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[Anime ED2] Gnosia
Studio: domerica
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQhN...
Song: "Floor Killer" by Umeda Cypher
Studio: domerica
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQhN...
Song: "Floor Killer" by Umeda Cypher
November 29, 2025 at 4:27 PM
[Anime ED2] Gnosia
Studio: domerica
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQhN...
Song: "Floor Killer" by Umeda Cypher
Studio: domerica
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQhN...
Song: "Floor Killer" by Umeda Cypher
Clearrave announces Resequence: The Orchard
Story: Re,AER (Mahou Shoujo no Majo Saiban)
Art: fracoco
An occult-horror where counselor Saito investigates strange phenomena through sessions with students
Clearrave is the parent company of Palette and Bug System
JP/EN/CN, 2026
Story: Re,AER (Mahou Shoujo no Majo Saiban)
Art: fracoco
An occult-horror where counselor Saito investigates strange phenomena through sessions with students
Clearrave is the parent company of Palette and Bug System
JP/EN/CN, 2026
November 29, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Clearrave announces Resequence: The Orchard
Story: Re,AER (Mahou Shoujo no Majo Saiban)
Art: fracoco
An occult-horror where counselor Saito investigates strange phenomena through sessions with students
Clearrave is the parent company of Palette and Bug System
JP/EN/CN, 2026
Story: Re,AER (Mahou Shoujo no Majo Saiban)
Art: fracoco
An occult-horror where counselor Saito investigates strange phenomena through sessions with students
Clearrave is the parent company of Palette and Bug System
JP/EN/CN, 2026
H9: ORIGIN is out
A faux-documentary horror game that uncovers the truth behind an incident at the development studio of a canceled VN from the 90s
Directed by Nagai Tomoyoshi, who contributed to My Merry May, 428, and the first Zero Escape
JP/EN/CN
A faux-documentary horror game that uncovers the truth behind an incident at the development studio of a canceled VN from the 90s
Directed by Nagai Tomoyoshi, who contributed to My Merry May, 428, and the first Zero Escape
JP/EN/CN
November 29, 2025 at 3:45 PM
H9: ORIGIN is out
A faux-documentary horror game that uncovers the truth behind an incident at the development studio of a canceled VN from the 90s
Directed by Nagai Tomoyoshi, who contributed to My Merry May, 428, and the first Zero Escape
JP/EN/CN
A faux-documentary horror game that uncovers the truth behind an incident at the development studio of a canceled VN from the 90s
Directed by Nagai Tomoyoshi, who contributed to My Merry May, 428, and the first Zero Escape
JP/EN/CN
CRYSTALiA announces Dimension Lovers
Planning & Scenario:
• Aienkien (MECHANICA, goHELLgo)
Neko Hacker will compose the music instead of ALNEAR
More information TBA
Planning & Scenario:
• Aienkien (MECHANICA, goHELLgo)
Neko Hacker will compose the music instead of ALNEAR
More information TBA
November 28, 2025 at 12:22 PM
CRYSTALiA announces Dimension Lovers
Planning & Scenario:
• Aienkien (MECHANICA, goHELLgo)
Neko Hacker will compose the music instead of ALNEAR
More information TBA
Planning & Scenario:
• Aienkien (MECHANICA, goHELLgo)
Neko Hacker will compose the music instead of ALNEAR
More information TBA
Entergram announces goHELLgo GO
This edition features various system additions and improvements, 3 new unique girls, and new events for main heroines
Scenario: Aienkien (gHg unique girls, MECHANICA)
Ittenchiroku is also involved in the development
March 26, PC/PS4/Switch
This edition features various system additions and improvements, 3 new unique girls, and new events for main heroines
Scenario: Aienkien (gHg unique girls, MECHANICA)
Ittenchiroku is also involved in the development
March 26, PC/PS4/Switch
November 27, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Entergram announces goHELLgo GO
This edition features various system additions and improvements, 3 new unique girls, and new events for main heroines
