Sanguine Rose is one of my favorite VNs thus far and I played it until I got through everything in the main game. I didn't see that these were in the menu until seeing this here, just now, and I am so happy to have more to read with these characters! Squee!
Played the demo of this a while ago and it pushes all the correct buttons. Writing is great, art direction is top knotch. Orc girls are generally underappreciated and its great to see them used well here.
Hi there, I'm having some technical issues and I see on the support page that itch doesn't support individual games. I'm on a Debian derivative of Linux and I had no problem extracting and playing the demo (using the shell script), but the .rar package I downloaded after purchase appears to be corrupted. I've tried downloading on different days, with different browsers, and tried three different archive managers to extract it (File roller, unrar, and Ark) and they all either say it isn't a .rar file, or throw an error. The only other thing I can think of is that the package is somehow corrupt on the server. Could you please check to see if the package has an issue and then advise me what I should do to download the game?
Hey! If I had to guess, the problem is that the demo version is uploaded as a .zip, while the full game is uploaded as .rar. I'm not sure why the .rar isn't extracting properly, but I reckon if we switch back to .zip then everything should work. It may have to wait a day or two as our hands are full releasing an update to the game, but that might be for the best as this way you can play the version with additional scenes. I'll make sure the update is packaged as a .zip when it goes up and hopefully that will solve the problem. - Hallows
I've just finished my first run-though, and that was well done. It had a good tense and releas cycle. I don't want to spoil anything, but I got a less-than desired ending, so I'm going to try again.
I did and it took me a couple of tries to get an ending that I was satisfied with. Then I just went to unlock all the art and scenes I could. There are three hidden scenes that I haven't found yet.
Your characters are great. Man, Carmen reminds me of Vorbis from Small Gods, only friendlier. The story works and seeing how it plays out with different choices is fascinating. This is a good work of art.
Hey! Sorry to hear you're having trouble. Could you tell me which version of the game you downloaded (PC/Mac/Android)? None of the builds are RAW, but the PC build is a .Rar and needs to be extracted before it will run. - Hallows
Yes, Rar isn't supported on Windows by default, but there's lots of free options which will allow you to extract. WinRar is probably the most popular, but there's a few others listed here: https://www.thewindowsclub.com/open-rar-files-in-windows-10/ I hope this helps :) - Hallows
Sanguine Rose is not just an erotic game (well, maybe more that just erotic ... It is -very- explicit), which it does well with beautiful art and intense writing.
But is also a clever game, where every playthrough you get a bit more information to get the full scale of the story. That's done in an interresting way : the characters personality changes depending on your decisions, but their background remain the same. Except that you only gets small bits of it each playthrough. In the end, it builds a consistant world, with slightly shifting characters.
Very interresting (and hot) experience, to satisfy your lust and your mind.
Hey! The Android demo is still up but we haven't released the paid version of Sanguine Rose on Itch yet. It'll be coming in June, including the Android version. - Hallows
Great art, much better than the english original stuff posted on mangagamer. Might be worth trying to get the game on that site for better coverage. Looking forward to being able to buy it somewhere not steam.
Hi! The main character is Roman, a man. There's a few scenes which can be played from a woman's PoV, but most of the game is from Roman's perspective. In our next project it'll be possible to play as a man or a woman. - Hallows
Its pretty late, i just finished at 3:48Am. This has to be the GREATEST VN ive ever played. The good ending (or what i assume is, and hopefully it is) was a fantastic finish and the bad one gave me a passion for Roman. My props to you my good sir....my props to you.
Ok I just made an itch.io account to leave this comment! I really really love the story and writing. Its surprisingly well written! The character depths and development is just amazing! Really love how well written General Valentine is! Like wow I wasn't expecting such a good story with great endings coupled with some great art! Thanks a lot for making this Story and Visuals. Its just mind blowing. I hope you can make another part to the Sanguine Rose saga? Maybe same world, slightly different characters. Keep Carmen! This could become a great anthological game! I would love to read such gripping stories with great visuals! More of Carmen's smartness! Like she can be the new Sherlock level smart with more of her episodes! (wishful thinking :) )
The sex scenes don't seem forced. I like the fact that this could be a great story even without the smut. And all the sex doesn't feel out of place.
OverAll great scenes, great writing! Please make another such story continuing the Carmen character!! And I would love to play other such games from you aswell. I cant stress enough about how gripping the story is and how smartly written Carmen is! just love it! Blows my mind! Reminds me of Bible Black! I had to finish the game in one seating!
I want to express my thanks, and my love for this game. I've only played one of your earlier free builds, from a year or two back, and I was super impressed with the writing, and how drop dead seductive Carmen was. Woooooweeee, she could get my panty soaked, if I was even wearing any at all. It's very impressive how well she is written, when it seemed like most other VN for guys are much more... power trip focused? So female characters in those tends to be damsels in player induced distresses. Nice stuff, love this woman, and the supporting cast.
The VN is so memorable that I'm back here from sheer curiosity alone, and I am super pleased to find the game finished. I can't wait for the next one guys, I'll be back again in a year or two. See yahs.
