Kare wa Kanojo

A school romance visual novel centered on a classmate's secret

JMF Games · Released Mar 27, 2019

Reviews: Very Positive; 83% of 100
Recent reviews: Not enough recent
Players: 0; daily peak, Oct 29, 2026
Steam Deck: Playable
Last update on Steam: 6 years ago; Jun 27, 2020
Minimum PC: DirectX 9 GPU; 2 GB RAM · 0.2 GB disk; Full requirements

What is Kare wa Kanojo?

This free, single-player visual novel takes place in a small village near Osaka in the summer of 1997. You play a boy entering a new school, meet three girls, and make choices that lead to three possible endings.

For you if...

+you enjoy anime-style romance and branching stories

Not for you if...

−you prefer action-focused play over reading and dialogue

What players say

83% of 100 reviews are positive

Players praise the story and short playtime. Recurring complaints concern the portrayal of a transgender character and dialogue that players describe as transphobic.

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Kare wa Kanojo system requirements

Minimum: DirectX 9 GPU, 2 GB RAM, 0.2 GB of disk space.

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Minimum

OS: Windows XP or higher
Processor: 2.0 GHz Core 2 Duo
Graphics: OpenGL 2.0 or DirectX 9.0c compatible
Memory: 2 GB RAM
Storage: 250 MB available space

Does Kare wa Kanojo have co-op or multiplayer?

No: single-player only, no multiplayer modes declared.

Single-player

Does Kare wa Kanojo run on Steam Deck?

Playable Playable: it runs on Steam Deck with some adjustments.

Sometimes shows mouse, keyboard or non-Deck controller icons
Some text entry requires manually opening the on-screen keyboard
Some in-game text is small and may be hard to read
All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck

PC version details

DRM: None declared on Steam
Controller: Keyboard and mouse
Platforms: Windows, macOS, Linux
Achievements: 20
Steam features: Family Sharing
Age rating: 17+
Languages: Text only: English, French, Spanish - Spain.

Does Kare wa Kanojo use AI-generated content?

No AI-generated content is disclosed on the game's Steam page.

Self-reported by the developer under Steam rules: it covers AI content that ships in the game, not tools used to make it. Steam page checked on Oct 27, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam