Gorgeous art and music
Mentioned in ~2 in 5 positive reviews
“gorgeous illustrated visuals”
Steam review · 33.6 h played ↗
Heartfall — A Tale in Three Lives
Worth buying? What 152 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 152 Steam reviews actually say.
Very Positive · 100%Very Positive · 100%Kazehita2026Visual Novel · Survival · RPG
Free to play
Open on Steam ↗US Steam price, checked 3 h ago
The verdict
A free, lovingly made Life Series fan visual novel with 12 routes, 36 endings, great art and music, and emotional writing. Skip it if you want polished tech or tight choice-driven play.
Great for
Life Series fans who want emotional, branching what-if stories with lots of endings
Main risk
Softlocks, bugs and linear choices frustrate you, or you don't know the Life Series
What players love
Emotional, well-written routes
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“This is the most emotion I’ve ever felt when playing a game.”
Steam review · 11.1 h played ↗
Free and clearly made with love
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“I cannot believe this game is free when there's so much content.”
Steam review · 5.2 h played ↗
Huge content and replayability
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 positive reviews
“there are literally 36 different endings to collect across 12 routes!”
Steam review · 33.6 h played ↗
Characters and references faithful to the series
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews
“I love the way that each character really gives off the vibes of the life series members!”
Steam review · 3.5 h played ↗
Runs well on Steam Deck
Mentioned in ~1 in 50 positive reviews
“also will report that the game plays flawlessly on steam deck”
Steam review · 5.8 h played ↗
What players complain about
Softlocks and looping glitches
Mentioned in ~1 in 2 negative reviews
“Be prepared to lose anywhere from three minutes or three hours of your time, depending on how far you have to go back to un-screw yourself.”
Steam review · 10.5 h played ↗
Misaligned visuals and broken fullscreen
Mentioned in ~1 in 2 negative reviews
“Text boxes are often misaligned. Music cuts in and out jarringly. Fullscreen does not work.”
Steam review · 10.5 h played ↗
Choices mostly don't matter
Mentioned in ~1 in 2 negative reviews
“none of them matter minus a couple at the very ends of said routes”
Steam review · 1.1 h played ↗
Long black screens, no character sprites
Mentioned in ~1 in 2 negative reviews
“there are Several Drawn Out Black Screens of Nothing”
Steam review · 1.1 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: Unknown3 GB
Minimum
OSWindows 10
ProcessorAMD Athlon Silver 7120U/10; Intel Processor N100
Memory6 GB RAM
GraphicsAMD Radeon 610M; Intel Graphics UHD 630/ 24EU; Nvidia GeForce 110MX
Storage3 GB available space
Recommended
OSWindows 10
ProcessorAMD Ryzen 3 7320U/Ryzen 3 1200; Intel Core i3-1215U/i3-8100
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsAMD Radeon 680M; