Visual Novel Compatibility List

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Symbol	Meaning
✅	Verified to work
⚠️	Playable, with some issues
❓	Unknown
❌	Broken
N/A	Not applicable

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Clicking on a VN with a Note, highlights the note(s) in the section below.

Visual Novel	Windows	Mac	Linux	Steam Deck	Wineprefix	Notes	Game engine	Wine version

If you are experiencing font issues, be sure to install the Windows Japanese Fonts. Common examples are MS Gothic, Mincho, etc.

Notes

Disable Esync
Add WINE_DO_NOT_CREATE_DXGI_DEVICE_MANAGER=1 %command% in the launch options on Steam
Add GST_PLUGIN_FEATURE_RANK=protonaudioconverterbin:NONE %command% in the launch options on Steam (fix opening playback)
Add PROTON_USE_WINED3D=1 LANG="ja_JP.UTF-8" %command% in the launch options on Steam (fix white screen issue during opening playback)
Configure Japanese locale
Runs a little laggy on Wine 8 but is smoother on Lutris 7.2.2
Use the special codec script to install wmp11
Change Kirikiri settings to use "Layer" in Advanced Settings > Movie Rendering
Use liarsoftengine prefix or install mciqtz32 with the special codec script
Graphical glitches on default Wine
Use lavfilters or ffdshow prefixes
The original japanese release might require deleting some fonts from the Wine prefix as NScripter defaults to a font on its own and there are no options to select one
Movies don't play
Input lag on some GNU/Linux devices, possible lag when loading an asset
Not yet tested
Install xact with lavfilters or ffdshow
Opening video & audio desync issue can be fixed by limiting the FPS to 30 or running the game with gamescope --framerate 30 game.exe
Disable DXVK. In steam: PROTON_USE_WINED3D=1 %command%
Use wmp10quartz or wmp11quartz prefix where wmp11 is installed in the latter through the special codec script
Requires special install
Override "d3d9.dll" with n,b in "Wine Configuration"
Movies flicker
On the Steam Deck, override the resolution in "Steam Game Properties" to 1920x1080 and limit the framerate to 40 FPS
Turn on fullscreen mode and enable compatibility mode in the game settings
LÖVE engine required (which has native Windows, macOS and GNU/Linux versions}
Set the virtual resolution to 800x600 (fix video cropping)
Fullscreen does not work but can be worked around with Gamescope
Tested with the "Committee of Zero" patch
Read the game-specific guide to see which prefix is needed
Use wmp10quartz or wmp11 prefix
Font is rendered in low quality on Unix systems
Severe frame drops when there're a lot of enemies (Steam Deck)
Use lavfilters or wmp10quartz prefix
Use Gamescope or "Game mode" to avoid video flickering
Spanish translation works but some characters like “ñ” or letters with accents don't appear
Use modified batch script to run the game
Override "d2d1.dll" with n,b in "Wine Configuration"
Make sure patch is up to date
Use wmp10quartz or liarsoftengine prefix
Needs a font in the prefix to avoid crash at startup
Opening sometimes crashes if not stopped before the end
Broken formatting in the textbox on GNU/Linux
Interface is in Japanese
Install wmp11 and quartz_dx with the special codecs script
Install xact
English fan translation has wordwrapping issues on GNU/Linux but the Japanese one works fine
Japanese version requires the wmp10quartz prefix (wmp11quartz does not work)
Install quartz manually as the special codecs script does not work here for 32-bit
English version should work out of the box on Steam
If running the new Unity version in Lutris, make sure to enable DKVX (disable otherwise)
The Kirikiri version requires wmp11quartz_dx prefix with Lutris 7.2 while the Unity version should work with a Wine GE 8.22 prefix
Seems to crash on 32-bit prefixes and some Wine versions
need to have the windows scripting host system set up on the prefix (winetricks wsh57).
WINEDLLOVERRIDES="jscript=n" being set up otherwise the javascript of srpg studio won't run and it crashes on startup (this may not be needed anymore).
Having certain fonts seem to work but the fakejapanese winetricks package seems to work fine without anything. In case of performance issue delete the content of the font folder of your prefix and try with fewer fonts.
Install mf with the special codecs. Steam thread
Run with PULSE_LATENCY_MSEC=120 environment variable if audio crackling
Game freezes in auto read scenes in linux.
Install directshow and wmp9: protontricks/winetricks -q directshow wmp9
Some versions like lutris 7.2 and proton-ge 9.9 have audio crackling. 9.13 works fine and plays videos.
Can increase font in engine: use garbro in Windows, extract init.ini from cfg.pak, make cfg folder, place init.ini into cfg folder, change MsgFontSize
Install dinput and dinput8

Game-specific information

True Remembrance has native GNU/Linux and macOS versions
Run the Switch version of "Tsukihime -A piece of blue glass moon-" on Ryujinx to avoid sprite lag
Umineko - When They Cry PS3 version has been ported to Windows, macOS and GNU/Linux thanks to the Umineko Project Team
Katawa Shoujo has native GNU/Linux and macOS versions
For Evenicle 1, you must be on the game version 1.04 to do what is described in "Note 24"
Kara no Shoujo 2 has native GNU/Linux and macOS versions
The Yu-No edition listed here is the Windows port PC with the optional voice and BGM patch
error message: unrecognized kernel32 module is a known issue with older KiriKiri games that implement the integrity check. Check if the game has any official patches for Windows 8/10 compatibility.