- 2026/09/22 Patch - 22 September 2026
- Fixed a bug with Episode 4D that led to 4B instead of Episode 5 - Fixed an important typo - Fixed the "Steamer Mode Episode 1 Superfast" mode
- 9/21 Patch - 21 September 2026
- Fixed some typos that were preventing several scenes in Episode 5 from occuring, oops - Made one of the secret endings easier to obtain Happy Doku Monday
- Sept 20 Patch - 20 September 2026
- Fixed the Episode 1 error again because it didn't actually fix last time - Fixed a visual error in 6C - Made it easier to date Fujino-san - Fixed an oversight making it nearly impossible to achieve one of the secret endings, but I won't say which
- Yet another small patch - 19 September 2026
- Fixed small but critical errors in Episodes 6C, 4D, 4E, and 1. - Fixed the All Endings achievement that should function properly although nobody's gotten quite there yet - Fixed some visual glitches - Made 3C a little bit easier because Mama was too mean to you Doku-chan is doing her best
- Version 1.00001 - 18 September 2026
- Fixed a crash in Episode 4D Remaining Known Issues: - The "All Endings" achivements is disabled and needs to be tested to make sure it functions properly - The Gallery currently doesn't work properly and our sole programmer (Doku-chan banging on a toy piano) is struggling with that... We're trying...
- Ryugaku Ren'ai is in the Anime Game Festival - 10 September 2026
Ryugaku Ren'ai is taking part in the Anime Game Festival, currently running on Steam until September 14th. It features games from Japan, China, Korea, and the rest of the world, all with an anime art style. Don't you love anime? I love it too. It's got so much Yuri. Speaking of Yuri, here's some other Yuri games in the festival:
- Fall in Love Visual Novel Festival! - 8 September 2026
Winter Heat is participating in this year's Fall in Love Visual Novel Festival! It's -35% off, its biggest sale yet. Winter is coming (to the northern hemisphere) so grab this game before it gets too chilly.Three of Yuri Kissaten's games are included:There's hundreds of other games on sale or upcoming that you should check out. Here's a few:
- Toxic Yuri Release Date – 9/18! - 7 September 2026
The Toxic Yuri release date is close! Yuri Kissaten’s third full game will launch on September 18th, 2026. Doku-chan will be unleashed onto the world in all her glory, and nobody can stop her, not even us.Yuri Kissaten has spent the last many months crafting the most delightfully noxious romantic comedy visual novel of all-time, and we’re really excited to see you explore it all. We’ve buried some gut-busting gags, eye-poppingly adorable moments, and pitch-dark terror all throughout this game, with 15+ episode variants and 10+ endings.Can YOU earn your happy ending with Doku-chan? Or will things just end up toxic? Try out the Episode 1 demo to prepare.At launch, the game will be available on PC, Mac, and Linux. It will only be available in English at first, but we plan to add Japanese and Chinese localizations by the end of 2026. And, if the game’s a big hit, we’ll keep adding more loca…
- Check Out the Nonbinary Coded Games Event! - 14 July 2026
Two of our games are featured in Steam's newest event, Nonbinary Coded Games!Winter Heat is on sale for -25% off this week, and our first game, Love is in the Airship, is also taking part. The latter also has our first nonbinary love interest, Alex, so you can date them/her at your leisure. This is a really great event run by NomnomNami and npckc, two of the best LGBTQ+ indie game developers, so I hope you'll check out all the other games featured, too. Here's a few great ones:
- Gay It Loud Demo - Now Available - 15 June 2026
Gay It Loud, Yuri Kissaten's latest dating sim, now has a demo available for everyone to enjoy!Play the Gay It Loud demo today and experience the culture of a bunch of gay girls (and one guy) in the far-off year of 1995. The shopping mall of your dreams comes to life. Let's hang out there.Gay It Loud Demo Features• A 15,000+ word story, most of "Day 1" of the story. Four characters to meet and flirt with.• Five quarter-life crises among sensitive Gen X slackers.• Highly polygonal computer graphics mixed with amazingly adorable 2D sprites.• Immersive brands and ads from the 1990s of your dreams. Collect them all!Gay It Loud Demo Characters• Verity: Go-getter and ray of sunshine. Loves games of all kinds (doesn’t mean she’s good at them).• Zamira: Failing artist brooding over her next career move. She sees this mall as a pointless stopgap. Another round of Skee-Ball will change her mind.•…
- Demo Releases on 6/6! - 2 June 2026
Finally, the Toxic Yuri demo will release to the public on 6/6!Doku-chan is almost here... You're almost ready to meet this putrid pile of cuteness.So, spread the word and let the world know what's to come. And try to get all three ending ranks--Toxic, Tonic, and Tepid!
- 2000+ Wishlists Yay!!!! - 23 April 2026
Toxic Yuri passed 2000 wishlists!! It's the first Yuri Kissaten game to be so popular ahead of its release. Thank you to everyone who's following or wishlisting this game. And thank you for your patience as this game draws ever-nearer to release.Doku-chan is well on her way to becoming the most popular woman on the internet, and we're working as hard as we can to bring her to you.Don't you want to pet her? Flirt with her? Accidentally get some of her in your eye and then get sent to the hospital? You'll have that chance soon.
