NEKOPARA Vol. 1

NEKOPARA
NEKOPARA Vol. 1	2014
NEKOPARA Vol. 0	2015
NEKOPARA Vol. 2	2016
NEKOPALIVE	2016
NEKOPARA Vol. 3	2017
NEKOPARA Extra	2018
NEKOPARA Vol. 4	2020

Key points

Censored and adult versions are sold separately. Steam version is censored with the adult version sold as DLC, but it's possible to replace the censored files with the adult version and enable Steamworks manually. See below.

General information

Visual Novel Database article

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		Full adult version.
Publisher website		Full adult version.
Steam		Censored version. Adult version can be bought as DLC here.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\savedata^{[Note 2]} %APPDATA%\NEKO WORKs\nekopara_vol %USERPROFILE%Documents\NEKO WORKs\nekopara_vol1
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/333600/pfx/^{[Note 3]}

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\savedata^{[Note 2]} %APPDATA%\NEKO WORKs\nekopara_vol %USERPROFILE%Documents\NEKO WORKs\nekopara_vol1
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/333600/pfx/^{[Note 3]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Steam Cloud		^{[citation needed]}

Video

General settings.

Graphics settings.

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution		Only 1280x720 with optional scaling method.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed		Fully resizeable window. Game reacts to window movement and resizing.
Borderless fullscreen windowed		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS		Inconsistant frame rate. Goes up to monitor's refresh rate, but goes back to 60 FPS when stationary.
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Input

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers

PlayStation controllers

Generic/other controllers

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Audio

Audio settings.

Voice settings.

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Master, music, sound and voice. Also separate voice adjust to all characters.
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Traditional Chinese
Japanese
Polish				Fan translation, download
Russian				Fan translation, download
Spanish				Fan translation, download

Other information

Enabling Steamworks on adult version

Replace game files^[2]
Remove all game files that Steam has loaded in <path-to-game>. Install adult version on same folder or copy files from already installed location. Use launch parameter `-steam="yes"`. Start the game normally.

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Physics	E-mote

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	Vista
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium 4 1.8 GHz	2.0 GHz
System memory (RAM)	1 GB	2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	3 GB
Video card (GPU)	Minimum resolution of 1280x720 128 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0 compatible Shader model 2.0 support	256 MB of VRAM

Notes

↑ KiriKiri Z engine build: 1.2.0.3^[1]
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMDATA%, or %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/333600/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (333600) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References

↑ Verified by User:Vetle on 2017-06-30
↑ Adult Version Works on Steam! :: NEKOPARA Vol. 1 General discussion - last accessed on 2015-01-02

[2] KiriKiri Z engine build: 1.2.0.3^[1]

[gamedir-3] 2.0 ^2.1 When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMDATA%, or %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).

[Proton_path_note-4] 3.0 ^3.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/333600/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (333600) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

[engineversion-1] Verified by User:Vetle on 2017-06-30

[5] Adult Version Works on Steam! :: NEKOPARA Vol. 1 General discussion - last accessed on 2015-01-02

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Developers

	NEKO WORKs
Publishers
	Sekai Project
Adult version	Denpasoft
Engines
	KiriKiri Z^{[Note 1]}
Release dates
Windows	December 29, 2014
Taxonomy
Monetization	DLC
Microtransactions	None
Modes	Singleplayer
Pacing	Relaxed
Themes	Adult
Series	NEKOPARA