A downloadable AVN for Windows, macOS, Linux, and Android

Love by the Water is an adult visual novel that balances lighthearted slice-of-life romance with urban-fantasy horror.

An avid reader raised by a fisherman father, Wake Shelley's historically nervous disposition has left him too frightened to experience anything outside of his small ocean-side house. With any attempt at broadening his world quickly cut short by violent panic attacks, he retreats back into his room—into his books—where he knows he's safe. But when the island's local university decides to move its campus to the cliffside overlooking his home, Wake decides to give his most hearty effort yet to make up for lost time by pushing through his fears in order to attend.

Waiting for him is Lonely-Gale: a sleepy island shaped by quiet beaches, proud locals, eccentric traditions, and a sordid history most prefer to leave alone.  As Wake finally begins building the life he's always wanted, he gets drawn deeper into the island's buried past and the plans of those seeking to exploit what makes Lonely-Gale special. In finally confronting the world he feared, Wake may discover that having courage does not always mean realizing there was nothing to be afraid of.


Hello! We're Cure and Pickle, and we're currently developing Love by the Water! LbtW is a true passion project built from nothing but scraps, hope, and caffeine. It means so much that you're thinking of spending your valuable time with our story. If you have any questions, please feel free to drop a comment below or reach out to Cure (don't reach out to Pickle or she'll start crying)!

Please make sure to leave a rating if you try the game! It genuinely helps us so much. Thank you so much for the support!

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Updated 1 day ago
StatusIn development
PlatformsWindows, macOS, Linux, Android
Rating
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(387 total ratings)
Authorcure
GenreVisual Novel
Made withRen'Py
Tags3D, Adult, Eroge, Erotic, harem, Hentai, No AI, Porn, Ren'Py, Romance
Average sessionA few hours
LanguagesEnglish
InputsMouse, Touchscreen
AccessibilitySubtitles, One button
LinksCommunity
ContentNo generative AI was used

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LbtW - Chapter 6 (PC) 3.8 GB
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LbtW - Chapter 6 (Android) 1.6 GB
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LbtW - Chapter 6 (Mac) 3.8 GB

Install instructions

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Wow the page looks amazing. Congrats 

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New Page looks great! Good job Pickle <3

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I love the new game page omg its so cute. New logo is a banger too <3

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i just realized that itch has a filter that marked a few comments as potential spam, so i'm sorry that i didn't see some of your questions and that some of the recent comments are posted out of order. i've gone through it and approved the non-spam ones and i'll make sure to monitor that system going forward

未来你有计划添加其他语言吗?(比如中文)

何时添加中文

Does it currently have Turkish language support, or will you be adding it?

apakah chapternya sudah sampai jauh?? Atau masih ongoing

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Can I impregnate the femboy?

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Bro ain't no way I see you here 😭

I don't know if the game will be translated into multiple languages, dev.❤️

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Bro don't say these girl in avns image are all going to be part of this dude

希望它以后会有简体中文

Is gay/trans content optional?

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What Abby favorite movie

No hay un parche de idioma de español para el juego solo está en ingles

This is a pretty good game with a really interesting plot and lots of crossover Easter eggs from other games. I highly recommend it.

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I think it's the best game I've ever played on itch io. I mean at some time I'm almost sad there's sex scene. The amount of nich reference and all of the thing happening in the background is sick. And it is so funny, I mean wtf they all have weird as fuck weapon of choice and even why do they have in the first place. And Bodhi, everything is great about this game, can't stop playing and laughting. 

tanku for the kind words!! means a lot :)

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it does not ask for "full control" of your phone LMAO large games can't always be packed into a single apk, so android ports of larger renpy games often distribute the apk and the game's files separately. the phone is asking for access to the location where the game's data is stored in order to load the images, audio, video, etc. it's not easy to get games designed for pc with thousands and thousands of images to work on a very broad range of mobile devices, and this is a pretty normal and efficient way to accomplish it, but i understand if it makes you uncomfortable :]

I appreciate the info.  I just have never been asked for this specific access level for other games, but I fully admit I have no idea what goes into making these games.  I'll give it another try 👍

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I really love the game's narrative setting and the characterization of several characters, and I'm so grateful to my friend for recommending it to me.

