Sickness

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App ID	413870
App Type	Game
Developer	Zetsubou
Publisher	Unwonted Studios, Zetsubou
Franchise	Zetsubou
Supported Systems	Windows macOS Linux
Technologies	PyGame Engine, RenPy Engine
Last Changenumber	29050645
Last Record Update	18 May 2025 – 17:12:08 UTC ()
Release Date	20 January 2016 – 19:47:28 UTC ()

❓ 80.20%

144 reviews

In-Game

Sickness is a visual novel centering around Suoh Tesla, an amoral high school student whose life is rapidly deteriorating. Following the deaths of his parents, a brief stay in the hospital, and the emergence of his “Sickness”, his daily life quickly devolves from carefree school days to a life of crime.

Additional Information

Developer

Zetsubou

gamedir

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metacritic_name

Sickness

controller_support

full

community_visible_stats

Yes

ReleaseState

released

Publisher

Unwonted Studios

Store Release Date

20 January 2016 – 19:47:47 UTC ()

osarch

empty string

community_hub_visible

Yes

Social Media

https://x.com/zetsubougames

Primary Genre

Indie (23)

Store Genres

Action (1), Adventure (25), Indie (23), Simulation (28)

Steam Release Date

20 January 2016 – 19:47:28 UTC ()

Store Asset Modification Time

27 July 2022 – 05:54:53 UTC () (1658901293)

library_assets

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library_hero	en
library_logo	en
logo_position ↴
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width_pct	50
height_pct	50

osextended

macos64

review_score

review_percentage

Detected Technologies (?)

PyGame Engine, RenPy Engine

Steam Deck Compatibility

Steam Deck:
All functionality is accessible when using the default controller configuration
In-game interface text is legible on Steam Deck
This game's default graphics configuration performs well on Steam Deck
SteamOS:
This game runs successfully on SteamOS
category: Verified
steamos_compatibility: Compatible
test_timestamp: 4 August 2023 – 00:00:00 UTC
tested_build_id: 11847972

configuration:

supported_input	gamepad
requires_manual_keyboard_invoke	0
requires_non_controller_launcher_nav	0
primary_player_is_controller_slot_0	0
non_deck_display_glyphs	0
small_text	0
requires_internet_for_setup	0
requires_internet_for_singleplayer	0
recommended_runtime	native
requires_h264	0
requires_voice_files	0
gamescope_frame_limiter_not_supported	0
hdr_support	0

Content Descriptors

Frequent Violence or Gore (2), General Mature Content (5)

First seen on SteamDB

23 October 2015 – 23:19:26 UTC (), in changelist #1383729

Content Descriptors (Including DLC)

Frequent Violence or Gore (2), General Mature Content (5)

Supported Languages

1 Languages	Interface	Full Audio	Subtitles
English	Yes		Yes

Hardware Categories

Full Controller Support

Assets

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LinuxClientIcon

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header_image

english

header.jpg

library_assets_full

library_capsule ↴
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image2x/english	library_600x900_2x.jpg
library_hero ↴
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library_logo ↴
image/english	logo.png
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logo_position/width_pct	50
logo_position/height_pct	50

Assets

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header	header.jpg
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page_background_path	app/413870
raw_page_background	page_bg_raw.jpg
timestamp	12 May 2023 – 20:49:12 UTC

Trailers

256657673 ↴
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trailer_base_id	45529
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is_highlight	true
timestamp	1447378637
256657674 ↴
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Depots

ID	Configuration	Size	DL.
413871	EnglishSickness Content	0 B	0 B
413872	Windows 64-bitSickness Depot Windows	652.48 MiB	608.04 MiB
413873	Linux 64-bitSickness Depot Linux	641.48 MiB	604.39 MiB
413874	macOS Sickness Depot macOS	667.26 MiB	611.17 MiB
413875	Windows 32-bitSickness Depot Windows 32bit	649.62 MiB	607.48 MiB
413876	Linux 32-bitSickness Depot Linux 32bit	640.00 MiB	604.00 MiB

Total size on disk is 3.17 GiB and total download size is 2.96 GiB.

Total size on disk is 1.27 GiB and total download size is 1.19 GiB, when filtered to Windows, English, no DLC depots.

Branches

Name	Description	Build ID	Time Updated
public		17471033	23 February 2025 – 03:14:00 UTC
beta	Public beta testing branch	17471033	23 February 2025 – 02:56:32 UTC
oldstable	old stable branch	11847972	23 February 2025 – 03:13:24 UTC

Sickness

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