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When The Night Comes is a queer, narrative-driven, supernatural visual novel.
When The Night Comes is a lgbtq+, visual novel and dating sim game
developed and published by Lunaris Games.
Released on August 09th 2021 is available in English on Windows, MacOS and Linux.
It has received 314 reviews of which 293 were positive and 21 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.6 out of 10. 😎
The game is currently priced at 12.00€ on Steam.
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Windows
- OS *: Windows XP
- Processor: 1 GHz Intel or AMD Processor
- Memory: 2 GB RAM
- Graphics: DirectX or OpenGL compatible card
- DirectX: Version 9.0c
- Storage: 100 MB available space
MacOS
- OS: Mac OS X 10.6 or later
- Processor: 1 GhzCore 2 Duo
- Memory: 2 GB RAM
- Graphics: DirectX or OpenGL compatible card
- Storage: 100 MB available space
Linux
- Processor: 1 GHz Intel or AMD Processor
- Memory: 2 GB RAM
- Graphics: DirectX or OpenGL compatible card
- Storage: 100 MB available space
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It's been a while since I've last felt this content and overjoyed with a game!! I've been holding off on buying this game, god knows why. It's a perfect blend of The Arcana x Dragon Age series, I LOVED IT. Crime & mystery, romance, magic and a vampire in a graveyard. The voice acting.. good god, I was NOT expecting Fenris' VA to pop out on me in a random steam game. And August.. sigh. I'd jump off a bridge for him. Tbh, I guessed the villain mostly at the start, but still had a lot of questions about it which was fantastic and kept me super into the story till the end. Fantastic writing. 10/10, come get ur vampire fenris
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Thank you for the healed soul. After one visual novel, which I won't mention, my heart was broken, although that's putting it mildly, of course. So I needed something to help me deal with these wounds. And "When the night comes" did it. It's a delightful game with an interesting, if predictable story. It features cool characters, as well as the opportunity to enter into a relationship with not one, but two characters at once, which made me especially happy. Besides, the visual novel is incredibly beautiful. I'm glad this game got in my way, and the only thing that upsets me is that it's quite short. I would really like to know more about the characters' past and future, but alas. Love to all 💖
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This is one of the best visual novels I have ever played and it's safe to say it has become one of my comfort games. All the romances are delightful and unique and the story itself is compelling and interesting. In terms of game mechanics, I love the fact that you can go back by individual lines in case you accidentally skipped something or to try out a different choice. The cast is diverse, the voice acting is phenomenal and the art is absolutely stunning - what more do you need?
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Went in expecting to romance hot vampire and witch, and ended up deeply in love with August. They have me in a choke-hold and that's where I'm going to stay for the rest of my life. There is a severe lack of poly rep in dating sims and I am so glad they have some options. Very inclusive, makes me feel very seen. Feel good game with good vibes :)
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Got this game to smooch a vampire, ended up falling in love with a witch and the most adorable demon I ever encountered. 10/10 characters What I liked: + The characters! Every one of them has a distinct personality and feels "alive". They have interesting backstories, flaws and depth. They have their own lifes outside of interacting with you and I really enjoyed discovering the relationships they have with each other. I have to admit I didn't like some of them in the beginning, but as I got to know them better and learn about their reasons, they all grew on me. And even my less favourite ones are well written, just not exactly my cup of tea. + The voice acting. I haven't played a lot of visual novels, so I don't know how common voice acting is in those games. But this is the first time I encountered it - and I really liked it. It gave the characters so much more personality and while it isn't 100% voiced, the spoken lines were well placed and really helped me to stay focused and not loose interest or get distracted. + The queer representation. I really adore the inclusion of a non-binary character as well as poly and aro/ace options. Like I said, I'm not experienced in this genre, but it's the first time I came across something like that and I really appreciate it. + The setting. I really like the supernatural world and mystery aspect of the game. + The art. I have some nitpicks with the art, but overall it's very pretty and I was always happy to get a new artwork of a character. There are also some really good looking background arts and I enjoyed the style of magical effects. + The codex. It features general "lexicon-like" entries to explain institutions - but also personal stories told from the point of view of the characters. I absolutely loved those. Finding out how certain characters met or what happened in the past to cause rifts between them was great! What I liked less: - The story is very linear. You will jump from character to character in order to include all of them equally (which doesn't even really work, some of them are clearly more relevant to the main story and get way more screentime than others), which means subsequent playthroughs felt really repetetive. Sure, your romance choices change some things, but generally, you won't discover that many new aspects of the main story by playing through multiple romances. So by the third time I tended to just skip from romance scene to romance scene without going through the whole story again, which makes the romance more rushed than before. This is especially true for the poly options. I had hoped to get some new scenes, but if you already played through their individual romances, the poly arc is just a meshup of what they say to you normally with some additional lines thrown in. I only played one poly route so far, so maybe it's different for the other. But I felt like I could skip 80% of the romance content because I had already seen it. I still enjoyed seeing them be cute together and getting art for them, tho. - The plot twist was a bit obvious. It's not totally on the nose and can still surprise you, but if you ever read stories with a similar setup before, it's not too hard to know the ending before you played through the first half of the story. I would have also liked the mystery to play a bigger role and to spend a little more time on actually investigating and putting clues together. But this is still a dating game and not supposed to be a hardcore detective story, so it's totally understandable and not the main focus. - The main character. Our character is just so meaningless and bland. We are supposed to be this badass monster hunter, but most times I felt like I was just watching other characters do things. None of the romance options can even say why or what they like about us, they just decide to be in love with us halfway through the story. - I wished the romance options were a bit more even. While I like Piper as a character, I think a second female dating option would have been great. Or maybe not making both poly options mlm+you. This isn't a big negative, just a little "what could have been even better". - The artwork is a little inconsistent sometimes. This is more true for some characters than others and the art is still beautiful, but sometimes I was a little thrown off by how different somebody looked in certain pictures. It's still interesting to see them in different styles and this is more nitpicking than anything else. Conclusion: The story isn't perfect, but we are mainly here for the dating aspect and these characters are just so charming and interesting! They certainly carry the game and made me enjoy it. 8/10, would certainly recommend.
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When The Night Comes is currently priced at 12.00€ on Steam.
When The Night Comes is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 12.00€ on Steam.
When The Night Comes received 293 positive votes out of a total of 314 achieving a rating of 8.56.
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When The Night Comes was developed and published by Lunaris Games.
When The Night Comes is playable and fully supported on Windows.
When The Night Comes is playable and fully supported on MacOS.
When The Night Comes is playable and fully supported on Linux.
When The Night Comes is a single-player game.
There is a DLC available for When The Night Comes. Explore additional content available for When The Night Comes on Steam.
When The Night Comes does not support mods via Steam Workshop.
When The Night Comes does not support Steam Remote Play.
When The Night Comes is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.
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Lunaris Games
Publisher
Lunaris Games
Release
09 Aug 2021
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