natsuno-kanata - beyond the summer
Released Aug 2022
── In the summer of the world that has ended, the girl travels aimlessly. "natsuno-kanata - beyond the summer" is a text adventure game that depicts girls traveling in apocalypse. Through talking to the girls, we get to know them and approach the mysteries of the world ──
95% positive · 906 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
This free-to-play text adventure game launched into Early Access on August 5, 2021 and reached its 1.0 full release on August 17, 2022. Following the full release, the developer continued adding content — primarily a series of character episode sequels — through a series of patches between December 2021 and June 2023. On June 22, 2023, the developer explicitly announced that all planned content updates for the game were complete with version 1.2.10, stating: "all updates scheduled for natsuno-kanata have been completed" and "This will be the last update related to the contents." Only bug fixes were promised going forward.
Notably, a separate commercial product — "Natsuno-Kanata: Beyond Summer" — was released on June 20, 2024 by a different publisher (Waku Waku Games) on a different Steam page (App ID 2597260). That release is a rebuilt, expanded standalone version of this free game, not a content update to this title. It does not change the completion status of this original free version.
This game is complete as of June 22, 2023, the date the developer officially closed out content development.
Evidence
Developer explicitly announced that all scheduled content updates for natsuno-kanata are complete with ver1.2.10. Stated this is the last content-related update; only bug fixes will follow.
Final content patch (ver1.2.10) released, adding the last planned character episode (Meguru 2), completing the announced content slate.
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Details
Developer
Publisher
Kazuhide Oka
Achievements
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Platform
Windows, macOS
Controller
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Steam Deck
Not rated
Players
Single-player
About this game
── In the summer of the after apocalypse, the girl travels unaimlesly.
"natsuno-kanata - beyond the summer"
A text adventure game depicting girls traveling the world to the end.
You found an old computer which can connect to talk with strange garl you have never met.
The girl's name is Natsuno.
She said said to be traveling alone in a world collapsed by a pandemic.
But in the world, you know, there is no pandemic or social collapse.
Where is the world she is in and why are the calls connected each other?
As you talk to Natsuno and watch over her journey, you will explore the mysteries of the end of the world.
She is alone.
She left her high school classmate at Tokyo,and got separeted separated from her parents at some station.
After the train stopped working, she walked alone and continued her journey.
She had'nt where to go and any purpose.
The world has ended before half a year.
An unprecedented pandemic has destroyed society in just a few moments.
When infected, a person loses reason and becomes a monster cannot speak that attacks the person.
Neither the causative virus nor the bacteria were finally revealed.
People don't know anything.
Still, what is in front of her is just reality,
Even if she walks around the town, she don't meet anyone and have no choice but to continue her journey alone.
You happened to talk to a girl traveling in such a world.
It all started when you found an old computer,throught my grantmother's possessions after her death.
Looking for memories with your grandmother, you opened the data on your computer.
But what I heard from the computer was the voice of an unknown girl ──
You dont know why but a call was connected to a girl who called herself Natsuno.
Of course, there is no pandemic in the world you live in.
High school students enjoy their summer vacation,they doesnt wandering around an empty town.
Still, it's true that Natsuno and the call are connected.
Where is she?
Why can the call be connected?
There were so many things I didn't understand,
She just "talk to me," she said.
While meeting other girls who live in a world that has ended,
You gradually approach the truth ──
"Hey, will you come with me?"
A girl in the second year of high school.
Leaving her hometown of Tokyo, she is traveling alone.
She has the strength to survive alone,but She doesn't like herself so much that she gets used to everything.
Akane
"Mmm. Don't cry like that, Natsuno-chan."
An elusive woman at her own pace.
She lives with the gathered people for some reason before the collapse of the world.
she seems to there is something to think about the pandemic that destroyed this world ...
Kiko
"Wow! I'm sorry! Its not me!"
She is a warm-hearted girl who travels alone in search of her stray dog.
She's timid, but
She has the strength of her will to continue traveling alone for her dog.
Shino
"Unless such a situation, I can't travel alone, right?"
She is a girl who travels in search of the location of the photo she found by chance.
She's playfully looking for a place in a photo where she doesn't even know who took it.
Her bright smile is impressive, but there seems to be a hidden feeling behind it ──
Character design: Chiji
Original soundtrack: ruichiro
Translator: NY
"natsuno-kanata - beyond the summer"
A text adventure game depicting girls traveling the world to the end.
You found an old computer which can connect to talk with strange garl you have never met.
The girl's name is Natsuno.
She said said to be traveling alone in a world collapsed by a pandemic.
But in the world, you know, there is no pandemic or social collapse.
Where is the world she is in and why are the calls connected each other?
As you talk to Natsuno and watch over her journey, you will explore the mysteries of the end of the world.
STORY
Natsuno, a girl who leaves her hometown of Tokyo and continues traveling alone to the north.She is alone.
She left her high school classmate at Tokyo,and got separeted separated from her parents at some station.
After the train stopped working, she walked alone and continued her journey.
She had'nt where to go and any purpose.
The world has ended before half a year.
An unprecedented pandemic has destroyed society in just a few moments.
When infected, a person loses reason and becomes a monster cannot speak that attacks the person.
Neither the causative virus nor the bacteria were finally revealed.
People don't know anything.
Still, what is in front of her is just reality,
Even if she walks around the town, she don't meet anyone and have no choice but to continue her journey alone.
You happened to talk to a girl traveling in such a world.
It all started when you found an old computer,throught my grantmother's possessions after her death.
Looking for memories with your grandmother, you opened the data on your computer.
But what I heard from the computer was the voice of an unknown girl ──
You dont know why but a call was connected to a girl who called herself Natsuno.
Of course, there is no pandemic in the world you live in.
High school students enjoy their summer vacation,they doesnt wandering around an empty town.
Still, it's true that Natsuno and the call are connected.
Where is she?
Why can the call be connected?
There were so many things I didn't understand,
She just "talk to me," she said.
While meeting other girls who live in a world that has ended,
You gradually approach the truth ──
CHARACTER
Natsuno"Hey, will you come with me?"
A girl in the second year of high school.
Leaving her hometown of Tokyo, she is traveling alone.
She has the strength to survive alone,but She doesn't like herself so much that she gets used to everything.
Akane
"Mmm. Don't cry like that, Natsuno-chan."
An elusive woman at her own pace.
She lives with the gathered people for some reason before the collapse of the world.
she seems to there is something to think about the pandemic that destroyed this world ...
Kiko
"Wow! I'm sorry! Its not me!"
She is a warm-hearted girl who travels alone in search of her stray dog.
She's timid, but
She has the strength of her will to continue traveling alone for her dog.
Shino
"Unless such a situation, I can't travel alone, right?"
She is a girl who travels in search of the location of the photo she found by chance.
She's playfully looking for a place in a photo where she doesn't even know who took it.
Her bright smile is impressive, but there seems to be a hidden feeling behind it ──
STAFF
Planning /Production /Scenario: Kazuhide OkaCharacter design: Chiji
Original soundtrack: ruichiro
Translator: NY
Last evaluated Jun 22, 2026
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