Astrolabe Games and FUTU Studio announced visual novel Shanghai Summer releases on February 8 for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, and PC via Steam. A free demo is also available now for the Steam version.
Previously, Shanghai Summer was part of the Steam China Showcase 2023 event this past September. The event offered a promising development update for the game, teasing that a demo could be on the horizon. The demo released this past December, and the full release follows up just two months afterward.
Shanghai Summer Full Launch
The Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, and PlayStation 5 versions are new additions, as Shanghai Summer was originally slated to launch in 2024 for PC via Steam only. Luckily, console players won’t need to wait at all since all four versions release on the same day, February 8.
Lastly, here’s an overview of the upcoming visual novel, via Steam:
The Story
Shanghai, 2003
Suddenly, Baichuan senses something is not right with his life – sometimes, he feels he can see his memories, so real yet so unfamiliar. This all seems to begin with an unexpected invitation from Baichuan’s ex-girlfriend, Qiuyu, who has been away for many years.
Twelve summer days, just like twelve lucid dreams…
“The time seems to be working anomalously on you.”
The Characters
- Dream-chasing, freelancer artist – Fengyi
- Troubled and misguided high school student – Xiaobo
- A university student who is burdened by her family’s issue – Jingxian
Even though their lives are a total mess, they still manage to carry on, embrace and accept their “regrets”, and live to the fullest.
The Gameplay
Through the ‘Topics’ and ‘Clues’ gathered from everyday life, dive deep into the hearts and minds of your dearest friends.
To be comforted by them; To be inspired by them; To turn all the little things that happened in your life into your own strength, and eventually, at the finale of the twelfth night –
To ” fix” the shattered dream.
The Stages
Classrooms, Bookstore “What-If”, Neighbourhood Cafe…
Much of every boy and girl’s life revolves around such a mundane city scene. And it is precisely within the mundanity that some new possibilities exist. The key to turning one’s fate around may very much be held in the hand of someone passing by among the crowds on the streets…
