<s>
is	O
a	O
Japanese	O
adult	B-Application
visual	O
novel	O
developed	O
by	O
Studio	O
Mebius	O
for	O
Windows	B-Application
PCs	I-Application
on	O
January	O
31	O
,	O
2003	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
later	O
ported	O
without	O
the	O
erotic	O
content	O
to	O
the	B-Operating_System
Dreamcast	I-Operating_System
,	O
PlayStation	B-Device
2	I-Device
,	O
and	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
Portable	I-Operating_System
consoles	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Snow	O
was	O
voted	O
as	O
the	O
twenty-sixth	O
best	O
bishōjo	B-Application
game	I-Application
by	O
the	O
readers	O
of	O
Dengeki	O
G	O
's	O
Magazine	O
in	O
2007	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
original	O
Windows	B-Application
release	O
,	O
the	O
player	O
must	O
first	O
complete	O
Sumino	O
and	O
Asahi	O
's	O
story	O
routes	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
unlock	O
Shigure	O
's	O
route	O
;	O
after	O
Shigure	O
's	O
route	O
is	O
completed	O
,	O
Ōka	O
's	O
route	O
becomes	O
available	O
to	O
play	O
which	O
serves	O
as	O
the	O
true	O
ending	O
to	O
Snow	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
adult	B-Application
versions	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
there	O
are	O
scenes	O
depicting	O
Kanata	O
and	O
a	O
given	O
heroine	O
having	O
sex	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
village	O
,	O
there	O
is	O
an	O
old	O
legend	B-Application
:	O
In	O
ancient	O
times	O
,	O
Ryūjin-mura	O
was	O
protected	O
by	O
the	O
dragon	O
goddess	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
then	O
tells	O
the	O
daily	O
life	O
of	O
Kanata	O
interacting	O
with	O
the	O
village	O
girls	O
and	O
ultimately	O
links	O
the	O
story	O
to	O
the	O
legend	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Kanata	O
also	O
encounters	O
a	O
young	O
energetic	O
girl	O
with	O
a	O
tomboy	B-Language
personality	O
called	O
,	O
suddenly	O
appearing	O
before	O
Kanata	O
and	O
claiming	O
that	O
she	O
will	O
repulse	O
the	O
evil	O
from	O
him	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
the	O
liner	O
notes	O
on	O
the	O
original	O
soundtrack	O
of	O
Snow	O
,	O
the	O
producers	O
acknowledged	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
structure	O
resembled	O
Key	O
's	O
visual	O
novels	O
Kanon	O
and	O
Air	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
January	O
31	O
,	O
2003	O
,	O
Snow	O
was	O
released	O
as	O
both	O
a	O
CD-ROM	B-Device
and	O
DVD-ROM	O
compatible	O
to	O
the	O
Windows	O
98/ME/2000/XP	O
operating	O
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
all-ages	O
version	O
for	O
the	B-Operating_System
Dreamcast	I-Operating_System
was	O
released	O
by	O
Interchannel	O
on	O
September	O
25	O
,	O
2003	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Later	O
on	O
February	O
26	O
,	O
2004	O
,	O
Interchannel	O
ported	O
the	O
game	O
to	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
2	I-Device
in	O
both	O
limited	O
and	O
regular	O
editions	O
;	O
the	O
PS2	B-Device
port	O
adds	O
an	O
additional	O
scenario	O
for	O
Meiko	O
Tachibana	O
who	O
was	O
a	O
supporting	O
character	O
in	O
prior	O
releases	O
of	O
Snow	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
fully	O
voiced	O
version	O
was	O
released	O
for	O
Windows	B-Application
on	O
September	O
24	O
,	O
2004	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Then	O
on	O
September	O
29	O
,	O
2006	O
,	O
Snow	O
:	O
Plus	O
Edition	O
was	O
released	O
for	O
Windows	B-Application
,	O
sporting	O
added	O
parts	O
from	O
the	O
console	O
versions	O
and	O
introducing	O
a	O
new	O
heroine	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
