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Blooming Nightshade

Blooming Nightshade

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?

Released Sep 6, 2019 Developer Nightshade Platforms Windows · Mac · Linux LGBTQ+Female ProtagonistRomanceVisual NovelAnime
View on Steam ↗ Free (US · as of 2026-05-13)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-02 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-13.

84.5%positive232 reviews
Recommended · 3 found this helpful

“good story line different routes would highly recommend the game”

— a player, Steam review · 0 hrs played
Recommended · 3 found this helpful

“Perfect Great ☑ Decent Painfully Average Garbage”

— a player, Steam review · 0 hrs played
Recommended · 1 found this helpful

“viusual novel different routes different characters good game would highly recommend to all”

— a player, Steam review · 0 hrs played
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Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-19.

9achievements
20.8%median completion
13.3%rarest: Matchmaker?
61.4% of players 26.7% of players 24.0% of players 24.0% of players 20.8% of players 20.4% of players 20.4% of players 17.7% of players 13.3% of players 61.4% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
61.4%Seeking Love — Complete the Prologue.
26.7%Star Player — Spend Christmas Eve with Izumi.
24.0%Adoring Baker — Spend Christmas Eve with Nanami.
Rarest badges of honor
13.3%Matchmaker? — Set up two friends with each other.
17.7%Musical Prodigy — Spend Christmas Eve with Kiku.
20.4%Gamer Princess — Spend Christmas Eve with Shiori.

Latest official news

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Dec 23, 2025
Nightshade Winter 2025 Updates

The Winter Sale is currently on, with big discounts on the Eldritch Nightmare Duology and a sale for Life as Designed as well. Be sure to let your friends know that now is a good time to experience th

Dec 23, 2025
Nightshade Winter 2025 Updates

The Winter Sale is currently on, with big discounts on the Eldritch Nightmare Duology and a sale for Life as Designed as well. Be sure to let your friends know that now is a good time to experience th

Dec 23, 2025
Nightshade Winter 2025 Updates

The Winter Sale is currently on, with big discounts on the Eldritch Nightmare Duology and a sale for Life as Designed as well. Be sure to let your friends know that now is a good time to experience th

Dec 23, 2025
Nightshade Winter 2025 Updates

The Winter Sale is currently on, with big discounts on the Eldritch Nightmare Duology and a sale for Life as Designed as well. Be sure to let your friends know that now is a good time to experience th

Dec 22, 2025
Nightshade Winter 2025 Updates

The Winter Sale is currently on, with big discounts on the Eldritch Nightmare Duology and a sale for Life as Designed as well. Be sure to let your friends know that now is a good time to experience th

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Screenshots

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Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-13.

GenresAdventure, Casual, Indie, Free To Play
Player tagsLGBTQ+ · Female Protagonist · Romance · Visual Novel · Anime · Cute · Family Friendly · Indie · Emotional · Free to Play · Adventure · Casual (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Partial Controller Support · Steam Cloud
LanguagesEnglish
Achievements9
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS *: Windows 7+ Memory: 1 GB RAM Storage: 260 MB available space