Marenza is a tiny nation that somehow reached the World Cup. Coach Ronan Cosgrove has six weeks to prove it wasn't a fluke—and three women threaten to derail it: his estranged wife Lena, embedded documentarian Quinn, and crisis fixer Renata. Choose who you spend the night before kickoff with.

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Mature Content Description

The developers describe the content like this:

This visual novel contains explicit sexual scenes with full nudity depicted in an anime art style. These scenes occur as part of the story progression during regular gameplay. The game also depicts characters drinking alcohol and references an off-screen sports-integrity and betting investigation set within a fictional international sporting tournament.

About This Game

One World Cup run. Three forbidden connections. The final whistle decides what survives.


Marenza is football's smallest miracle—an Adriatic nation of four hundred thousand that's somehow reached the World Cup. At the center of it is Ronan Cosgrove, a weathered journeyman manager with one shot to prove the impossible wasn't a fluke. In a six-week tournament bubble where every minute is borrowed, Ronan is pulled between duty and desire, and the night before the opener you decide which woman he spends it with—a single choice that locks in your route.

Meet the Cast


Renata Salas — The Fixer

Flown in when a betting investigation threatens to turn a miracle into a scandal, Renata is a luxury-grade crisis strategist who can control any narrative—except the one forming inside the camp. She is paid to manage Ronan's image, contain the damage, and keep the sponsors calm.

Quinn Adair — The Documentarian

An embedded director with all-access credentials and a hard-won code, Quinn believes in honesty over comfort—even when the truth ruins people. Her relationship to Ronan starts as subject and filmmaker, but the moment she says "camera's down," the line between story and real life becomes dangerously thin.

Lena Voss — The Team Doctor

Marenza's chief medical officer—and Ronan's wife, separated but trapped in the same tournament bubble—Lena is calm, clinical, and unshakeably ethical under pressure. She is the only person who can stop the captain from playing on a body that's failing.

Key Features

  • Single-choice romance structure with high stakes: Choose who gets the night before the opener—and set your route in motion.
  • Three "offside" relationships: Reignite a broken marriage, cross the line with the woman behind the lens, or fall for the professional hired to control your story.
  • A World Cup Cinderella run on borrowed time: Sudden-death football drama where every decision echoes into matchday.
  • Distinct route conflicts beyond romance: Injury management, editorial ethics, and crisis containment—each love story is also a career-and-conscience dilemma.
  • Adult content: Contains explicit adult scenes across all three romance routes.

Content Warning


Injury Time Lovers is an Adult Romance Visual Novel intended for mature audiences (18+). It contains sexual content, strong language, and emotionally intense themes, including marital breakdown, workplace/professional boundary violations, sports injury and medical decision-making, and scandal/investigation pressure.

AI Generated Content Disclosure

The developers describe how their game uses AI Generated Content like this:

AI generated art, video, voice-acting, music, and writing.

System Requirements

Windows
macOS
SteamOS + Linux
    Minimum:
    • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
    • OS *: Windows 7
    • Processor: 1 Ghz
    • Memory: 512 MB RAM
    • Graphics: DirectX or OpenGL compatible card
    • Storage: 2 GB available space
    Recommended:
    • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
* Starting January 1st, 2024, the Steam Client will only support Windows 10 and later versions.
    Minimum:
    • OS: Mac OS X 10.6-10.14
    • Processor: 1 Ghz
    • Memory: 512 MB RAM
    • Graphics: DirectX or OpenGL compatible card
    • Storage: 2 GB available space
    • Additional Notes: Game is non-notarized. May not work with 10.15 Catalina
    Recommended:
      Minimum:
      • OS: Ubuntu / SteamOS
      • Processor: 1 Ghz
      • Memory: 512 MB RAM
      • Graphics: DirectX or OpenGL compatible card
      • Storage: 2 GB available space
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