Once on a windswept night

Once on a windswept night

Released Feb 2017

A metafictional yuri visual novel about a traveller who runs across two cute nuns in an abandoned church.

86% positive · 201 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

Once on a windswept night is a free-to-play yuri visual novel that launched on February 6, 2017 as a complete, self-contained story. The store description describes a finished narrative experience with no mention of planned updates or additional content. The only DLC — the original soundtrack — was released on the same day as the game itself. No post-launch content updates, patches, or expansions have ever been announced or released for this title. The developer news posts are all announcements for entirely separate visual novels (Cage of Roses, Her Love, Like Poison, Out of the Ocean, The Demon Queen's Dire Dilemma, and Bittersweet Blossoms). While these posts appear on this game's news feed because they share the same developer, none of them reference new content for Once on a windswept night itself. They simply reflect ebi-hime's ongoing activity as a prolific visual novel creator. The game launched as a finished product and has remained complete since its release date.
Evidence
Store description presents the game as a complete, standalone free-to-play visual novel with no mention of planned updates, additional content, or ongoing development.
store metadata · Feb 6, 2017 source content shipped
high
The only DLC, the Original Soundtrack, was released on launch day alongside the base game. No additional DLC has been listed or announced.
dlc listing · Feb 6, 2017 source content shipped
high

Content

1 of 1 released · no outstanding content

Media

Details

Developer
Publisher
ebi-hime
Achievements
30
Platform
Windows, Linux
Controller
—
Steam Deck
Not rated
Players
Single-player

About this game

Once upon a time, a long, long time ago, there was a traveller...

Our protagonist, a mysterious traveller, wanders the far-off land of Desservir searching for patrons to buy their wares.

Upon hearing about a large annual market in the village of Castella, the traveller decides to set up a stall and try their luck.

Life, however, is not so easy.

After being double-crossed by a goblin and left in the middle of the cold, wet moors to die, the traveller almost gives up hope.

That is, until they stumble upon a mysterious church in the middle of nowhere, and meet the two nuns who attend to it.

What are these two nuns doing on their own, and why is there such a melancholy atmosphere in the air?

The traveller has only one windswept night to uncover these mysteries and learn the truth.

  • This VN has choices and multiple branches

  • The script is around 40k

  • Since it's a yurijam VN, it focuses on yuri (GxG) relationships

  • Includes lots of unfair achievements that are hard to get

  • Custom sprites, backgrounds, and a custom soundtrack

  • Most importantly of all, it's completely free!

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