year-old high school student who lost her mother to suicide one year earlier. After having shut herself away during her year-long absence from Yamada Hoshi […]