Snow (スノー, Sunō) is a Japanese adult visual novel developed by Studio Mebius for Windows PCs on January 31, 2003.

The story of Snow revolves around the life of Kanata Izumo, who is revisiting a village to help his relative manage a hot spring inn.

A manga titled Snow: Pure White based on the visual novel was serialized in Comptiq between the September and December 2003 issues.

Studio Mebius went on to release a visual novel called Tomodachi Ijō Koibito Miman on September 24, 2004, which shares the same setting and characters from Snow but takes place years later and focuses on Meiko Tachibana.

Throughout the game, the player encounters CG artwork at certain points in the story, which take the place of the background art and character sprites.

[2] The story of Snow starts when the main protagonist Kanata Izumo revisits a small village from his childhood called Ryūjin-mura (龍神村, lit.

However, one day the goddess fell in love with a human, which is strictly forbidden, and this incident caused the village to be always covered by snow after that.

The game then tells the daily life of Kanata interacting with the village girls and ultimately links the story to the legend.

In Snow: Plus Edition, a new character referred to as Mysterious Girl (謎の少女, Nazo no Shōjo, voiced by Tomoe Tamiyasu) is introduced, bearing many secrets.

[7][6] According to the liner notes on the original soundtrack of Snow, the producers acknowledged that the game's structure resembled Key's visual novels Kanon and Air.

[15] Then on September 29, 2006, Snow: Plus Edition was released for Windows, sporting added parts from the console versions and introducing a new heroine.

[16] A version of the game for NTT DoCoMo FOMA cell phones was released by Prototype on VisualArt's Motto on October 27, 2006.

The cover art and internal illustrations were drawn by Asuka Pyon, the artist who drew the artwork in the visual novel.

[27] A game-based manga adaptation titled Snow: Pure White and illustrated by Yuki Azuma was serialized between the September and December 2003 issues of Comptiq.

[41] The merchandising company Exhaust has sold shitajiki (pencil boards),[42][43] transparent posters and postcards,[44][45][46][47] dakimakura (hug pillows),[48] a collection of character portraits,[49] a telephone card set featuring Sumino and Ōka,[50] and a stuffed toy of Ōka's pet cat Shamon.

[53][54][55][56] Six gashapon (capsule toy) figures of the Snow heroines have been produced as a part of the risqué Digital Girls Paradise collection.

[61] The game is now regarded as a classic in the nakige visual novel genre,[5][62] though some gamers were confused about Studio Mebius' change of direction with Snow since they were a brand known for producing dark and graphic eroge.

[5] Snow was the second most widely sold game of 2003 on Getchu.com, a major redistributor of visual novel and domestic anime products.