Nekoday announces 20 (!) spin-offs The team has gathered 20 highly acclaimed scenario writers from various generations to create fictional games that exist within the world of The Last Poem They will be released after the main game (this one is likely real and not a joke)

[Official TL] Homura: The Crimson Warriors is out Developed by Otomate, this is the final stage of the Warring States period. It is a tale of the bonds and way of life shared by the Nobushige Sanada and the Ten Braves who gather at Osaka Castle Switch

Lilac is out The cast is all-male or all-female depending on the version Based on stage plays by Kouno Yuuka, it's set at a magic school where humans and mages mingle. Will their differences lead to conflict, or to friendship? Character design: Ooyari Ashito

NTT announces Obey Me! Sinner's Choice: Lucifer A darker tale of sin and love and a collaboration with Good Smile Company, which means Frontwing is developing the VN You are the magistrate. Decide whether Lucifer is worthy of salvation, or doomed to destruction JP/EN/CN, 2026

[Official TL] Welcome to Cafe Lumière! ~A Dragon Girl Concept Cafe~ releases on April 23 Masamune enjoys going to concept cafes, and his life changes forever after crossing paths with the dragon girl, Marmalydia Story: Andou Kotatsu (Momoiro Closet) Art: Koucha (Happiness)

[Fan TL] Kurai Heya is out An unpublished novel by Karabe Yousuke, also known as Setoguchi Ren'ya (Swan Song, Musicus, Hirahira Hihiru) Rebuilt as a doujin game, the story follows a sickly boy who leads a secluded life in his dark room until the sudden death of his mother

Expelled from Paradise announced The game will feature a new original story set in the world created by Urobuchi Gen, Mizushima Seiji, Toei Animation, and Nitro Plus Urobuchi's involvement, genre, platforms, and developer TBA Winter 2026

[OP movie] sins of KALEIDO Brand: AmuLit www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDSB... Song: Gimme That! Composition: Misumi Arrangement: Misumi, Kaneko Takuma Lyrics: Misumi Vocals: DUSTCELL

[Official TL] Acacia announces Magical Girl Witch Trials Thirteen girls wake up in a prison and explore it while preparing for a trial to find and execute the witch among them Steiner and Blick Winkel reunite as translators after Steins;Gate EN, FR, ES, KR Release date TBA

CLOWN teases its debut game Story • Manpukutei Hakumai (Da Capo 4-5) Art • Shouna Mitsuishi (Supipara, The Deadline is Coming) • Yatanuki Kei (Da Capo 5) • Tsushima Kurita (D.C. Re:tune) CIRCUS retweeted the announcement, so it might be their new sister brand More info in April

MAGES announces My Merry May with be A remaster of the highly regarded two-part sci-fi VN by KID, written by Nishikawa Maoto (Symphonic Rain) and Nagai Tomoyoshi (H9:ORIGIN). It will feature 3 additional scenarios June 25, Switch

[Official TL] Otome Daoshi: Fighting For Love is out 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] Karigurashi Ren'ai is out A romcom by ASa Project, and the last game Amato (Ren'ai 0 Kilometer, Sankaku Renai) worked on as the main writer Your childhood friends all offer to let you couch surf at their places on a rotation system

[Official TL] Making*Lovers: First Blush releases on April 11 A spiritual successor to Making*Lovers, developed by a mostly new team

Konami announces a Silent Hill f manga adaptation It will feature a new ending by Ryuukishi07 Artist: Goukin Ame The manga will be published on Young Ace UP (Higurashi Gou/Meguri, The Summer Hikaru Died) Release date TBA

[Official TL] Amanatsu+ releases on April 14 Developed by Azarashi Soft and written by Hayase Yuu (Making*Lovers, Himukai Chihiro), it's a fandisc of Amanatsu The summer love story continues as the fun and chaotic preparations for the school festival begin

Prototype announces Kousai Toshi and Dreamin' Her for Switch Unlike previous ports, there is no info about the latest kinetic novel by Key being available in EN On the other hand, Dreamin' Her from the creators of Seven Days, will be available in EN and will release on July 16

