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Please Be Happy's demo is now available in 日本語 简体中文 한국어 !

We are pleased to announce that the demo for our slice-of-life fantasy yuri visual novel, Please Be Happy, is now available in Simplified Chinese, Japanese & Korean!

Thank you for the love and patience. We hope to be able to bring the full games into these languages one day, too!

Chinese TL: Hakui Team Korean TL: KyleHeren

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We're pleased to announce that A Tithe in Blood will be releasing on June 16th of this year - mark your calendars!

On top of that, the updated demo of the game, featuring full Japanese voice acting & translation, is now available to play on Steam!

Wishlist it on Steam

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🔫🐶 Kaoru Ito 伊藤 薫 (CV: Haruka Okamura #岡村明香)

"But, you know. She feeds me and gave me a bed. Far as strays go, plenty have a worse life." 「でも、タチアナは食べ物と寝���を用意してくれた。野良犬には、もっとひどい生活をしてるやつがいっぱいいる。」

Here's another voice acting preview for our upcoming dark yuri A Tithe in Blood! This time we have a preview of Kaoru's voice, one of the side characters.

Wishlist it on Steam

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5 years ago today, the wheels of fate began to turn…

Happy 5th anniversary to Without a Voice, our dark fantasy yuri visual novel! Since its full release, over 50,000 people have plunged down a path of no return with Cassidy and Elowen 🥀

Play it for free on Steam or itchio~

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Fly upwards...to Steam!

Our cute puzzle visual novel Upwards, Rain! The Post Office of Farewells is receiving a Steam release on July 1st—and it'll be fully voiced!

This Steam release will be an overhaul of the game, including updated artwork, new lore compendiums, voice acting & more.

🪶 Wishlist it

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🌸 Yasue 安江 (CV: Mami Fujita #ふじたまみ)

"I see we have a visitor. Welcome back, Miss Asakawa." 「あら、またいらっしゃったのね。おかえりなさい、浅川さん。」

Here's our next preview of A Tithe in Blood's Japanese voice acting, featuring Mami Fujita as Yasue! She'll be the love interest for the main character Honoka, who's voice you can hear here.

Wishlist it on Steam

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🩸 Honoka Asakawa 浅川 穂花 (CV: Toka Itsuki #樹冬華)

"People are too difficult for me. I can't do any of that." 「私には、それができない。人間関係が、難しすぎるよ。」

Here's the first preview for Honoka's voice! She's the main character in our upcoming dark yuri fantasy visual novel, A Tithe in Blood.

Play the demo on Steam

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Announcing Full Japanese Translation & Voice Acting for A Tithe in Blood!

We're excited to announce that our upcoming dark yuri visual novel A Tithe in Blood will launch with Japanese language support and full Japanese voice acting!

Studio Élanの新作百合ADVゲーム『A Tithe in Blood 〜血の契り〜』が、日本語対応と日本語フルボイスでリリース決定！

Thank you so much to Sarah Nelkin, Re,AER and Studio Tonaria!

Casting Director, Localisation Manager: Sarah Nelkin (Re,AER LLC) Japanese Translation: Chisato Saito (Matsurika Games LLC) Proofreading: Neko Hattori Recording Engineer: Yusuke Kondo (Studio Tonaria)

Honoka Asakawa CV. Toka Itsuki (樹冬華)

Yasue CV. Mami Fujita (ふじたまみ)

Shino Kikuchi CV. Haruka Sugita (杉田春花)

Kaoru Ito CV. Haruka Okamura (岡村明香)

Tatiana Fedorova CV. Jenya (ジェーニャ)

Yonehara CV. Yuki Kyoka (京花優希)

We'll be posting character voice previews soon - please look forward to them! In the meantime, if you want to see some of the indepth progress going on in A Tithe in Blood, check out our Patreon posts and wishlist A Tithe in Blood on Steam!

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When a pair of paranormal investigators travel to an isolated village, they wind up in the middle of a centuries old ghost tale…

Our modern fantasy yuri visual novel Heart of the Woods is half off right now on Steam! Kiss a gay ghost girl today ❄️

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Yuri Visual Novel 'Please Be Happy' Celebrates Console Release

On Friday, Studio Élan celebrated that its 2022 Yuri visual novel Please Be Happy is now available on PlayStation 5 & 4, Nintendo Switch, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, and the Microsoft Store as of February 21, 2025. The game was ported to consoles by Sometimes You, which also publishes the title on those platforms.

