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Shanghai Summer cover art

Shanghai Summer

FUTU Studio · Astrolabe Games · 2024-02-07

Steam

AdventureIndieRPG

Modes: Single player

Releases: Feb 07, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Shanghai Summer is an adventure game set in the millennium. Our protagonist, Baichuan, goes through a series of "anomalies" over the length of twelve days. In his pursuit of the truth, he found that his hopes and regrets from the past finally seem to converge. Will he be able to "fix" it for good?

Shanghai Summer is an Adventure Indie RPG released in 2024, priced at $12.99, with an estimated 50,000 .. 100,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (90% of 450 reviews).

0
playing now
90%
positive of 450 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$12.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 18:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 23 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity down 36% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (206 reviews).
  • · Top 20% of 28,945 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 9.0k–20k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 450 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $5.19 at Steam (2026-02-12)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $12.99 · on sale 8 of 16 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
19219220242026Week of 2024-02-01: 192 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

202026-09-15 19:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 18:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 14:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 13:00 — 1 players2026-10-06 21:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 12:00 — 2 players2026-10-10 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 11:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 18:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$12.99$5.192024-02-072026-08-072024-02-07 — best price $11.692024-03-14 — best price $9.872024-04-25 — best price $10.262024-06-10 — best price $9.872024-06-27 — best price $9.742024-07-23 — best price $9.742024-09-23 — best price $9.742024-11-13 — best price $9.092024-12-04 — best price $12.992025-01-02 — best price $12.992025-02-09 — best price $12.992025-03-20 — best price $12.992025-04-30 — best price $12.992025-07-10 — best price $12.992025-08-05 — best price $12.992025-10-06 — best price $12.992025-10-28 — best price $12.992025-12-15 — best price $12.992026-01-05 — best price $12.992026-02-25 — best price $12.992026-03-26 — best price $12.992026-06-14 — best price $12.992026-07-09 — best price $12.992026-08-07 — best price $12.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

35
achievements tracked
75.2%
earned "Language"
45.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportFamily Sharing2 DLC

13 supported languages: Simplified Chinese, English, Japanese, Traditional Chinese, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Portuguese - Portugal, Russian…

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2024-03-29 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS5 (PlayStation)13281%36
PS4 (PlayStation)7084%36
Switch (Nintendo)40%0

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

2DRPGCuteAnimeMysteryRomanceAdventureWord GameDating SimStory Rich

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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