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Deluge: Sermon for the Dead
High school girls have been disappearing from Abbotsford. Unravel the mystery before all things wash away in a tidal wave of deep despair. An interactive visual novel with psychological and lovecraftian undertones.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-26.
“I really don't recommend you read this VN, at least if you haven't played the first one. If you have, then I'd say I obligate you to this rather than recommend it. I think I would pay to unread this. get my 14 hours back. It's a far cry from what Threnody of Crashing Waves was…”
— a player, Steam review · 15 hrs played“"You're the same chick from Darling Duality." "No I'm not." "You dyed your hair blonde, changed your name, and wasted the dude who knows your true identity. You can't fool me." "I don't know what the hell you're talking about." The only reason I bothered with this franchise at…”
— a player, Steam review · 3 hrs playedAchievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-26.
Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
Big Update; All AI-art Placeholders Have Been Replaced
Over the years since release, we've been gradually replacing all AI-art placeholders from the game with human drawn art. This update completes that process, meaning that all game assets are now 100% h
Deluge Raintime Demo is Participating in Next Fest!
We've just released a big update to the Deluge: Raintime demo. This update includes: - Countless fixes big and small - 19 Steam Achievements - Spanish, Japanese and Russian translations - New and impr
Deluge: Mei Ending DLC Out Now!
The Mei Ending DLC for Deluge: Sermon for the Dead is out now! 🍻 This DLC adds a full ending route to the game for Mei's character, including two new endings (1 bad, 1 good ending). This leaves Deluge
Game Ready for DLC + Same Game, Smaller Filesize
We fixed the compatibility error that surfaced yesterday. Everything is running well now. Same game, smaller filesize. DLC coming out later today.
Rollback due to game breaking error
Due to an mismatch between Renpy and Steam SDK versions we have to rollback this latest release. We'll need a little more time to fix this issue, but hopefully the DLC will release in the next couple
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-26.
| Genres | Adventure, Indie, Simulation, Free To Play |
| Player tags | Lovecraftian · Visual Novel · Anime · Mystery · Adventure · Psychological · Philosophical · Dating Sim · Free to Play · Choose Your Own Adventure · Story Rich · Indie (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Camera Comfort · Color Alternatives · Custom Volume Controls · Keyboard Only Option · Mouse Only Option · Narrated Game Menus |
| Languages | English * , Russian * , Japanese * , Simplified Chinese * , Spanish - Spain * , Spanish - Latin America * * |
| Achievements | 15 |
| Official site | https://www.socah.org/leaves/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows 7 Processor: 1 Ghz Memory: 1 GB RAM Graphics: 1024x768 or better video resolution in High Color mode Storage: 1500 MB available space