The developer describes the visual novel:

Please Be Happy is a comfy slice-of-life yuri romance visual novel set in a fictional version of Wellington, New Zealand. Born as a fox in the forest of Korea, Miho carries with her the memory of a traveler who showed her kindness and spoke of home. Now more human than fox, Miho has spent a long, long time searching for her person. She arrives by airship to Wellington, one of the jewels of the floating island of New Zealand. Despite her years spent observing humans, she still has a lot to learn about their culture and society. She's made a living so far as a thief, her heightened senses allowing her to easily take advantage of people. She's also seen a lot of the worst of what mankind has to offer. It's only after meeting Juliet, the owner of a small library, and Aspen, an aspiring novelist, that Miho starts to understand what kindness is, and that there's more than just the bad stuff when it comes to people

Please Be Happy was directed by adirosa. The visual novel includes a script of over 220,000 words from writer Josh Kaplan, with additional writing from adirosa and lovelandisle. It features character designs and CG artwork by artist Kobuta, with additional illustrations by adirosa. Players can explore two different romantic routes, each with two possible happy endings. The game includes full English voice acting and an original soundtrack composed by Sarah "Esselfortium" Mancuso, who also composed the music for Studio Élan's Heart of the Woods.

Please Be Happy was initially released by Studio Élan on November 21, 2022, on Steam and itchio. It currently has a "very positive" rating on Steam, with 99% positive ratings from over 250 reviews.

Studio Élan is a game development studio focusing on Yuri and LGBTQ+ visual novels that (mostly) focus on magic and fantasy. Their previous releases include Heart of the Woods and Highway Blossoms (originally from founder Josh Kaplan's previous group, Alienworks). The studio also publishes other developer's projects under its publishing wing, Bellhouse.

Please Be Happy is available now on PlayStation 5 & 4, Nintendo Switch, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, the Microsoft Store, Steam, and itchio for $19.99.

Source: Press Release

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Please Be Happy is out now on consoles!

Our comfy slice-of-life yuri romance visual novel Please Be Happy is now released on Sony PlayStation 5 & 4, Nintendo Switch, Xbox Series X|S and Xbox One! 💖

Born as a fox in the forest of Korea, Miho carries with her the memory of a traveler who showed her kindness and spoke of home. Now more human than fox, Miho has spent a long, long time searching for her person. She arrives by airship to Wellington, one of the jewels of the floating island of New Zealand. Despite her years spent observing humans, she still has a lot to learn about their culture and society. She's made a living so far as a thief, her heightened senses allowing her to easily take advantage of people. She's also seen a lot of the worst of what mankind has to offer. It's only after meeting Juliet, the owner of a small library, and Aspen, an aspiring novelist, that Miho starts to understand what kindness is, and that there's more than just the bad stuff when it comes to people.

Features:

220k+ words

2 different routes with 2 different happy endings each

full English voice acting

original soundtrack by Sarah Mancuso

Play it on...

Nintendo Switch

PlayStation 4 & 5

Xbox One

Xbox Series X|S

Steam

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Announcing... the first ever Otome Games Celebration, a Steam festival just for otome games! 💖

I'm happy to announce that we've been approved for an otome-oriented festival on Steam in May. This will be a great time for otome fans to get discounted otome, try out demos, find new otome to follow, and more.

If you're an otome developer, you can submit your game to be included in the event. Developer sign-ups are open until March 7th!

More info

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Breaking the usual hiatus to announce that Chronotopia: Second Skin is 15% off both on Steam and Itchio 🍂.

If you haven’t bought the game yet, it’s a good opportunity to dive into Kionna’s journey 🙂.

🍁 Steam 🍁

🍁 Itchio 🍁

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Today marks the beginning of Season of Pride presented by MidBoss, IDGA, and Gayming Magazine, a festival for celebrating a variety of queer games. Two of my LGBT+ & boys love visual novels, Canvas Menagerie and Asphodelium, as part of the event.

Other queer visual novels are also in the event... like these!

Together with some friends we're celebrating queer visual novels in the festival. Check them out!

Of Sense and Soul by @forsythiaproductions ✒️

Lock & Key: A Magical Girl Mystery by @vnstudioelan 🌟

Cage of Roses by @ebi-hime 🌹

Imperial Grace by @synstoria 👑

Drăculești by @draculestigame 🍷

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Happy 1st anniversary, Twofold!

To celebrate, we've got a special announcement… Twofold is currently being ported to the Nintendo Switch! 💚

A few of the Twofold developers have written up postmortems as well, that you can read here.