Night Cascades
Released Mar 2022
The city is on fire, and the Devil is to blame - or is it? Two women must solve an occult-themed mystery set in an alternate 1980s while unraveling the secrets of their past. Hunt for clues and interrogate suspects in this interactive yuri visual novel.
92% positive · 225 reviews
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
Where to buy
Steam $9.99
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Evaluation
Night Cascades launched on March 1, 2022 as a complete visual novel. Following launch, the developer issued two small maintenance patches — a bug fix on March 15, 2022 and a minor UI improvement on October 17, 2022 — with no new story content added in either update. The launch post itself expressed hope for "the possibility of more mysteries to come," but this was an informal wish rather than a concrete commitment, and no sequel, DLC, or additional content for Night Cascades has ever been announced. The developer's most recent activity (November and December 2025) focused entirely on a different game — Galaxy Princess Zorana — and retiring a legacy bundle. There is no indication of any planned additional content for Night Cascades itself. The game shipped as a self-contained story and has been complete since its release date.
Evidence
Developer announces retirement of a legacy bundle covering all pre-Zorana games, including Night Cascades, treating it as a concluded back-catalogue title.
Version 1.02 patch: improved tutorial explanation for Intuition Mode puzzle. Developer explicitly states 'No new game content has been added.'
Media
Details
Developer
Publisher
Hanako Games
Achievements
5
Platform
Windows, Linux
Controller
partial support
Steam Deck
Not rated
Players
Single-player
About this game
Diane Carter never expected her folklore degree to get her a job offer from the local police department, but when a rash of occult-themed fires sets the city on edge, she is called in as a special consultant on esoteric religion to help find the culprit.
There's just one problem: the woman she's assigned to work with. She's cocky, beautiful, and far too familiar.
Can Diane and Jackie overcome the obstacles of their past and find the truth?
There's just one problem: the woman she's assigned to work with. She's cocky, beautiful, and far too familiar.
Can Diane and Jackie overcome the obstacles of their past and find the truth?
Features:
- The 1980s - This is the Dark New Age, a time when belief in paranormal powers was mainstream and parents feared that their children would be kidnapped by Satanic cults or seduced by the evils of role-playing games.
- Interactive mystery - Play minigames to search crime scenes for clues or interrogate suspects for insights, accessible either through mouse or keyboard/controller.
- Multiple Perspectives - Play as both Jackie and Diane to uncover different information about the past and present.
- Lesbian Romance - Develop a relationship between adult women.
Are these done yet?
Last evaluated Jun 22, 2026
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