Fall in Love Steam Visual Novel Festival

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Fill your week with romance visual novels ♥ From September 24 to October 1!

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I almost forgot this Steam festival was happening, but I caught it just in time! From September 24, 2025 to October 1, a bunch of romance visual novels are being showcased! A lot of them are already released and even has a nice discount attached to them, some haven’t been released yet, and some have demos that you can try. Some free visual novels are also being showcased just in case they happened to miss your radar. You can check out the Steam Event page here. Time to fight temptation on buying a visual novel or two.

Of course, I have some recommendations! I played some of these visual novels after all or at least their demo. So without further ado, here’s participating romance visual novels I personally recommend checking out:

Replay Boys

30% off | Demo Available

Band emergency! This was supposed to be Hannah’s day off, but now she’s been roped into managing The Replay Boys, an up-and-coming boy band. Make choices to stoke multi-timeline romances, keep the band from killing each other, and fight a resurrected ’80s pop star ghost. Can you manage?

Obscura

20% off | Demo Available | Demo Impression

Descend under a mountain to the marketplace below, where everything has a price. Meet the four men who can each give you what you need, but beware: they have their own hidden motives and uses for you. OBSCURA is a dark fantasy romance VN that asks how far you’ll go to get what you need.

Arcade Spirits

75% off | Demo Available | Review

Arcade Spirits is a romantic visual novel that follows an alternative timeline where the 1983 video game crash never occurred. It’s 20XX and you’ve just started a new job at the Funplex game arcade. Who will you meet along the way? Will you find the romance you’re seeking?

Raptor Boyfriend: A High School Romance

80% off | Demo Available

Raptor Boyfriend: A High School Romance is a dating sim about a teen girl who moves to a small secret community of cryptids. Romance a magical Fairy, a sensitive Sasquatch and a bold Velociraptor. A satirical 90’s teen drama about trying to find love in your last year of high school.

Celestia: Chain of Fate

33% off | Demo Available | Review

A romance-fantasy visual novel that delivers a captivating player driven narrative. Enrol at Celestia Academy and uncover your heritage. Delve into a fantastical realm and unearth your magical potential as a hybrid. Forge new friendships and build affections based on your love interests.

City Lights, Old Flames

50% off | Demo Available | Demo Impression

Follow your heart and help Yui untangle her career and her personal life in this too sweet romance where the final decision is all yours.

Pre-Odyssey: Love at First Quack

25% off | Demo Available | Review

She’s a princess beloved by ducks. He’s a notorious king of schemes. A romantic fragment from a 3000-year old EPIC, retold as an Otome visual novel… but with ducks somehow added to the mix.

Genso Manège

25% off | Demo Available | Review

Follow Emma as she fights to reawaken her magical powers in order to aid a unique cast of characters, all of whom are trapped inside a travelling amusement park. Having lost memories from youth, Emma must rediscover her past through love and friendship in this stunning dream-like fantasy otome.

Sifting Thyme

25% off | Demo Available

An otome visual novel where you choose your romance with an attractive boy in culinary school. A perfectly delectable romance for foodies.

Band Camp Boyfriend

40% off | Demo Available

Will you lead your marching band to victory as drum major? Explore band camp and attend rehearsal alongside an unforgettable cast of characters, where every choice matters. Find love or face tragedy in 7 routes with 35+ different endings in this colorful, musically-rich otome visual novel.

Bustafellows

20% off | Demo Available | Review

A new visual novel from the legendary eXtend! Mixing dangerous romance with murder mystery, BUSTAFELLOWS is a steamy noir mystery that will make you shiver but ask for more!

Pivot of Hearts

20% off | Demo Available | Review

Game developer Wén Xiàn has a second chance at love, but it’s not what he expects. Will he be able to stray off the beaten path and find true happiness? Play your cards right and find out in Pivot of Hearts, a non-monogamous visual novel!

Him, the Smile ＆ bloom

25% off

Refreshingly adult Otome, centered around a local flower shop, it is a mature exploration of relationships, and the highs and lows romance. With twelve endings to enjoy, it is sure to make both your heart melt and your pulse race.

Plastic Trick

25% off | Demo Available

Plastic Trick – an otome game inspired by mannequins An absurd, comedy game about plastic mannequins that have come to life and are fighting each other for your kiss, featuring a GxB/GxG romance!

Zero-Sum Heart

25% off | Demo Available | Review

“I” make a deal with the witch to give up my heart, in exchange for love— from everyone. Is it worth it if losing my heart means gaining *his*? In this short visual novel, make choices and answer the question: is love a zero-sum game?

