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Sickly Days and Summer Traces

Sister Position · HIKARI SPARK · 2025-06-20

Steam

Casual

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Text

Releases: Jun 20, 2025 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

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.

95%
positive of 2.2k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

“As long as we’re together, it’s just like heaven to me.” Tucked away in a quiet corner of the world, in a peaceful countryside far from the bustle of the city, a brother and sister share gentle, unhurried days. Delicate in health, the sister has come to the rural estate to recuperate. Her brother stays by her side, weaving tender moments into the fabric of summer. Gathering dew at dawn, cloud-watching on lazy afternoons, walking home hand in hand at dusk, and whispering secrets under the stars— Even the smallest fragments of time sparkle when shared with someone precious. This is a delic(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 82 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~10/week).
  • · Review velocity down 25% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (279 reviews).
  • · Top 5% of 29,944 Casual games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 44k–100k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,215 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $11.99 at Steam (2026-09-22)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 9 of 18 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
26726720252026Week of 2025-06-20: 267 positiveWeek of 2025-06-20: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-06-27: 150 positiveWeek of 2025-06-27: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-07-04: 51 positiveWeek of 2025-07-04: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-07-11: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-07-11: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-07-18: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-07-25: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-07-25: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-08-08: 35 positiveWeek of 2025-08-08: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-08-15: 34 positiveWeek of 2025-08-15: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-08-22: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-08-22: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-29: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-08-29: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-09-05: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-09-12: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-09-12: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-19: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-09-19: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-26: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-09-26: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-10-03: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-10-03: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-10: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-10-10: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-10-17: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-10-24: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-10-24: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-10-31: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-10-31: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-07: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-11-14: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-14: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-21: 164 positiveWeek of 2025-11-28: 90 positiveWeek of 2025-11-28: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-05: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-12-12: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-12-12: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-19: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-12-19: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-26: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-12-26: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-01-02: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-01-09: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-01-09: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-16: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-01-16: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-23: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-01-30: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-06: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-02-06: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-02-13: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-02-13: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-20: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-02-20: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-02-27: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-02-27: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-06: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-03-06: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-13: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-03-20: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-03-27: 22 positiveWeek of 2026-03-27: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-03: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-04-10: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-04-17: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-04-24: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-24: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-08: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-05-08: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-15: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-05-15: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-22: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-05-22: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-29: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-06-05: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-06-05: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-12: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-19: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-06-26: 27 positiveWeek of 2026-06-26: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-03: 18 positiveWeek of 2026-07-03: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-07-10: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-07-10: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-17: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-07-17: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-24: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-07-24: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-31: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-07-31: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-07: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-08-07: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-14: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-08-14: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-08-21: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-08-28: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-09-04: 4 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$19.99$11.992025-06-202026-10-022025-06-20 — best price $14.792025-07-04 — best price $19.992025-08-03 — best price $14.592025-08-11 — best price $19.992025-09-15 — best price $14.192025-09-26 — best price $19.992025-09-29 — best price $14.192025-10-06 — best price $19.992025-10-31 — best price $13.992025-11-08 — best price $19.992025-12-11 — best price $13.592026-01-05 — best price $19.992026-02-07 — best price $13.192026-02-15 — best price $19.992026-03-19 — best price $13.192026-03-26 — best price $19.992026-03-27 — best price $13.192026-04-04 — best price $19.992026-05-19 — best price $12.992026-05-27 — best price $19.992026-06-25 — best price $12.592026-07-09 — best price $19.992026-08-09 — best price $12.392026-08-23 — best price $19.992026-09-22 — best price $11.992026-10-02 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

42
achievements tracked
94.9%
earned "Big Brother, Long Time No See!"
58.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing

4 supported languages: Japanese, Simplified Chinese, English, Traditional Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)33826%42

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

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Census log

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

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