Beneath The Cherry Trees

A short visual novel pairing Japanese poetry with watercolor illustrations

Katsudou Mangaya · Published by Henteko Doujin · Released Oct 14, 2016

Reviews: Mixed; 68% of 157
Recent reviews: Not enough recent
Players: 0; daily peak, Oct 30, 2026
Steam Deck: Untested
Last update on Steam: 9 years ago; Jan 9, 2017
Minimum PC: HD; 2 GB RAM · 0.6 GB disk; Full requirements

What is Beneath The Cherry Trees?

This free, single-player visual novel adapts Motojirō Kajii’s 1928 poetic story, which opens with the claim that bodies lie beneath cherry trees. You read the text alongside photographs and music in a demonstration of the AIRNovel engine.

For you if...

+you enjoy dark themes in literary stories

Not for you if...

−you want action rather than reading
−you want a lengthy story to work through

What players say

68% of 157 reviews are positive

Players praise the artwork and music. Early reviews repeatedly criticize awkward or unclear English, though a later review reports easier reading after a translation update.

Screenshots and trailer

Beneath The Cherry Trees system requirements

Minimum: HD, 2 GB RAM, 0.6 GB of disk space.

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Minimum

OS: WindowsXP/7/8.1/10
Processor: Celeron M1.6GHz
Graphics: Intel HD Graphics
Memory: 2 GB RAM
Storage: 600 MB available space

Does Beneath The Cherry Trees have co-op or multiplayer?

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

Single-player

Does Beneath The Cherry Trees run on Steam Deck?

Untested Not yet tested by Valve on Steam Deck.

PC version details

DRM: None declared on Steam
Controller: Keyboard and mouse
Platforms: Windows
Steam features: Family Sharing
Languages: Text only: English, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Spain.

Does Beneath The Cherry Trees 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