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Shanghai Summer

Platform(s): Nintendo Switch, PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5
Genre: Adventure
Publisher: Astrolabe Games
Developer: FUTU Studio
Release Date: Feb. 8, 2024

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'Shanghai Summer' Comes To Nintendo Switch, PlayStation And PC Next Week, Playable PC Demo Available - Screens & Trailer

by Rainier on Feb. 1, 2024 @ 9:00 a.m. PST

Shanghai Summer is an adventure/visual novel game set in millennial Shanghai.

Centred around themes of "regret" and "redemption", "Shanghai Summer" offers players an immersive nostalgic journey back to the city of Shanghai at the turn of the millennium through the eyes of the protagonist, Tu Baichuan.

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, 2003

Suddenly, Baichuan senses something is not right with his life - sometimes, he feels he can see his memories, so real yet so unfamiliar. It seems that this all begins with an unexpected invitation from Baichuan's ex-girlfriend, Qiuyu, who has been away for many years.

Twelve summer days, just like twelve lucid dreams...

"The time seems to be working anomalously on you."


The demo of the game that offers players a glimpse into the first two days of the story is also available on Steam now!

Through the 'Topics' and 'Clues' gathered from everyday life, dive deep into the hearts and minds of your dearest friends.

To be comforted by them; To be inspired by them; To turn all the little things that happened in your life into your own strength, and eventually, at the finale of the twelfth night –

To " fix" the shattered dream.

Dream-chasing, freelancer artist - Fengyi;
Troubled and misguided high school student - Xiaobo;
A university student who is burdened by her family's issue - Jingxian. ......

Even though their lives are a total mess, they still manage to carry on, embrace and accept their "regrets", and live to the fullest.

Much of every boy and girl's life revolves around such a mundane city scene. And it is precisely within the mundanity that some new possibilities exist. The key to turning one's fate around may very much be held in the hand of someone passing by among the crowds on the streets...

Shanghai Summer is coming to Nintendo Switch, PS4, PS5 and PC (Steam) on February 8, 2024.


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