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The Muv-Luv franchise is active with a mobile game collaboration and a soundtrack release on Steam, both running through mid-June 2026.
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10m ago
Publisher aNCHOR released three instrumental soundtrack albums for Muv-Luv and Muv-Luv Alternative on Steam on June 5, 2026. Each album is priced at 1,400 yen, with a 10% launch discount available through June 17. The same period sees a series-wide game sale on Steam: Muv-Luv at 60% off and other entries discounted 30% to 55%.
Two days earlier, on June 3, EXNOA and KMS launched a collaboration event between the idle RPG Muv-Luv Girls Garden and the spin-off Muv-Luv Alternative Total Eclipse. The event, The Manor's Favor, runs until June 16. It adds SSR Yui Takashiro as a limited gacha character, along with login bonuses and prizes. This marks the first time a character from Total Eclipse has appeared in Muv-Gal.
The two releases, separated by only two days, give Steam users a single window to buy discounted games and new soundtracks while mobile players get a limited crossover event. Both promotions end in mid-June 2026.
Key facts
- Soundtrack release date
- June 5, 2026 ↗
- Soundtrack price
- 1,400 yen each, with a 10% launch discount through June 17 ↗
- Steam game sale discounts
- Muv-Luv at 60% off, other entries 30% to 55% off ↗
- Muv-Gal collaboration event start
- June 3, 2026 ↗
- Event name
- The Manor's Favor ↗
- Event duration
- June 3 to June 16, 2026 ↗
- New gacha character
- SSR Yui Takashiro from Muv-Luv Alternative Total Eclipse ↗
Timeline
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fact links the story it came from.
Facts
- Announced
- Muv-Luv series has passed 1 million cumulative sales (Steam giveaway campaign) · 2026-09-14
- Announced
- follow-and-repost campaign where winners pick one of 12 series titles on Steam (Steam giveaway campaign) · 2026-09-14
- Release
- music_video · 2026-06-05 · Steam · 2026-06-05
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10m ago
DMM GAMES has started taking pre-orders for Muv-Luv Girls Garden Mellow Days, a work support and communication adventure from DESK GARDEN PROJECT. The PC title is scheduled for release on November 19, 2026, at 1,800 yen, with a 10 percent discount sale running through December 31 at 23:59 that brings the price to 1,620 yen. The game pairs a Pomodoro timer with ToDo and schedule management, plus BGM and ambient sound controls, background changes, external music playback, window resizing, and always-on-top display. As the timer runs, the player's work level rises and unlocks story scenes with Momozono Meru, voiced by Sayaka Fujisaki, along with ASMR episodes, backgrounds, ambient sounds, and customization elements. Pre-orders and purchases include a serial code for the limited Memory Tranquil Days in the online game Muv-Luv Girls Garden, an ASMR-format episode with limited illustrations. The code goes to the email registered to the buyer's DMM account.
17h ago
The Muv-Luv Presents 2026 livestream on October 22 announced that the two Schwarzesmarken adventure games, Kouketsu no Monshou (Crest of Red Blood) and Junkyousha-tachi (Martyrs), will be released on Steam. The planned supported languages are Japanese, English, Simplified Chinese, and Traditional Chinese. Release timing and other details will be announced later on official social media. The games adapt a novel by Hiroki Uchida about the 666th TSF Squadron in East Germany in 1983, 18 years before the events of Muv-Luv Alternative: Total Eclipse. Age released the first game, Crest of Red Blood, on PC in November 2015. The second, Junkyousha-tachi, was originally slated for winter 2015 but arrived in October 2016. The 12-episode Schwarzesmarken television anime premiered in January 2016, directed by Tetsuya Watanabe at Ixtl and LIDEN FILMS, with Crunchyroll streaming it as it aired in Japan.
