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春はあけぼの、我はバケモノ。 - Spring at Dawn, I Am a Monster.
“You were only trying to do the right thing—so why is everything falling apart?” A Japanese language teacher’s choices to save three girls who have stopped attending school will change their fates. A psychological horror visual novel with 16 endings.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-26.
“I'm a long time fan of Charon's works and they are my favorite visual novel creator. I did enjoy this visual novel a lot. It had some surprising elements and intriguing stories in each route. The character art is very cute, and the more scary/unsettling artworks are brilliant as…”
— a player, Steam review · 4 hrs played“Firstly, slightly biased as I am a fan of the older works from Charon. I will try to be fair though as I usually am. First and foremost this a series of short stories (each roughly 30min-1hr depending on how fast you read) They're nothing amazing, the stories themselves give…”
— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs played“I've come across Studio Charon games as a lil baby, the rpgmaker stuff namely. Overall I held it in pretty decent esteem, I knew it wasn't the pinnacle of story telling nor was it the greatest execution but at the very least it was great food for thought and seemed decently…”
— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs playedAchievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-26.
Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
Major Update | Expanded Stories for All Three Routes!
Thank you for playing “春はあけぼの、我はバケモノ。”! With this update, the scenario expansions for all three characters— 心目ななつ, 迷子にゃこ, and 木ノ葉あじみ— are now complete. New scenes and episodes have been added to each
Update Notice
Thank you for playing Haru wa Akebono, Ware wa Bakemono. With this update, additional scenes and episodes have been added to the stories of the following three characters: Nanatsu Kokorome Nyako Maigo
September 6 Update | Scenario Expansion & Presentation Improvements
Haru wa Akebono, Ware wa Bakemono. has been updated. This update adds new writing and presentation adjustments to several scenes so that the story and characters’ emotions come through more clearly. M
Scenario Expansion & Presentation Update
This update expands several scenes throughout the game and improves the overall presentation. Added and expanded dialogue and character moments across Nanatsu, Nyako, Ajimi, and the Teacher Route. Add
Spring at Dawn, I Am a Monster — One Week Since Launch & Over 1,000 Copies Sold!
🌸 One Week Since Launch & Over 1,000 Copies Sold! Thank you so much for playing Spring at Dawn, I Am a Monster ! Today marks exactly one week since the game’s release. And we’re happy to announce that
Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-26.
| Genres | Adventure, Indie |
| Player tags | Visual Novel · Multiple Endings · Horror · Anime · Psychological Horror · Story Rich · Choices Matter · Mystery · Dark · Text-Based · Emotional · Atmospheric (Steam store community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Custom Volume Controls · Keyboard Only Option · Mouse Only Option · #category_playable_at_your_own_pace · Playable without Timed Input · Save Anytime |
| Languages | English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Japanese, Korean |
| Achievements | 20 |
| Official site | https://enoshima210.work/spring/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10 Processor: Intel Core i5 Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: Integrated Graphics DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 500 MB available space Sound Card: DirectX compatible