I am not a reviewer so I wont go into much depth when it comes to the game, I'd much rather sum it up in one phrase:
I love it.
It has a great variety of routes, fantastic artstyle and its overall very entretaining. I lalso like the amount of desicion making, its not too much to make you feel like you have to make a desicion every half a second but its also not too little, making you really have a choice on the outcome
9.5/10 so far because I havent found a way to have an outcome I actually like with Glasha
Is there a way to save the galleries to SD card? Gonna want to free space soon but don't want to lose the gray art/visual story. Would really love the artwork as a screensaver storyboard like format. Telling a story with pics. Also I noticed a few scenes didn't unlock when the rest of that series. Like the last image in the tie Crow up says to "tie crow up to unlock" but all the others that said the same are unlocked.
I don't think that feature exists within Ren'py (the engine we used) without making all the images fully accessible, which we were a little apprehensive about doing in case they got shared around. Maybe in an artpack with watermarks though, it's something me and Duski need to discuss. That said, I can help you with tying up Crow. Towards the end of the scene, you can enter as Roman, or you can leave Crow and Carmen alone. You get different art at the end depending on which you choose. I think you haven't tried leaving them alone ;) - Hallows
thanks I'll try that. Just seemed weird that one 1 scene that didn't unlock labeled as "tieing up crow" I'll try to see if I have a load near there. Thanks again.
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Easily one of the best VNs out there despite how short it is. It's jsut so good. There is so much effort here.
Is the Mac version only available on here?
Sanguine Rose is one of my favorite VNs thus far and I played it until I got through everything in the main game. I didn't see that these were in the menu until seeing this here, just now, and I am so happy to have more to read with these characters! Squee!
pregnancy in the game
Do i need to buy this too if I have the game on steam?
The version on Steam and the version here are identical. If you own the game on Steam you do not need to buy the game here also.
Does it include a Steam key?
Thank you for this masterpiece, it's not a large game, but it's full of content. I especially liked the unique artstyle.
I wish there was some kind of continuation, but anyway, good luck in the future.
Can LGBT elements be added? Add male lover role?
We're currently not planning on adding more content to Sanguine Rose, but we'll be including M/M content in our future games. - Hallows
Played the demo of this a while ago and it pushes all the correct buttons. Writing is great, art direction is top knotch. Orc girls are generally underappreciated and its great to see them used well here.
Hi there, I'm having some technical issues and I see on the support page that itch doesn't support individual games. I'm on a Debian derivative of Linux and I had no problem extracting and playing the demo (using the shell script), but the .rar package I downloaded after purchase appears to be corrupted. I've tried downloading on different days, with different browsers, and tried three different archive managers to extract it (File roller, unrar, and Ark) and they all either say it isn't a .rar file, or throw an error. The only other thing I can think of is that the package is somehow corrupt on the server. Could you please check to see if the package has an issue and then advise me what I should do to download the game?
Thank you!
Hey! If I had to guess, the problem is that the demo version is uploaded as a .zip, while the full game is uploaded as .rar. I'm not sure why the .rar isn't extracting properly, but I reckon if we switch back to .zip then everything should work. It may have to wait a day or two as our hands are full releasing an update to the game, but that might be for the best as this way you can play the version with additional scenes. I'll make sure the update is packaged as a .zip when it goes up and hopefully that will solve the problem. - Hallows
Thank you! It looks to be running fine now. I’m curious about the new content.
Game is wayyy to short for $18, literally takes like an hour to complete. Bit of a rip off.
I've just finished my first run-though, and that was well done. It had a good tense and releas cycle. I don't want to spoil anything, but I got a less-than desired ending, so I'm going to try again.
I did and it took me a couple of tries to get an ending that I was satisfied with. Then I just went to unlock all the art and scenes I could. There are three hidden scenes that I haven't found yet.
Your characters are great. Man, Carmen reminds me of Vorbis from Small Gods, only friendlier. The story works and seeing how it plays out with different choices is fascinating. This is a good work of art.
Still one ending I haven't unlocked yet. This is challenging. :)
Played the demo, loved it. Baught the game and cant get it to download, it only downloads a RAW file? don't know what ime doing wrong
Hey! Sorry to hear you're having trouble. Could you tell me which version of the game you downloaded (PC/Mac/Android)? None of the builds are RAW, but the PC build is a .Rar and needs to be extracted before it will run. - Hallows
pc, it is a rar file sorry i was mistaken but its not allowing me to extract it do i need a certain program?
Yes, Rar isn't supported on Windows by default, but there's lots of free options which will allow you to extract. WinRar is probably the most popular, but there's a few others listed here: https://www.thewindowsclub.com/open-rar-files-in-windows-10/ I hope this helps :) - Hallows
Sanguine Rose is not just an erotic game (well, maybe more that just erotic ... It is -very- explicit), which it does well with beautiful art and intense writing.
But is also a clever game, where every playthrough you get a bit more information to get the full scale of the story. That's done in an interresting way : the characters personality changes depending on your decisions, but their background remain the same. Except that you only gets small bits of it each playthrough. In the end, it builds a consistant world, with slightly shifting characters.
