Cabin Fever

Romantic visual novel about an injured stranger at your mountain home

Steamy Buns Games · Published by Sad Panda Studios · Released Jul 12, 2021

Reviews: Overwhelmingly Positive; 95% of 508
Recent reviews: Not enough recent
Players: 0; daily peak, Oct 28, 2026
Steam Deck: Playable
Last update on Steam: 3 years ago; Sep 2, 2023
Minimum PC: with DX9 (shader model 2.…; 4 GB RAM · 0.5 GB disk; Full requirements

What is Cabin Fever?

In this single-player visual novel, you play an off-grid programmer whose solitude is interrupted when a young woman arrives injured and lost during a storm. You read dialogue and choose responses along a branching story with multiple endings.

For you if...

+you like quiet, melancholy stories with darker turns

Not for you if...

−you want action-heavy gameplay rather than dialogue-driven storytelling

What players say

95% of 508 reviews are positive

Players praise the writing, artwork, and voice acting. The most common complaint is that the story is short.

Screenshots and trailer

Cabin Fever system requirements

Minimum: with DX9 (shader model 2.…, 4 GB RAM, 0.5 GB of disk space.

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Minimum

OS: Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8.1, Windows 10
Processor: Modern Intel/AMD CPU 1.6GHz+
Graphics: Graphics card with DX9 (shader model 2.0) capabilities. Anything made since 2004 should work.
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Storage: 500 MB available space
DirectX: Version 9.0

Does Cabin Fever have co-op or multiplayer?

No: single-player only, no multiplayer modes declared.

Single-player

Does Cabin Fever run on Steam Deck?

Playable Playable: it runs on Steam Deck with some adjustments.

Some text entry requires manually opening the on-screen keyboard
The native resolution is not the default one
All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
In-game text is legible on Steam Deck
Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck

PC version details

DRM: None declared on Steam
Controller: Keyboard and mouse
Platforms: Windows, macOS, Linux
Achievements: 31
Steam features: Family Sharing
Languages: Full audio: English.

Does Cabin Fever use AI-generated content?

No AI-generated content is disclosed on the game's Steam page.

Self-reported by the developer under Steam rules: it covers AI content that ships in the game, not tools used to make it. Steam page checked on Oct 27, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam