Absent in the Rain

A surreal visual novel about serial murders and a shadowy fish

D10RAMA · Released Oct 13, 2022

Reviews: Very Positive; 94% of 1,066
Recent reviews: Very Positive; 95% of 21 in 30 days
Players: 3; daily peak, Oct 28, 2026
Steam Deck: Playable
Last update on Steam: 11 months ago; Nov 16, 2025
Minimum PC: 128MB; 0.3 GB RAM · 0.5 GB disk; Full requirements

What is Absent in the Rain?

This free, single-player visual novel follows a protagonist wondering whether a mysterious senior student, a murder case, and a shadowy fish at their feet are connected. You read through a roughly hour-long story with two endings and an extra scene.

For you if...

+you prefer a relaxed, reading-focused experience

Not for you if...

−you want frequent action instead of reading dialogue

What players say

94% of 1,066 reviews are positive · 95% of 21 in the last 30 days

Players praise the story and its endings, the monochrome artwork, and the rain sounds.

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Absent in the Rain system requirements

Minimum: 128MB, 0.3 GB RAM, 0.5 GB of disk space.

As published by the developer.

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Minimum

OS: Windows Vista/7/8/10
Processor: Pentium III 800MHz
Graphics: 128MB
Memory: 256 MB RAM
Storage: 500 MB available space

Does Absent in the Rain have co-op or multiplayer?

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

Single-player

Does Absent in the Rain run on Steam Deck?

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

Some in-game text is small and may be hard to read
All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck

PC version details

DRM: None declared on Steam
Controller: Keyboard and mouse
Platforms: Windows
Achievements: 3
Steam features: Family Sharing
Languages: Text only: Japanese, English, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese, Russian, French.

Does Absent in the Rain 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