Absent in the Rain

Absent in the Rain is a free-to-play visual novel that launched on October 13, 2022 as a self-contained, finished product. The store description explicitly defines it as approximately 60 minutes of play time with 2 endings and 1 extra scene — a complete, bounded experience with no indication of additional story content. All post-launch activity has been localization work and maintenance: English (July 2023), Simplified Chinese (October 2023), Spanish (October 2023), Russian (March 2024), and French (September 2025). The most recent updates — a Steamworks API integration on October 29, 2025 adding Steam Overlay, screenshot capture, and achievements, followed by a French bug fix on November 16, 2025 — are quality-of-life and technical improvements, not new story content. The developer has never announced any DLC, expansions, or additional narrative content. There are no unreleased DLC entries on the store. The game launched as a finished short-form visual novel and all subsequent updates have served to make it more accessible and polished, not to expand its content. The game is complete as originally released.