Via Steam, a free demo for MAGES.’ upcoming yuri suspense visual novel Iwakura Aria is now available for download, offering a preview of three scenes from the full game.
Iwakura Aria will launch in English on August 14, 2025, the publisher has confirmed. It will release on Nintendo Switch and PC via Steam.
The English publisher describes the game as such:
“After the war Japan experiences rapid economic growth, and in the cracks of society one girl gets left behind. With no future to look forward to, she grasps onto a thread of hope, a possibility of a new life, as the maid to the Iwakura household. However, the Iwakura family holds its own secrets, most connected to its heir Aria, and Ichiko finds herself sucked into another world contained within that mansion.”
In the midst of people’s hopes and expectations, Aria and Ichiko have lost sight of their true selves. To whom do the lives of these girls - who continue to play the roles they are given - belong?
In order to take back control of their own lives, courage and willpower are needed, and the fateful meeting between them may just be the key to unlocking their hidden strength.
This is the story of one summer in 1966 that shaped the future of the Iwakura family, and their new maid.
For more information, visit the game’s official website.
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