Narcissu

Narcissu
Narcissu	2005
Narcissu Side 2nd	2006
Narcissu 3rd -Die Dritte Welt-	2009
Narcissu 10th Anniversary Anthology Project	2016

Warnings

The macOS (OS X) release of this game does not work on macOS Catalina (version 10.15) or later due to the removal of support for 32-bit-only apps.

Narcissu is a singleplayer visual novel game in the Narcissu series.

Because of multiple versions of the game, this article mainly focuses on the Steam version published by Sekai Project, including both Narcissu and Narcissu Side 2nd as well as the English translation of the first game only published by Insani.

General information

Narcissu: Side 2nd on Wikipedia

Visual Novel Database article for Narcissu

Visual Novel Database article for Narcissu Side 2nd

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		Japanese only.
Developer website		Original Japanese version.
Publisher website		Insani version.
Steam		Includes both Narcissu and Narcissu Side 2nd. Can be run without Steam running. ^[1]

An online HTML5 version is also available.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\saves\^{[Note 1]}
macOS (OS X)
Linux

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\saves\^{[Note 1]}
macOS (OS X)
Linux

It's unknown whether this game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux. Please fill in this information.

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Steam Cloud

Video

General settings for Steam version of the game.

General settings for HTML5 version of the game.

General settings for Insani version of the game.

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution		4:3 only. Most assets done for 800x600.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed		Steam version freely resizeable. Insani version is always 800x600.
Borderless fullscreen windowed		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the glossary page for potential alternatives.
Color blind mode		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.

Input

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse acceleration		Cursor only used for menu navigation. OS cursor used.
Mouse input in menus
Keyboard and mouse prompts
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support		XInput and DirectInput. XInput prioritized.
Full controller support
Controller remapping		Japanese layout used, secondary button (Xbox B, DualShock O) is used as confirm and third button (Xbox Y, DualShock △) is pause/menu.
Controller sensitivity		Stick is used to toggle cursor position on selectable items on screen.
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger support

DirectInput-compatible controllers

PlayStation controllers

Nintendo controllers

Other controller(s)

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Input prompt override
Haptic feedback
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Audio

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Voice (with Steam version for different characters as well), music and effects. False for HTML5 version.
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions		Partial.
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English				Steam versions translations by Agilis and GP32 for the first game, Agilis for the second. Insani versions translation by Haeleth.
Japanese
Spanish				Fan translation, download.
Brazilian Portuguese				Fan translation by Zero Force Translations; download.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9

Executable	PPC	32-bit	64-bit	ARM	Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)					This 32-bit-only macOS game does not work* on macOS Catalina (10.15) or later.*
Linux					^[2]

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	XP
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium 4 1.2 GHz
System memory (RAM)	1 GB
Storage drive (HDD/SSD)	300 MB
Video card (GPU)	Integrated Graphics.

macOS (OS X)
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	10.6
Processor (CPU)	64-bit processor
System memory (RAM)	1 GB
Storage drive (HDD/SSD)	300 MB
Video card (GPU)	Integrated Graphics.

Linux
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium 4 1.2 GHz
System memory (RAM)	1 GB
Storage drive (HDD/SSD)	300 MB
Video card (GPU)	Integrated Graphics.

Notes

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 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).

References

↑ Verified by User:Silverkeeper on 2025-12-21
↑ FreshPorts -- games/narcissu2 - last accessed on 2021-05-09

[gamedir-2] 1.0 ^1.1 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).

[1] Verified by User:Silverkeeper on 2025-12-21

[3] FreshPorts -- games/narcissu2 - last accessed on 2021-05-09

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[Note 1]

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Developers

	stage-nana
Publishers
	Insani
	Sekai Project
Engines
Japanese	NScripter
English	ONScripter
Release dates
Windows	August 2, 2005
macOS (OS X)	August 2, 2005
Linux	August 2, 2005
Taxonomy
Monetization	Freeware
Modes	Singleplayer
Genres	Visual novel
Art styles	Anime
Themes	Japan
Series	Narcissu