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A traveling performer seeking a girl in the sky reaches a summer seaside town, where choices connect personal stories to an old legend.
Released 05 Mar 2025
Play as a traveling performer with a mysterious ability to move objects.
Follow separate routes for three girls, then complete their true endings to open the later chapters.
Travel back roughly a thousand years in the story to follow a winged girl and the people around her.
Summer stretches on endlessly. Beneath the vast blue sky. Beneath the air in which she awaits— AIR, the second game released by visual novel studio Key, is now available on Steam! Now featuring the side story novel, "First Sky Chapter" and full voice support!
Developed by VISUAL ARTS/Key · Published by VISUAL ARTS
Yukito Kunisaki, a traveling performer searching for a mythical girl in the sky, arrives in a quiet seaside town during summer. There he meets three girls whose everyday lives and relationships gradually reveal connections to the legend he has inherited.
The story is divided into DREAM, SUMMER, and AIR chapters. DREAM follows the girls through separate routes; completing all three routes' true endings opens the later chapters, which broaden the story across different times and perspectives. The Steam version also includes the side story First Sky Chapter.
Play is primarily reading dialogue and narration, with occasional choices determining which routes and endings you see. Yukito also has a mysterious ability to move objects. The Steam edition features updated HD visuals, Japanese voice acting, and text in Japanese, English, or Simplified Chinese.
In this selected sample, players often praise AIR for its emotionally affecting story, especially its portrayals of family bonds, and for the music and summer seaside atmosphere that support it. Some also value the distinct characters and the way the separate story arcs gradually add context. Reactions are not uniformly positive: several reviewers find the early routes slow or repetitive, and some are less satisfied with the story's structure or ending.
AIR is the work from the visual novel studio, Key, known for titles such as CLANNAD, Little Busters, Summer Pockets and more. It received great acclaim and was even adapted into an anime series.
Enjoy this moving tale centered around themes of familial love and the characters' sensitive emotions, now with the latest visual novel engine!
· The story evolves depending on the choices you make, providing a variety of different endings to the visual novel's story for you to discover.
· Also includes AIR's side story novel, "First Sky Chapter" in visual novel format!
· Featuring retouched HD visuals and CG coloring!
This version not only offers the best HD quality to date, but the game's CG coloring has also been adjusted to better complement LED display colors. Enjoy the experience with beautiful graphics!
· Although the Windows version of AIR has never had voice support before, the Steam version adds full voice support with an amazing cast of actors!
· The text can be set to Japanese, English, or Simplified Chinese (audio only available in Japanese). This includes in-game text, options, and the digital manual. Language settings can be changed at any time.
· Touch gestures can also be used if you're playing on a tablet PC or a Steam Deck.
· Voice Actor: Tomoko Kawakami, Asami Okamoto, Ryoka Yuzuki, Hikaru Midorikawa, Nobutoshi Canna, Aya Hisakawa, Yumi Touma, Yukari Tamura, Shin-ichiro Miki, Ryotaro Okiayu, Yuko Nagashima, Junko Hagimori, Yuriko Yamamoto, Hiromi Konno, Urarako Suzuki, Yuki Makishima, Chinami Nishimura, Kikuko Inoue, Keiko Han, Ichiro Nagai
| Platforms | Windows |
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| Achievements | 15 |
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| Controller support | PlayStation, Xbox |
| Controller required | No |
