Katawa Shoujo
Released Aug 2024
Katawa Shoujo is a romantic visual novel set in the fictional Japanese Yamaku High School for disabled children. Hisao's congenital heart defect forces him to move to a new school. Despite his difficulties, Hisao is able to find friends—and perhaps love, if he plays his cards right.
97% positive · 6,274 reviews
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
Where to get it
Free on Steam
Evaluation
Katawa Shoujo is a completed visual novel originally released by Four Leaf Studios on January 4, 2012, which arrived on Steam on August 15, 2024. The game shipped as a fully finished product — it tells a self-contained story across five character routes with no post-launch content additions planned or announced.
The Steam release prompted a flurry of early patch activity in August 2024 (save file fixes, fullscreen corrections, achievement fixes, Steam Deck verification), all of which were standard port-related maintenance rather than new content. On January 17, 2026, the developers shipped official support for seven fan-translated languages as part of a 14th anniversary celebration — a welcome quality-of-life improvement, but not new story content. The free original soundtrack was also made available on Steam on April 15, 2025.
The only DLC listed is the original game soundtrack, which has been released. There are no unreleased DLC entries, no announced expansions, and no roadmap for future content. The developer's communications have been warm but celebratory in tone — commemorating the game's history rather than signaling development of new material. The game launched as a complete package in 2012 and remains so today.
Evidence
The only DLC is the original game soundtrack, which has been released. No unreleased DLC entries exist.
Store description presents Katawa Shoujo as a self-contained visual novel with five character routes and no mention of ongoing updates, additional content, or a live service structure.
Content
1 of 1 released · no outstanding content
Media
Details
Developer
Publisher
Four Leaf Studios
Achievements
21
Platform
Windows, macOS, Linux
Controller
full support
Steam Deck
Verified
Players
Single-player
About this game
Katawa Shoujo is a bishoujo-style visual novel set in the fictional Yamaku High School for disabled children, located somewhere in modern Japan. Hisao Nakai, a normal boy living a normal life, has his life turned upside down when a congenital heart defect forces him to move to a new school after a long hospitalization. Despite his difficulties, Hisao is able to find friends—and perhaps love, if he plays his cards right. There are five main paths corresponding to the 5 main female characters, each path following the storyline pertaining to that character.
The story is told through the perspective of the main character, using a first person narrative. The game uses a traditional text and sprite-based visual novel model with an ADV text box.






The story is told through the perspective of the main character, using a first person narrative. The game uses a traditional text and sprite-based visual novel model with an ADV text box.






Last evaluated Jun 19, 2026
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