Shanghai Summer on Steam - User reviews, Price & Information

Shanghai Summer is an adventure game set in the millennium. Our protagonist, Baichuan, goes through a series of "anomalies" over the length of twelve days. In his pursuit of the truth, he found that his hopes and regrets from the past finally seem to converge. Will he be able to "fix" it for good?

Shanghai Summer is a multiple endings, story rich and visual novel game developed by FUTU Studio and published by Astrolabe Games.
Released on February 07th 2024 is available only on Windows in 13 languages: English, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, Traditional Chinese, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Portuguese - Portugal, Russian and Spanish - Latin America.

It has received 394 reviews of which 361 were positive and 33 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.5 out of 10. 😎

The game is currently priced at 12.79€ on Steam.


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Windows
  • OS: Windows 10
  • Processor: Intel Core i3 2.00 GHz
  • Memory: 4 GB RAM
  • Graphics: Intel® HD Graphics 3000
  • Storage: 2 GB available space

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March 2025
This game really struck me as one of the more moving stories I’ve played in a while. It’s not all happy, but there are plenty of good things happening too. It grips you with wondering how it will end from the very opening. Completed if all for final ending in about 8 hrs. The characters amd their motivations were very real and not superficial, dealing with real stuff we’ve been through or know others who have experienced. There are some annoying misspellings or sentences that are not perfect, but do not let that deter you from trying this game out. For me, it only got better the more I played it and the better I understood the characters. Music was outstanding as well. Absolutely worth the buy.
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Jan. 2025
Shanghai Summer is a short, emotional visual novel about life - making peace with past regrets, cherishing what you have in the present, and moving forward into the future. It is a story about finding comfort and inspiration in the little things in life, and it is about realising how everyone has their own problems in life, how no one's life is perfect, and yet how they all try to move forward and live their lives to the fullest. Complemented by beautiful visuals and fitting atmospheric music, Shanghai Summer is a story that will resonate with people who are entering the working world or otherwise confronted with the harsh, dull realities of life and searching for their own path. However, if possible, I suggest playing the game in Chinese (either Simplified or Traditional is fine; it is the same text). As someone fluent in both Chinese and English, I found the English translation to be lacking. The English translation gets the meaning across, but lacks the expressiveness and poetic elegance of the original Chinese. The original Chinese also uses many idioms and cultural references that do not get across in English. I played through the first 3 days in English; then, I replayed those days in Chinese and found the experience much more enjoyable, so I played through the rest in Chinese.
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Sept. 2024
It's a chill investigative visual novel type game if you're looking for something low-energy to play. Very linear, decisions don't make a real difference for the most part. Took 5 hours to complete every achievement and ending, so do what you will with that information. I'm not a huge visual novel gamer so I wouldn't buy it again if I went back in time, but I won't say I don't recommend it since it's accurately advertised.
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Aug. 2024
素晴らしく胸に突き刺さるゲームだった。 物語も、キャラクターも、アートも、音楽もすべて良い。 そして猫! 本を1冊読み終えたような余韻が残る作品だった。 Everything was beautifully done. I loved the story, characters, art, music..... and the cat of course! It is a bitter sweet game that will linger for a long time.
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June 2024
Good: + Settings (based in 2000s Shanghai) + Good story about youth, regrets, and what-ifs + More interactive than reading a visual novel Bad: - One true ending - On the shorter side Rating: 4/5 Dial soap bars
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Shanghai Summer
8.5
361
33
Online players
0
Developer
FUTU Studio
Publisher
Astrolabe Games
Release 07 Feb 2024
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