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Summer Pockets cover art

Summer Pockets

VisualArts/Key · VisualArts · 2020-02-05

SteamAmazon

AdventureCasual

Modes: Single player

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.

31
playing now
99%
positive of 4.9k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam rating
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
81/100
IGDB user rating (5 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$44.99
steam price (US)

31 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 07:00 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.

Health check

Cooling
  • · 31 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 13% of 11,312 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 99k–223k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 4,947 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 5 of 10 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

4962026-08-11 21:00 — 10 players2026-08-12 13:00 — 48 players2026-08-13 05:00 — 35 players2026-08-13 21:00 — 14 players2026-08-14 13:00 — 34 players2026-08-15 05:00 — 27 players2026-08-15 20:00 — 6 players2026-08-16 12:00 — 42 players2026-08-17 04:00 — 24 players2026-08-17 20:00 — 12 players2026-08-18 12:00 — 40 players2026-08-19 04:00 — 26 players2026-08-19 19:00 — 15 players2026-08-20 11:00 — 28 players2026-08-21 03:00 — 18 players2026-08-21 19:00 — 13 players2026-08-22 10:00 — 21 players2026-08-23 02:00 — 12 players2026-08-23 18:00 — 17 players2026-08-24 10:00 — 21 players2026-08-25 02:00 — 17 players2026-08-25 17:00 — 19 players2026-08-26 10:00 — 21 players2026-08-27 02:00 — 17 players2026-08-27 18:00 — 18 players2026-08-28 10:00 — 34 players2026-08-28 23:00 — 15 players2026-08-29 15:00 — 49 players2026-08-30 07:00 — 31 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

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 pageviews2026-06-03 — 167 pageviews2026-06-06 — 117 pageviews2026-06-09 — 130 pageviews2026-06-12 — 104 pageviews2026-06-15 — 119 pageviews2026-06-18 — 111 pageviews2026-06-21 — 174 pageviews2026-06-24 — 303 pageviews2026-06-27 — 162 pageviews2026-06-30 — 125 pageviews2026-07-03 — 135 pageviews2026-07-06 — 158 pageviews2026-07-09 — 175 pageviews2026-07-12 — 162 pageviews2026-07-15 — 131 pageviews2026-07-18 — 180 pageviews2026-07-21 — 174 pageviews2026-07-24 — 136 pageviews2026-07-27 — 178 pageviews2026-07-30 — 156 pageviews2026-08-02 — 132 pageviews2026-08-05 — 117 pageviews2026-08-08 — 134 pageviews2026-08-11 — 114 pageviews2026-08-14 — 127 pageviews2026-08-17 — 113 pageviews2026-08-20 — 123 pageviews2026-08-23 — 154 pageviews2026-08-26 — 160 pageviews2026-08-27 — 119 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

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.

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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