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Crystalline
A choice-driven, fantasy adventure visual novel featuring full voice-over and an intricate relationship system!
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
“I have finished this entire story twice now, both via a friend's library before I decided to purchase all of Pixelfade's games before they retired. This is my favorite visual novel of all time. It has amazing art, great characters, fantastic voice acting and even character…”
— a player, Steam review · 3 hrs played“Goodbye Pixelfade you gave us a lot of happiness over the years and I for one will miss the games you produce. I've been a fan since Ace academy and was hoping for a sequel but I guess my hopes will be put to rest. Enjoy your retirement and hope for the best for all of you.…”
— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs played“If you dont like feeling cucked dont play, you have been warned lol.”
— a player, Steam review · 14 hrs playedPrice tracking
US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.
Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
PixelFade is Retiring
Hello PixelFaders,After an incredible journey making OELVNs, we have decided that the time has come to retire PixelFade Studio. This was not a decision made lightly, but one we are making with full he
Crystalline - Performance Update for macOS
Hello, Those on macOS will notice an update today, this is for some performance tuning we did under the hood that should make the game run smoother. Cheers!
Ethereal Enigma - New PixelFade Visual Novel!!
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/73n5bekgqtjodc3/Cover.jpg?dl=0 Hello Isekai Protag (hope the truck hit wasn't too bad!), We've been hard at work on our next visual novel game, Ethereal Enigma, and
Kaori After Story - Available December 3rd!
https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/28366024/dcc1e04afab11c9871b2d87ea2dc12abab329730.png Hello, We are excited to announce that Kaori After Story will be releasing on D
Crystalline - Officially Released!
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/vbp1qu8dhjo08q8/Crystalline-Released.png?dl=0 Hello, Crystalline is officially released! Thank you for all the support you've shown us through development. Please l
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.
| Genres | Action, Adventure, Indie, RPG, Simulation |
| Player tags | Choose Your Own Adventure · Dating Sim · Visual Novel · Romance · JRPG · 2D · RPG · Cute · Story Rich · Funny · Action · Choices Matter (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Full controller support · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * * |
| Controller | Full support |
| Estimated owners | 100,000 – 200,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | https://www.pixelfade.com |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: XP, Vista, 7, 8, 10 Processor: 1.4 GHz Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: Intel HD Graphics, NVIDIA 600 Series, AMD 7000 Series Storage: 3000 MB available space