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Summer Pockets cover art

Summer Pockets

VisualArts/Key · VisualArts · 2020-02-05

SteamAmazon

AdventureCasual

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person, Text

Releases: Dec 17, 2018 (iOS), Jul 21, 2022 (PlayStation 4), Jun 29, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Dec 19, 2018 (Android), Jun 20, 2019 (Nintendo Switch)

From the creators of Angel Beats! and CLANNAD, Key, comes their latest emotional, award-winning journey. Follow protagonist Takahara Hairi as he travels to the secluded island Torishirojima, where he rediscovers what it means to enjoy summer vacation.

Summer Pockets is an Adventure and Casual game released in 2020, priced at $44.99, with an estimated 50,000 to 100,000 owners and an Overwhelmingly Positive review sentiment (99% of 4956 reviews).

13
playing now
99%
positive of 5.0k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
81/100
IGDB user rating (5 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$44.99
steam price (US)

13 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 17:00 UTC (census sample)

Summer Pockets is a Japanese visual novel developed by Key, a brand of Visual Arts. It was released on June 29, 2018, for Windows and is rated for all ages. Summer Pockets is Key's 13th game, following its previous games such as Kanon, Air, and Clannad. An expanded version of the game titled Summer Pockets Reflection Blue was released on June 26, 2020, in Japan. Both the original game and Reflection Blue have been ported to iOS and Android devices, and Nintendo Switch. Reflection Blue has also additionally been ported to the PlayStation 4. An English version of the original game for Windows was released by Visual Arts in 2020. The story is set on a fictional island on the Seto Inland Sea and follows the life of Hairi Takahara, a young man who uses the recent death of his grandmother as an excuse to escape to the island after an unpleasant incident. Once there, he gets to know the townsfolk of Torishirojima and multiple girls who are the focus of the story.

Trailer

Summer Pockets trailer thumbnail

Summer Pockets | Official Trailer | Crunchyroll

≈1,000,000 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Cooling
  • · 13 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 188 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~24/week).
  • · Review velocity down 72% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 5% of 28,753 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 99k–223k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 4,956 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $15.74 at Steam (2026-06-25)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $44.99 · on sale 4 of 8 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
24424420202026Week of 2020-02-01: 244 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 111 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 139 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 122 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 104 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 163 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 136 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 113 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 117 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 152 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 124 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 106 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 108 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 138 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 27 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

