SimulationFit check
Is Sickness worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- Visual novel readers who want a crime-centered story
- Players interested in morally compromised protagonists and criminal underworlds
- Readers seeking a long-form narrative with family conflict and violence
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players looking for action controls, combat systems, or hands-on mission gameplay
- Readers seeking a light or carefree story rather than a sustained descent into crime
- Players who prefer short visual novels over a 216,000-word narrative
Our take on Sickness
The defining structure is a visual novel about a student maintaining a hidden life as a contract killer while trying to support and protect his twin sister.
What is Sickness?
This visual novel follows Suoh Tesla, a high school student whose parents' deaths leave him without a home or income.
After moving with his twin sister Sara, Suoh works demanding hours while they survive on limited savings and instant food. A violent confrontation with his boss ends in murder, leading Suoh into criminal work through a colleague's connections. He becomes a killer for hire while hiding his new life from Sara, facing police detection, eyewitnesses, rival killers, and recurring threats to his survival. The story contains 216,000 words, 85 CGs plus variations, 32 sprites, 31 original music tracks, and 9 CCA-by tracks.
How Sickness plays
- 01Crime-Focused Narrative
- Suoh moves from financial hardship into contract killing after a violent workplace incident.
- 02Secret Double Life
- He hides his criminal activities from Sara while continuing to live with her.
- 03Extensive Visual Novel
- The story contains 216,000 words, 85 CGs with variations, and 32 sprites.
- 04Original Music
- The soundtrack includes 31 original tracks and 9 CCA-by tracks.
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Sickness: platforms & release
Is Sickness worth it?
It is worth it if: visual novel readers who want a crime-centered story. Skip it if: players looking for action controls, combat systems, or hands-on mission gameplay.
Where can I download Sickness?
Use the Download Now button on this page: it opens Sickness's store page, where you can choose how to get it.
What platforms is Sickness on?
Windows, macOS and Linux.
