Visual novel compatibility list
A brief overview on what works for a Visual Novel and its confirmed working platforms.
- ✅ Verified to work
- ⚠️ Playable, with some issues
- ❓ Unknown
- N/A Not applicable
If you are experiencing font issues, be sure to install the Windows Japanese Fonts. Common examples are MS Gothic, Mincho, etc.
| Visual Novel | Windows | Mac | Linux | Steam Deck | Game engine | Wineprefix | Wine version | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tsukihime | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | vanilla(any) | any | abandonware; can be played on a browser - https://tsukiweb.holofield.fr/ or offline, using the original exe - https://www.readtsukihi.me/ | |
| DRACU-RIOT! | ✅ | ❓ | ✅ | ✅ | KiriKiri | wmp10quartz | Proton 7+ | Disable Esync |
| Riddle Joker | ✅ | ❓ | ✅ | ✅ | KiriKiri | wmp10quartz | Lutris 7.2+ Proton 7+ | Disable Esync |
| Kinkoi: Golden Loveriche | ✅ | ❓ | ✅ | ✅ | KiriKiri | vanilla(any) | Proton GE 7.43+ | Add “WINE_DO_NOT_CREATE_DXGI_DEVICE_MANAGER=1 %command%” OP/ED work out of the box |
| A Clockwork Ley-Line: Flowers Falling in the Morning Mist | ✅ | ❓ | ✅ | ✅ | vanilla | Proton 7.0+ | Add “PROTON_USE_WINED3D=1 LANG=“ja_JP.UTF-8” %command%” on launch options on steam, if not, you will get stuck on a white screen when the OP start | |
| Kamidori Alchemy Meister | ✅ | ❓ | ✅ | ✅ | wmp10quartz | Lutris 7.2+ Proton 7.0+ | JP Locale Enabled Runs a little laggy in wine8, but is smoother in lutris 7.2.2 . Will experiment more. | |
| Neko Nights | ✅ | ❓ | ✅ | ✅ | vanilla (any) | Lutris 7.21+ Proton 7.0+ | JP Locale enabled | |
| Senren＊Banka | ✅ | ❓ | ✅ | ✅ | KiriKiri | Special: wmp11 | Lutris 5.13+ Proton GE 8.8+ | Disable Esync |
| True Remembrance | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | N/A | N/A | has Native Mac/Linux version (2x version) | |
| Majikoi! Love Me Seriously! | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | vanilla (any) | Lutris 7.21+ Proton 7+ | ||
| Dies irae | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | Malie | vanilla (any) | Lutris 7.21+ Proton 7+ | |
| Maitetsu Last Run! | ✅ | ❓ | ✅ | ❓ | KiriKiri | wmp11 | Proton GE 7.31+ | Switch Kirikiri advanced options to use “Layer” |
| Tsukihime -A piece of blue glass moon- | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | Kirikiri | N/A | N/A | Run the switch version on Ryujinx to avoid sprite lag. |
| Gnosia | ✅ | ❓ | ✅ | ❓ | N/A | Proton GE 8-6 | ||
| Forest | ✅ | ❓ | ✅ | ❓ | codeX RScript | liarsoftengine / special: mciqtz32 | Lutris 7.21+, Proton 7+ | Not yet tested, but liarsoftengine should work. |
| Harmonia | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | Siglus Engine | lavfilters | Lutris 7.21+ Proton 7+ | |
| G-Senjou no Maou - The Devil on G-String | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | Kirikiri | wmp10quartz | Lutris 7.21+ Proton 7+ | |
| Utawarerumono: Prelude to the Fallen | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | vanilla (any) | Lutris 7.21+ Proton 7+ | ||
| Utawarerumono: Mask of Deception | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | vanilla (any) | Lutris 7.21+ Proton 7+ | ||
| Dōkyūsei: Bangin’ Summer (remake) | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | lavfilters | Proton GE 7.31+ | Graphical glitches on default wine | |
| Fureraba | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | lavfilters | Lutris 7.21+ Proton 7+ | HD renewal edition | |
| Utawarerumono: Mask of Truth | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | vanilla (any) | Lutris 7.21+ Proton 7+ | ||
| Utawarerumono (2002, original) | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | vanilla (any) | Lutris 7.21+ Proton 7+ | ||
| Saku Saku: Love Blooms with the Cherry Blossoms | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | lavfilters / ffdshow | Proton GE 7.20+ | ||
| Spirit Hunter: Death Mark | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | borked for now, untested for Proton 8 (https://www.protondb.com/app/980830) | |