- Toxic Yuri Demo is pretty close, so here's some streams! - 14 April 2026
(Header image courtesy of Hayami Kurayami)A few weeks ago we showed Toxic Yuri at Game Pavilion JP 2026, and it got a great response from players in Osaka. After a few adjustments and fixes, we're almost ready for the public release. Before that, though, we've shared the demo early with a bunch of awesome internet content creators! Here's some we wanted to highlight; there's a wide variety of playstyles so pick what piques your interest!KGY 121 - Shoutouts to our very first gameplay!!LezLiz - She really enjoyed it and might have to stream a second time to finish it!valkyrieshepard - Wouldn't fuck up a Georgia Style peach cobblerNukaNocturne - Loves Doku so much that she understands the feeling of wanting to throw her out a windowHoshikawa Ezra and Justarfly - Two players who went for 100% and each of them caught errors in the code, OOPS! Justarfly's is a Twitch VOD so watch soon!Venatri…
- Women's Day Sale 2026 - 7 March 2026
Winter Heat is 20% off and Love is in the Airship is 30% off as part of the Women's Day Sale on Steam!! Check the full event here: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/womensdaysale2026 Winter Heat: Love is in the Airship: You can get both with an extra discount with the Yuri Kissaten Duo bundle:
- Yuri Kissaten Studio Update: A Lilyful Year to Come - 24 February 2026
Yuri Kissaten completed its first full year as a game studio in 2025, and wowzers was it an adventure!If you remember, we embarked on the "5 for '25 Campaign," an effort to work on and announce five different games throughout 2025. In the end, we only released one full game, Winter Heat, and one smaller game, "Life of a Dispatch English Teacher in Japan," though we learned a whole lot in the process. And we really did end up revealing all 5 games as planned!Look at all the games we worked on in 2025:We ran our first crowdfunding campaign, we attended our first live event and first Steam events, we made three different showcase videos, we did social video marketing... It was a big year of firsts.And so, 2026 will be just as ambitious, but with more targeted, specific goals. I have no clue how many games we'll announce, and how many games we'll release is still in flux (it seems like four…
- Yuri Kissaten Espresso - Winter 2025 Showcase - 14 December 2025
The newest Yuri Kissaten Espresso showcase for Winter 2025 premiered on Youtube today and gave the world an overview of 5 new and upcoming Yuri game releases for 2025 and 2026.Watch the full showcase here: Here’s a round-up of everything we saw from Yuri Kissaten and from partner studios:Winter Heat:Launching TODAY!After a successful Kickstarter campaign, Winter Heat has finally released for the world to enjoy. It will also receive several free content updates throughout 2026, including an Oomfie RPG expansion and an Epilogue storyline.A narrative game about love in the digital age, Winter Heat follows the story of Shio, a woman living in snowy Kyoto, and Javi, a woman living in sweltering Santiago. Follow their long-distance love through online chats, video calls, and social media apps. Plus, there’s a smorgasboard of side content through in-game apps like an educational Maps app, the…
- Winter Heat - Releasing 12/12! - 13 December 2025
Yuri Kissaten's next game, Winter Heat, is finally releasing on December 12th, this Friday. Javi and Shio's long-distance love is finally here on Steam and Itch!Enjoy a cute-as-cotton storyline that dishes out cozy comfort and quiet delight as two women fall in love and try to make their relationship work over the span of several years. Experience daily life in Japan and Chile, and even some educational elements here and there. Endure a tough roguelike deckbuilder-style RPG starring the one and only Oomfie--yes, really!We're also planning multiple free content updates throughout 2026 to keep you happy in these trying times. Winter Heat is a great game that you've got to give a go.Let us know how you like it!
- Love is in the Airship - Choose Wisely Festival 2025 Sale - 9 December 2025
Love is in the Airship is participating in this week's Choose Wisely Festival 2025, hosted by Studio Ephua.Please check the festival out and look at all the recently released and upcoming narrative games all over Steam. There's lots of LGBTQ+ games included, as well.To help celebrate, Airship is currently 30% off, its deepest sale yet. The funniest Yuri dating sim of 2024 can also be the greatest gift to any lesbian in your life this holiday season. Just think about it.Please support Yuri Kissaten as we try very hard to release 4+ games in 2026! We're also releasing free updates to this game throughout the year, so really, this game is the gift that keeps on giving. It helps us keep food in our bellies, and also helps that dear lesbian who's just aching for a game that keeps getting content updates after she's already beaten it.
- Fall in Love Visual Novel Festival is Here! - 30 September 2025
Check out the Fall in Love Visual Novel Festival, running until October 1st! So many of the best romance visual novels on Steam, new and upcoming, are featured for your browsing pleasure.Toxic Yuri is featured, of course, and so are two other Yuri Kissaten titles:Airship's also on discount until October 6th as part of the Autumn Sale!Here's some other games from other developers you should check out, too... Not all of these are Yuri, but they're all worth a look:
- Yuri Kissaten Espresso - Summer 2025 Yuri Showcase Video - 2 August 2025
Check out 9 Yuri games, including Life of a Dispatch English Teacher in Japan and Winter Heat, featured in the Yuri Kissaten Espresso showcase for Summer 2025!Most of the showcased games are also available on Steam, so check them all out:So much Yuri!!!!!