Yorhel has passed away He was known for running vndb, a website he created back in 2007 The moderation team is working to preserve the website but cannot provide details at the moment

Hoshizora Tetsudou to Shiro no Tabi sales top 100,000 copies A train journey beneath the starry sky A doujin game written by Sakaki Kasa (Kinkoi) and illustrated by Shiratama (Sugar Sweet Temptation) It was released in 2020 and received a CN translation and a Switch port

[Official TL] Machine Child releases on April 8 A raising sim by Ooyari Ashito, the artist behind Lilac, Littlewitch Romanesque, Eiyu*Senki, Period, and Quartett The Steam version features additional outfits

Frill announces Mosaic no Tenshi The first game in 6 years from a former Visual Arts brand. Shuu runs an AV studio and his life is devoid of any dreams. Until he meets a mysterious runaway girl Story: Shiraya Tatsuki (HoshiOri, Kamisana) Art: Mutou Kurihito (HoshiOri, Garudoma) June 26

[Official TL] Idea Factory announces 9 R.I.P. sequel The sequel features continuations of both the "Heaven" and "God" endings from the original game Character design: Yuuya (Cupid Parasite, Café Enchanté) 9 R.I.P. sequel is partially written by Re,AER (Manosaba) Switch, 2026

SCA-Ji is working on a completely new game The development priority is split roughly evenly between it and the next game in the Sakura series SCA-Ji plans to keep making new games for another 10+ years and believes his next project won't be inferior to Subahibi or Sakura no Uta

Overlap Games announces A Toast for the End Times Story: • Kaihou Norimitsu (Jingai Makyou, School-Live!) • Kanan Ren (Psycho-Pass VN, Occultic;Nine) A barkeep and a young girl run a tavern, a lone oasis amidst a wasteland ravaged by zombies and raiders 2026, JP/EN/CN/Arabic

[Official TL] Shiravune announces Gyaru Fiction A new game from the Real Hentai Situation! 2 team featuring multiple gyaru heroines and a protagonist cross-dressing as one You can take some rather bold actions, which makes things all the more tactical and exciting

Which scenario writer has the most followers on Twitter? A bizarre research project no one asked for, but I did it anyway out of pure curiosity. I already had some data from 2021, so I added it for comparison Have fun! Can you guess who made the top 10?

Fate/Extra Record delayed indefinitely Fate/Extra remake was announced in 2020 and has been delayed multiple times. It was scheduled to release this spring on Steam/PS4/PS5/Switch Bandai Namco will no longer be the publisher, and the development process will be restructured

Famitsu Dengeki Game Awards 2025 GOTY: Silent Hill f (written by Ryuukishi07) Best Dev Team: Silent Hill f Best VA: Katou Konatsu (Hinako in Silent Hill f) Best Scenario & Rookie Award: Hundred Line Best Adventure & Best Indie Game: Urban Myth Dissolution Center

Maeda Yukie has passed away at 52 She was also known as Nojima Kana and retired in February because she had been suffering from malignant sarcoma • Moutoku in Koihime Musou • Vlad Tepes in Eiyu*Senki • Karin in Suzukuri Dungeon • Mafuyu in Kanojo x Kanojo x Kanojo (OVA)

[Official TL] Rose Guns Days Season 1 releases on April 9 The first game in a four-part action-suspense thriller set in an alternate-history Japan after WW2 by Ryuukishi07 (Umineko, Silent Hill f) • 1280x960 • You can switch between JP, EN, and CN

sprite announces Koganei-sou to Konjiki no Agehachou 15th anniversary project Story: Yohira (everlasting flowers) Art: Suzumori (Aokana) A share house receives an odd purchase offer one day. Around the same time a new girl with suspicious behavior moves in Fall. PC/Switch

[Official TL] Eve of the 12 Months is out A winter-themed game by minori. It was previously delisted from Steam Story: Takeda (Supipara, Harvest December) Kagami Yuu (ef, eden*, Supipara) Misagi (Trinoline) Composer: Tenmon (5 Centimeters per Second, Tsurezure Children)

