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Rose Guns Days -Season 1-

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65%Game Brain Score
Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
Most mentioned negative aspects:music, gameplay
100% User Score Based on 16 reviews

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Rose Guns Days -Season 1- is a single player action game with anime and historical themes. It was developed by 07th Expansion and was released on April 9, 2026. It received overwhelmingly positive reviews from players.

Rose Guns Days, the hit visual novel from lauded indie studio 07th Expansion set in a fictional post-war Japan that reeks of alcohol and gunpowder, is now available in HD and three languages: Japanese, English, and Chinese! Set in the aftermath of an alternate history World War II where an unprecedented natural disaster forces Japan to accept an unconditional surrender to the Sino-American allies.…

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100%Audience ScoreBased on 16 reviews
story4 positive mentions
  • Engaging and well-paced story set in an alternate post-WWII Japan with strong themes of survival, cultural preservation, and social justice.
  • Vibrant, diverse art styles and well-designed characters that bring the world of City 23 and Club Primavera to life.
  • Includes simple but challenging and skippable fight mini-games, adding a unique gameplay element to a kinetic visual novel.
  • The combat mini-games and their lengthy score screens can disrupt the narrative flow and may become tedious.
  • Soundtrack suffers from technical issues that cause awkward silences between tracks, diminishing the listening experience.
  • Some character writing relies on stereotypical and anime-like tropes, especially regarding female sex worker characters, which may feel uncomfortable or inconsistent.

  • story

    31 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    13% positive mentions, 77% neutral mentions, 10% negative mentions

    The story of Rose Guns Days is a linear, action-filled narrative set in an alternate post-WWII occupied Tokyo, focusing on the protection of sex workers through the Club Primavera union. Praised for its brisk pacing, strong character writing, and excellent world-building, it blends elements of survival, crime, and social struggle with episodic cliffhangers that engage players, though some find parts sporadic or surface-level. While gameplay mini-games add intensity, they are optional, allowing players to focus primarily on the compelling story, best experienced once all episodes are available.

    • “I found myself getting heavily invested in the story, and since this is the first episode (although I understand that it was originally a long visual novel), it leaves off on a very exciting cliffhanger, making me eager for that next episode.”
    • “Ryukishi's strengths as a writer shine bright here in Rose Guns Days, especially the character writing: you simply cannot help but be fascinated by, root for, and deeply care for the various characters that appear throughout the story.”
    • “Interestingly then, Rose Guns Days actually distances itself from Ryukishi's previous mystery/horror looping narratives by instead going for a linear action-filled story that spans over multiple years and four "seasons": along with the combat mini-games (which can honestly get quite intense, especially by last season), this gives Rose Guns Days a distinct flair that you cannot really find in Ryukishi's other works.”
    • “If you want to have a good time, I really recommend you completely turn off the story option: this way, you'll still be able to see fabulous CGs without having to suffer from boredom or wait 2000 years for the story.”
    • “I think the storytelling is pretty sporadic and a bit surface level at times, despite the undeniable charm and excellent world building.”
    • “Since this is an episodic series, some players might be disappointed if they were expecting the entire story all at once.”

  • music

    9 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    33% positive mentions, 34% neutral mentions, 33% negative mentions

    The music features fitting and high-quality tracks with a solid, varied soundtrack that enhances the atmosphere, ranging from exciting to suspenseful. However, there are relatively few unique compositions, and technical issues cause awkward pauses between tracks, disrupting the listening experience. Additionally, some fans miss certain signature audio elements, like voice acting or specific sound effects, which slightly detracts from the overall impact.

    • “The tracks themselves are amazing and totally fitting for respective entourages.”
    • “With the music, the tracks have a great variety from the exciting, action-packed fight to the slightly scary mood that keeps you on your toes.”
    • “Music as always is great and the character designs are really good.”
    • “The tracks themselves are amazing and totally fitting for respective entourages, however there are very few unique ones and the game actively prevents you from enjoying them: for some unknown reason, be it MangaGamer's mistake in this release or something else, the music feels almost bugged as the track queues tied to certain dialogue boxes are not at all seamless, and almost always there will be an uncomfortable 60 seconds pause of silence after one OST finishes and the trigger for another has not yet been reached.”
    • “Soundtrack is solid but has much less variety than in WTC.”
    • “In terms of criticisms: while the soundtrack is quite solid and has numerous fabulous standout tracks, the absence of ZTS particularly (same as Ciconia) makes me a bit sad, and if you're coming into this straight out of Umineko I think you will feel this way as well.”

  • gameplay

    8 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    38% positive mentions, 24% neutral mentions, 38% negative mentions

    The gameplay is minimal and largely linear, featuring simple point-and-click minigames during fight scenes that can be skipped, allowing players to focus on the story. While some find the added mechanics to be a basic and repetitive diversion, others enjoy the challenge and extra achievements as a fun bonus.

    • “This time, however, 07thexpansion decided to add a simple point and click minigame, remotely similar to osu gameplay, during the fight scenes.”
    • “I was pleasantly surprised to learn that there's some gameplay here although, as I mentioned earlier, it's entirely skippable, so you can just enjoy the story itself.”
    • “The story and gameplay are lots of fun, and achievements are just more of a fun bonus to me.”
    • “That means, there are no choices for you to make, nor is there any in-depth gameplay intended at all.”
    • “Even if we get over the idea that in general this isn't a great idea to add a 'find a giant white circle on your screen and press on it to block' gameplay loop to a novel that has billion fight scenes, the game also requires you to watch a 30-second long score screen segment after each one.”
    • “As for the gameplay, the story is linear, so there's only one ending.”

  • graphics

    3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    67% positive mentions, 33% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    The graphics feature well-drawn and colored sprites with appealing, slightly blurry photographic backgrounds. While the violent scenes are implied rather than visually graphic, the presence of multiple character artists causes minor art style inconsistencies that aren’t overly distracting.

    • “The sprites are drawn and colored well, and I like the slightly blurry, photographic backgrounds.”
    • “Finally, considering RGD had multiple character artists, there is a bit of art style clashing going on but nothing too distracting.”

  • character development

    2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    50% positive mentions, 50% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    The character development is highlighted by excellent character designs contributed by multiple artists, including Ryukishi, though the lack of voice acting is noted as a curious omission. Overall, the visual portrayal of characters is well-received.

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Rose Guns Days -Season 1- is a action game with anime and historical themes. Common tags for Rose Guns Days -Season 1- include indie, 2d, linear, story rich and retro.

Rose Guns Days -Season 1- is available on PC, Mac OS, Windows and Linux.

Rose Guns Days -Season 1- was released on April 9, 2026.

Rose Guns Days -Season 1- was developed by 07th Expansion.

Rose Guns Days -Season 1- has received overwhelmingly positive reviews from players. Most players liked Rose Guns Days -Season 1- for its story but disliked it for its music.

Rose Guns Days -Season 1- is a single player game.

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