Very interresting (and hot) experience, to satisfy your lust and your mind.
Hello? I'm not seeing a button to buy the Android version when I did before. What's going on?
Hey! The Android demo is still up but we haven't released the paid version of Sanguine Rose on Itch yet. It'll be coming in June, including the Android version. - Hallows
Completed the game many times but i still missed out Day 1 last scene and the 5th ending and 2 of the artworks. Can anyone care to help ?
Are there any plans to sell the full version on Itch.io ?
Yes! We're focusing our efforts on Steam at the moment, but we'll be selling the Steam version here on Itch too in about a month's time.
Thanks for the response. Count me in for a purchase when it's ready.
Great art, much better than the english original stuff posted on mangagamer. Might be worth trying to get the game on that site for better coverage. Looking forward to being able to buy it somewhere not steam.
What gender is the main character? Can you play as a girl?
Hi! The main character is Roman, a man. There's a few scenes which can be played from a woman's PoV, but most of the game is from Roman's perspective. In our next project it'll be possible to play as a man or a woman. - Hallows
Looking forward to your next game then :)
I never though it would be possible to finish a game and think that it was just perfect. But truth is, this one was.
Its pretty late, i just finished at 3:48Am. This has to be the GREATEST VN ive ever played. The good ending (or what i assume is, and hopefully it is) was a fantastic finish and the bad one gave me a passion for Roman. My props to you my good sir....my props to you.
Ok I just made an itch.io account to leave this comment! I really really love the story and writing. Its surprisingly well written! The character depths and development is just amazing! Really love how well written General Valentine is! Like wow I wasn't expecting such a good story with great endings coupled with some great art!
Thanks a lot for making this Story and Visuals. Its just mind blowing. I hope you can make another part to the Sanguine Rose saga? Maybe same world, slightly different characters. Keep Carmen! This could become a great anthological game! I would love to read such gripping stories with great visuals! More of Carmen's smartness! Like she can be the new Sherlock level smart with more of her episodes! (wishful thinking :) )
The sex scenes don't seem forced. I like the fact that this could be a great story even without the smut. And all the sex doesn't feel out of place.
OverAll great scenes, great writing! Please make another such story continuing the Carmen character!!
And I would love to play other such games from you aswell. I cant stress enough about how gripping the story is and how smartly written Carmen is! just love it! Blows my mind! Reminds me of Bible Black! I had to finish the game in one seating!
I want to express my thanks, and my love for this game. I've only played one of your earlier free builds, from a year or two back, and I was super impressed with the writing, and how drop dead seductive Carmen was. Woooooweeee, she could get my panty soaked, if I was even wearing any at all. It's very impressive how well she is written, when it seemed like most other VN for guys are much more... power trip focused? So female characters in those tends to be damsels in player induced distresses. Nice stuff, love this woman, and the supporting cast.
The VN is so memorable that I'm back here from sheer curiosity alone, and I am super pleased to find the game finished. I can't wait for the next one guys, I'll be back again in a year or two. See yahs.
Finally an adult visual novel that is not annoying you with endless and meaningless blabbering without any real possibility of interference.
Your actions actually have some effect in the long run that you can not simply foresee. Plus it is an adult story containing porn without
centering around it. This story could easily exist without any sex related content but is using it as a mere tool to transport character attitudes.
This way the game is being a play or better even, a fight for power and control, which manages to trigger arousal if you are ready for it.
I played it three times with completely different endings ranging from a happy ending to a mere disaster.
Nonetheless I really enjoyed playing this piece of artwork. Thanks.
I am not a reviewer so I wont go into much depth when it comes to the game, I'd much rather sum it up in one phrase:
I love it.
It has a great variety of routes, fantastic artstyle and its overall very entretaining. I lalso like the amount of desicion making, its not too much to make you feel like you have to make a desicion every half a second but its also not too little, making you really have a choice on the outcome
9.5/10 so far because I havent found a way to have an outcome I actually like with Glasha
Terry takes a look at the sexy Senguine Rose!
Is there a way to save the galleries to SD card? Gonna want to free space soon but don't want to lose the gray art/visual story. Would really love the artwork as a screensaver storyboard like format. Telling a story with pics. Also I noticed a few scenes didn't unlock when the rest of that series. Like the last image in the tie Crow up says to "tie crow up to unlock" but all the others that said the same are unlocked.
I don't think that feature exists within Ren'py (the engine we used) without making all the images fully accessible, which we were a little apprehensive about doing in case they got shared around. Maybe in an artpack with watermarks though, it's something me and Duski need to discuss. That said, I can help you with tying up Crow. Towards the end of the scene, you can enter as Roman, or you can leave Crow and Carmen alone. You get different art at the end depending on which you choose. I think you haven't tried leaving them alone ;) - Hallows
thanks I'll try that. Just seemed weird that one 1 scene that didn't unlock labeled as "tieing up crow" I'll try to see if I have a load near there. Thanks again.