The Song of Saya

Bear witness to a love that will change the world, in this classic horror romance visual novel from acclaimed writer Urobuchi Gen.

The Song of Saya is a visual novel, psychological horror and gore game developed by Nitroplus and published by Kagura Games (Chinese Localization) and JAST.
Released on August 12th 2019 is available only on Windows in 2 languages: English and Simplified Chinese.

It has received 6,243 reviews of which 5,724 were positive and 519 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.9 out of 10. 😎

The game is currently priced at 6.24€ on Steam and has a 50% discount.


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Windows
  • OS *: Windows 7
  • Processor: 1 GHz
  • Memory: 1 GB RAM
  • Graphics: 128MB VRAM
  • DirectX: Version 9.0c
  • Storage: 600 MB available space

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Oct. 2024
disgustingly and revoltingly beautiful game. personally struck a chord with me as a schizophrenic adult, and i'm not one to write reviews. left me feeling pensive and unhinged. 4/5
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Oct. 2024
i think most of the successful horror in this vn comes from the story told which was extremely captivating! every aspect of saya and fuminori's relationship is highly questionable and very irking. i think the game falls short in the fetishy h scenes. it makes me take the story less seriously. despite that, a really fascinating and twisted love story is told in this. i would recommend to anyone who knows what they're getting into with this one.
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Aug. 2024
"Disgusting" is the best word to describe Saya no Uta. But instead of taking the low route of shock value, this story tells a theatrical tale while diving into the depths of humanity for all its flaws. Thanks to its short runtime (~6 hours or so) the pacing is fast and tight to make Saya no Uta an incredible read.
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June 2024
This is probably my favorite Visual Novel of all times. The novel itself is a classic and probably one of the most definitive eldritch horror vn's out there. It's relatively short and can be read through comfortably in a little over 8 hrs. I've read it multiple times over the years and the writing always feels engaging and concise. The story doesn't waste any time and everything progresses at a pretty good pace. The only thing is that it leaves you wanting more despite everything being quite satisfying in how it all plays out. The soundtrack for the game is one of the best in my opinion. I've listened to it for years and it has so much grim charm and captures so much of the dark and twisted aesthetic of the story extremely well. Among the many tense and chaotic tracks, there are also the beautiful and serene tracks like "Sabbath" which is just an amazing background track for life. On top of that the two ending songs are also amazing and their lyrics match the themes of the story so well that it causes a well deserved emotional reaction. I swear if you're anything like me, you'll be listening to these on repeat for days after each read of this novel. There's not much in terms of choices to be made in the novel but the branching endings do contribute a lot to the experience and add new sides and perspectives to Fuminori and Saya which I think is absolutely worth checking out. The game does have a lot of disturbing content but if you're reading this, I imagine you're already the kind of person who doesn't mind it too much. Regardless, it's not the worst as far as visual novels go, but some caution before proceeding is good. The game does offer options to censor the disturbing visuals but the writing is still there and it can get pretty uncomfortable. Speaking of which, the game is not in it's original state and the worst part about buying it on Steam is that you'll have to buy the "DLC" to recover the 18+ content on JAST. If you want, you can simply buy the game on JAST but it's generally just a shitty block on the content but that has nothing to do with the novel itself. With all that said, I highly recommend reading this novel and if the above bothers you, consider buying it on JAST. There's little else to add. It's a controversial novel for sure, but I consider it a masterpiece and I think that regardless of how you feel about it's handling of disturbing content, it's worth giving the story a shot if you have the stomach for it.
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Jan. 2024
happy belated 20th anniversary lucky to have remembered to revisit this beautiful work of art hearing the music again gave me chills
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The Song of Saya
8.9
5,724
519
Online players
44
Developer
Nitroplus
Publisher
Kagura Games (Chinese Localization), JAST
Release 12 Aug 2019
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