Sickness overview

Overview

Sickness comes from Zetsubou and is published by Unwonted Studios, Zetsubou. It arrived on Steam on Jan 20, 2016, and it sits naturally among Single-player, Steam Achievements, Full controller support, Steam Trading Cards, Steam Cloud, and Family Sharing. SteamPulse tracks it across Windows, macOS, Linux, and Steam so readers get a quick useful snapshot, not just a wall of numbers.

Players and reviews

Sickness's latest SteamPulse observation recorded 0 players at 25 September 2026 - 01:09:08 UTC, with a tracked peak near 11. This peak is the highest value in the available SteamPulse record and may not include activity before tracking began. Player reaction is 89% positive across 144 reviews.

Language and system requirements

Sickness is available in 1 languages including:

3 regional rating boards including dejus, steam germany, and igrs

Sales, recommendations, and streams

Sickness has sold up to 11,193 units and has recommendation data pending. The estimated VGI revenue is $98,046. On Twitch, 0 streamers are live with around 0 total watchers.

Sickness overview details

Sickness combines live player counts with reviews, pricing, platform support, Store metadata, dated player history, media, recent news, and related games.

Steam Store description

Stats (September 25th 2017) Word count: 216,000 words Number of CGs: 85 (plus variations of several) Number of sprites: 32 (mostly minor characters) 31 original music tracks, + 9 CCA-by tracks Summary/Plot Sickness is a Visual Novel following the life of Suoh, a high school student turned violent criminal. Following the deaths of his parents, Suoh is left without a home or source of income. All he has is his twin sister, Sara, who he promises to provide for, even if doing so means throwing his life away. Using the entirety of their savings, the two move to another city, wherein Suoh quickly finds work. Sara commutes to her old school, Suoh works long, physically-demanding hours, and the two survive off instant food, barely scraping by. It isn't a happy life, but they make it work. Or at least they did, until a violent outburst set into motion a rapid descent. Amid a physical altercation with his boss, Suoh blacks out, waking up to find a corpse laying at his feet. His knuckles bloody, his muscles aching, he realizes that he has just murdered his boss, the person responsible for his continued well-being. But rather than lament the loss of life, all Suoh can think of is how badly he needed the money, and what he'll do next to get it. Drawn by the scent of blood, one of Suoh's coworkers, a young man with criminal connections, offers him a not so legal revenue stream, one encouraging violent behavior and rewarding the capable. And from there, everything spirals out of control. As it turns out, Suoh has a knack for crime, and the petty reservations he had about such acts don't…

SteamPulse editorial summary

Sickness is listed as a game with $9.99. It supports Windows, macOS, and Linux, belongs to Single-player, Steam Achievements, Full controller support, Steam Trading Cards, Steam Cloud, and Family Sharing, and is associated with Action, Adventure, Indie, and Simulation. SteamPulse's latest observation records 0 players at 25 September 2026 - 01:09:08 UTC, a tracked peak of 11, and 89% positive reviews.

Overview tags

Visual NovelIndieViolentSimulationActionAnimeDarkAdventureComedyHorrorStory RichSingleplayerPsychologicalPsychological HorrorThriller

Content descriptors

Contains depictions of violence, mild sexual references, and deals with mature themes such as mental health, incest, and suicide

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Support and legal notes

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