Cherry Petals Fall Like Teardrops (それは舞い散る桜のように, Sore wa Maichiru Sakura no Yōni) is the third and last game developed by eroge maker BasiL, after their second installment 21-Two One-, before dissolving into what is now Navel.

[2] Three light novels based on the game have been published by Harvest, written by Nikaido Kageyama, and illustrated by Aoi Nishimata, the main artist of the game.

Cherry Petals Fall Like Teardrops is a romance visual novel where the player assumes the role of Maito Sakurai, the main protagonist of the game.

The game follows standard visual novel gameplay, which means the player can attain various different endings, and depending on the decisions that the player makes during the game, the plot will progress in a specific direction.

Throughout gameplay, the player is given multiple options to choose from, and text progression pauses at these points until a choice is made.