Everlasting Summer vs The Henry Stickmin Collection
Everlasting Summer is a visual novel game from Soviet Games (2014) while The Henry Stickmin Collection is a funny game from PuffballsUnited (2020).
What each one is
Steam files Everlasting Summer under Visual Novel and Story Rich. In contrast, it files The Henry Stickmin Collection under Funny and Multiple Endings.
Visual novel loved by many – Everlasting Summer – now on Steam!
A choose-your-own-path where failing is more fun than succeeding.
At a glance
| Everlasting Summer | The Henry Stickmin Collection | |
|---|---|---|
| GamingPickz Score | 8.3/10 | 8.5/10 |
| Steam rating | Very Positive (94%, 78,073) | Overwhelmingly Positive (99%, 59,357) |
| Critic aggregate | No aggregate | No aggregate |
| Price | Free | $5.99 |
| Install size | 0.86 GB | 1 GB |
| Steam Deck | unsupported | verified |
| Released | 2014 | 2020 |
| Developer | Soviet Games | PuffballsUnited |
Prices and Steam ratings are read live and move over time.
Everlasting Summer vs The Henry Stickmin Collection, point by point
Each facet side by side. A round is marked won only where a figure settles it; feel and "which is better" carry no mark, because no number we hold decides them.
Genre and premise
Everlasting SummerVisual novel gameThe Henry Stickmin CollectionFunny gameWhat each is filed as. Each game describes itself in full above; we do not judge a premise.
How it plays
Everlasting SummerVisual Novel, Story Rich, Free to PlayThe Henry Stickmin CollectionFunny, Multiple Endings, Choose Your Own AdventureThe tags players apply most, in order of votes. A read on feel, not a verdict.
Reception
Everlasting SummerScore 8.3 · 94% on SteamThe Henry Stickmin Collection ✓Score 8.5 · 99% on SteamThe GamingPickz Score is a composite of player sentiment, critics and popularity, computed the same way for every game.
Content and scale
Everlasting Summer78,073 reviews · 0.86 GBThe Henry Stickmin Collection59,357 reviews · 1 GBReach and footprint, not quality: more reviews or a bigger install is not a better game.
Price
Everlasting Summer ✓FreeThe Henry Stickmin Collection$5.99Read live from Steam and subject to change.
On a Steam Deck
Everlasting SummerUnsupportedThe Henry Stickmin Collection ✓VerifiedValve's own Deck compatibility rating.
The Henry Stickmin Collection takes 2 of the marked rounds to 1. That is only what a number can decide, not which you will enjoy more.
The two on the grid
Compare the whole catalogueEverlasting Summer and The Henry Stickmin Collection on the axes the GamingPickz Score is built from, on the full 0 to 100 scale so each dot is its real position. Change either axis to compare them on any measure.
2 games have both
Players. The share of Steam reviews marked positive, pulled toward the catalogue average in proportion to how few reviews stand behind it. A game with 200 reviews moves a long way toward the average; one with 200,000 barely moves at all. Without this a title sitting at 100 percent on nine reviews outranks Half-Life 2 at 98 percent on 278,000.
Popularity. A blend of two things that are not the same. Audience is how many people wrote a Steam review, which is a floor on how many played it. Reach is how many language editions of Wikipedia document the game, which is cultural footprint rather than sales. A game can score high on one and low on the other: a huge free-to-play title has audience without reach, and a landmark console exclusive has reach without a Steam audience at all. Where both exist they are averaged; where only one does, that one carries it.
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How positions are decided
No paid placement, no favouritism, live third-party data
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- A position is not an endorsement. It says how a game was received and what it costs, not that we recommend it. Where we do recommend something, it carries a written review with a name on it.
- Fetched from live third-party data. Player sentiment from Steam, critic aggregates as published on store pages, prices checked hourly, attention from Wikipedia. Each figure carries its source and the date it was read, and we do not adjust any of them.
Which to pick, by what you want
- The higher-rated of the two: The Henry Stickmin Collection (GamingPickz Score 8.5)
- The cheaper right now: Everlasting Summer (Free)
- Better on a Steam Deck: The Henry Stickmin Collection (verified)
What they have in common
Both are tagged by Steam players with:
Choices MatterSingleplayerMultiple Endings2DAdventureComedyIndieClassic
Where they differ
Visual NovelStory RichFree to PlayAnimeGreat SoundtrackMature
FunnyChoose Your Own AdventureMemesPoint & ClickEpicHand-drawn
Tags players apply to one game and not the other.
Difficulty and who each is for
By the tags players apply, Everlasting Summer is relaxed, easy to pick up. The Henry Stickmin Collection is relaxed, easy to pick up.
System requirements, side by side
| Everlasting Summer | The Henry Stickmin Collection | |
|---|---|---|
| Minimum GPU | DirectX® 9.0c compatible | — |
| Minimum CPU | Pentium® 4 1.5 GHz / Athlon® XP | — |
| Minimum RAM | 0.5 GB | — |
| Install size | 0.86 GB | 1 GB |
Can your PC run them? Check each against your own kit: Everlasting Summer · The Henry Stickmin Collection.
Accessibility features
Steam store pages declare 1 accessibility feature for Everlasting Summer and 0 for The Henry Stickmin Collection. A declaration is a floor, not a review.
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Common questions
How different are Everlasting Summer and The Henry Stickmin Collection in scope?
Everlasting Summer has drawn 78,073 Steam reviews and installs in 0.86 GB. The Henry Stickmin Collection has drawn 59,357 Steam reviews and installs in 1 GB.
Is Everlasting Summer or The Henry Stickmin Collection better?
By the GamingPickz Score, The Henry Stickmin Collection rates higher (8.5 to 8.3). That is a composite of player sentiment, the critic aggregate and popularity, not our taste. "Better" also depends on price, length and platform, which the table above lays out.
Which is cheaper, Everlasting Summer or The Henry Stickmin Collection?
Everlasting Summer is cheaper right now at Free, against $5.99. Prices move, so this is read live from Steam and can change.
Do you rank one above the other for a fee?
No. Neither game, nor anyone else, pays for placement or a verdict here. The order and every figure come out of the same public data the rest of the site uses.
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How we compare, and what we will not do
The GamingPickz Score is a composite of player sentiment (adjusted for sample size), the critic aggregate and popularity, computed by the same code every ranked list on this site uses. The Steam rating label is Valve's own, reconstructed from the positive percentage and review count. Prices are read live. We do not write an opinion of which game is "better": we report the numbers and say which wins each measurable question above.