| Umineko - When They Cry | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | NScripter | vanilla (any) | Lutris 7.21+ Proton 7+ | w/ witch hunt translations. For HD sprite/PS3 version port, see Umineko Project (supported). The original japanese release might require deleting some fonts from the wineprefix as nscripter defaults to a font on its own and there are no options to select one |
| Higurashi - When They Cry | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | NScripter | vanilla (any) | Lutris 7.21+ Proton 7+ | w/ witch hunt translations. The original japanese release might require deleting some fonts from the wineprefix as nscripter defaults to a font on its own and there are no options to select one. |
| Spirit Hunter: NG | ✅ | ❌ | ⚠️ | ⚠️ | N/A | Proton 7+ | movies don’t play, but otherwise semi-playable. untested for Proton 8 (https://www.protondb.com/app/1100430) | |
| Your Turn To Die -Death Game By Majority- | ✅ | ❓ | ✅ | ✅ | ❓ | ❓ | input lag on some linux devices, possible lag when loading an asset. Applicable to all rpg maker mv/mz games. | |
| MUSICUS! | ✅ | ❓ | ✅ | ❓ | ffdshow | Lutris 7.21+ Proton 7+ | not yet tested. movies if any? | |
| Clannad | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | RealLive | wmp10quartz | Lutris 7.21+ Proton 7+ | |
| Majikoi A-1 | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | vanilla (any) | Lutris 7.21+ Proton 7+ | JP Locale enabled | |
| Majikoi A-2 | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | vanilla (any) | Lutris 7.21+ Proton 7+ | JP Locale enabled | |
| Majikoi A-3 | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | vanilla (any) | Lutris 7.21+ Proton 7+ | JP Locale enabled | |
| Majikoi A-4 | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | vanilla (any) | Lutris 7.21+ Proton 7+ | JP Locale enabled | |
| Majikoi S | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | vanilla (any) | Lutris 7.21+ Proton 7+ | JP Locale enabled | |
| Dead End Aegis Dead End Aegis Gaiden | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | vanilla (any) | Lutris 7.21+ Proton 7+ | ||
| YOU and ME and HER: A Love Story (totono) | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | N2System N4System(JAST) | lavfilters/ffdshow + xact | Lutris 7.21+ Proton 7+ | Install xact with lavfilters or ffdshow |
| Katawa Shoujo | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | N/A | N/A | has Native Mac/Linux version | |
| Baldr Sky | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | lavfilters | Lutris 7.21+ Proton 7+ | Lutris 7.21+ Proton 7+ | |
| Sabbath of the Witch | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | kirikiri | special: wmp11 | Lutris 7.21+ Proton 7+ | Disable DXVK Press ALT for Advanced Settings > Movie Rendering > Layer |
| Cyanotype Daydream | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | wmp10quartz | Lutris 7.21+ Proton 7+ | ||
| White Album 2 Introductory Chapter & Closing Chapter | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | wmp10quartz / special: wmp11quartz | Lutris 7.21+ Proton 7+ | requires special install. d3d9 set override n,b | |
| Fruit of Grisaia | ✅ | ✅ | ⚠️ | ⚠️ | CatSystem2 | wmp10quartz | Lutris 7.21+ Proton 7+ | Movies flicker, but otherwise fully playable. |
| Labyrinth of Grisaia | ✅ | ✅ | ⚠️ | ⚠️ | CatSystem2 | wmp10quartz | Lutris 7.21+ Proton 7+ | Movies flicker, but otherwise fully playable. |
| Eden of Grisaia | ✅ | ✅ | ⚠️ | ⚠️ | CatSystem2 | wmp10quartz | Lutris 7.21+ Proton 7+ | Movies flicker, but otherwise fully playable. |
| Persona 5 Royal | ✅ | ❌ | ✅ | ✅ | any | Lutris 7.21+ Proton 7+ | Steam Deck: 1920x1080 resolution override in Steam Game Properties, 40 fps lock. | |
| Yosuga no Sora | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | any | Lutris 7.21+ Proton 7+ | JP Locale enabled | |
| Saya no Uta (original) | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | nps | lavfilters | Lutris 7.21+ Proton 7+ | |
| Saya no Uta (remaster) | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | N4System | xact | Lutris 7.21+ Proton 7+ | |
