---
title: "Yearning: A Gay Story"
description: "Yearning: A Gay Story, or YAGS, is a coming-out-focused character-driven slice-of-life visual novel with dating sim elements (phew) where you play as a gay man "
image: "https://t.vndb.org/cv/04/83604.jpg"
---

# Yearning: A Gay Story

![Yearning: A Gay Story](https://t.vndb.org/cv/04/83604.jpg)

**Aliases:** YAGS

**Developer:** Bob Conway

**Release date:** Jan 19, 2019

**Platform:** Windows, Linux, macOS, Android

**Language:** English

**Rating:** 6.8/10 (15 votes)

## Description
Yearning: A Gay Story, or YAGS, is a coming-out-focused character-driven slice-of-life visual novel with dating sim elements (phew) where you play as a gay man starting his freshman year of college at a generic university somewhere in the midwestern United States.

You will interact with a cast of characters, each with their own personality and stories, as you navigate college life, develop friendships, play board games, and come out. With luck, you might even find a boyfriend.

[From [Official Website](http://yags.bobcgames.com/)]

## Characters
### Jake
- **Gender:** Male
- **Role:** Asexual

## Shops
- [Official Website](http://yags.bobcgames.com/)
- [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1690530/)
- [Itch](https://bobcgames.itch.io/yags)

## Releases
### English
- **2019-01-19**: Yearning: A Gay Story - [Official website](http://yags.bobcgames.com/), [Itch.io](https://bobcgames.itch.io/yags)
- **2019-01-19**: Yearning: A Gay Story - Nudity Patch - [Official website](http://yags.bobcgames.com/?patch)
- **2019-01-19**: Yearning: A Gay Story - [Itch.io](https://bobcgames.itch.io/yags), [Google Play](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bobcgames.yags)
- **2021-08-02**: Yearning: A Gay Story - Steam Edition - [Official website](http://yags.bobcgames.com/), [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1690530/), [SteamDB](https://steamdb.info/app/1690530/info/)

## Tags
Branching Plot, Protagonist with a Face, ADV, University, Romance, Boy x Boy Romance, Multiple Endings, Slice of Life, Bad Ending(s), Bad Endings with Story, Modern Day United States of America, Bara, University Student Protagonist, Group Sex of Several Males, University Student Hero, Sprite Viewer, Second-person Narrative, LGBTQ Issues, Body Hair Option, Achievements, Sexual Fantasizing, Nude Filter, Difficulty Settings, Unlockable Gallery, Protagonist's Cousin as a Support Character, Homosexual Male Protagonist, Male on Male Sex Only

## More Games from Bob Conway
- [Yearning: A Gay Story](https://pinovel.net/v24481)
- [At First Sight](https://pinovel.net/v28758)
- [Over The Moon](https://pinovel.net/v34947)
- [Zen: A Gay Sequel](https://pinovel.net/v31506)
- [YAGS: Falling For You](https://pinovel.net/v34949)
- [Orcs of Mordick](https://pinovel.net/v35522)
- [AAGS: Down To Fun](https://pinovel.net/v37927)
- [Afterward: A Gay Series](https://pinovel.net/v34948)
- [Tranquility: Sunny Getaway!☀️](https://pinovel.net/v40110)
- [Hard At Work](https://pinovel.net/v48275)
- [Mother: The Revelation](https://pinovel.net/v53655)

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*View the full details at [pinovel.net/v24481](https://pinovel.net/v24481).*

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