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Fading Hearts

Fading Hearts

Your choices changes the GENRE of the story!Almost EVERY NPC LIES to you at some point in the game!Live a life of adventure or a normal life! A game with true choices!An interactive story/game where you play the role of Ryou, a seemingly normal high school student in the land of Sorayama.

Released Feb 5, 2014 Developer Sakura River Interactive Platforms Windows · Mac · Linux JRPGFPSDating SimLife SimCasual
View on Steam ↗ $12.99 (US · as of 2026-09-28)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-27.

64.4%positive191 reviews
Recommended · 309 found this helpful

“Played this game before it came to Steam and love it through and through! There are visual novels with longer and deeper storylines, but Fading Heart managed to be more enjoyable than most of them; its characters are downright endearing, and the story is interesting with its…”

— a player, Steam review · 27 hrs played
Recommended · 32 found this helpful

“This is a spoiler-free review. This is a type of game that seems to have people that either really like it or just straight-up hate it. There's also a lot of curious people that want to know if the game is worth getting, so rather than just tell you "Oh yeah, I like this!" I'm…”

— a player, Steam review · 13 hrs played
Not recommended · 139 found this helpful

“The fact that you can be on multiple tracks at once, and the endings contradict each other is pretty upsetting. So if you're on a track for a good ending with one of the girls, it is entirely possible at the last minute for your girlfriend to not speak to you for 3 weeks while…”

— a player, Steam review · 4 hrs played
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Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-27.

18achievements
14.0%median completion
2.3%rarest: Dead End
24.7% of players 23.2% of players 21.4% of players 18.8% of players 16.8% of players 15.8% of players 14.5% of players 14.1% of players 14.0% of players 14.0% of players 11.8% of players 9.8% of players 7.1% of players 7.0% of players 5.0% of players 5.0% of players 2.9% of players 2.3% of players 24.7% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
24.7%Break the Bank — Cause a bank to fail
23.2%Sophia's BFF — Keep Sophia company
21.4%Bein' Friends — Convince Claire to break up with her boyfriend
Rarest badges of honor
2.3%Dead End — Meet a tragic end to your life
2.9%Far Side of the Moon — See a hidden side of Rina's personality
5.0%Sole Survivor — Escape a calamity with only your life

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-09-28. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

$12.99current · sampled 2026-09-28 23:18 UTC
$12.99lowest since tracking began2026-09-28
US12.99 USD
EU12.79 EUR
UK10.99 GBP
Australia18.95 AUD
Canada16.99 CAD
Japan1,500 JPY
Brazil41.99 BRL
China52.00 CNY

Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.

China≈$7.7 Brazil Japan Canada US Australia EU UK≈$15

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-09-28). Relative comparison only.

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

May 04, 2015
Updated Beta Build with new version of engine.

Hello everyone! We put up a new build under "beta" with the new version of the engine. For those who had issues running the game, try using this build.

May 04, 2015
Updated Beta Build with new version of engine.

Hello everyone! We put up a new build under "beta" with the new version of the engine. For those who had issues running the game, try using this build.

Aug 18, 2014
Steam Achievements Added and Text Fixes

Your choices change the GENRE of the story! Almost EVERY NPC LIES to you at some point in the game! Hello everyone! We are happy to announce that we have added Steam Achievement to Fading Hearts! Now

Aug 18, 2014
Steam Achievements Added and Text Fixes

Your choices change the GENRE of the story! Almost EVERY NPC LIES to you at some point in the game! Hello everyone! We are happy to announce that we have added Steam Achievement to Fading Hearts! Now

Aug 04, 2014
Beta for small features is out!

Hi everyone! We are testing steam achievements, the new edits and more multi-game data code functionality to see cross-over content in our future games! Come on down and test the new features!

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Screenshots

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Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-27.

GenresAdventure, Indie, Simulation
Player tagsJRPG · FPS · Dating Sim · Life Sim · Casual · Visual Novel · Romance · RPG · Horror · Cute · Conversation · Multiple Endings (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish
Achievements18
Official sitehttp://sakurariver.ca/main/fading-hearts
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS *: Windows Vista, 7 Processor: 2.0 GHz x86 processor Memory: 512 MB RAM Graphics: AMD Intergrated Graphics Storage: 300 MB available space Additional Notes: Older Intel Integrated Graphics Chips are not supported