Yearning: A Gay Story
Yearning: A Gay Story (YAGS) is a realistic coming-out-focused character-driven slice-of-life visual novel where you play as a gay man starting his freshman year of college at a generic university somewhere in the midwestern United States.
Last Updated: 8/23/2025
| Release Date | 8/2/2021 |
| Developer | bobcgames |
| Publisher | Project Ensō |
| Steam App Id | 1690530 |
Yearning: A Gay Story
Yearning: A Gay Story (YAGS) is a realistic coming-out-focused character-driven slice-of-life visual novel where you play as a gay man starting his freshman year of college at a generic university somewhere in the midwestern United States.
Last Updated: 8/23/2025
- Windows
- Mac
- Linux
- Steam Deck (Playable)
About Yearning: A Gay Story
Yearning: A Gay Story is a Casual, Simulation, and Free to Play game developed by bobcgames. On 8/2/2021, it was released on the Steam Store by Project Ensō.
It can be played and ran on Windows, Mac, and Linux systems. At the moment, it is possible to play Yearning: A Gay Story on the Steam Deck but some functionality may not be fully supported.
According to Steam’s category system, Yearning: A Gay Story supports the following features:
- Steam Achievements
- Single-player
- Partial Controller Support
From the Steam community, Yearning: A Gay Story has been tagged with the following user tags:
- Text-Based
- Modern
- Immersive Sim
- Multiple Endings
- Story Rich
- Visual Novel
- Free to Play
- Realistic
- LGBTQ+
- Comic Book
- Choices Matter
- Simulation
- Dating Sim
- Choose Your Own Adventure
- Romance
- Sexual Content
- Life Sim
- Cartoon
- Casual
- America
- Singleplayer
- 2D
Yearning: A Gay Story DLC
Yearning: A Gay Story has 1 downloadable add-on available for purchase on Steam which is Yearning: A Gay Story - Digital Extras.
| Image | Name | Type | Release Date | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Yearning: A Gay Story - Digital Extras | DLC | 8/2/2021 | Steam Charts |
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- Valve Corporation. (2025, August 23). Yearning: A Gay Story on Steam. Steam Store.
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