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Summerland
Summerland is a first-person narrative game about morality and the afterlife. You take control of Matthew, a detective reliving the events of his past, being questioned on his morals along the way. In every door lies another memory, and every memory unlocks another door.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-29 · quoted reviews as of 2026-10-16.
“This free game was developed by a high school student. The graphics lagged a bit, especially in Chapter Two. You play a sick police detective with a rookie policewoman following you around. This is their story as they go to work. Along the way, you have to make a stand where you…”
— a player, Steam review · 3 hrs played“About an hour and a half worth of gameplay. You're controlling the person named "Matthew" and is set out to do trials of your own memory. Doing one memory, unlocks the next one. The core of this, is to question your morals. The core elements are scavenging and story. I really…”
— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs played“This is a walking simulator. It's free, so I can recommend it. However, I do think this game is overrated by reading some of the positive reviews on Steam. I would say this game, if they had charged money, would only be worth $5 at most. First of all, the game takes less than 2…”
— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players, self-collected from the Steam API since Aug 2026.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-10-20.
Price tracking
US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.
Latest official news
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News on the Future of Summerland
Hi everybody. I hope you're all doing well. I wanted to post something here as it's the best way for me to reach out to all of you. I wanted to briefly talk about the future of Summerland and it's pro
Optimiazation News Update
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Summerland Optimization News.
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-13.
| Genres | Adventure, Indie, Free To Play |
| Player tags | Adventure · Story Rich · Walking Simulator · Atmospheric · First-Person · Point & Click · Exploration · Interactive Fiction · Philosophical · Cinematic · 3D · Detective (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support |
| Languages | English * * |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 9 |
| Official site | https://www.fyregames.com/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows 7 Processor: SSE2 instruction set support. Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: Graphics card with DX10 DirectX: Version 10 Storage: 7 GB available space