Blackgate is a nonlinear visual novel made by Bane with Ren'Py and 2D computer graphics. It is set in a town populated by monsters, and you play as a male protagonist. The story asks you to work out the details of the place and its inhabitants, leaving the basic questions for you to uncover. Themes include furry, gay, and monster content.
The latest listed build is v0.187, released on August 1, 2023, and development is ongoing. It runs on Windows, Linux, Mac, and Android, with English text and no censorship. The v0.187 changelog notes edits and changes to Longma's Night 7. Earlier updates list revisions and new nights for characters and routes such as Kitako, Vincent, Kody, Helle, Alin, Krane, Jack, Gruff, That, Eterni, and Plox.
Developer's description
Welcome to Blackgate, a nonlinear visual novel about a town filled with monsters. The who, what, when, where, why, and how are up to you to figure out.
v0.187
+Longma Edits and Changes Night 7
v0.186
+Kitako Edits Night 7&8
v0.185
Vincent Night 8
v0.184
+Kody night 6
v0.183
+Helle Night 8&9
v0.182
+Alin Night 9
v0.181
+Krane Changes
v0.180
+Jack Night 9
v0.179
Gruff Night 8+9+10
v0.178
+That Route Night 6
v0.177
+ Vincent Night 9
v0.176
Eterni Night 8
v0.175
Plox Edits
Plox Night 8
v0.174
+Gruff Night 10
(Rest of the Change Logs are on their Patreon, by the looks of it they update the game monthly at the end of each month.)
v0.139
+Krane Night 10
+~4k Words and Edits
v0.118
+More Longma
v0.117
+More Alin
v0.116
+Gruff night 9 stuff
v0.115
+Krane night 9
v0.114
Night 7 -> 8
v0.113
+Longma Night 7 Rewrite
0.112
+Library Night 8->9
+New Music
0.111
+Jack Night 8 getting to townhall
0.110
+Vincent Route Night 8->9?
0.109
+Added the doll to night 7
0.108
+Gruff Night 7 Rework (i hate the cemetery scene so i did something different)
0.107
+Gruff Night 9
0.106
+Rotis Night 10
0.105
+More Gruff night 8-9
0.104
+Rewrite of Eterni Night 5 (I need to rewrite a bunch of stuff)
0.103
+Rotis Night 10
0.102
+Jack Night 8 more
0.101
+Alin night 7
0.100
Alin Night 6 Changes
0.99
+Krane Night 10
0.98
+Krane night 9 complete
0.97
+Rotis Night 9
0.96
+Vincent Night 8
0.95
+More Krane
0.94
+More Gruff
0.93
+Gruff Night 8 -> 9
0.92
+Jack Night 6 Other Route
+New Music
0.91
+More Vekk
0.90
+Krane night 8
0.89
+Eterni night 6
0.88
+More Kody
0.87
Helle Night 7
0.86
+Rotis Night 9
0.85
+New Backgrounds
+Gruff night 8
Player reviews
Player rating4.0 / 5 · 3 ratings
Written reviews3 · avg 4.0★
Positive (4–5★)67%
Latest review2021-01-12
What players say
Reviews are mostly positive, praising unique art and story, though some find writing complicated and gameplay limited.
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Players like
Beautiful art and sexual drawings stand out.
Story is fun, surprising, and easy to read.
Dark setting and characters are praised.
Common complaints
Writing can be complicated and sexual scenes feel flat.
Gameplay is limited by one choice and no rollback.
Heavy Latin and monster lore may slow readers.
Best for players who enjoy dark fantasy, unique art, and beast-like male-on-male erotic stories.
Summarised from 3 written player reviews.
Arufuredo2021-01-12★★★★★
Very beautiful sexual drawings, much less characters, backgrounds nothing particular but make the environment. Cute dark setting the dark characters, writing a bit complicated that takes you out of the mood. Not very exciting writing in sexual parts. Given the…
wrarar2019-06-23★★★★★
story: really fun and easy to read. music and ambient : really well done. characters: nicely done. draws: really good. gameplay: is ok but... conclussion: this game got 1 and half weak points, the gameplay is like, you can go…
moxxye2019-05-15★★★★★
Something entirely different, and very unique. First and foremost - a warning, if you're not into animal-looking humanoid creatures having sex, and male on male porn, give this one a wide walking circle skip. Getting into this one, I didn't…
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