Sickly Days and Summer Traces
A countryside visual novel about caring for your sick sister
Sister Position · Published by HIKARI SPARK · Released Jun 20, 2025
- Reviews
- Very Positive
- 92% of 1,647
- Recent reviews
- Very Positive
- 96% of 51 in 30 days
- Players
- 15
- daily peak, Oct 28, 2026
- Steam Deck
- Playable
- Last update on Steam
- 3 weeks ago
- Oct 1, 2026
What is Sickly Days and Summer Traces?
A single-player visual novel with training RPG elements, set at a rural estate where a brother stays with his sister as she recuperates. Playing as the brother, you explore locations, talk with her, and spend time together to deepen your bond.
For you if...
- +you enjoy quiet slice-of-life stories with emotional moments
Not for you if...
- −you prefer to avoid sexual themes involving siblings
What players say
92% of 1,647 reviews are positive · 96% of 51 in the last 30 days
Players praise the artwork and gentle, everyday-life story. One reviewer criticizes uneven translation, while another says the true ending's strict time limit encourages reloading saves.
Screenshots and trailer
Sickly Days and Summer Traces system requirements
Minimum: 512M, 4 GB RAM, 4 GB of disk space.
As published by the developer.
Can my PC run Sickly Days and Summer Traces?
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- OS
- Windows 10 or newer
- Processor
- 1.5 GHz
- Graphics
- 512M
- Memory
- 4 GB RAM
- Storage
- 4 GB available space
- DirectX
- Version 9.0c
Recommended
Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
Does Sickly Days and Summer Traces have co-op or multiplayer?
No: single-player only, no multiplayer modes declared.
Does Sickly Days and Summer Traces run on Steam Deck?
Playable Playable: it runs on Steam Deck with some adjustments.
- Sometimes shows mouse, keyboard or non-Deck controller icons
- Some text entry requires manually opening the on-screen keyboard
- 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
- 42
- Steam features
- Cloud saves, Family Sharing, Trading cards
- Languages
- Full audio: Japanese. Text only: Simplified Chinese, English, Traditional Chinese, Korean.
Does Sickly Days and Summer Traces 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
