

Venus & Braves is set in the same fictional world as its spiritual predecessor, Seven.

Throughout the game, other characters die due to the passage of time, and their age is a key statistic for discerning whether a character is at their peak performance level. A witch named Vivid, who obtained immortality through similar circumstances, also has a mysterious grudge towards Blood. Aria, who travels with Blood as a fellow immortal, has full knowledge of his past and has trouble relating with humans. While previously a bloodthirsty warrior, Blood settles down into a more peaceful life before the start of the game. Venus & Braves revolves around Blood Boal, who, while having the appearance of a pale 18-year-old, is actually 345 years old, having been given immortality by the goddess Aria after an important battle.

These weapons retain their power if they are bequeathed to a younger party member and not merely removed from their previous user. Weapons can become stronger if they are continuously used by a certain character. There are over 50 individual unit types and 17 unit categories, and certain combinations of characters possess special abilities. The effectiveness of a character is determined by a number of stats, including an "assistance" attribute for attack and defense, and recovery attributes that affect the speed of a unit's healing and allow them to heal allies. If a character dies, they are permanently removed from the game. As the field is rotated, the second row is sent to the front lines, and so on. Battle takes place automatically, with the player deciding whether to send the front row to the back at the end of the turn, thus "rotating" the field. The abilities of characters are geared towards different rows some may attack from the back row, while others may heal ally characters in the same row. Venus & Braves uses a "Rotation Battle System" in which seven characters are placed on a 4 block by 3 block isometric grid, and fight enemies in a similar pattern on the opposite grid.
