{"id":48503,"date":"2025-05-30T01:30:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-29T16:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=48503"},"modified":"2025-05-29T17:45:30","modified_gmt":"2025-05-29T08:45:30","slug":"japanese-visual-novel-releases-on-steam-with-part-of-story-removed-to-comply-with-worldwide-ethical-standards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/japanese-visual-novel-releases-on-steam-with-part-of-story-removed-to-comply-with-worldwide-ethical-standards\/","title":{"rendered":"Japanese visual novel releases on Steam with part of story removed to comply with \u201cworldwide ethical standards\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Perennial Dusk -Kinsenka-<\/strong>, a visual novel game by Frontwing, officially released for PC (Steam, DLsite, DMM) on May 29. While the DLsite and DMM downloads feature the full version of the game, part of the story has been permanently removed from the Steam version, citing \u201crelevant ethical standards worldwide\u201d as the reason.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u25a0Regarding the Steam Version<br><br>In consideration of relevant ethical standards worldwide, the Steam version of Perennial Dusk -Kinsenka- has been released with a portion of its story missing. In order to play the game with the complete story, please apply the Expansion Patch.\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/auLlV6mF51\">pic.twitter.com\/auLlV6mF51<\/a><\/p>&mdash; \u300e\u82b1\u675f\u3092\u541b\u306b\u8d08\u308d\u3046-Kinsenka-\u300f\u516c\u5f0f (@hanakimi_fw) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hanakimi_fw\/status\/1927319371203952945?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 27, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Only two days before the official release, Perennial Dusk\u2019s official X account posted a disclaimer about the content on Steam, stating that a portion of the game\u2019s story has been removed from the platform to align with worldwide ethical standards. As the developers explained on X, in order to play the full game, players will need to download that part of the story as a separate expansion patch and apply it to their Steam download. The DLsite and DMM versions of the game are region locked, so if you live outside of Japan and want to play the game in English, you\u2019ll have to buy it on Steam and then apply the expansion patch in order to fully experience the story.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u3010OP\u3011\u300e\u82b1\u675f\u3092\u541b\u306b\u8d08\u308d\u3046-Kinsenka-\u300f\uff0f\u4e0a\u6749\u771f\u592e\u300c\u3042\u306a\u305f\u306e\u8a18\u61b6\u306e\u4e2d\u3067\u300d\" width=\"1160\" height=\"653\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LWKH--cq9Ys?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>On its Steam page and official website, Perennial Dusk -Kinsenka- is introduced as a kinetic novel telling an \u201cintricate story about persevering through the horrors of a merciless world.\u201d The description hints at a darker plot with possible psychological horror elements, with mature content disclaimers for \u201cvery strong violence,\u201d \u201cblood,\u201d \u201cstrong language,\u201d \u201calcohol and drug references\u201d and other similar content. However, DLsite, which features the full uncensored version of the game, lists it as \u201cfor all ages,\u201d which would suggest that there is nothing explicit about Perennial Dusk. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The clashing of content warnings on different platforms may make it a bit difficult to pinpoint the exact vibe of the story, but some of the staff members have confirmed that it gets <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JRyechuR\/status\/1927902778958966945\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">pretty dark<\/a>, so if you\u2019re planning to play it just for the cute cast of characters, be prepared for some heavier topics to come up too.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Perennial Dusk -Kinsenka- is out now for PC (<a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/3470530\/Perennial_Dusk_Kinsenka\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Steam<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dlsite.com\/soft\/work\/=\/product_id\/VJ01004357.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">DLsite<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/dlsoft.dmm.com\/detail\/fwing_0045\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">DMM<\/a>). The expansion patch for Steam can be downloaded <a href=\"http:\/\/en.frontwing.jp\/download\/hanakimi\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Related articles: <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/hit-visual-novel-pulled-from-japanese-nintendo-switch-store-only-four-days-after-launch-as-age-rating-is-brought-into-question\/\">Hit visual novel pulled from Japanese Nintendo Switch store only four days after launch as age rating is brought into question\u00a0<\/a><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An expansion patch was released with the missing parts so Steam players will be able to enjoy the full version of the visual novel.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":79,"featured_media":48507,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[17],"class_list":["post-48503","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-japan-related-news"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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