The Rebound
is an adult college-life visual novel about starting over, finding yourself, and getting into all kinds of trouble along the way.
You play as a college guy stuck in a slump — recently heartbroken, clueless around women, and living a lifestyle that’s mostly snacks, video games, and regrettable decisions. Mostly survives on instant noodles, caffeine, and questionable life choices.… After a certain incident, you’re forced to step up and actually try to turn your life around.
As the story goes on, you’ll deal with new people, romance, and plenty of NSFW situations that can either push you forward or drag you back. Basketball is also a big part of your journey — not just a sport, but a way to prove yourself and maybe even change the way people see you.
This game is about second chances, screwing up, getting back on your feet, and yeah… maybe scoring big both on and off the court.
v0.1.4.1
Story Changelog:
New characters: Jerome, Lamar
New location: Westside; Basketball court
Nixi & Max story
Game Changelog:
Fixed bookshelf issue.
Minor character story add.
v0.1.4.0
Story Changelog:
9 new characters; Edith, Harper, Ivy, Jamie, Kiara, Lowen, Sophia, Timmy, and Zoe
3 new location: Downtown; Cafe and Diner, Uptown; Mall
Lana; laundry and washing dishes
Extra story for Nixi and Lana
Game Changelog:
Fixed multiple bugs with voice acting.
Minor character story add.
Additional feature on PC
The Rebound ver 0.1.3 is now available for Public!
Story Changelog:
2 new characters: Ava and Riley
1 new location: Downtown, Gym
Game Changelog:
Fixed multiple bugs with voice acting.
Minor bug fixes, specifically related to the map logic.
Bug fixes with background in Ignacio's nacho truck
v0.1.1
updated with some minor fixes and basketball shooting practice mini-game.
v0.10
Initial Release
dryndryn2026-03-04★★★★★
AI slop that isn't worth anyone's time, no indications of what to do in the game, no content in the initial release, nothing remarkable in the updates. Just another AI patreon cashgrab that shouldn't be given a chance by anyone sane.
twb242026-03-03★★★★★
I really wanted to like this game but trying to navigate it is truly miserable. The in game guide is constantly telling you to do things that aren't in game yet, most days have nothing going on but you have no way to know that until you've wasted your time, and events seem to be tied to irrelevant characters. Convoluted mess
Elbaracton2025-11-29★★★★★
i like the premisse, the loser ascention trope is nice, the characters in the front page are hot, but damm, its grindy, and confusing, also i ran into a glitch whitch i think its a road block, when i click in the girl with the dog in the have a walk option, it closes the interaction window and nothing happens, it has potential, and only that
Smol Latin Weeb2025-11-28★★★★★
Potential man (GAME VERSION): episode 131239014081. Character designs on all fronts are standard, but attractive. Sandbox is, and always will be a double edge sword since you need to click around a lot. Locations as the park, and basketball court remain unconnected even if they supposedly share a same space. This requires for you to keep opening the map. Terrible navigation 101. The game is still in early development so this is a nothingburger, for now. There are several systems that seem to be on the dev pipeline like stats related to baskeball so that is interesting too. Once again, potential man, there is a lot to work with if an interactive game is the goal, instead of a regular VN. As long as the... art... remains consistent enough to not turn jarring between updates, this can become a very decent game. I should also recommend for dev to add planned tags. Just in case.
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