Scenario: Aienkien (gHg unique girls, MECHANICA)
Ittenchiroku is also involved in the development
March 26, PC/PS4/Switch
This edition features various system additions and improvements, 3 new unique girls, and new events for main heroines
Scenario: Aienkien (gHg unique girls, MECHANICA)
Ittenchiroku is also involved in the development
March 26, PC/PS4/Switch
Yoshimune Kouki, the creator of Muv-Luv, on being bored by visual novels and on Maeda Jun's genius
November 24, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Yoshimune Kouki, the creator of Muv-Luv, on being bored by visual novels and on Maeda Jun's genius
Utawarerumono: Shiro e no Michishirube will be available on Steam, PS5, and Switch 2
2026
2026
November 22, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Utawarerumono: Shiro e no Michishirube will be available on Steam, PS5, and Switch 2
2026
2026
anemoi support artwork
Artist: GotoP (narcissu 2, CLANNAD: Hikari Mimamoru Sakamichi de)
Artist: GotoP (narcissu 2, CLANNAD: Hikari Mimamoru Sakamichi de)
November 20, 2025 at 7:48 PM
anemoi support artwork
Artist: GotoP (narcissu 2, CLANNAD: Hikari Mimamoru Sakamichi de)
Artist: GotoP (narcissu 2, CLANNAD: Hikari Mimamoru Sakamichi de)
[Official TL] Moeyo! Otome Doushi releases on March 26
A Daoist priestess in training lives in a martial arts kingdom and faces conflict and betrayal when the Tournament of Valor is interrupted
Switch
A Daoist priestess in training lives in a martial arts kingdom and faces conflict and betrayal when the Tournament of Valor is interrupted
Switch
November 20, 2025 at 7:46 PM
[Official TL] Moeyo! Otome Doushi releases on March 26
A Daoist priestess in training lives in a martial arts kingdom and faces conflict and betrayal when the Tournament of Valor is interrupted
Switch
A Daoist priestess in training lives in a martial arts kingdom and faces conflict and betrayal when the Tournament of Valor is interrupted
Switch
[Official TL] Mystery no Arukikata releases on February 26
A detective story from the creator of 7'scarlet and World End Syndrome. Your university club revisits an unsolved murder of a famous landscape artist thirty years later
Switch
A detective story from the creator of 7'scarlet and World End Syndrome. Your university club revisits an unsolved murder of a famous landscape artist thirty years later
Switch
November 18, 2025 at 3:08 PM
[Official TL] Mystery no Arukikata releases on February 26
A detective story from the creator of 7'scarlet and World End Syndrome. Your university club revisits an unsolved murder of a famous landscape artist thirty years later
Switch
A detective story from the creator of 7'scarlet and World End Syndrome. Your university club revisits an unsolved murder of a famous landscape artist thirty years later
Switch
Steins;Gate Re:Boot delayed to 2026, first screenshots
huke, the original character designer, is supervising new illustrations
More ⬇️
huke, the original character designer, is supervising new illustrations
More ⬇️
November 18, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Steins;Gate Re:Boot delayed to 2026, first screenshots
huke, the original character designer, is supervising new illustrations
More ⬇️
huke, the original character designer, is supervising new illustrations
More ⬇️
[Official TL] E School Life is out
A game by Hooksoft. After years abroad, Ryoutarou returns to his Japanese hometown to reconnect with old friends—and maybe find new love?
A game by Hooksoft. After years abroad, Ryoutarou returns to his Japanese hometown to reconnect with old friends—and maybe find new love?
November 18, 2025 at 8:30 AM
[Official TL] E School Life is out
A game by Hooksoft. After years abroad, Ryoutarou returns to his Japanese hometown to reconnect with old friends—and maybe find new love?
A game by Hooksoft. After years abroad, Ryoutarou returns to his Japanese hometown to reconnect with old friends—and maybe find new love?
