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Sickly Days and Summer Traces

PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2025

Should you play it?

A devoted brother and his fragile sister share a quiet, dreamlike summer. As her gentle companion, speak with her, care for her, and gather the fleeting, precious fragments of a love that blooms softly in the stillness of everyday life.

What works
  • Detailed and charming pixel art with quality cgs
  • Engaging voice acting and music
  • Unique blend of visual novel and rpg-style time/resource management
  • Multiple endings and replay value
  • Free dlc content including adult patch
Things to keep in mind
  • Repetitive gameplay requiring multiple playthroughs for full content
  • Some story inconsistencies and simple plot
  • Static h-scenes without animation
  • Limited character customization and expression
  • Time constraints and stat management can feel tedious

What to play next

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  • Hush Hush - Only Your Love Can Save Them

  • Fate/stay night REMASTERED

  • Kugayama Shiori's Death Diary

  • The Sand Man

  • Amnesia™: Memories
Hidden Gems

Less popular games with surprisingly high similarity

  • Kugayama Shiori's Death Diary

  • The Sand Man

  • 7'scarlet
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Sickly Days and Summer Traces: Less representative of its motivational profile, with noticeable differences. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Survival, Violence, Competition, Thrill. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Survival, Intimacy, Health.

Why this game works

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