| YU-NO PC-95 (w/ Voice Mod & BGM Mod) | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | yunoengine | Lutris 7.21+ Proton 7+ | requires special install. | |
| Corpse Party (2021) | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | any | Lutris 7.21+ Proton 7+ | ||
| eden* They were only two, on the planet. | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | lavfilters | Lutris 7.21+ Proton 7+ | ||
| Evenicle 1 | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | any | Lutris 7.21+ Proton 7+ | MUST HAVE game version 1.04: turn on full screen mode, and enable compatibility mode in in-game config. | |
| Evenicle 2 | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | any | Lutris 7.21+ Proton 7+ | ||
| ef - the first tale. | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | lavfilters | Lutris 7.21+ Proton 7+ | ||
| ef - the latter tale. | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | lavfilters | Lutris 7.21+ Proton 7+ | ||
| Never7 -the end of infinity- | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | vanilla (any) | any | love2D engine required (has native windows/linux ver) | |
| Ever17 -the out of infinity- HIMMEL Edition | ✅ | ⚠️ | ⚠️ | ⚠️ | vanilla / lavfilters | any | Requires special install.Set the virtual resolution to 800x600 to correctly crop the videos. | |
| Remember11 -the age of infinity- GESTALT edition | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | lavfilters | any | ||
| StarTrain | ✅ | ✅ | ⚠️ | ✅ | Kirikiri | wmp10quartz | Lutris 7.21+ | Fullscreen does not work, but fixable with Gamescope. Disable DXVK |
| Steins;Gate | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | vanilla (any) | Lutris 7.21+ Proton 7+ | w/ COZ patch | |
| Steins;Gate 0 | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | vanilla (any) | Lutris 7.21+ Proton 7+ | w/ COZ patch | |
| Tsui no Stella | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | Siglus Engine | wmp10quartz / wmp11 | Lutris 7.21+ | See guide to choose which prefix needed. Disable DXVK. |
| Root Double | ✅ | ❓ | ⚠️ | ⚠️ | vanilla (any) | any | Font rendering is low quality on Unix systems | |
| Deus Machina Demonbane | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | N2System | demonbaneengine | Lutris 7.21+ Proton 7+ | |
| Subarashiki Hibi | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | BGI | vanilla (any) | Lutris 7.21+ Proton 7+ | |
| Baldr Heart + EXE | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ⚠️ | NeXAS | wmp10quartz | Lutris 7.21+ Proton 7+ | Severe frame drops when high enemy count in the Steam Deck on later stages. |
| Full Metal Daemon: Muramasa | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | N2System/N4System (JAST) | muramasaengine | Lutris 7.21+ Proton 7+ | |
| AIR | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | RealLive | vanilla (any) | Lutris 7.21+ Proton 7+ | |
| Fate/stay night | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | Kirikiri | lavfilters / wmp10quartz | Lutris 6.21+ Proton 7+ | |
| Gore Screaming Show | ✅ | ❓ | ✅ | ✅ | lavfilters | Lutris 7.21+ Proton 7+ | ||
| Hoshi Ori Yume Mirai | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | Siglus Engine | vanilla (any) | lutris-GE-Proton-7-32+ | |
| Ima Sugu Onii-chan ni Imouto da tte Iitai! | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | vanilla (any) | Lutris 7.21+ Proton 7+ | ||
| Kanon | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | RealLive | vanilla (any) | Lutris 7.21+ Proton 7+ | |
| Muv-Luv | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | vanilla (any) | lutris-GE-Proton-7-21+ | ||
| Muv-Luv Alternative | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | vanilla (any) | any | ||
| Kana | ✅ | ❓ | ✅ | ✅ | wmp10quartz | Lutris 7.2+ | ||
| Otome wa Boku ni Koishiteru | ✅ | ❓ | ✅ | ✅ | wmp10quartz | Lutris 7.2+ | ||
| Sakura no Toki | ✅ | ❓ | ✅ | ✅ | Artemis | artemisengine | Lutris 7.2+ | Use Gamescope/Game mode to avoid video flickering |
