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ef - the first tale. (All Ages)
What starts with a conversation between two long lost friends spills out into a captivating visual novel about four youths struggling to pursue their dreams and find their place in the world as love complicates everything.
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 2026-05-16.
“-Highly advice to get the patch from mangagamer to play this VN- Fantastic love drama VN, highly enjoyed it. First things first, the production value is phemonenal. In 3 hours of this VN theres been more CGs than and entire duration of others, plus the art is quite beautiful. On…”
— a player, Steam review · 16 hrs played“There's not much to be said that hasn't already been said about ef. It's a classic and it's a shame minori is no longer around.”
— a player, Steam review · 22 hrs playedPrice tracking
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-16.
| Genres | Adventure |
| Player tags | Adventure · Visual Novel · Anime · Sexual Content · Story Rich · Romance · Great Soundtrack · Singleplayer (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English, Simplified Chinese |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows 7 and up Processor: Celeron 566MHz Memory: 512 MB RAM Graphics: VRAM 32MB DirectX: Version 9.0c Storage: 1800 MB available space