Four Leaf Studios has announced that Katawa Shoujo will be available on Steam and Itch on August 15. The game will be completely free to play.
Katawa Shoujo is described as “a romantic visual novel set in the fictional Japanese Yamaku High School for disabled children. Hisao’s congenital heart defect forces him to move to a new school. Despite his difficulties, Hisao is able to find friends—and perhaps love, if he plays his cards right.” The game initially released in 2012 for Mac and PC. It will now be available to purchase via Steam and Itch.
Katawa Shoujo Confirms Release Date for Steam and Itch Ports
Four Leaf Studios has officially revealed that Katawa Shoujo will release on Steam and Itch on August 15. Like the original release in 2012, the game will be available for free. The Itch release is the original version, while the Steam version is a modified “non-ero” version. An adult content patch is available on Itch. The Steam page describes it as follows:
Katawa Shoujo is a bishoujo-style visual novel set in the fictional Yamaku High School for disabled children, located somewhere in modern Japan. Hisao Nakai, a normal boy living a normal life, has his life turned upside down when a congenital heart defect forces him to move to a new school after a long hospitalization. Despite his difficulties, Hisao is able to find friends—and perhaps love, if he plays his cards right. There are five main paths corresponding to the 5 main female characters, each path following the storyline pertaining to that character.
The story is told through the perspective of the main character, using a first person narrative. The game uses a traditional text and sprite-based visual novel model with an ADV text box.
Katawa Shoujo will be available on Itch and Steam for free on August 15.