| Sakura no Uta | ✅ | ❓ | ✅ | ✅ | BGI | lavfilters / wmp10quartz | Lutris 7.2+ Proton GE 8-13+ | JP Locale Enable Spanish translation works but some characters like “ñ” or letters with accents don’t appear |
| Albatross Koukairoku | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | codeX RScript | liarsoftengine / special: mciqtz32 | Lutris 7.2+ | |
| Gahkthun of the Golden Lightning -What a Radiant Brave- | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | codeX RScript | liarsoftengine / special: mciqtz32 | Lutris 7.2+ | |
| Ayakashibito | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | vanilla (any) | Lutris 7.2+ | uses modified aya.bat script to run game | |
| Umineko Project | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | vanilla (any) | any | Has Native Linux version. | |
| Kara no Shoujo | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | InnocentGrey engine Kirikiri (mangagamer) | vanilla (any) | any | |
| Kara no Shoujo (HD) | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | InnocentGrey engine | wmp11quartz | Lutris 7.2+ Proton 7+ | Make sure patch is up to date. d2d1 override set to n,b or in winecfg |
| Kara no Shoujo 2 | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | InnocentGrey engine Unity (mangagamer) | N/A | N/A | Has native Mac & Linux version. |
| Tokyo Babel | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | vanilla (any) | Lutris 7.2+ | ||
| Saihate no Ima | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | wmp10quartz / liarsoftengine | Lutris 7.2+ | disable DXVK. needs font in the prefix to avoid startup crash. sometimes the op video crashes if left to play to the end click to skip before it ends naturally | |
| Kikokugai The Cyber Slayer | ✅ | ❓ | ⚠️ | ❓ | nps N2System (remake) | vanilla | Proton GE 7.20+ | Broken formatting in the textbox on linux. Still in a readable state. |
| Hatsukoi 1/1 | ✅ | ❓ | ✅ | ✅ | Siglus Engine | vanilla | Proton GE 7.32 | |
| Sakuranomori Dreamers | ✅ | ❓ | ✅ | ✅ | vanilla | Proton GE 7.43 | ||
| Shin Koihime † Musou | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | lavfilters | Proton GE 7.16 | Interface is in Japanese | ||
| Ore-tachi ni Tsubasa wa Nai | ✅ | ❓ | ✅ | ❓ | Lucifen | wmp11 + quartz_dx | Lutris 7.2 | Disable DKVX use special codecs: sh codec.sh wmp11 quartz-dx |
| Hello;World | ✅ | ❓ | ✅ | ❓ | nps | wmp11 + quartz_dx | Lutris 7.2 | Disable DKVX use special codecs: sh codec.sh wmp11 quartz-dx |
| Nukige Mitai na Shima ni Sunderu Watashi wa Dou Surya Ii Desu ka? | ✅ | ❓ | ✅ | ❓ | Shiina Rio | vanilla | Lutris 7.2 | |
| Kishin Houkou Demonbane | ✅ | ❓ | ✅ | ✅ | N4System | muramasaengine + xact | Lutris 7.2 | English fantl has wordwrapping issues in linux. Japanese works fine. |
| Sore wa Maichiru Sakura no You ni -Re:BIRTH- | ✅ | ❓ | ✅ | ✅ | Artemis | vanilla wine-ge/proton-ge | Lutris GE-proton 8.14 | |
| GINKA | ✅ | ❓ | ✅ | ✅ | Kirikiri | wmp11quartz | Lutris 7.2 | |
| Rewrite | ✅ | ❓ | ✅ | ✅ | Siglus engine | wmp10quartz(Japanese version) | Lutris 7.2 | Lutris 7.2 English version should work by default in Steam. Japanese version requires wmp10quartz (wmp11quartz does not work) install quartz manually as the script does not work here for 32bit |
| Clover Day’s Plus | ✅ | ❓ | ✅ | ✅ | Kirikiri/Unity | kirikiri → wmp11quartz_dx Unity → wine-ge/proton-ge | kirikiri → Lutris 7.2 Unity → wine-ge 8.22 | If running the new Unity version in lutris make sure to enable DKVX. Otherwise disable. |
| Sousaku Kanojo no Ren’ai Koushiki | ✅ | ❓ | ✅ | ✅ | Kirikiri | wmp11quartz | Lutris 7.2 | Disable DKVX |
| Tenshi no Nichou Kenjuu -Angelos Armas- | ✅ | ❓ | ✅ | ✅ | nps | wmp11 + quartz_dx | Lutris 7.2 | Disable DKVX use special codecs: sh codec.sh wmp11 quartz-dx Seems to crash on 32 bit prefixes and some wine versions |
| Moshimo Ashita ga Hare Naraba | ✅ | ❓ | ✅ | ✅ | wmp11 + quartz_dx | Lutris 7.2 | Disable DKVX use special codecs: sh codec.sh wmp11 quartz-dx | |
| Geminism | ✅ | ❓ | ✅ | ✅ | Unity | vanilla with wine-ge | Lutris-ge-proton 8.23 |