Butterfly Soup
A downloadable game for Windows, macOS, and Linux
Languages: English, 日本語, 中文, 한국어, Português, Česky, bahasa Indonesia, Polski, فارسی
A visual novel about gay asian girls playing baseball and falling in love.
Features:
- harold they're lesbians*
- 3-4 hours long
- memes
*except not really, one of them is bi
The game is free, but you can support me by buying the bonus art PDF for $5! It's 30 pages of me rambling + extra sketches, many of which have never been posted anywhere else.
Fan-made ports:
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Content warnings: brief written depictions of parental emotional+physical abuse (no visuals), ableist slurs
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Development log
- Butterfly Soup 2 is coming out on Oct 29!Sep 20, 2022
- Now available in Indonesian!Mar 17, 2021
- Now available in Farsi!Nov 09, 2020
- Now available in Polish!Apr 20, 2020
- Mac version now notarized for CatalinaJan 02, 2020
- Now available in Czech!Jun 09, 2019
- Now available in Korean!May 19, 2019
- Now available in Japanese and Brazilian Portuguese!Jan 01, 2019
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i played this a long time ago, but i never forgot the impact it had on me. love is beautiful and awesome, so are games!!!
I'm super late but idc. Thank you so much for creating this game and the sequel. It made me feel so understood. All of the main characters made me feel like "Hey, I also have this problem, but isn't it normal?". I relate to DIya and Noelle a lot. They way you made the perspective of a person who puts their parents dreams and education ABOVE their needs was fantastic. Thank you so much
Even though I don't really have a passion for sports, I learned some stuff about baseball and had a good time doing it. The characterization and POV changes with reveals and plot progression felt unique. I can see why this is still one of the top rated games on itch, even almost a decade after it was released. Thank you for making this game <3
I loved this game. It has several funny moments and is super light. Just what I need.
I was so much like Akarsha in middle school. She was so relatable. I'm mainly talking about the 1st game, but even this one.
Harold they're lesbians
this is what pearl from steven universe was to lesbians. I couldnt wait for the second game to come! absolutely fantastic game worth every second of your time. ₍₍⚞(˶˃ ꒳ ˂˶)⚟⁾⁾
Will we ever get a steam release? I love to buy it again on steam.
UGHH THIS US SO CUTE AND ADORABLE AND RELATABELEE AND LESBIAN AND I CANT IT SO PERFECTW USFHFVUVVHFHUD
fun game to play
this is absolutely amazing omg.just finished it and i want moreeeeee ;-; its actually HILARIOUS and i love min and akarshas violent duo frienship theyre all amazing im in awe this game is perfect EEEEEeeeEeEEEeeEEEeeEEE
OMG I JUST NOTICED THERES A SEQUEL I AM NOT SLEEPING TILL IVE PLAYED THIS RAHHHHHH
this is tge best game of my life
I mean....it's not exactly a common language to speak. If you want an Arabic translation, then make one yourself for example, lol.
The world was never meant to handle neither Min's violence, Akarsha's everything, nor a recorder rendition of How Far We'll Go
This is the game that inspired me to make my own, and showed me that anything is possible. That I could make a visual novel by myself, that my story could be about anything, that maybe it'll mean something to someone- just as much as this game means to me. I will always love this game, it's story, and I will always love it for the fact that it showed me visual novels can be important video games to experience too.
Finished the game and loved it. Beautiful cast and story. Thank you for the experience. Will check out the sequel soon!
Just started the game and I couldn't stop laughing! It's so great so far!
amo esta novela visual!!,es tan linda:DD
there is a fanfic of this on ao3 called Loss
I remember watching Gloom play this on YouTube when I was middle school. My freshman year when I was thrusted into my homophobic Christian high school, I remember downloading it so I could play it for myself. The VN really helped the scared queer girl in me escape from her reality and also see realistic depictions of what it was like to be queer when you lived in places that made it feel like you didn't fit right. I have since graduated from that high school and will soon be entering college. I decided to download the VN again on a whim and it all flooded back to me how important this VN was and still is for me (guess how elated I was to find out there was a second game!). Both of the Butterfly Soup visual novels have impacted me greatly and gave me some of the most accurate representation on my own personal queer experience. I related to every character in some compacity. It may be a silly coming of age slice of life story, but I cannot express how much it will always mean to me.