Sep 14
Developer age announced that the Muv-Luv visual novel series has surpassed 1 million cumulative copies sold. To mark the milestone, the studio is running a follow-and-repost campaign across five social media platforms, giving away Steam keys for a winner's choice of one title from the 12 Muv-Luv series games currently available on Steam. The giveaway runs from September 14, 2026, to September 21, 2026, at 23:59, with 100 winners selected on each of X (Japan and English accounts), Weibo, bilibili, and HEYBOX, for a total of 500 winners. Entry requires following the official account on each platform and reposting the campaign post; HEYBOX entrants must also press an in-app lottery button. Prize Steam keys are scheduled for delivery around October to November 2026. The selectable prize lineup includes Muv-Luv, Muv-Luv Alternative, Muv-Luv photonflowers*, Muv-Luv photonmelodies♮, the four Muv-Luv Unlimited: The Day After REMASTERED episodes, Muv-Luv Alternative Total Eclipse Remastered, Muv-Luv Alternative Total Eclipse: The Imperial Capital Burns, Project MIKHAIL, and Kimi ga Nozomu Eien ~Enhanced Edition~. Separately, a Muv-Luv Lovely Sale is running on Nintendo Switch with up to 30% off select series titles.
Sep 2
aNCHOR opened the Steam store page for Muv-Luv Girls Garden Mellow Days on September 1 and released a demo. The desktop work software is a spin-off of the Muv-Luv Girls Garden RPG, which runs on PC via DMM Games, iOS, and Android. DESK GARDEN PROJECT developed it. The tool brings Momomori Meru to the desktop with a Pomodoro timer, ToDo functions, BGM, and ambient sound settings. When the timer runs, Meru works alongside the player, and breaks open up conversation. The full version is planned for PC on Steam.
Aug 31
DMM GAMES, operated by EXNOA, released the iOS version of its store app "GAMES STORE" on August 31, 2026. The app allows players to install and play DMM GAMES titles directly on an iPhone without going through the App Store. The launch lineup includes 10 all-ages titles, such as "Teklonos," "Muv-Luv Girls Garden," and "Mist Train Girls: From the Window of the Misty World." The store is available only in Japan, requiring a Japan-based Apple account, and it is not supported on iPad. The release follows the Smartphone Software Competition Promotion Act, enacted in December 2025, which enabled alternative app marketplaces on iOS. A notable feature is the distribution of R18 versions of games as native apps, with "Twinkle Star Knights X" cited as an R18 version. To install, users must set the iPhone's age rating to "Unrated" and use Safari. A campaign running from September 2 to September 22 offers 50 DMM points to all participants and a lottery for up to 3,000 DMM points.
Aug 29
EXNOA announced DMM GAMES will exhibit at Tokyo Game Show 2026 with its largest booth ever, located in Hall 3 of Makuhari Messe. The booth will feature hands-on previews of Touken Ranbu Puzzgiri and Muv-Luv Girls Garden, plus stage events with special guests, including a fripSide live and a Touken Ranbu joint stage.
Jun 24
aNCHOR opened the Steam store page for Muv-Luv: Tactics - Karidasa's Nightmare on June 24, 2026. The game is a single-player tactical simulation RPG that inherits the spirit of the Muv-Luv Alternative series while pursuing pure fun as a game. Players lead a United Nations platoon against the BETA, humanity's alien enemy, in turn-based battles. The game consists of three phases: Sortie, Battle, and Dramatic. No prior knowledge of the Muv-Luv series is required. Alongside the store page, an official Discord server launched, and a new promotional video was released on the Muv-Luv YouTube channel. The official website is scheduled to open soon. Release is planned for 2027 on PC via Steam. The game was first announced in August 2024 under the working title MUV-LUV TACTICS. A crowdfunding campaign in November 2024 fell short of its goal but raised over 38 million yen from 1,523 backers. A backer-exclusive early download version was distributed in September 2025. Development is handled by fuzz, with game design supervision by Toshiro Tsuchida, plot and general supervision by Kouki Yoshimune, and military research and series composition by Takaaki Suzuki.
Jun 5
Publisher aNCHOR released three instrumental soundtrack albums for Muv-Luv and Muv-Luv Alternative on Steam, each priced at 1,400 yen. A 10% launch discount runs through June 17, 2026. Series game titles are also on sale, with Muv-Luv at 60% off and other entries 30% to 55% off.
Jun 3
EXNOA and KMS launched a collaboration event between Muv-Luv Girls Garden and Muv-Luv Alternative Total Eclipse on June 3, 2026. The event, The Manor's Favor, runs until June 16. It introduces SSR Yui Takashiro as a limited gacha character and offers login bonuses and prizes.