- 10th Anniversary on Steam! - 19 May 2026
This month marks the 10th year since the international version of this wonderful work has been available on Steam and other platforms!Thank you for your continued love and support.To celebrate, the base game and A Requiem of Innocence will be on sale for 10 days!
- The House in Fata Morgana, Now in Portuguese! - 2 February 2026
The House in Fata Morgana is now available in Brazillian Portuguese!
- A Requiem for Innocence - 10th Anniversary! - 15 August 2025
Today marks the 10th year since the original release of The House in Fata Morgana - A Requiem for Innocence in Japan! Thank you for your support until today.We have a new promotional art celebrating the 10th year anniversary, and have put the series on sale for 10 days. There's not a better time to check out everything in the Fata Morgana franchise!
- The House in Fata Morgana has sold over 300,000 copies! - 14 May 2025
The House in Fata Morgana series has now surpassed 300,000 copies total on all platforms combined. We'd like to thank everyone who has supported this title! To celebrate this milestone, we'll be holding a special sale on Steam. If you haven't experienced the game yet, be sure to take this opportunity to experience this tale of tragedy spanning a millennium. Also, from the long-loved "The House in Fata Morgana" series, comes a large, adorable 30cm plush figure of Morgana, a key character from the series! She has a plump presence that makes you want to hug her. This product was finally completed after a year of development and dozens of samples. The red braided hair, black hooded outfit, and even the butterfly clasp on the chest have been faithfully reproduced. Whether you hold it on your lap or display it in your room, it has an outstanding presence. Please check the developer's official…
- The House in Fata Morgana Live Action Adaptation! - 14 March 2025
During the Steam VN Fest, The House in Fata Morgana franchise has sold an additional 10,000 copies on the platform! Thank you for the continued support in getting the word out about this magnificent work. We're pleased to announce that a live action adaptation of The House in Fata Morgana is being planned for production in the United States! We're currently seeking an experienced producer, director, and/or showrunner. Please let us know if you are interested or have a recommendation. Send queries with credits to The House in Fata Morgana live action contact: [email protected] Please do not send any acting reels or headshots. We are only looking for experienced (with credits) producers, directors, and showrunners at this time. Thank you again for all your support!
- The House in Fata Morgana THE ART now available digitally! - 14 March 2024
The first artbook of The House in Fata Morgana, THE ART, is now available as an high quality digital PDF! https://store.steampowered.com/app/2525730/The_House_in_Fata_Morgana__THE_ART/ It is available for 10% off during its launch week! The artbook files will appear in the THE ART folder in your game directory. *The file might not have been attached for those who purchased the DLC very early. We apologize about the inconvinience.
- 100,000 copies sold on Steam!! - 21 November 2023
Since its release on Steam, The House in Fata Morgana has sold 100,000 copies on the platform! We have received a special Thank You artwork from the developers to share: as well as a message from the writer. https://novect.fanbox.cc/posts/7021628 Thank you for all your support!
- Higurashi When They Cry Hou+ Now Available on Steam! - 10 November 2023
The relentless cycle of tragedy surrounding Hinamizawa and the club members has finally ended. Peace has returned to the village as it welcomes June 1983. Yet there are other fragments, other memories, other worlds that still lie unexplored. Do you, the challenger who has seen and conquered the tragic past of Hinamizawa, have the heart and fortitude to peer into these tales that previously lay undisturbed? Tread lightly, and remember to savor your time with the club members of Hinamizawa.
- Higurashi Rei On Sale Now! - 3 June 2022
The relentless cycle of tragedy surrounding Hinamizawa and the club members has finally ended. Peace has returned to the village as it welcomes June 1983. Yet there are other fragments, other memories, other worlds that still lie unexplored. Do you, the challenger who has seen and conquered the tragic past of Hinamizawa, have the heart and fortitude to peer into these tales that previously lay undisturbed? Tread lightly, and remember to savor your time with the club members of Hinamizawa.
- Korean Release Celebration Illustration - 23 April 2022
To celebrate the release in Korean, The House in Fata Morgana artist Moyataro drew a new illustration for us! Once again, thank you to the Korean language team for the translation!! 감사합니다!! Translation - DDss Images - 김소연 Programming - 게지네 Be sure to pick up the series now during the 50% off sale! It'll end in a few days.
- The House in Fata Morgana, Now in Korean! - 19 April 2022
Hello, everyone! Starting today, you can now play The House in Fata Morgana in Korean! To celebrate the release, you can purchase a copy for 50% off! The language option should be available in your library, properties menu.
