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To Have and to Hold

A short boys love / yaoi / gay visual novel about a couple of cousins whose paths cross at a family wedding. They both get a little drunk, emotions run high, and things take a surprisingly steamy turn.

6 August 2023

To Have and to Hold is an indie developed by Ebi-Hime, released 6 August 2023 on Linux and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What To Have and to Hold is

To Have and to Hold is an indie game developed by Ebi-Hime and released in 2023. It is available on Linux and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Ren'Py.

The premise, in the publisher's words

A short boys love / yaoi / gay visual novel about a couple of cousins whose paths cross at a family wedding. They both get a little drunk, emotions run high, and things take a surprisingly steamy turn.
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How it plays

Its themes are erotic. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

To Have and to Hold launched on 6 August 2023, within three weeks of Baldur's Gate III, Baldur's Gate III, Overwatch and Blasphemous II.

Released around the same time: Baldur's Gate III, Baldur's Gate III, Overwatch, Blasphemous II.

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When did To Have and to Hold come out?
To Have and to Hold was released on 6 August 2023 for Linux and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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