January 17, 2026

"Not Going Back" by Cicada

Patreon | Itch | Discord

The universe has a funny way of playing games with us.

The Summer Solstice. The day I was born.

The Winter Solstice. The day I met her.

In Not Going Back you play as a protagonist entering his first year in college with a desire to better his life and move on from his turbulent upbringing tainted with tragedy, both self-inflicted and otherwise.

Doing so will involve meeting a wide variety of people from all walks of life, and navigating the relationships that develop, all while trying to tread the delicate line between moving on and forgetting completely.

The game so far contains:

  • Nearly 10,000 renders

  • Compelling, believable characters

  • A setting that feels alive and real

  • 8 main LIs, each with their own story (and multiple side girl options too!)

You can play all 4 updates so far, for free, over at Patreon link

Patreon | Itch | Discord

Comments (5)

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RicardoS 路 January 18, 2026

But i will take a look at Not going back because Amom is doing this and all of his recommendations were exceptional till yet, so we will see...馃槈

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RicardoS 路 January 17, 2026

This is looking good, but there are far to many AVNs with a College setting out there, i will not support anymore games with that setting...really they should come up with ideas that are more original, this is getting really boring, and with Masterpieces like BaD or Summers gone, i think we really dont need more of them. 馃ケ馃槖馃挙 But thats only my 2 cent...馃槈

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Jonathan Hang 路 January 17, 2026

Lol... I think I got over that problem 馃ぃ. Don't get me wrong. I still crave older/mature/darker themes with older MCs (Survivor Strain, Desert Stalker, Seven Realm, Unbroken, and Hillside). compared to college themes with younger MCs. But if the ladies look great and the plot sounds nice. I can overlook the "college" settings (Origin Story, Once Again, How To Fix The Future, Broken Promises, Race of Life, and Beyond Tomorrow).

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Jonathan Hang 路 January 17, 2026

These looks pretty interesting 馃... Does it have Android/Demo build?

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Amomynous Games 路 January 17, 2026

I just asked, and Android version is pending, but coming.