Without Romance

Without Romance is a free kinetic visual novel released on September 16, 2020 as Moonlit Works' entry for the Summer Novel Festival 2020. It launched as a self-contained short story (~7,000 words, 5 CGs, 3 backgrounds, 3 music tracks) with no post-launch content planned at the time. On October 17, 2023, the developer posted a studio update announcing the release of a separate game (Layover Lovers) and noted that Without Romance received an added Steam achievement as a bonus treat for the occasion. This confirms the developer is still active as a studio, but the update to Without Romance itself was minor (a single achievement) — not new story content. The store description continues to describe Without Romance as the studio's Summer Novel Festival 2020 entry with fixed, enumerated content. There are no unreleased DLC listings, no announced expansions, and no roadmap for future additions. The game appears to have shipped as a complete, standalone short-form work, with the October 2023 achievement addition representing the final meaningful update to the product.