The Fruit of Grisaia Available On Steam

After a very successful Kickstarter campaign for The Grisaia Trilogy of visual novels, the first is now available on Steam. Backers smashed through the initial goal of $160, 000 and ended up pledging nearly triple that amount. Suffice to say that official English versions of the trilogy are very much in demand.

Steam users can now get their hands on the first title in the trilogy, The Fruit of Grisaia, which contains five main plot lines. Players also need to make multiple choices throughout the course of the game, which means the replay value is much higher than typical visual novels. After the original Japanese PC version was released in 2011, it was followed by a Japanese only release on PS Vita in 2013. This Steam release marks the first time that English players can enjoy an official release of the game. The popularity of the original trilogy was enough for it to be adapted to a Japanese anime, currently in season two, as well as two manga adaptations.

Visually, The Fruit of Grisaia is a treat, featuring character designs by Akio Watanabe, who is known for his work on the monogatari series as well as Fumio, known for the art in the CLANNAD spinoff game, toyomo after. As for the story, well…
SIX FRUITS BARE THEIR FANGS AT THE WORLD.
–The academy was their orchard.
In this place of learning, protected by high walls from the outside world, there arrived
a single young man who’d lost his purpose in life. He’d lost sight of what he wanted to protect. He passed his days in a haze of guilt and regret. All that remained to him were the chains around his neck… And a life worth less than that of a stray dog. But in that academy, he would meet five young women. And in time, he would discover a new thread of hope.
–That girl’s very birth was a mistake.
The sin of disobedience–
–A life not so different from death.
No one’s going to protect you–
–And survival itself can be a punishment.
That place was their orchard. Those young women were the fruits of remorse, grown on the tree of sorrow.
“What can I do for them…?”
In that thought lay the undying hope one young man had dreamed of finding—

The Fruit of Grisaia is available from Steam right now, but hurry up if you want to take advantage of the 20% launch discount as it is ending soon.