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Sayonara Wild Hearts
Sayonara Wild Hearts is a dreamy arcade game about riding motorcycles, skateboarding, dance battling, shooting lasers, wielding swords, and breaking hearts at 200 mph.
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 2026-05-12.
What reviewers agree on
51 of the 102 reviews raise this.
“A incredibly creative and stylish game about music and perspective. Its hard to describe Sayonara Wild Hearts, you must simply fall on its groove. Its short duration doesnt stop it from being emotional, and with no…”
“Visuals and color scheme are beautiful, the game design of some levels are clever, and the song choices are favorable. The final boss/level was a lot of fun and felt more creative than the other levels of the game. I…”
“Basically a playable music album with super stylish Audiosurf-like gameplay. Would recommend if you vibe with the music”
42 of the 102 reviews raise this.
“Visuals and color scheme are beautiful, the game design of some levels are clever, and the song choices are favorable. The final boss/level was a lot of fun and felt more creative than the other levels of the game. I…”
39 of the 102 reviews raise this.
“It's a pop music video album that honors the sadness of all relationships, but specifically sapphic ones, coming to an end. You're racing motorcycles as tears come to your eyes as you think about all the times you were…”
“Visuals and color scheme are beautiful, the game design of some levels are clever, and the song choices are favorable. The final boss/level was a lot of fun and felt more creative than the other levels of the game. I…”
“It's a great game with great music and an interesting visual style. It's short enough if you're determined to just go through the story from start to finish. And with a nice challenge, if you aim to knock out all the…”
29 of the 102 reviews raise this.
“It's a pop music video album that honors the sadness of all relationships, but specifically sapphic ones, coming to an end. You're racing motorcycles as tears come to your eyes as you think about all the times you were…”
“A incredibly creative and stylish game about music and perspective. Its hard to describe Sayonara Wild Hearts, you must simply fall on its groove. Its short duration doesnt stop it from being emotional, and with no…”
“Sayonara Wild Hearts is confident, unbelievably succinct and a complete arrest of every sensory apparatus - to be felt - in the human body. At a playtime a little longer than your favorite record, Simogo get in and get…”
27 of the 102 reviews raise this.
“It's a great game with great music and an interesting visual style. It's short enough if you're determined to just go through the story from start to finish. And with a nice challenge, if you aim to knock out all the…”
“Sayonara Wild Hearts is confident, unbelievably succinct and a complete arrest of every sensory apparatus - to be felt - in the human body. At a playtime a little longer than your favorite record, Simogo get in and get…”
“A very stylised rhythm game with clearly a lot of heart put into it. Short but enjoyable.”
6 of the 102 reviews raise this · 5 of them still recommend the game.
“Visuals and color scheme are beautiful, the game design of some levels are clever, and the song choices are favorable. The final boss/level was a lot of fun and felt more creative than the other levels of the game. I…”
“I have had this one in my backlog for a while and finally got around to play it. WOW. What an experience. I don't think that I am smart enough to understand the story, and I am definitely not smart enough to solve the…”
“I played this game a few years back, but recently revisited it. I have always loved the music and aesthetic, but more recently I gained a new appreciation for it. Something about it–despite its simplicity–just synced…”
6 of the 102 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“Visuals and color scheme are beautiful, the game design of some levels are clever, and the song choices are favorable. The final boss/level was a lot of fun and felt more creative than the other levels of the game. I…”
3 of the 102 reviews raise this · 1 of them still recommend the game.
“I enjoyed the album before getting that the game, but when I got it I knew exactly what to expect and was still swept away by it's charm; now I'll admit there a few points when I focused more on highscore than enjoyment…”
3 of the 102 reviews raise this · 2 of them still recommend the game.
“Visuals and color scheme are beautiful, the game design of some levels are clever, and the song choices are favorable. The final boss/level was a lot of fun and felt more creative than the other levels of the game. I…”
“[b]Sayonara Wild Hearts[/b] is a game that's hard to describe. It's more of an [b]experience[/b] than a video game. An experience I come back to every now and again just to experience it again. This review was left…”
3 of the 102 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“I played this game a few years back, but recently revisited it. I have always loved the music and aesthetic, but more recently I gained a new appreciation for it. Something about it–despite its simplicity–just synced…”
“Pros: - unique fun gameplay (not rhythm tight for a music game) -Steam achievements can be done within 10 hours of gameplay ( tasks are weird and riddled, so a guide is a must ) - The music are okay but i personally got…”
Counted across 102 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 96.5% positive rating · as of 2026-05-12
“More people need to know about this game. Sayonara Wild Hearts tells a story about heartbreak, self-discovery, and loving oneself, all done in this "pop album MV" way. There's flashing lights everywhere, you're gonna transition from a motorbike to a jet in the blink of an eye -…”
— a player, Steam review · 5 hrs played“This is one of the most polished and enjoyable indies that I've played. The main story levels only took me about 2hrs, but it was super relaxing and enjoyable. I found the narrative to be a little confusing, and it never fully connected to me. Apparently, there's a deep meaning…”
— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs played“a loving story about overcoming heartbreak and learning to love yourself. Sayonara Wild Hearts is easily one of my favorite games of all time. a heartfelt and passionate story told though an exciting soundtrack and bright, aesthetic visuals and animations makes for a truly…”
— a player, Steam review · 5 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-06 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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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-12.
| Genres | Action, Casual |
| Player tags | Great Soundtrack · Rhythm · Music · Action · Casual · Beautiful · Female Protagonist · Arcade · Colorful · Stylized · Singleplayer · Short (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Trading Cards · Steam Cloud · Remote Play on Phone · Remote Play on Tablet · Remote Play on TV |
| Languages | English * , French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Arabic, Dutch, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Portugal, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America, Traditional Chinese, Turkis… |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 24 |
| Official site | http://sayonarawildhearts.com |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10 Processor: Intel Core2 Duo E8300 or AMD Athlon X2 Dual Core 6000+ Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT or ATI Radeon HD 3870 or Intel HD Graphics 630 DirectX: Version 9.0c Storage: 2 GB available space