Katawa Shoujo is a romantic visual novel set in the fictional Japanese Yamaku High School for disabled children. Hisao's congenital heart defect forces him to move to a new school. Despite his difficulties, Hisao is able to find friends—and perhaps love, if he plays his cards right.
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Curator Review

Recommended
By Neptune Review August 27, 2024

“nep nep nep nep
4chan came together to produce a japanese-style "visual novel" game about a guy and five girls attending a school for students with disabilities”

 

About This Game

Katawa Shoujo is a bishoujo-style visual novel set in the fictional Yamaku High School for disabled children, located somewhere in modern Japan. Hisao Nakai, a normal boy living a normal life, has his life turned upside down when a congenital heart defect forces him to move to a new school after a long hospitalization. Despite his difficulties, Hisao is able to find friends—and perhaps love, if he plays his cards right. There are five main paths corresponding to the 5 main female characters, each path following the storyline pertaining to that character.

The story is told through the perspective of the main character, using a first person narrative. The game uses a traditional text and sprite-based visual novel model with an ADV text box.






Mature Content Description

The developers describe the content like this:

This Game may contain content not appropriate for all ages, or may not be appropriate for viewing at work: General Mature Content

System Requirements

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    Minimum:
    • OS *: Windows XP SP3
    • Processor: Intel Pentium 4 1.8Ghz
    • Memory: 512 MB RAM
    • Graphics: Intel GMA or HD
    • Storage: 600 MB available space
* Starting January 1st, 2024, the Steam Client will only support Windows 10 and later versions.
    Minimum:
    • OS: Mac OSX 10.7
    • Processor: Intel
    • Memory: 512 MB RAM
    • Storage: 600 MB available space
    Minimum:
    • OS: SteamOS or other modern Linux distribution
    • Memory: 512 MB RAM
    • Storage: 600 MB available space

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Total reviews in all languages: 4,420 Overwhelmingly Positive
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