Portable	I-Operating_System
version	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
called	O
Snow	O
:	O
Portable	O
was	O
released	O
by	O
Prototype	O
on	O
August	O
16	O
,	O
2007	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
standard	O
edition	O
for	O
Windows	B-Application
was	O
released	O
on	O
July	O
25	O
,	O
2008	O
,	O
including	O
a	O
dark	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
called	O
Ankoku	O
Snow	O
which	O
was	O
originally	O
released	O
with	O
the	O
Studio	O
Mebius	O
fan	O
disc	O
Mebinya	O
!	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
downloadable	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
PSP	B-Operating_System
edition	O
was	O
made	O
available	O
on	O
the	O
PlayStation	O
Store	O
by	O
Prototype	O
on	O
January	O
21	O
,	O
2010	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Snow	O
became	O
playable	O
on	O
Android	B-Application
on	O
November	O
17	O
,	O
2015	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Five	O
adult	B-Application
light	O
novels	O
written	O
by	O
Hangetsu	O
Mitamura	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Paradigm	O
were	O
released	O
between	O
June	O
2003	O
and	O
January	O
2004	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
third	O
novel	O
,	O
titled	O
,	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
September	O
20	O
,	O
2003	O
,	O
focusing	O
on	O
Ryūjin-mura	O
'	O
s	O
legend	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
third	O
and	O
final	O
volume	O
,	O
telling	O
the	O
story	O
of	O
Ryūjin-mura	O
'	O
s	O
legend	B-Application
,	O
was	O
released	O
by	O
Frontier	O
Works	O
on	O
August	O
25	O
,	O
2004	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
a	O
national	O
sales	O
ranking	O
of	O
bishōjo	B-Application
games	I-Application
conducted	O
by	O
PCNews	O
,	O
the	O
DVD-ROM	O
of	O
Snow	O
premiered	O
at	O
number	O
one	O
in	O
the	O
rankings	O
,	O
while	O
the	O
CD-ROM	B-Device
version	O
ranked	O
closely	O
behind	O
at	O
number	O
three	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
During	O
the	O
beginning	O
of	O
February	O
,	O
the	O
CD-ROM	B-Device
ranked	O
at	O
number	O
eight	O
,	O
while	O
the	O
DVD-ROM	O
ranked	O
just	O
above	O
at	O
number	O
seven	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
DVD-ROM	O
made	O
another	O
appearance	O
in	O
the	O
ranking	O
at	O
31	O
during	O
mid-February	O
and	O
the	O
CD-ROM	B-Device
had	O
low	O
enough	O
sales	O
to	O
not	O
chart	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Finally	O
,	O
both	O
the	O
CD-ROM	B-Device
and	O
DVD-ROM	O
versions	O
made	O
their	O
final	O
appearances	O
on	O
the	O
charts	O
at	O
33	O
and	O
46	O
at	O
the	O
beginning	O
of	O
March	O
,	O
respectively	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
is	O
now	O
regarded	O
as	O
a	O
classic	O
in	O
the	O
nakige	O
visual	O
novel	O
genre	O
,	O
though	O
some	O
gamers	O
were	O
confused	O
about	O
Studio	O
Mebius	O
 '	O
change	O
of	O
direction	O
with	O
Snow	O
since	O
they	O
were	O
a	O
brand	O
known	O
for	O
producing	O
dark	O
and	O
graphic	O
eroge	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
sales	O
information	O
taken	O
from	O
the	O
Japanese	O
Amazon	B-Application
website	O
,	O
Snow	O
sold	O
64,526	O
copies	O
in	O
2003	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
February	O
4	O
,	O
2013	O
,	O
the	O
PS2	B-Device
version	O
of	O
Snow	O
sold	O
over	O
24,385	O
copies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
October	O
2007	O
issue	O
of	O
Dengeki	O
G	O
's	O
Magazine	O
,	O
poll	O
results	O
for	O
the	O
50	O
best	O
bishōjo	B-Application
games	I-Application
were	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