[Official TL] Kagami Games announces LOVEPICAL-POPPY
SMEE’s 15th anniversary game. Scenario:
• Yakamoto Uto (Houkago Cinderella)
• Minase Takumi (Primal Hearts 2)
• Nanao Yuhi (Momoiro Closet)
• Nakajima Taiga (Inochi no Spare)
December 19
SMEE’s 15th anniversary game. Scenario:
• Yakamoto Uto (Houkago Cinderella)
• Minase Takumi (Primal Hearts 2)
• Nanao Yuhi (Momoiro Closet)
• Nakajima Taiga (Inochi no Spare)
December 19
November 16, 2025 at 7:17 AM
[Official TL] Kagami Games announces LOVEPICAL-POPPY
SMEE’s 15th anniversary game. Scenario:
• Yakamoto Uto (Houkago Cinderella)
• Minase Takumi (Primal Hearts 2)
• Nanao Yuhi (Momoiro Closet)
• Nakajima Taiga (Inochi no Spare)
December 19
SMEE’s 15th anniversary game. Scenario:
• Yakamoto Uto (Houkago Cinderella)
• Minase Takumi (Primal Hearts 2)
• Nanao Yuhi (Momoiro Closet)
• Nakajima Taiga (Inochi no Spare)
December 19
[Official TL] Corpse Party Tetralogy Pack canceled
XSEED: "Several games in the Tetralogy Pack did not comply with current platform guidelines"
The pack was released on Switch on August 7 in Japan with English language support
XSEED: "Several games in the Tetralogy Pack did not comply with current platform guidelines"
The pack was released on Switch on August 7 in Japan with English language support
November 15, 2025 at 6:37 AM
[Official TL] Corpse Party Tetralogy Pack canceled
XSEED: "Several games in the Tetralogy Pack did not comply with current platform guidelines"
The pack was released on Switch on August 7 in Japan with English language support
XSEED: "Several games in the Tetralogy Pack did not comply with current platform guidelines"
The pack was released on Switch on August 7 in Japan with English language support
H9 will be available in two versions
H9: ORIGIN — GOG, Nov 30
H9: Clean Copy — Steam, after summer. It'll feature various content and structure changes
A faux-documentary horror game that uncovers the truth behind an incident at the development studio of a canceled VN from the 90s
H9: ORIGIN — GOG, Nov 30
H9: Clean Copy — Steam, after summer. It'll feature various content and structure changes
A faux-documentary horror game that uncovers the truth behind an incident at the development studio of a canceled VN from the 90s
November 14, 2025 at 12:12 PM
H9 will be available in two versions
H9: ORIGIN — GOG, Nov 30
H9: Clean Copy — Steam, after summer. It'll feature various content and structure changes
A faux-documentary horror game that uncovers the truth behind an incident at the development studio of a canceled VN from the 90s
H9: ORIGIN — GOG, Nov 30
H9: Clean Copy — Steam, after summer. It'll feature various content and structure changes
A faux-documentary horror game that uncovers the truth behind an incident at the development studio of a canceled VN from the 90s
[Delay] Cartagra
25.12.25 → 05.02.26
A Switch port of the remake of the debut game by Innocent Grey, its story would later tie into the Kara no Shoujo series
JP/EN/CN. The scenario is revised by Suzuka Miya, the writer of KnS. Includes an additional story from Nagomibako
25.12.25 → 05.02.26
A Switch port of the remake of the debut game by Innocent Grey, its story would later tie into the Kara no Shoujo series
JP/EN/CN. The scenario is revised by Suzuka Miya, the writer of KnS. Includes an additional story from Nagomibako
November 13, 2025 at 7:09 AM
[Delay] Cartagra
25.12.25 → 05.02.26
A Switch port of the remake of the debut game by Innocent Grey, its story would later tie into the Kara no Shoujo series
JP/EN/CN. The scenario is revised by Suzuka Miya, the writer of KnS. Includes an additional story from Nagomibako
25.12.25 → 05.02.26
A Switch port of the remake of the debut game by Innocent Grey, its story would later tie into the Kara no Shoujo series
JP/EN/CN. The scenario is revised by Suzuka Miya, the writer of KnS. Includes an additional story from Nagomibako
[Official TL] Idea Factory announces Birushana Senki: Ichiju no Kaze
A fandisc of Birushana Senki featuring four main routes with all-new love interests, and five returning love interests in the epilogues
Switch, 2026
A fandisc of Birushana Senki featuring four main routes with all-new love interests, and five returning love interests in the epilogues
Switch, 2026
November 12, 2025 at 10:04 PM
[Official TL] Idea Factory announces Birushana Senki: Ichiju no Kaze
A fandisc of Birushana Senki featuring four main routes with all-new love interests, and five returning love interests in the epilogues
Switch, 2026
A fandisc of Birushana Senki featuring four main routes with all-new love interests, and five returning love interests in the epilogues
Switch, 2026
[Official TL] Aksys Games announces OVER REQUIEMZ
An emotional otome game based on The Wizard of Oz. Sentenced to death, you are ordered to investigate mysterious ruins along with four murderers and a supervisor of the condemned
Summer, Switch
An emotional otome game based on The Wizard of Oz. Sentenced to death, you are ordered to investigate mysterious ruins along with four murderers and a supervisor of the condemned
Summer, Switch
November 12, 2025 at 2:01 PM
[Official TL] Aksys Games announces OVER REQUIEMZ
An emotional otome game based on The Wizard of Oz. Sentenced to death, you are ordered to investigate mysterious ruins along with four murderers and a supervisor of the condemned
Summer, Switch
An emotional otome game based on The Wizard of Oz. Sentenced to death, you are ordered to investigate mysterious ruins along with four murderers and a supervisor of the condemned
Summer, Switch
Surugaya: Top 10 Best-Selling VNs of 2025
Surugaya is a Japanese store. This list covers sales from January 1 to November 10
Surugaya is a Japanese store. This list covers sales from January 1 to November 10
November 11, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Surugaya: Top 10 Best-Selling VNs of 2025
Surugaya is a Japanese store. This list covers sales from January 1 to November 10
Surugaya is a Japanese store. This list covers sales from January 1 to November 10
[Official TL] Death Match Love Comedy releases on February 19
One of the earlier games by amphibian, the creator of Raging Loop
Kei was cursed, and the next time he receives a confession of love he will explode. But why has he been cursed, and by whom?
