Ending the Happy Route
A visual novel depicting a protagonist who desperately struggles to change their fate of despair.
Ending the Happy Route is an adventure developed by Water Phoenix, released 2 October 2025 on Nintendo Switch 2, PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4.
What Ending the Happy Route is
Ending the Happy Route is an adventure game developed by Water Phoenix and released in 2025. It was published by Kemco. It is available on Nintendo Switch 2, PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unity.
The premise, in the publisher's words
The protagonist, Hyoga, had a life where his chosen actions never seemed to pay off, ever since his childhood. As a high school student with a rough personality, Ayuno, a classmate, treats him kindly. However, Hyoga ends up making unintended choices towards Ayuno.
How it plays
Its themes are drama. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
What it launched against
Ending the Happy Route launched on 2 October 2025, within three weeks of Battlefield 6, Ghost of Yotei, Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 and Silent Hill f. It arrived 5 years into the PlayStation 5's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Battlefield 6, Ghost of Yotei, Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2, Silent Hill f.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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