Everlasting Summer

Everlasting Summer

Released Nov 2014

Visual novel loved by many – Everlasting Summer – now on Steam!

94% positive · 78K reviews
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence

Where to get it

Free on Steam

Evaluation

Everlasting Summer is a free-to-play visual novel that launched on November 19, 2014. Shortly after launch, Soviet Games released one piece of paid DLC — "One Pioneer's Story" (the Zhenya route) — on December 30, 2014, which was bundled directly into the main game. That appears to be the only narrative content addition the game has ever received. Since then, developer activity has been limited to tooling and localization work: a French translation shipped in September 2021, a Turkish translation in March 2025, and multiple updates to the Steam Workshop mod uploader tool (most recently in May 2026). A Ren'Py 8 beta branch was opened in January 2025 for modder compatibility testing. None of these constitute new story or gameplay content for the base game. It's worth noting that two news posts announce other Soviet Games projects — "Love, Money, Rock'n'Roll" (released August 2022) and its own DLC "Summer '94" (February 2025) — but these are separate games on the Steam store, not additions to Everlasting Summer itself. There is no announced or unreleased DLC for Everlasting Summer, no developer roadmap promising future content, and no sustained cadence of post-launch content updates. The game launched as a complete visual novel experience and received one additional story route shortly after release. Ongoing developer engagement has been focused exclusively on technical maintenance and community modding support. The game's content has been complete since December 30, 2014.
Evidence
The only story DLC for Everlasting Summer — the Zhenya route ('One Pioneer's Story') — was released and bundled into the main game.
news post · Dec 30, 2014 source content shipped
high
Most recent developer post updates the Steam Workshop mod uploader tool (ESCU v2) — purely a tooling/modding infrastructure update, not new game content.
news post · May 12, 2026 source development ongoing
low

Media

Details

Developer
Publisher
Soviet Games
Achievements
14
Platform
Windows, macOS, Linux
Controller
partial support
Steam Deck
Unsupported
Players
Single-player

About this game

Meeting Semyon, the game's main character, you would've never paid attention to him. Just an ordinary young man with thousands, even hundreds of thousands of those like him in every ordinary city. But one day something completely unusual happens to him: he falls asleep in a bus in winter and wakes up... in the middle of a hot summer. In front of him is "Sovyonok" - a pioneer camp, behind him is his former life. To understand what happened to him, Semyon will have to get to know the local inhabitants (and maybe even find love), find his way in the complex labyrinth of human relationships and his own problems and solve the camp's mysteries. And answer the main question - how to come back? Should he come back?
Last evaluated Jun 28, 2026
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