Steam/PS4/PS5/Xbox/Switch
One of the earlier games by amphibian, the creator of Raging Loop
Kei was cursed, and the next time he receives a confession of love he will explode. But why has he been cursed, and by whom?
Steam/PS4/PS5/Xbox/Switch
November 11, 2025 at 9:05 PM
[Official TL] Death Match Love Comedy releases on February 19
One of the earlier games by amphibian, the creator of Raging Loop
Kei was cursed, and the next time he receives a confession of love he will explode. But why has he been cursed, and by whom?
Steam/PS4/PS5/Xbox/Switch
One of the earlier games by amphibian, the creator of Raging Loop
Kei was cursed, and the next time he receives a confession of love he will explode. But why has he been cursed, and by whom?
Steam/PS4/PS5/Xbox/Switch
[Official TL] Amairo Chocolate 3 is out
When Kaguya goes on her school field trip, our hero grows closer to her older sister. In addition, Kohana, a self-proclaimed god, has been revived
Illustrated by Shiratama (Shugaten) and Korie Riko (Ikikoi, Amazing Grace)
When Kaguya goes on her school field trip, our hero grows closer to her older sister. In addition, Kohana, a self-proclaimed god, has been revived
Illustrated by Shiratama (Shugaten) and Korie Riko (Ikikoi, Amazing Grace)
November 11, 2025 at 8:11 AM
[Official TL] Amairo Chocolate 3 is out
When Kaguya goes on her school field trip, our hero grows closer to her older sister. In addition, Kohana, a self-proclaimed god, has been revived
Illustrated by Shiratama (Shugaten) and Korie Riko (Ikikoi, Amazing Grace)
When Kaguya goes on her school field trip, our hero grows closer to her older sister. In addition, Kohana, a self-proclaimed god, has been revived
Illustrated by Shiratama (Shugaten) and Korie Riko (Ikikoi, Amazing Grace)
Yostar Pictures announces Needy Girl Overdose TV anime
Director: Nakajima Masaoki (New Panty & Stocking and Blue Archive episode director)
Scenario & Supervision: Nyalra (original game writer)
April 2026
Director: Nakajima Masaoki (New Panty & Stocking and Blue Archive episode director)
Scenario & Supervision: Nyalra (original game writer)
April 2026
November 10, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Yostar Pictures announces Needy Girl Overdose TV anime
Director: Nakajima Masaoki (New Panty & Stocking and Blue Archive episode director)
Scenario & Supervision: Nyalra (original game writer)
April 2026
Director: Nakajima Masaoki (New Panty & Stocking and Blue Archive episode director)
Scenario & Supervision: Nyalra (original game writer)
April 2026
NekoNeko Soft announces Koi Shikarubeki
Story: Kataoka Tomo (narcissu)
Character design: Werkbau (Christmas Tina)
"Do not enter the mountains. You will be cursed." In 1972 you once again visit a village to spend time with your sister and... enter the forbidden place
JP/EN/CN, 2026
Story: Kataoka Tomo (narcissu)
Character design: Werkbau (Christmas Tina)
"Do not enter the mountains. You will be cursed." In 1972 you once again visit a village to spend time with your sister and... enter the forbidden place
JP/EN/CN, 2026
November 6, 2025 at 7:22 AM
NekoNeko Soft announces Koi Shikarubeki
Story: Kataoka Tomo (narcissu)
Character design: Werkbau (Christmas Tina)
"Do not enter the mountains. You will be cursed." In 1972 you once again visit a village to spend time with your sister and... enter the forbidden place
JP/EN/CN, 2026
Story: Kataoka Tomo (narcissu)
Character design: Werkbau (Christmas Tina)
"Do not enter the mountains. You will be cursed." In 1972 you once again visit a village to spend time with your sister and... enter the forbidden place
JP/EN/CN, 2026