This comment is so beautiful and really captures what makes this game so special. I'm so glad you found it when you needed it most, even if you wish it had been earlier. Stories like these that show authentic queer experiences can be lifesavers during those tough formative years. Congrats on graduating and best of luck in college! You've come so far 💕
Why did you leave Play Story?
OMG SO AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
amazing game ! thanks
It was amazing story, I enjoyed the moments with Akarsha (the craziest ones): she brings a big chaotic energy to the group, the connection between Diya and Min: they are pretty cute together, I liked the evolution of Min, as a person who struggles with her identity and wants to be true to herself - that part was crucial to people understand the bad consequences of very rigid and strict norms constructed by a close minded society, because we should accept that everyone is different and being LGBT+ is not a sin nor a problem, it is very important to support the community, even as part of it or simply a ally. We shouldn't put LGBT+ people down, we should accept, support and help them. LGBT+ people like me have struggle a lot for many, many years and we should continue to show that we are people like others and fight for our rights.
Also, I liked that Min, as someone who gets easily in fights, trying to show her affective side specially to Diya, her girlfriend. It is not only changing for someone, but also learning about the emotions, showing the emotional strength, the courage, and continuing to show themselves.
I will give it 5 stars!
first time ive ever seen non-doomed yuri
I wanna play but there's no android port
There's a fanmade android port here! https://brianna-lei.itch.io/butterflysoupports
Thank u so mucho
I loved this so much I almost died. So well written.
I really want to commit violent crimes against all of their parents omfg
I LOVE THIS!! I LOVE HOW THEYRE SO SILLY AND STUFF AND I KINDA RELATE TO ALL OF THEM??
anyways. i love gays.
it's AMAZING!! it's long but that's what makes it fun! kinda, i got a little tired on the start of Noelle's pov, but that was a me thing <3
edit: i just finshed it!!! LOVE IT!!!!
i miss the obnoxious 2017 humour </3, love the game! :3
a fellow intellectual
this is so awesome!! the characters are realistic and relatable, i love their chemistry and i can see why they are the way they are ^^
I miss my daughters
replaying for the first time since 2018, so excited to finish up and play the sequel. lovely characters, so so heartfelt.
i never want any Gay girls around me ever again.
lovely lovely lovely game
Loved this game! It was funny and heartfelt. Thank you for making it.
Hello, I could translate the game into Russian or Ukrainian for people from the CIS countries
i screamed so loud when the final scene happened i was like "FINALLY!!!!" this was incredible i couldn't stop yapping to my friends about all the reactions i had to the scenes... diya and min seo are so cute i'm obsessed ARGH love it!!! can't wait to play the sequel :D
i'm jealous...
when i tried yapping to my friends about it they wanted me to shush super lol hahaha............
at least dizzy is my frenemy!!! lore things....!!
you'll love the sequel though!! pary party YEAH
yeahh i played the buso 2 a few days after and loved it just as much <3 the storytelling is absolutely incredible and i absolutely love the characters and their dynamics ^w^
YESYES im sure you can tell who my favorite is…. ʅ（◞‿◟）ʃ
peepeeketchupman for life
also, just in case you needed to know… there is merch.
i know brianna lei (the creator of butterfly soup) has the link in her insta bio, its confettibri OFCOURSE JUST IN CASE JUST IN CASE…. i just walk and talk butterfly soup i can’t stop.
question what ethnicity are rthe girls?? do i habe to play the game to know?? /gen
diya and akarsha are indian, min-seo is south korean, and noelle is taiwanese.
you can see this on https://butterflysoup.fandom.com/wiki/Butterfly_Soup but to avoid spoilers i wouldn't recommend looking now!! :-))