Optional 18+ patch adds explicit scenes
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“Girls + Swimsuit + Hentai Patch = Worth to buy this game”
Steam review · 0.6 h played ↗
Sakura Swim Club
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Very Positive · 85%Very Positive · 85%Winged Cloud2015Visual Novel · Dating Sim · Casual
$9.99
Open on Steam ↗US Steam price, checked 5 h ago
The verdict
A short, linear ecchi visual novel with attractive art and voice acting but a generic story and meaningless choices. Skip it at full price or if you want narrative depth.
Great for
Sakura series fans and ecchi art lovers wanting a quick, light read, ideally with the 18+ patch
Main risk
Very short, generic story with choices that don't matter, poor value at full price
What players love
Attractive art and CGs
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“the lewd pics which were drawn really well, fantastic art style!”
Steam review · 4.3 h played ↗
Likeable characters and decent story
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 positive reviews
“The three main characters are well-defined and easy to like.”
Steam review · 5.9 h played ↗
Voice acting and music
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews
“Amazing Soundtrack.”
Steam review · 3.6 h played ↗
Short, easy, relaxing read
Mentioned in ~1 in 17 positive reviews
“Short and Enjoyable VNs that u can read in a night”
Steam review · 4.7 h played ↗
What players complain about
Weak, generic, boring story
Mentioned in ~1 in 2 negative reviews
“Even for the Sakura series, Swim Club is so vanilla and poorly written. Incredibly boring.”
Steam review · 4.6 h played ↗
Choices don't affect the story
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“The audacity of choice when no matter what you click the game continues as intended.”
Steam review · 1.5 h played ↗
Too short and overpriced
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 negative reviews
“you will be done within 2 hours tops, and there is zero replayability”
Steam review · 2 h played ↗
Typos, bad music and repetitive assets
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 negative reviews
“full of mistakes, ie. typos (lots!), contradictions and inconsistencies”
Steam review · 4.5 h played ↗
Contrived fanservice and few images
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews
“Sorry, but I've never heard of water being able to rip apart swimsuits or controller cables coming to life and stripping someone.”
Steam review · 5.5 h played ↗
Explicit content requires a separate patch
Mentioned in ~1 in 13 negative reviews
“In order to see what you PAID FOR, you need to download a patch to fix it.”
Steam review · 3.4 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: Verified200 MB
Minimum
OSWindows XP
Processor1.2 GHz Pentium 4
Memory1 GB RAM
Graphics1280 x 720
Storage200 MB available space
OSWindows XP
Processor1.2 GHz Pentium 4
Memory1 GB RAM
Graphics1280 x 720
Storage200 MB available space
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