The gameplay in Suika follows a linear plot line, which offers pre-determined scenarios and courses of interaction, and focuses on the appeal of the main female characters.

A four-episode adult original video animation created by Moon Rock was released between February 25, 2003 and June 25, 2003 as three DVDs containing one episode each, followed by a DVD box-set released on April 25, 2004 containing an extra episode,[1] and was subsequently licensed for sale in North America under the title Wet Summer Days by Kitty Media.

The Suika visual novel is divided into four chapters which contain different stories and characters, though all take place in the same rural town known as Tokiwa Village.

In a short prologue upon starting a new game, the player assumes the role of Hiroshi Inaba as he arrives back in town for his annual visit of friends and family.

This chapter centers around his interaction with a heroine who remains nameless throughout the story (voiced by Hiyori Haruno in Original and Azumi Nakatani in A.S.).

The player must replay the game multiple times and make different choices during decision points to view all five plot lines.

One of the goals of the original version's gameplay is for the player to enable the viewing of hentai scenes depicting the given protagonist and one of the heroines having sex.

[2] Tororo, Mikage, and Naru Nanao went on to create titles such as Da Capo, with the latter two later collaborating to help develop Minori's Ef: A Fairy Tale of the Two.

[2] The next year, the original releases of Suika were followed by two consumer console ports for the PlayStation, renamed as Water Summer,[4] and the Dreamcast.

The studio adapted Suika initially over three episodes which were released on three separate DVDs and VHSs between February 25, 2003 and June 25, 2003 in Japan.

The OVA series was licensed and released subtitled in English by Kitty Media as a single DVD containing the four episodes on August 17, 2004.

The opening theme is "Fragment: The Heat Haze of Summer" sung by Kamin in the original Windows version, and by Yozuca* in the two ports.

The ending theme is "Fragment: Thought to Wish to the Starlit Sky" sung by Miwa Kōzuki in the Windows version, and by Rino for the ports.

The opening theme is "Fragment: Shooting Star of the Origin" written and composed by Tororo and sung by Minori Chihara.