Nekopara series sales top 7 million copies The upcoming Nekopara Sekai Connect soshage will be released on April 14 on Android and iOS, followed by a Steam release this fall

Spike Chunsoft Publisher Sale on Steam 90%: Zero Escape Trilogy 90%: Danganronpa 2 90%: Danganronpa Another Episode 90%: 428 Shibuya Scramble 90%: Zanki Zero 90%: Re:ZERO The Prophecy of the Throne 85%: YU-NO

AmuLit & Soyogi Fractal announce Re:cord NOAH An otome game produced by Voltage and Kaji Yuuki Story • tom (A3, Masquerade) • Kanae Alice (Samurai Love Ballad) Art • Ozaki Domino Music • Hayashi Yuuki (My Hero Academia) Switch, 2026

[Fan TL] Re: is out Story: Team N.G.X (Edelweiss) Art: Kawahara Makoto (Swan Song) Music: milktub & ms-jacky (Kira Kira) Brand: S.M.L (Carnival) Yugo will move to America in 10 days, so he goes to a farewell party with his friends... only to go back in time after an accident

[Official TL] BEEP announces Kurutta Kajitsu A horror story by Fairytale (now known as F&C) that was originally released for PC-98 in 1992 This rerelease will keep the original artwork and include English and Chinese translations May 29

Stray Sheep to Shisha no Koe Vol.1 releases on June 26 The first game by Moonstone, the creators of Sakuranomori Dreamers, in almost 10 years will be released in two parts this year A gifted detective is nearly murdered and pulled into a dark world of supernatural phenomena

[Delay] goHELLgo GO 26.03.26 → 25.06.26 An enhanced version of an RPG by Entergram and Ittenchiroku, the director and game designer of Dohna Dohna PC/PS4/Switch

Steam release of Apathy: Psycho Fujoshi cancelled The team didn't explain the exact reason but clarified that it's something that can't be fixed with simple revisions The first R18 title in the long-running horror series by Iijima Takiya and Shannon

Mamiya receives full voice acting on Switch Natsume: Fukuyama Jun Mamiya: Kaji Yuuki This will also be the first VN to utilize Soyogi Soyogi, an AI trained on Kaji Yuuki's voice. It will have an "important" role that is only possible in Mamiya June 25. JP/EN/CN

Mahou Shoujo no Majo Saiban sales top 500,000 copies Thirteen girls wake up in a prison and explore it while preparing for a trial to find and execute the witch among them Re,AER released their debut game last year

[Official TL] DRACU-RIOT is out A game by Yuzusoft that was originally released in 2012. The translation was announced by Sekai Project in 2017 but was later taken over by NekoNyan

[Official TL] Kagami Games announces Tenpure!! A game by Circus, the developer of Da Capo A childhood friend sleeping next to you? A girl running with a slice of toast in her mouth? A maid falling from the sky? Is this some kind of a VN template? Late April

Purple software announces Magalumina Scenario • Mikage (ef, Amatsutsumi) • Masaki Zino (Ginharu) Art • Go-1 (KoiAma) What if your life constantly went wrong? You're mistaken for someone else. You receive packages by mistake. You end up living with a female spy... June 26

Senren * Banka worldwide sales top 1,000,000 copies The Yuzusoft game is available on Steam, DMM, and Nintendo Switch, among other platforms. NekoNyan and Hikari Field translated it into English and Chinese Yuzusoft reported 700,000 copies in September 2024

Cyanotype Daydream vol 2 novelization cover art Writer: Ono Wasabi Artist: Shimofuri Label: Kadokawa Sneaker Bunko May 1

[Official TL] Karigurashi Ren'ai releases on March 26 A romcom by ASa Project, and the last game Amato (Ren'ai 0 Kilometer, Sankaku Renai) worked on as the main writer Your childhood friends all offer to let you couch surf at their places on a rotation system

Utawarerumono Lost Frag will end service on April 23 The mobile game by Aquaplus was originally released in 2019.

lotta has passed away They were known as a composer who contributed to various games, such as Deardrops, Otome * Domain, and the Da Capo series lotta had been battling illness for three years