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Crimson Waves on the Emerald Sea: Amaranthine Moon Released on Steam & itchio!

Crystal Game Works just released their game otome game, Crimson Waves on the Emerald Sea: Amaranthine Moon, on Steam and itchio!

About the Game

Crimson Waves on the Emerald Sea: Amaranthine Moon is a Victorian vampire mystery otome game about love and lost time. 

Determined to make her own destiny as she turns 18, the young head of her family Lucie plunges headfirst in the conniving world of business dealings. Before she’s able to seal the deal on a revolutionary treatment to vampirism, her business partner suddenly dies. Lucie finds herself embroiled in the middle of the mysterious death of her former partner and an event from a decade prior…

Crimson Waves on the Emerald Sea: Amaranthine Moon is the otome standalone sequel to Crimson Waves on the Emerald Sea, a Victorian vampire visual novel previously released in 2021. This visual novel is set around 5 years after the events of the first visual novel, following Lucie as the main character. You don’t need to play the first game to enjoy this tale.

A demo is also available for play!

Release & Features

  • Release Date: April 29, 2026
  • Platforms: Windows, macOS, Linux
  • Sites: Steam & itch.io
  • 3 love interests to fall for
  • Play as a human or a vampire—each with consequences
  • Multiple endings, depending on the choices you make with the love interest’s and if you are a human or vampire
  • 200k+ words of Victorian intrigue
  • A very confident and lovely gremlin protagonist
  • A murder mystery…or two?

The Characters

Screenshots

About the Devs

Crystal Game Works is an indie visual novel development studio founded in 2018 that focuses on
making feminine romance games. They hope to create otome games, boys love, and visual novels where
players will fall in love with the characters. Prior released games include: Asphodelium, Canvas Menagerie, Mari’s Magical Deliveries, A Pinch of Magic, Enamored Risks, and more.

Images on page provided courtesy of Crystal Game Works Press Kit

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