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her tears were my light
a love story between time and space
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-02 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-14.
What reviewers agree on
33 of the 72 reviews raise this.
“it's very short but also a very sweet story. i originally played this years ago for free on android and i still bought the steam release too just because i liked it that much”
18 of the 72 reviews raise this.
“While this game is free on itch.io, I fully recommend paying for this game, I myself do not regret it in the slightest. This game has one of the sweetest stories I've ever read, with beautiful character designs and…”
9 of the 72 reviews raise this.
“While this game is free on itch.io, I fully recommend paying for this game, I myself do not regret it in the slightest. This game has one of the sweetest stories I've ever read, with beautiful character designs and…”
“wait this game is fr cinema.. this is one of those games where I just can't express how much I love ALL the characters ggrrrr... i just love them so much it genuinely melts my heart :sob: incredibly touching story and…”
8 of the 72 reviews raise this.
“While this game is free on itch.io, I fully recommend paying for this game, I myself do not regret it in the slightest. This game has one of the sweetest stories I've ever read, with beautiful character designs and…”
“This game is a wonderful short love story between Time, Space, and Nill. worth the 4 dollars 10/10 Yuri!!!”
8 of the 72 reviews raise this.
“wait this game is fr cinema.. this is one of those games where I just can't express how much I love ALL the characters ggrrrr... i just love them so much it genuinely melts my heart :sob: incredibly touching story and…”
“A very short (finished in about 30ish minutes) but cute and sweet visual novel that utilizes the usually basic mechanic of making saves in a visual novel in a way that connects to the story. I highly recommend it if you…”
“A cute visual novel w/ multiple endings. Art style & dialogue is charming & the reverse time mechanic is novel. Would recommend the developer's other games over this one however.”
30 of the 72 reviews raise this · 30 of them still recommend the game.
“it's very short but also a very sweet story. i originally played this years ago for free on android and i still bought the steam release too just because i liked it that much”
Counted across 72 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 99.4% positive rating · as of 2026-05-14
“This short yuri visual novel is good. It's basically about the creation of the universe, with Space and Time anthropomorphized as super cute lesbians. What's not to like?”
— a player, Steam review · 0 hrs played“this game is a masterpiece, the ost is spectacular and despite how short it is its managed to bring me to tears multiple times, and i can never get bored of replaying it yuri forever”
— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs played“I very rarely make reviews that're actually serious, but this game was genuinely beautiful. Even if it was shorter than I'd hoped, the story and music were both fantastic, and I absolutely adore it. It's worth the $3, and if you don't play it, you're missing out. Also, whoever…”
— a player, Steam review · 6 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2023-10 via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-05.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
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v2.4.1 patch notes
fixed a bug that displayed the arabic language button incorrectly when launching the game for the first time
arabic and indonesian translations now available!
hey, it's been a while since i've gotten to update this game!today there are two new languages to play in, arabic and indonesian~! i'm especially excited to have another one of my games available in a
european portuguese translation now available
european portuguese translation has been added, thanks to Raquel Espada! v2.3.3 updates added european portuguese translation turkish typo fixes thanks for playing her tears were my light~ -nami
hebrew and german translations now available
hebrew translation has been added, thanks to Blawnode! i'm still reaching out to translators to try and finish the pc-exclusive content--so far we've been able to finish german, thanks to Antonio Moss
hungarian and dutch translations now available
translation for hungarian and dutch have been added, thanks to Diemond and Demi respectively! thanks for playing her tears were my light~ -nami
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-14.
| Genres | Simulation |
| Player tags | Visual Novel · LGBTQ+ · Time Travel · Romance · Simulation · Multiple Endings · Cute · Story Rich · Anime · Space · Time Manipulation · Female Protagonist (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English, Japanese, Portuguese - Brazil, Vietnamese, Spanish - Spain, Korean, Russian, Spanish - Latin America, Basque, Italian, Polish, French, Simplified Chinese, Turkish, Ukrainian, Malay, Dutch, Hungarian, German, Heb… |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 7 |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Windows 7 64-bit