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The newest Yuri Kissaten Espresso showcase for Winter 2025 premiered on Youtube today and gave the world an overview of 5 new and upcoming Yuri game releases for 2025 and 2026.
Watch the full showcase here:
Here’s a round-up of everything we saw from Yuri Kissaten and from partner studios:
Winter Heat:
After a successful Kickstarter campaign, Winter Heat has finally released for the world to enjoy. It will also receive several free content updates throughout 2026, including an Oomfie RPG expansion and an Epilogue storyline.
A narrative game about love in the digital age, Winter Heat follows the story of Shio, a woman living in snowy Kyoto, and Javi, a woman living in sweltering Santiago. Follow their long-distance love through online chats, video calls, and social media apps. Plus, there’s a smorgasboard of side content through in-game apps like an educational Maps app, the parody microblog Wittier, and the deckbuilder-flavored mini-RPG Oomfie RPG!
Website:
https://yurikissaten.com/winter-heat-press-kit/
Steam:
Desert Blossom:
Welcome to a fantasy yuri RPG set in a continent of another world. In the deserts of the Baihe Continent, a girl named Mars was born, breaking the curse. -- Embarking on a journey, composing an epic adventure about courage, life and love.
Features multiple endings, 300+ items, dozens of character illustrations, and a total playtime of 10-12 hours.
An English translation of the demo is now available, and the full game will be available in English in 2026.
Steam:
ZH RPG Studio:
https://bsky.app/profile/zh-rpg.bsky.social
Gay It Loud:
Dating in the dreamy shopping mall of 1995! Hang out at the food court, have sloppy makeouts in the dressing room, loiter in the arcade, and collect nostalgic toys. Live the ultimate Gen X slacker dream, complete with pre-rendered 3D backgrounds, overly introspective twentysomethings, and a whole lot of window shopping.
Experience lesbian dating with three girls (and one guy) to go out with! Five story routes, 50,000+ words, and more than 10 endings.
Gay It Loud releases Spring 2026.
Steam:
London: Echoes of the Past:
London: Echoes of The Past is a short yuri mystery visual novel that released in November 2025.
A mysterious woman returns back from the dead, and the dusty past surfaces. Between a gloomy school girl and a glamorous ex-girlfriend, every clue interwines. Who is the mastermind behind the scene? Play as a detective heroine in 1935 London, embark on a journey of love and growth.
Features over 90,000 words, 3 endings, and over 25 CGs. Plus, a bonus time travel side story!
Steam:
Stellar Artificier Games:
Occult Hand of the Blood Lily:
A Gothic-Punk yuri visual novel about a magician on the run and her mysterious vampiric guardian. Journey by airship across a war-torn Europe and search for a legendary flower with the power to destroy nations.
The Dominion has fallen, and Europe has descended into fetid squalor. The Sky Wars rage on as raiders and crusaders duel in the air and pillage the ruined cities below. Vampiric lords carve up the continent and leave the scraps for distant empires to colonize and exploit.
Milli and Ellison, a pair destined by fate and brought together by war, are the only ones who can destroy the Occult Hand once and for all by finding the legendary Blood Lily.
Occult Hand of the Blood Lily releases in October 2026. Steam page coming soon!
About Yuri Kissaten:
Yuri Kissaten is a game studio that makes narrative-focused games about girls loving girls, founded in 2024 by Fruz and Bea. We create experiences with strong stories and memorable characters. All Yuri Kissaten projects focus on LGBTQ+ characters and their relationships, romantic and otherwise. We hope you enjoy our games!
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https://bsky.app/profile/yurikissaten.com
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