YukimiSoft's Free PC-98-Style Yuri Visual Novel 'If You Stay' Arrives October 22
A free, five-hour visual novel built on PC-98 pixel art and YM2608-style sound is a deliberate throwback to a specific era of Japanese romance games, released at no cost on Steam and itch.io.
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YukimiSoft is developing and publishing 'if you stay', a free PC-98-style yuri visual novel, for PC via Steam and itch.io on October 22. Set in the winter of 1999, it follows honor student Fumiko, outed by her best friend, and her girlfriend Mika across a final date before Fumiko boards a one-way train to Tokyo. Choices lead to multiple endings, either staying together or breaking up.
The release recreates 16-bit pixel art from PC-98-era romance games at modern resolution, and the sound is modeled on Yamaha's YM2608 chip. Multi-ending branches each carry their own CG and dialogue, with conversation choices filling in the history between Fumiko and Mika. The team cites 'Kakyuusei', 'Doki Doki Vacation ~Kirameku Kisetsu no Naka de~', and the 'Can Can Bunny' series as influences, and a June development blog puts production start around September 2025 with playtime of about five hours.
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