The Velan Reach: Book One
by Naughty Road
Game Details
- Version
- Chapter 1 - 0.1.4
- Developer
- Naughty Road
- Engine
- Ren'Py
- Status
- Ongoing
- Language
- English
- Censored
- No
- Updated
- 12 June 2026
About
A humble academic and his lovely assistant join a noblewoman's expedition to rediscover the long-lost cradle of humanity, in a steampunk sci-fi world that owes nothing to the usual medieval fantasy playbook. What starts as a research trip turns into a tangle of intrigue once the rest of the expedition's members show up, each with their own reasons for being there and their own reasons for taking an interest in you.
The plot moves through the group dynamics of the expedition itself: alliances, motives, and attention that isn't purely academic, as the search for humanity's origins keeps getting sidetracked by the people doing the searching.
You play the academic, reading through the expedition's events and making the choices that decide how those relationships develop. The setting mixes fantasy creatures with sci-fi trappings, so not everyone you meet is entirely human.
Changelog
- NO NEW STORY CONTENT! If you played chapter 1 already, there's no need to get this.
- Changes version from 1.0.0 to 0.1.4 (because Steam started allowing early access for NSFW again, and this better reflects the fact that the game is under development).
- Fixes several wrong speakers.
- Fixes a ton of typos (and probably introduces a few new ones).
- Fixes several images.
- Updates cover art, concept art, and main menu backgrounds.
- Adds "what's to come" images before the credits section.
- When steam is active, steam links now open in overlay instead of browser.
- Clarifies some parts of the walkthrough settings section.
- Adds better out of the box steam deck support (still work to be done).
- Removes unused files.
- Merges updates to Steam demo back into main branch.
- Updates wheedling section.
- Adds a first draft of audio descriptions (linked to self-voicing ('v'), in future, will also provide an option to toggle without self voicing).
- Makes menu hints consistent.
- Fixes issue where users that skip the Rhowehna encounter aren't prompted to provide a custom name for the MC.
- There's no special itch version anymore, it's the same as the backer version (the only difference were the links to "other games by" anyway).
- Added 2026-02-11
- Demo
- Initial Release
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