Vibrant Frame

Released | Demo Available

An otome novel adventure that captures a slice of life and sweet romance of youths striving for their dreams without despairing over reality.

Saintess of the Golden Bow

Coming Soon | Demo Available

Reborn as the Saintess of the Golden Bow in your favorite fantasy novel, rewrite fate in this otome visual novel. Forge bonds, evade death, and battle the Demon Queen, your choices shape the realm’s destiny. Will you save the world or meet a tragic end?

Killer Chat! – Expanded Edition

Coming Soon | Demo Available | Demo Impression

Killer Chat! Expanded Edition fleshes out our serial killer dating chatsim to make it bigger, better and bloodier than ever before! Play as a writer, pretend to be a serial killer, get inspiration for your book, and try not to call the cops as you fall in love with your murderous beau of choice.

Cupid’s Chatroom

Coming 2026 | Demo Available | Demo Impression

A mysterious program called “Cupid’s Chatroom” suddenly appears on your PC, transporting you into a private chatroom. You find yourself joined by five others, who have also been dragged into the server—and it turns out they’re your potential bachelors?!

Mirage Noir

Coming Soon | Demo Available

Mirage Noir is a detective romance visual novel where every lead could bring you closer to love—or straight into a killer’s hands.

A Date with Death

Free! | Paid DLC Available | Demo Impression

Fight against & romance the one hunting for your soul in A Date with Death, a romance chat simulator where you date(?) the Grim Reaper himself. Create your own character, decorate your apartment, and chat away with the charming yet dangerous Grim Reaper through text and video calls.

Touchstarved

Coming Soon | Demo Available | Demo Impression

TOUCHSTARVED is a dark romance visual novel where your choices determine whether the story ends with gothic romance or blood-curdling horror. Explore an enigmatic city and find a cure for your curse by entrusting your fate to 5 love interests, each uniquely monstrous in their own way.

Trapped with Jester

Free!

An unusual horror-themed Visual Novel about waking up in a carriage with a stranger… Whatever could go wrong?

Magical Warrior Diamond Heart

Coming Soon | Demo Available

A romantic dramedy visual novel about magical girls! Play as Diamond Heart and lead a team of magical warriors. Will you defeat the Nightmares, make new friends, and find love along the way? Or will you meet a tragic end?

Starbright Agency

Coming Soon | Demo Available

Can you top the Scout charts of Neo Seattle? Take control of unranked hero Wishbright’s fate as you fake-date your choice of star-powered personalities. Uncover secret identities, question the ethics of capitalism, and maybe fall in love in this queer, citypop-styled visual novel!

Heart Cage

Coming Soon | Demo Available | Demo Impression

Yandere x Otome x Mystery A mystery Otome game with all yandere love interest, play as a detective and find out the truth!

Hustle Cat

Released

You are Avery Grey, the newest employee at a popular cat cafe called A Cat’s Paw. The coffee’s good and the staff is friendly (and kinda cute!) but mysterious. One day, you find a strange book in the basement, with letters you can’t quite read…

The Hayseed Knight

Released | Demo Available

A ragtag band of misfits tell the unlikely tale of a one-eyed farmboy’s accidental rise to fame in this fully voice-acted and animated picaresque visual novel.

Reanimation Scheme

Coming Soon | Demo Impression | Demo Impression

An otome game and romance visual novel. Step into the shoes of the necromancer, Raenelle. Meet a colorful cast of characters, fail to summon the spirits of the dead, unravel mysteries, and maybe — just maybe — fall in love.

Pearlglow Cafe: Sweet Crumb Kisses

Coming Soon | Demo Impression

Step through the magical doors of Pearlglow Cafe, a cozy otome visual novel about new beginnings, gentle romances, and the power of food. Experience life as Juniper Brooks as you choose your cafe’s daily special and build relationships with the vibrant townsfolk.

High Times – Dating/Cooking Sim

Coming Soon | Demo Available | Demo Impression

Manage your own donut café in High Times, and help customers escape from their problems by serving special donuts that affect their emotions. Sometimes they don’t know what they want, so listen to their stories, offer them advice in the form of donuts, and mend broken relationships.

Sensei! I Like You So Much!

Released

“Sensei! I Like You So Much!” is a fandom business simulation game. You will play as a fanfic author, create & release your fanzine, join comicons, gather followers, and become a legend with your fellow fans around! You can buy goods of your pairing, build itabags, and decorate your room as well!