Flowers is a series of yuri-themed visual novel video games developed by Innocent Grey. The first entry, Flowers: Le Volume sur Printemps, was released in 2014; three more games were released in 2015, 2016, and 2017.
While the company has previously released visual novels for adult audiences with 18+ content, the Flowers is distinguished by its broader appeal and the absence of any (overt) sexual content, while still remaining a game series in the romance genre.. This is partly due to the use of Class S yuri Maria-sama ga Miteru as a primary source of inspiration, and partly due to the desire to create a work that would appeal to a wide range of people, regardless of age or preference. For the same reason, the franchise is located outside the fictional shared universe of the company's other games.
In addition to the video games, other media based on the series has been released: Six audio dramas have been published, as part of the limited editions of the Microsoft Windows and console versions of each game; the games' music has been published as three soundtrack albums; and two fanbooks based on the first two games have been released.
The Flowers series is developed by Innocent Grey, with art by Miki Sugina. Unlike their previous games, the developers decided to not focus on characters' deaths, instead depicting female students' everyday life, and how they cooperate to solve mysteries. Even prior to the first game's release, it was decided that there would be four games, representing the four seasons.
During their panel at Anime Expo in July 2015, JAST USA announced that they would localize and publish the first game in late 2015; the localized demo was eventually released in February 2016, with the full game planned for both physical and digital release in March 2016. Due to translation errors, JAST USA had to delay the game to allow time for heavy editing and quality assurance; the game was eventually released in English in August 2016.
The series has been well received by critics. Marcus Estrada of Hardcore Gamer called Primtemps release "great news for yuri fans", and described the series' artwork as "gorgeous".