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Blooming Nightshade

Blooming Nightshade

Nightshade · September 6, 2019 · LGBTQ+, Female Protagonist, Romance, Visual Novel, Cute

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About Blooming Nightshade

✦ AI summary

Blooming Nightshade is a lighthearted visual novel where you guide Himeka through her school days at Solana Academy, deepening bonds with her classmates and pursuing romance with one of six love interests. The game stands out with its branching friendship and romance paths for each character, plus the ability to witness relationships developing between other girls in the cast.

After hearing about a number of student couples forming at her school, Himeka Uchida decides to look for a girlfriend of her own. As she gets wrapped up in the daily lives of her friends and classmates at Solana Academy, will she find the romance she seeks?

Blooming Nightshade — game info

Platforms
Windows, macOS, Linux / SteamOS
Player modes
Single-player
Controller
Partial controller support
PC Game Pass
Not included
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What Steam players say

Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.

✦ AI summary

Players praise this visual novel for its engaging story and multiple branching routes that offer different character interactions and outcomes. The game is consistently recommended to fans of the genre, though some note that the overall experience is relatively short. The variety in paths and character options makes it worth playing through multiple times despite its brief length.

Recommended Apr 27, 2026
good story line different routes would highly recommend the game
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Recommended Apr 27, 2026
fun game lots of different routes can be taken would recommend
3 found this helpful
Recommended Apr 25, 2026
Perfect Great ☑ Decent Painfully Average Garbage
3 found this helpful
Recommended Apr 27, 2026
short but good game would recommend to all who like visual novels
2 found this helpful
Recommended Apr 25, 2026
fun game good story line would recommend to all who like visual novels
2 found this helpful
Recommended Apr 28, 2026
viusual novel different routes different characters good game would highly recommend to all
1 found this helpful

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