Sayaka's Addiction

About

Sayaka's Addiction is a narrative-driven RPG where choices shape both story and survival. You manage Sayaka's daily life balancing school, part-time work, and personal struggles. Earn money through minigames or jobs like waitressing while navigating academic pressures and social dynamics. The game emphasizes branching decisions with consequences that ripple through your relationships and mental health. School life sim elements blend with moments of tension as you manage symptoms that can erupt at any time disrupting routines. The game stands out for its focus on internal conflict and systemic management. Player decisions about work study and self-care directly impact Sayaka's stability creating a tense balance between normalcy and crisis. With a character design style reminiscent of visual novels and a focus on relatable stressors the game offers 20+ hours of playtime according to early builds. Community polls show 78% of testers found the health management mechanics "stressfully realistic."

Storyline

Sayaka Minazuki is the ace of Hinohara University's volleyball team. She's very athletic and near the top of her class, with beauty that makes other girls deeply envious. To most, she seems like the picture-perfect young woman, the university star with brains and looks in spades. However, due to some deep-rooted trauma from her past, she's been dealing with a terrible affliction all along. Once her symptoms take over, she's completely unable to control herself. Feeling overwhelmed and anxious about her situation, she consults with the university's nurse, Chie Hirose, about her worries...