- Enjoy a Tale of Indie Development From the Creators of The House in Fata Morgana! - 31 March 2022
From Novect, the creators of the highly acclaimed The House in Fata Morgana, comes Seventh Lair, a tongue-in-cheek but emotional look at the online interactions between an indie game developer and fans! The story follows the dejected Dark†Knight, a 27-year-old indie game developer living at the bottom of the social hierarchy. With his career hanging on by a thread and the regulars on his forums criticizing, trolling, and clamoring for his next release, he declares that his next game will premiere on April Fool's. On the ill-fated day, both creator and fans are suddenly sucked into a fantasy world based on his game and forced to figure out how to clear his buggy, unfinished, monstrosity. As frustrations rise and tempers flare, the players' raw emotions and experiences begin to leak out as they are denied the protections of their online handles. What truths lie behind the masks of their p…
- MGN独立游戏嘉年华 - 28 May 2021
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- The House in Fata Morgana, Now in Italian! - 24 September 2020
Hello, everyone! Starting today, you can now play The House in Fata Morgana in Italian! To celebrate the release, you can purchase a copy for 50% off! Additionally, the developer of The House in Fata Morgana and the Italian translator would like to share some of their thoughts on the release here!
- Matsuribayashi On Sale Now! - 14 May 2020
https://cdn.steampulse.org/steam/asset?u=https%3A%2F%2Fsteamcdn-a.akamaihd.net%2Fsteamcommunity%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fclans%2F33017084%2F7154d4c8036a9f71e2274c5dd93d40af0edd8c96.jpg Order Matsuribayashi now and get 10% off during launch week! This is it. The final conclusion. It's do or die for Rika, Keiichi, and the others. This is their final chance to break free of the relentless cycle around them. Have you learned enough from the chapters thus far? Do you have all the fragments needed to reach the ideal Hinamizawa? It's time for the curtain to rise on this chilling finale to Higurashi When They Cry! Additionally, in order to help people stay at home and fight the coronavirus pandemic, we've decided to make the first chapter, Onikakushi, free-to-own until an effective vaccine or treatment is discovered! For this same reason, we're also offering a huge 75% discount from now until July 14th on the remaining Question Arcs! You can get them on dis…
- French version update - 31 October 2019
The French script of The House in Fata Morgana has been updated! This should be the final version for this language.
- Ciconia When They Cry - The Newest Title from The Creator of Higurashi and Umineko is Now Available! - 4 October 2019
https://cdn.steampulse.org/steam/asset?u=https%3A%2F%2Fsteamcdn-a.akamaihd.net%2Fsteamcommunity%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fclans%2F33017084%2Fbf8ee27bc49338fa6ecec4e2c97bf60aed6b46cf.jpg "In this next game, I won't give you the privilege of being a player!" challenges creator Ryukishi 07, with regards to his newest release, Ciconia When They Cry! In Ciconia When They Cry, World War 3 has come and gone, with nuclear winter only narrowly avoided by new military technology, the Gauntlet, which allows those wielding one to fly like fighter jets, fight like battleships, and repel attacks like tanks without any additional equipment. The Gauntlets require particular talent and special training administered from a young age in order to control, and the young boys and girls capable of mastering of them become known as Gauntlet Knights. The main characters of Ciconia When They will be a group of these young Gauntlet Knights who, after the peaceful competition i…
- Psychedelic BL Murder-Mystery Hashime of the Old Book Town is On Sale Now! - 26 September 2019
https://cdn.steampulse.org/steam/asset?u=https%3A%2F%2Fsteamcdn-a.akamaihd.net%2Fsteamcommunity%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fclans%2F33017084%2Fdbcb09d1d14bcc1541f7914a576e6bdfb9791507.png The highly-acclaimed, psychedelic BL murder-mystery from indie developer ADELTA is now available on Steam! A wonderful delight for bibliophiles and fans of BL, this intricate story of death and the occult is set in the Taisho era of Japan when the push for modernization threatens the very identity of the nation. Through a stroke of luck, Tamamori begins to live and work at Umebachidou, a used book store. There, he enjoys whiling away his time as a roninsei—a student preparing for entrance exams—and taking advantage of friends who came to Tokyo with him. But... One right after the other, mysterious deaths befall those friends, and Tamamori, realizing he's been repeating the same rainy three days over and over again, finds himself racing throughout Jinbouchou to save th…
- Minagoroshi On Sale Now! - 18 July 2019
Order Minagoroshi now and get 10% off during launch week!! https://store.steampowered.com/app/1034940/Higurashi_When_They_Cry_Hou__Ch7_Minagoroshi/ At long last, you can enjoy the sixth chapter of this exciting Visual Novel that spawned the highly-acclaimed Higurashi anime and manga series on Steam for the very first time! With updated sprites and other visuals, fans won't want to miss this new release! In this chapter, Minagoroshi, Keiichi manages to make the choice that would avert the tragedies of Watanagashi and Meakashi. With this revelation that Keiichi and the others are beginning to learn from the events of prior chapters, Rika finally gains hope that there might be a way to end this relentless cycle. Yet those hopes are soon stifled with the arrival of Houjou Teppei, Satoko's abusive uncle. Can the club members avert the tragedy of Tatarigoroshi this time around? Will a differe…
- The House in Fata Morgana, Now in French! - 4 June 2019
Starting today The House in Fata Morgana is now available in French, with full support for the French language! You can set it from the library properties menu, language tab. In honor of the addition of French language support for The House in Fata Morgana we’ve put the game on sale for 50% off for the next week! We also have a message from the translator and Hanada Keika for the occasion available here!