How to Unlock All CGs in Summer at Smile Café

The in-game gallery tracks every CG you have unlocked. Scenes are organized by character route and marked with unlock dates. Unseen CGs appear as silhouettes, giving you a completion percentage without spoilers. Full gallery completion requires at least two playthroughs because several routes branch in ways that lock alternate scenes within a single run.

CGs fall into three categories: story CGs (automatically unlocked through route progression), choice CGs (gated behind specific dialogue decisions), and performance CGs (requiring mini-game score thresholds). Understanding which category each scene belongs to saves significant replay time.

Track your progress with the gallery percentage and cross-reference our achievements guide — the "Gallery Master" achievement requires all 80 scenes.

Each of the eight characters contributes approximately 8-12 CGs to the gallery, though exact counts vary by route complexity. Envy and the Manager have the highest counts due to longer storylines. Yuna and Miss Mango have fewer but include unique variant CGs tied to costume choices.

For efficient collection, complete one full route first (we recommend Zoe for accessibility or Envy for depth), then use the route planner to sequence remaining routes by shared scene overlap. Our tier list ranks routes by CG quality and unlock difficulty.

Each character's individual guide page lists their specific CG unlock conditions. Visit all character profiles for route-specific details.

The most commonly missed CGs involve: Nicole's jealousy branch (requires specific Envy relationship state), Manager's late-night scene (requires visiting the café after 9 PM during week 3+), Ada's encouragement scene (locked by a single harsh dialogue choice in chapter 2), and Renee's office event (requires 2,000+ currency at a specific story flag).

Prevention strategy: Save at the start of every chapter. Before major dialogue branches, create a secondary save slot. Check the endings guide for branch maps and the full walkthrough for chapter-by-chapter choice recommendations.

Mini-game-gated CGs cannot be recovered through dialogue reload — you must replay the mini-game segment. Save immediately before any story event that triggers a drawing or comment mini-game if you are aiming for performance CGs.

Beyond route-specific CGs, the game hides several secret scenes discoverable through exploration and optional actions. Visiting your apartment at specific times, checking the supermarket after midnight, and completing all café shifts in a single in-game week each trigger hidden scenes not marked on the standard route flowchart.

Two gallery scenes require completing cross-route conditions: one needs affection thresholds with three different characters simultaneously ( achievable in a single run with careful scheduling), and another requires the "Freelance Pro" achievement (10 commissions) before reaching chapter 4.

These secrets are documented in the full story walkthrough optional events section. The achievement checklist helps track prerequisite achievements.

Playthrough 1: Complete Zoe or Envy route fully. Unlock approximately 10-12 CGs. Learn mini-game mechanics and story structure.

Playthrough 2: Pursue Manager or Nicole route. Unlock 10-12 more CGs including cross-route secrets discovered during play.

Playthroughs 3-4: Clean up remaining character routes, prioritizing characters with the most missable content (Ada, Renee, Nicole).

Final cleanup: Use chapter select (unlocked after first completion) to revisit specific chapters for missed choice CGs and performance-gated scenes. Reference individual character guides for exact choice text.