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Muv-Luv

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Muv-Luv
Muv-Luv cover
Developers
ixtl
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Publishers
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Release dates
Windows February 28, 2003
Reception
Metacritic 76
OpenCritic 77
IGDB 79
Taxonomy
Modes Singleplayer
Pacing Relaxed
Perspectives First-person
Controls Menu-based
Genres Visual novel
Art styles Anime
Themes Adult, Contemporary, Japan, Sci-fi
Series Muv-Luv
Muv-Luv on HowLongToBeat
Muv-Luv on IGDB
Muv-Luv on MobyGames
Muv-Luv on Wikipedia
Muv-Luv 2003
Muv-Luv Alternative 2006
Muv-Luv VR 2016
Muv-Luv photonflowers* 2019
Muv-Luv photonmelodies♮ 2020
Muv-Luv Unlimited: THE DAY AFTER - Episode 00 REMASTERED 2021
Muv-Luv Unlimited: THE DAY AFTER - Episode 01 REMASTERED 2021
Muv-Luv Unlimited: THE DAY AFTER - Episode 02 REMASTERED 2021
Muv-Luv Unlimited: THE DAY AFTER - Episode 03 REMASTERED 2021
Muv-Luv Alternative Total Eclipse Remastered 2022
Project MIKHAIL: A Muv-Luv War Story TBA

Key points

Contains remastered versions of two previously released Muv-Luv games:
  • Muv-Luv Extra
  • Muv-Luv Unlimited
The aspect ratio is cropped from the original 4:3, removing the top and/or bottom of some CGs and artwork. To see these uncropped, you can view them in the gallery after finishing your playthrough, but they are still cropped as you play.[1]
Some artwork has been extended to fit the new 16:10 aspect ratio.

General information

Visual Novel Database article
Steam Community Discussions
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Steam
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Windows
All versions require Steam DRM.

DLC and expansion packs

Name Notes
Muv-Luv Alternative Manga Super Bundle 1 Contains volumes 1-4 of the Muv-Luv Alternative Manga.
Windows
Muv-Luv Alternative Manga Super Bundle 2 Contains volumes 5-8 of the Muv-Luv Alternative Manga.
Windows
Muv-Luv Alternative Manga Super Bundle 3 Contains volumes 9-12 of the Muv-Luv Alternative Manga.
Windows

Essential improvements

Restore cut content

Install Director's Cut Patch[2]
Restores cut 18+ content for the Steam release. Originally sold on Denpasoft, but was removed from sale when publishing rights changed from Sekai Project to aNCHOR.[3] The patch is now abandonware.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/802880/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game data location

System Location
Steam <Steam-folder>\userdata\<user-id>\802880\remote\
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/802880/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Steam Cloud
100 MB available.

Video

Graphics feature State Notes
Widescreen resolution
16:10. The original games were 4:3-only and have had much of the artwork cropped to 16:9 for the Steam release.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS
120+ FPS
Capped at 64 FPS.
High dynamic range display (HDR)

Input

Keyboard and mouse, touch State Notes
Remapping
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Touchscreen optimised
Controller
Controller support
Controller types

Audio

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Separate sliders for master volume, voices, music and sound effects with additional sliders for each individual character's voices.
Surround sound
Supports HRTF.
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Under Power Saving Mode > Pause and Suspend Game.
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Simplified Chinese
Select under Steam game Properties > Language.
Japanese

Other information

API

Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 7
Processor (CPU)
System memory (RAM) 1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 3 GB
Other Minimum resolution of 1024x768


Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 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>/802880/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (802880) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References