Ashes of War is a military science fiction visual novel by CTStudio, built in Unity with animated 2D visuals. You play a lone starship captain drawn into a century-long conflict between the Union and the Kingdoms, where he chooses to rebel against his fate. The galactic journey follows romance and harem stories that can still grow amid the war for romance enthusiasts.
The current build is version 1.6 Complete, marking the game as finished, released February 11, 2026 for Windows in English, with no censorship. The story is complete. The latest update added story CGs without sexual content, adjusted scenes for smoother flow, improved dialogue and battle visuals, and streamlined performance. It also addressed heavy VRAM use in L2D, making the overall experience more stable.
Developer's description
Thrown into a century long war between the Union and the Kingdoms, a lone starship Captain decides to rebel against his fate. Join him in his galactic journey and discover the various stories that can still bloom in the Ashes of War.
A straightforward Military Sci-fi VN for romance enthusiasts.
V1.6 / Release
Added Story CGs (no H content)
Changed scenes for better flow.
Improved overall performance, especially for all L2D (now the heavy use of VRAM is solved).
Improved dialogue.
Improved some battle visuals.
Streamlined a couple scenes for a better experience.
V1.5.1
Updated to tackle the Unity security issue.
Some gameplay tweaks.
Some corrections in text.
v1.5
Added remaining battles. (for a total of 13+tuto)
Added new gameplay elements and Visual elements.
Fixed display bug at max text speed reveal.
v1.4
Added complete Gallery + choice for animation behaviour.
Completed Story (expect 12+hours read)
Added 6+ animated HCGs.
Added 5+animated CGs
Added 20+ 3DCGs.
Corrected a lot of typos and errors.
v1.30
3 New animated H-CGs
Couple CGs
30k words.
v1.29bugifx
Bugfix
v1.29
New Battle
New Animated H-CG (Vel)
New 3D animation
More Story.
v1.27
Wrapping up Krakin Arc
New animated CG for Merc.
v1.26
Revamped Battle system first draft with 6 missions.
Added Animated CGs for Rachel, Camilla and Xi
v1.25
New Eva scene (CG)
New Xi Scene. (Animated CG)
New BG
v1.24
Finished Core re-Writes (finally)
New Marines Scene
Added Backgrounds
Added Half-CGs for the Base Assault and Nora's first HScene
Added Grant, Vex and new Pirate Sprites.
v1.23
Improved Animation triggers for smoother rollback and transitions.
Added animated Camilla H scene
Added animated Rachel H scene.
Added Eva and Rachel CG
Re-Writes up to the Runia supply run.
v1.22
Added Animated CGs (Only Nora's H scene is animated ATM)
Changed all Marines Sprites for improved quality.
Added Camilla's H-Scene
Re-writes up until Rachel's H scene.
v1.21 (minor update)
Still no new content.
A couple re-writes up until Nora's smoking scene, as well as a small addition to Nora's H scene.
Re-worked Camilla's sport CG
New naked sprite for Nora.
v1.2
A LOT of re-writes. Script is pretty much in its final form until Eva's second CG (Desk CG)
One new H-scene for Nora
Temporarily removed battle system
Temporarily removed Camilla and Eva's H scenes (coming back next update for Camilla, not sure yet for Eva)
Re-done some "ghost" NPCs
No new content (sorry!)
v1.19
Finishing the TOHE Base Assault Plot. +- 35minutes.
New CGs.
More Re-writes.
v1.18
New Scene.
New CG
Re-wrote Camilla's introduction
Re-wrote H scenes
v1.17
New Scenes
New 3d ship animations
v1.15
New Scene
Some more spelling and grammar fixes (+- first half of the game should be decent)
New 3D CGs
v1.14
New Scenes
New Cgs
New 3D CGs
v1.13 (Light update)
New Scene
New animation
v1.12
New Scene + corrections and visual updates
Added new content for the first half of the game (more Rachel flirting mostly)
Near eradication of spelling and grammatical mistakes IN THE FIRST PART OF THE GAME (the rest is WIP)
New 3D CGs
v1.11
New Scene + corrections and visual updates.
New 3D CGs + (1) animation
Added MAC version (for this version)
v1.1
Re-wrote a couple of scenes already present
Added new character sprites
Added a Codex for Lore bits
Added a simple Map system.
Added new scenes
v1.04
First version of the Battle Module added
Added all CGs to the gallery
Typos correction
v1.03 (For Win and Mac)
Save Menu on Right Click
Bigger icons for bottom toolbar
Text now prints faster.
More precise cursor.
Saves now show the screen where you saved.
v1.02
More spelling corrections.
Added an optimized android apk.
Added a Mac Version.
v1.01 :
Various bug fixes and spelling corrections.
Implemented autosaves in case of crashes.
Can now choose name for protag.
CG Gallery is fixed and working as intended
Added an Android apk for the couple people that could want it.
It's a straight copy of the Win version. THIS WILL NOT GIVE YOU THE OPTIMAL EXPERIENCE
v1.00 Release
Player reviews
Player rating5.0 / 5 · 20 ratings
Written reviews20 · avg 4.4★
Positive (4–5★)85%
Latest review2026-04-10
What players say
Most reviews are positive, praising story, art, and optional combat, with criticism for linearity and adult content.
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Players like
Strong sci-fi story and character writing
Appealing artwork and character designs
Optional, skippable tactical space battles
Completed final version by developer
Common complaints
Choices feel limited and story is linear
Combat can be too long or unbalanced
Adult scenes and animations feel weak
Best for players who enjoy sci-fi space opera visual novels, optional combat, and adult content.
Summarised from 20 written player reviews.
Adonis072026-04-10★★★★★
Its fine for what it is. Good presentation, 3d cutscenes and solid character design. Unofrtunatelly the "H" part of this "h-game" is its weakest aspect so i cant justify a higher rating. If you want a sci-fi VN with focus…
Shadeyman72026-04-01★★★★★
Overall a solid VN. Tactical combat was occasionally too long for me during some of the climactic moments of the story, but there being a skip combat button meant it really wasn't a problem at all so it's definitely not…
MalkavianVamp2026-03-23★★★★★
game is great story wise ,character wise and even soundtrack rocks hard i achieved true end and it was awesome ,unfortunately i skipped all combat so cant comment ,great game and good job dev hope for more from you