3742026-09-15 02:00 — 10 players2026-09-16 10:00 — 17 players2026-09-17 18:00 — 11 players2026-09-19 01:00 — 11 players2026-09-20 09:00 — 18 players2026-09-21 16:00 — 20 players2026-09-23 00:00 — 4 players2026-09-24 07:00 — 18 players2026-09-25 15:00 — 28 players2026-09-26 22:00 — 9 players2026-09-28 06:00 — 11 players2026-09-29 13:00 — 22 players2026-09-30 21:00 — 10 players2026-10-02 04:00 — 17 players2026-10-03 12:00 — 35 players2026-10-04 20:00 — 16 players2026-10-06 04:00 — 26 players2026-10-07 11:00 — 24 players2026-10-08 19:00 — 13 players2026-10-10 02:00 — 12 players2026-10-11 10:00 — 30 players2026-10-12 17:00 — 10 players2026-10-14 01:00 — 9 players2026-10-14 17:00 — 13 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
745Feb 2020Aug 2026Feb 2020 — avg 64 · peak 137Apr 2020 — avg 16 · peak 31Jun 2020 — avg 23 · peak 48Aug 2020 — avg 14 · peak 30Oct 2020 — avg 7 · peak 15Dec 2020 — avg 11 · peak 29Feb 2021 — avg 12 · peak 25Apr 2021 — avg 12 · peak 38Jun 2021 — avg 9 · peak 21Aug 2021 — avg 9 · peak 20Oct 2021 — avg 5 · peak 17Dec 2021 — avg 10 · peak 24Feb 2022 — avg 10 · peak 29Apr 2022 — avg 52 · peak 181Jun 2022 — avg 30 · peak 136Aug 2022 — avg 28 · peak 69Oct 2022 — avg 20 · peak 81Dec 2022 — avg 28 · peak 91Feb 2023 — avg 18 · peak 45Apr 2023 — avg 14 · peak 50Jun 2023 — avg 20 · peak 66Aug 2023 — avg 59 · peak 186Oct 2023 — avg 29 · peak 110Dec 2023 — avg 30 · peak 92Feb 2024 — avg 23 · peak 58Apr 2024 — avg 23 · peak 73Jun 2024 — avg 29 · peak 130Aug 2024 — avg 42 · peak 101Oct 2024 — avg 18 · peak 59Dec 2024 — avg 49 · peak 154Feb 2025 — avg 33 · peak 86Apr 2025 — avg 71 · peak 196Jun 2025 — avg 49 · peak 176Aug 2025 — avg 44 · peak 106Oct 2025 — avg 30 · peak 98Dec 2025 — avg 21 · peak 61Feb 2026 — avg 18 · peak 45Apr 2026 — avg 15 · peak 48Jun 2026 — avg 21 · peak 64Aug 2026 — avg 26 · peak 65
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$44.99$15.742020-02-062026-07-272020-02-06 — best price $40.492020-05-06 — best price $44.992020-06-25 — best price $35.992020-11-02 — best price $44.992020-12-22 — best price $31.492021-02-15 — best price $44.992021-04-29 — best price $33.742021-07-08 — best price $44.992021-11-24 — best price $29.242022-01-05 — best price $44.992022-03-28 — best price $26.992022-07-07 — best price $44.992022-11-22 — best price $26.992023-01-05 — best price $44.992023-05-08 — best price $22.492023-07-13 — best price $44.992023-09-25 — best price $22.492023-11-28 — best price $44.992024-03-14 — best price $20.242024-05-13 — best price $44.992024-11-27 — best price $17.992025-01-02 — best price $44.992025-03-13 — best price $17.992025-07-10 — best price $44.992025-12-18 — best price $17.992026-03-26 — best price $44.992026-07-20 — best price $17.992026-07-27 — best price $44.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

3031042026-05-31 — 192 pageviews2026-06-04 — 160 pageviews2026-06-08 — 199 pageviews2026-06-12 — 104 pageviews2026-06-16 — 117 pageviews2026-06-20 — 120 pageviews2026-06-24 — 303 pageviews2026-06-28 — 181 pageviews2026-07-02 — 124 pageviews2026-07-06 — 158 pageviews2026-07-10 — 165 pageviews2026-07-14 — 148 pageviews2026-07-18 — 180 pageviews2026-07-22 — 154 pageviews2026-07-26 — 141 pageviews2026-07-30 — 156 pageviews2026-08-03 — 137 pageviews2026-08-07 — 124 pageviews2026-08-11 — 114 pageviews2026-08-15 — 128 pageviews2026-08-19 — 108 pageviews2026-08-23 — 154 pageviews2026-08-27 — 119 pageviews2026-08-31 — 293 pageviews2026-09-04 — 176 pageviews2026-09-08 — 137 pageviews2026-09-12 — 126 pageviews2026-09-16 — 130 pageviews2026-09-20 — 123 pageviews2026-09-24 — 137 pageviews2026-09-28 — 187 pageviews2026-10-02 — 157 pageviews2026-10-06 — 144 pageviews2026-10-09 — 115 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

15
achievements tracked
55%
earned "The Summer's Beginning"
29%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

2 supported languages: English, Simplified Chinese

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2020-05-22 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)64627%15
Switch (Nintendo)0—0

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.

Player tags

AnimeCasualComedyNudityRomanceAdventureEmotionalDating SimSimulationStory Rich

Census log

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

Players also track

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Similarity via IGDB.

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