Shanghai Summer

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: Simplified Chinese, English, Japanese, Traditional Chinese, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Portuguese - Portugal, Russian and Spanish - Latin America.

It has received 375 reviews of which 348 were positive and 27 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.6 out of 10. 😎

The game is currently priced at 12.79€ on Steam.

The Steam community has classified Shanghai Summer into these genres:

Multiple Endings Story Rich Visual Novel Anime Cute Dating Sim Mystery Time Travel Adventure Word Game Investigation 2D Interactive Fiction RPG Romance Hand-drawn Text-Based Narration Singleplayer Drama

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Requirements

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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

Reviews

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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.

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.

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.

Feb. 2024

Updated review now that I have finished it. Shanghai Summer is one of the game that I got curious of that I have bought it on release date. I like the art style that is completely anime-ish The normal protagonist is a normal guy which is usual in the Anime stories - The introverted, dull guy. The game is short but I can see how much effort the developers have put on it. I like how interactive the game is like you have to click and move to places. Only thing that I've encountered is that it doesn't work well on Steam Remote Link using my tablet and phone, you will be unable to play it, you may need a controller to do so. Story-wise it is a bit confusing because as any normal parallel world game, there will be series of memories, going to other world etc so you have to pay attention to details but over all, the game delivered a good story, a unique experience and emotionally impactful characters. I also had a lot of screenshots of the game as most dialogues are quotable and relatable. The game will give the the feeling of embracing our mess and the will to change it for the better.

Feb. 2024

Great art, okay storytelling. Overall decent VN for its price.

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12.79€

8.6

348

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Developer

FUTU Studio

Publisher

Astrolabe Games

Release 07 Feb 2024

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