Dawn Chorus
A downloadable visual novel for Windows, macOS, Linux, and Android
Dawn Chorus is a wholesome, non-linear romance visual novel set in the cold and snow-clad Norway.
Moving to another country for studies is a huge step, but also a chance for a new beginning. Two months into the first semester, you are about to take part in a science camp in a remote guesthouse above the Arctic Circle. There, you will meet a wide cast of characters, each with their own story. Will you choose to rekindle old friendships, deepen the bond with your acquaintances, or meet someone new? Will you uncover what secrets your friends might be hiding? And will those friendships blossom into something more?
The game is currently in development, with updates released monthly. Each update is first available on Patreon and then released here a month later. At the moment none of the routes are finished and all will have 5 days.
Adult content patch is available here.
Dawn Chorus v0.54 (all* routes) - released on Itch on 27.02
Dawn Chorus v0.55 (all* routes) - released on Itch on 10.04
Dawn Chorus v0.56 (Devon & Bjorn) - to be released on Patreon on 21.04
Broken Harbours v2.0 (Rune & Devon side story) - now available again, reworked and expanded!
If you would like to support the development of Dawn Chorus and gain access to early releases, together with other benefits like sneak peeks or polls, check out our Patreon here.
Our team:
Additional illustrations were done by Bakemonoy, Prince O' Sky, Tintiai, Jandar and Ghost. Additional writing was done by Branny.
Main menu background drawn by White Leonard.
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Development log
- Dawn Chorus v0.55 - all* routes34 days ago
- April Fool's 202643 days ago
- Dawn Chorus v0.55 - earlier release!44 days ago
- 2026 poll results, new massive post on Patreon!48 days ago
- Adult content patch now hosted on Itch56 days ago
- Changing the release model and more59 days ago
- Dawn Chorus v0.54 - all* routes!76 days ago
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Holaa, tengo una pregunta si alguien me podría responder se lo agradecería mucho, como puedo actualizar versión actual si tengo la anterior?
i just noticed the kiasmos album in the record store this is so peak
Holaaa la verdad el juego me esncanto, solo que no lo entiendo ya q solo esta en inglés, entiendo que es un juego independiente, por lo que es una criitica, me gusta mucho el diseño de los personajes, pero espero que en un futuro el juego tenga su traducción oficial al español 🫶
Hay muchas opciones para traducir en tiempo real en 2026, un montón de opciones que traducen lo que tenes en la pantalla con un overlay, como el glint translator. Además de que podes usar algo como Claude para copiar el texto del historial de renpy y pegarlo en un traductor para que también te lo traduzca (o incluso el traductor de google). El creador de la vn no tiene porque saber otros idiomas, nomás traduci que toma 2 segundos jaja.
(haha get it? doe?)
How can i get to Klaus's route
It's a bit hard, but first you have to sit with Lake and chat with Rune and Devon, then choose the option to tell Devon about your key, after that you will have to choose the forest (Klaus), and in the part where you have to look for the planet and choose to sleep with Devon, wait for him and go with Rune and Jorgen, after that the game will give you an option to follow Klaus, choose yes and that starts his route (if I have an error about the message it's because English is not my first language sorry)
nah its good, however there is another, you can sit with Mikko and when you lose your key talk to Devon so he can give you a coat which allows you to go to the forest, then work your way up to the planets section and choose Bjorn, after a bit you will find Klaus and can begin the route there
Ohh, I didn't know that, thank you 🫶
/ban
this is their first message EVER and they do /ban on THIS?! HAH! /ban doesn’t even exist on itch.io
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cant launch the apk version,is anybody have same troubles?
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enjoyable game
oh, the joy of finding out that Twin Fantasy is in stock at a music store near me, and checked dawn chorus to see if there was an update. holy hell i'm getting a big treat today <3
Okay, I just went on to Klaus' route from my saves in the new version (0.55.2) and, again, it ends exactly at the same moment it ends in the earlier version. Isn't there any updates to Klaus at all? Did I do something wrong during the launch? Do I need to play the entire route to get the updates? What really happened? :'3
which way did you approach Klaus? I haven’t done his route in the update yet but you can approach him via either Bjorn or Devon both requiring something warmer to wear and starting after choosing who to spend the night with but if that doesn’t show anything then idk
I just did Klaus’ Route through Devon and… huh… I think the route is bugged, it still ends at the point where Arvo arrives at 71, I hope the devs see this message
That's exactly where I ended too. I got the route From Bjorn's btw.
