Paper Kite: Threads of Longing

Paper Kite: Threads of Longing

Released Oct 2025

After the grueling college entrance exams in June, Shen Luoying and Chen Yanqing—newly confessed lovers—are forced to attend universities in separate cities (Beijing and Jiangcheng) due to parental expectations and academic score......

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Evaluation

Paper Kite: Threads of Longing is a visual novel / galgame that launched on Steam on October 4, 2025. The developer has been actively developing the game through a versioned content roadmap published on December 5, 2025, which laid out major updates from version 2.0 all the way to a planned final version 5.0. The roadmap explicitly states that after version 5.0, major content updates will stop and only bug fixes will continue. Version 3.0 — a substantial update adding over 50,000 words of new storyline content, revised chapters, new CGs, and full voice coverage — was released at the end of March 2026 following a public beta period. Subsequent patches in April 2026 continued to tune gameplay systems and fix bugs, confirming that the developer remains actively engaged. However, according to the developer's own roadmap, versions 4.0 and 5.0 are still to come, meaning the game's content is not yet complete. Buyers who want the full experience as the developer has described it should expect further substantial updates before the game reaches its final form.
Evidence
Version 3.0 announced for March 28, 2026, adding 50,000+ words of story revisions, new CGs, expanded side stories, and full voice coverage.
news post · Mar 24, 2026 source content planned
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Developer published a full roadmap through version 5.0, explicitly stating that version 5.0 will be the final major content release, after which only bug fixes will continue. Versions 2.0–5.0 span a 2025–2026 timeline.
news post · Dec 5, 2025 source content planned
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Content

3 of 3 released · no outstanding content

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Details

Publisher
北京黎羽科技有限公司
Achievements
25
Platform
Windows
Controller
—
Steam Deck
Not rated
Players
Single-player

About this game

Wuhan Liyu Game Studio's debut work! A short pure-love GALGAME Chinese long-distance relationship story "Paper Kite"! This trial version currently only fully supports Simplified Chinese (optimizations for other languages will be added later). [Your language now supports game text translation; UI translation is in progress (click "Start Game" to run dialogue content). If you encounter translation issues, please leave feedback in the game review section—we'll resolve any language problems. Thank you!] The full game has approximately 120,000 to 200,000 words, with the trial version at around 15,000 words, covering only the initial chapters. The trial version tells the early story of Shen Luoying and Chen Yanqing, setting the stage for their separation due to distance. The full version will depict their post-separation story (expected release: late summer 2025).

Scheduled for release in August 2025!

After the grueling college entrance exams in June, Shen Luoying and Chen Yanqing—newly confessed lovers—are forced to attend universities in separate cities (Beijing and Jiangcheng) due to parental expectations and academic scores. Pulled apart by distance, they strive to nurture their fragile bond across four turbulent years of college life. Like a delicate paper kite, their long-distance relationship hangs by a thread, demanding mutual effort to weather storms of doubt, pressure, and change. Will their love soar against the winds of adversity... or unravel under the strain?

STAFF

  • Project by: Beijing Liyu Tech (LICOGAME)

  • Development: Wuhan Second Branch Studio (Liyu Games)

  • Artwork/Character Design: YuanGungun

  • Story Concept:CangLanDeFeng

  • Story Concept:BaTuola

  • Music: Naonao丶

  • Voice Acting: Yan Momo

CHARACTER PROFILE
Name: Shen Luoying
Height: 164 cm
CV: Yan Momo

Last evaluated Jun 17, 2026
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