 

Honestly, it's such a shame I never came across this title despite browsing games on Itch.io for ages. To this day, I still can't wrap my head around how the platform's tag filtering system works.

 

Whenever I filter by tags like Adult and Harem, all I end up with are fairly popular games. It's really hard to find works from new developers, ultra-niche titles, or games with barely any players or reviews. Sometimes I even fall down an endless rabbit hole of referrals: I check out other games recommended by a game's developer, then browse picks from those devs, and just keep digging deeper layer by layer like a nesting doll.

 

It truly takes quite a bit of effort to unearth high-quality hidden gems on this platform, haha.

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Looking forward to seeing more content featuring Frankie

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you guys gotta make more scenes for Lana id sacrifice my ballsack if i have to

Any recommendations of books that the MC might love to red? Damn, I play to goon, but the story is too PEAK that I start to read some of the novel/book that appear in this PEAK ass VN 😭

i'm sorry i'm seeing this so late, thank you so much for the kind words!! wake is especially influenced by novels that explore the concept of the sublime, dark romanticist stories that overwhelm ordinary human scale: mountains, storms, enormous architecture, terror, infinity, death. as an agoraphobe, he's especially receptive to literature whose entire aesthetic is awe. not only does it let him encounter enormity without being physically exposed to it—he can stand on the cliff without standing on the cliff, you know?—but he's just particularly receptive to understanding the power of that type of image, to seeing both the beauty and terror in something that makes him feel small. i'm not sure if that makes sense lol he loves all kinds of genres and writers, but these are probably his top favorites:

the count of monte cristo

the hunchback of notre drame

frankenstein

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i really like this game because harem is optional. i may be a freak and a dissapointment to my parents but i still feel like cheating is wrong

Alright Ive not yet fully completed it but ive gotten to a part where i could say this game is pretty great overall only story wise excluding the entire "Nsfw" itself 
its not just the content itself the characters are quite likeable (my fav would be frankie) But the story itself is amazing and a great concept
anyways i would give it a 8.2/10 totally recommended just some things such as character irregularities for some characters but im sure you would fix this sooner or later this would bump the rating a lot more up Anyways thanks for this great game cure :P

I'll be waiting for the next updates :)

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Will there be pregnancy options?

Someone please send the link for chapter 2 ✌️🥲

El que parece ser el protagonista tiene un parecido a Ohma tokita

LOL I take that as a huge compliment

hey,is there a Chinese translation?

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Is the trans and gay stuff avoidable for the, erm, arrows among us?

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all romance in the game is optional

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The game it self is good, but the reference and humor in it is just top quality. When Bodhi leaves saying '' Water Tribe '', I just knew this was the game for me lol

Animated?

stop motion?

Ig? I mean if the scenes move like an anime or tv show

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im just messing with you lol but yeah, there are nearly 400 animations in the game. i mention it in the infographics above

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oh yeah, SORRY FOR NOT READING THE DAMN INFOGRAPHICS. lol. but thanks

hello cure

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This was so perfect ,i hope you will add to it as i was so into it keep up the good work

i haven't played this since .4 in october should i just start from scratch at chapter 1?

that's up to you! i will say, though, that i'll be releasing a QoL update in the coming weeks that replaces the current UI/UX and adds a lot of photos and things to unlock so if you do want to restart, you might want to hold off a little longer 🤞

Ok thanks! i'll probably just play from the begining now than again when that happens cause i don't remember anything about the parts i played.

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Love this game!!! Absolutely incredible scenes. Amazing. More liam content & i loved this, but like fable. Id love to see his dark side implemented more, like choosing that path more & more til you dont get to choose & hes just being his dark self more frequently.

Wonderful game. 

... dat liam content though 👌

could this be names loveonthewater on the pc?

im sorry i only saw this now!! i believe when i first released my game's initial demo, it was accidentally titled love on the water, but that was years ago and was a fundamentally different game (most of that content has been replaced)

Will simplified Chinese be updated?

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Is your goal to eventually make every character in the gallery section have scenes? Because I noticed some have none or have only 1 or 2

It's a decent game so far although the story seems a bit fast on chapter 2

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welp it gets faster 

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Hello everyone. Anyones knows what is the Abby´s  favorite movie? 

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The Lost Boys

Nice. Thanks

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