I've been getting into photography recently and then this shows up on here, I've never seen a bigger sign and I'm glad I downloaded it!
i get the feeling that not every day 5 ending is going to be the best one. keo is a good writer, and they'll know that nine of the same endings would get boring. each route is its own story about different people with different goals, so i feel like there is going to be diversity in the endings -- good or not c:
I think so too, but mostly I wonder… why does Mikko’s route have some weird text literally 1 before or after DAY 5 shows up… but also what will happen with Klaus after DAY ? or Gudrun, let alone Rune
Regarding Mikko, these are titles for the two sub-routes.
ahh ok
That actually happens in Torulf's route: some sub-routes have titles. In Devon's and Rune's the scenes during the concert have titles too.
I'm curious after all the Day 5's have been publish for each rout does the story continue with any epilogues or extra chapter that show the future of each couple or will that be the last of what we see for the cast.
yeah, there are going to be epilogues for each character I think
The more I play this vn, the more I get astonished. So much detail in designs, context and references, so much fondness and poetry in music, and of course so good writing in the story! Who couldn't love Arvo? :3 Of course all of us love Lake, but my favorite routes are Rune's and Devon's. Simply pure art. <3 Even Torulf's route was quite cathartic to me, since it helped me to heal some of the pain Torulfs in real life had done to me years ago. I'm saving Mikko's route to play it at the very end, and cannot wait to see what happens after Klaus' paranormal nightmare. :0
Cuanto más juego a esta novela visual, más me asombra. ¡Tantos detalles en los diseños, el contexto y las referencias, tanto afecto y poesía en la música y, por supuesto, ¡una historia tan bien escrita! ¿Quién no podría amar a Arvo? :3 Claro que todos amamos a Lake, pero mis rutas favoritas son las de Rune y Devon. Puro arte. <3 Incluso la ruta de Torulf fue bastante catártica para mí, ya que me ayudó a sanar parte del dolor que los Torulf de la vida real me causaron hace años. Estoy guardando la ruta de Mikko para jugarla al final, y no puedo esperar a ver qué sucede después de la pesadilla paranormal de Klaus. :0
What characters are romanceable in this VN? Like what are all the routes.
The characters of which chibis you can see at the top of our the page!
wait does that mean the coach is also a romance option. Thats so cool!
He is, yes!
Oh, he really is. To me, he is the most. <3
I need some help and am curious. How do i get this image for Im assuming Torulf? Been trying but cantseem to get it or aybe im just missing it?
yeah. it is the scene with torulf, lake & arvo together in the theatre / cinema.
Oh cool, thanks for the help
I'm so happy yet sad to see that Dawn Chorus is nearing its end. I haven't been with it since the very beginning, but I've been there for long enough to understand that feeling. Once you finish Dawn Chorus, you need to take your well deserved break. I dont want you to burn it <3
how do you transfer saves from a previous version into the current version? If that is possible please
For PC/mac, your saves will be there when you download and launch the new version. Same will be true for Android as long as you don't remove the old version, just install the newer one!
will there be a download saves option to transfer save files from one device to another?
...I'd liked to know it before. :')
I love it, its just sooo good i would honestly love just being able to time travel to the finished version.. story is nice its just nice :D
Personally couldnt stop playing it :>
I think my only complaint about Guðrún's route is that it's a "secret" route. The character would work perfectly as a "main" route! I really like how he's written (and for those who think Arvo wouldn't be with a woman, he himself admits that he's still not entirely decided about it, still wondering if he's really gay or pansexual). I feel that the character was truly capable of being a main one, and I hope someone else shares this opinion (even if only partially). It would be interesting to see what others think. 🙉
Yeah I wish we would see more of her from the start, she's quickly becoming my favourite character <3
Am I the only one thinking Arvo doesn't actually like Gudrun that way on the Gudrun sub route of Torulf's route? To me it just feels like he's confused because he had been given affection while in a vulnerable place. Like the point of only getting Gudrun after 4 days of Torulf might be a lesson about how you deserve to be loved, and not an actual romance.
That being said, the morning scene before Lake grabs you to help, as nice as it is with Gudrun letting Arvo figure out his feelings first, does make me worry a bit. As much as she is a good friend, I physically can't see a relationship with anyone to be good for Arvo at that story point. And something makes me believe Gudrun thinks the same.
That whole sub-route is so forced. "Hey, a stranger forced their way into your life and you got burned after trusting him - time to throw yourself at yet another stranger forcing themselves into your life!". And Gudrun really forces her way into that route, like omg.
Worst sub-route ever. I already hated Gudrun for being ham-fisted into every route at 11th hour with their opinion nobody asked for, but this is just too much.
Just because of this comment, I went and fast-forwarded through any route I wasn't that certain about.
Gudrun doesn't make a single appearance until day 5 at the table singing happy birthday for Jorgen on Rune and Devon routes. She really inserts herself into other routes tho.
I'm mostly talking about the meaningful routes - Mikko's and Torulf's, since they are the big branching ones with a lot of deep character exploration, while other routes are more straightforward.
In Torulf's route she inserts herself at the point where I simply don't believe Arvo would let in another pushy stranger and it ruins my suspense of disbelief.
