natsuno-kanata - beyond the summer

natsuno-kanata - beyond the summer

Kazuhide Oka · August 17, 2022 · Visual Novel, Adventure, Anime, Exploration, 2D

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About natsuno-kanata - beyond the summer

── 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.

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 Oka
Character design: Chiji
Original soundtrack: ruichiro
Translator: NY

natsuno-kanata - beyond the summer — game info

Platforms
Windows, macOS
Player modes
Single-player
PC Game Pass
Not included
More games like this:Mac games

What Steam players say

Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.

✦ AI summary

Players appreciate this visual novel's atmospheric design, engaging story with an absurdist philosophy, and soothing presentation that makes it suitable for Japanese language practice. However, some find the exploration elements confusing and unclear about objectives, while others struggle with the Japanese language difficulty or feel the game doesn't clearly communicate what to do despite its story-heavy focus.

Recommended Apr 7, 2026
hard
5 found this helpful
Recommended Mar 24, 2025
Time to learn japanese. I didn’t get very far.
2 found this helpful
Recommended Sep 22, 2025
This is a story heavy game, as a visual novel should be. Story segments are interluded by an adventure/survival minigame that can be skipped. The music and visuals blend very well and makes for a fleshed out experience. (Spoilers Ahead) I first played this game not long after its release, but the story was unfinished back then so it is really surprising to me that the story turned out to be the author's spin on Absurdism. Basically Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy but in visual novel form with anime girls.
1 found this helpful
Not recommended Oct 13, 2026
Why doing promotion of the game in English if you totally avoid putting translations within the game ? You cannot play this without reading Japanese.
Recommended Apr 13, 2026
I am playing it for my Japanese and it has a soothing atmosphere, design and UI and the conversations are easy to understand so far. I recommend it for those who wanna practice reading and improve their Japanese along with a good story.
Not recommended Sep 14, 2025
too much to explore, idk what to do.

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