In Mikko's route she comes in at the exact point where Arvo can salvage things and talk to Mikko straight, with the fire of Mikko's decisiveness lit under the tiger's ass, but now it's suddenly a group outing and he doesn't get a moment of intimacy because of her. It's frustrating to the highest degree.
Fuck her, she ruins everything, both times coming in at the worst time with the worst opinions, without anyone asking her. She is a really obnoxious person, in my opinion.
p.s. also she's being a possessive friend in Jorgen's route early on, but I haven't played Jorgen's route for several updates, so idk what she does there yet.
I understand the Mikko route complaint, but isn't Lake also there?
And the Torulf route complaint? If you refuse to sleep with him day 1, Gudrun inserts herself day 2, which marks the earliest on any route you meet Gudrun. (and I love the detail of how, with adult content on, during truth or dare, specifically under those circumstances, if you pick to get a beer, Arvo gets so drunk the only option you get to ask Torulf is "why have you been avoiding me", I tested it without the beer and without adult content on, Arvo really only gets drunk under those circumstances)
No, you're not. Gudrun is just a supportive stranger when things in Torulf's route get confusing, but making her more than that in almost every route is really forced. -_-
I agree with you.
it's always so heart warming to reads this... id reread it a thousand times, but i dont want it to be boring.
keo, don't be rune and let Dawn Chorus control ya life. even if u already are, remember to take breaks 💙
IM SO READY FOR UPDATE FRIDAY
Una pregunta ¿Hay una madera de traducirlo o jugarlo al español y que sea seguro
No que yo sepa.
Also its didn't disappear while fully talking with bjorn then move beside behind bjorn after, in case wondering where its from, its at devon route
¿El juego esta completamente terminado o hay algunas rutas ya terminadas? y también tengo otra pregunta ¿Qué es el snfw? (perdón por preguntar cosas algo obvias pero soy nuevo en esto)
el juego no esta terminado y se actualiza cada un mes, todos los personajes van a terminar teniendo 5 dias en su ruta y sfw significa safe for work o sea que no tiene nada de contenido explicito
Quisiera entender totalmente el ingles pero soy pésimo, ¿Hay una forma de jugarlo al español? Si alguien sabe podría decírmelo, por favor.
tristemente no esta en español
Ojalá alguien se anime a traducir toda la vn una vez que esté terminada, y que Keo y compañía estén de acuerdo. :'3
I want to play this game, but there's no Portuguese translation. I use an overlay app for real-time translation, but the game crashes and closes when I try to run it. Apparently, it doesn't support overlay applications. Could you please fix this? 🥹
Tem um canal no telegram que traduz visual novels em português! Aqui está o link: https://t.me/vnsptbr
Adoro o trabalho deles, as traduções são excelentes ^w^ atualmente tbm estou jogando Dawn Chorus. Acabei de terminar a rota do Mikko e meu Deus.... Não foi uma boa rota pra começar logo de cara 🤧💔
Discord integration is broken?
Even if Jorgen is not finished yet, I really understand him. I'm glad the kind of history the character represents, obviously is not the same as IRL but, it's really relatable.
can I ask all of the routes that have like nsfw scenes with the main character?
I guess, but not everyone maybe; just I know some routes have a little of nsfw or adult stuff, nothing to really explicit like a whole animation, just more like a erotic novel
currently, the only true sfw route is mikko, there are written nsfw scenes in devon and jorgen, and illustrated ones in rune, lake, bjorn, and torulf
when is there a written one in devons route? i dont remember that
well, not exactly a "scene" but when devon talks about his experience in the motel (known as "devon escape" in the files)
All we get from rune is him showering >:(
And jerking off twice a day, according to his answer on Spin the Bottle XD
just curious, but what were your inspirations for writing dawn chorus?
Went for the Torulf route like a total horndog... never again.
It's because that route is not about sex, it's about emotional abuse. Sex is important, but not the main course.
I always think of rune now :< my fav route
Considering everything begins with a dream about Rune, that is definitely THE route. :3
i always think of devon when i listen to american football now
peak route.
Never meant
when you listening to teahouse on loop for an hour, arvo still trying to play it cool, and lake and guthrun walk in talkin bout some "karaoke"
"art" by me
A route with Arne would be so much appreciated, thank you, you're welcome bye.
Travis plays a very important role too. xP
You're real for that.
Does anyone know how to access the Guðrún route? It would be a great help to know! Thanks in advance.
I'd assume you have to go through torulf's route, and try to romance him (instead of having 'fun' with him)
SPOILER!
Do the normal Torulf route
Refuse to sleep with Torulf then first time, then Sleep with Torulf, talk to Lake and Gudrún in general, then cuddle with her
Make sure to start a route from scratch because it didn't work in my early saves.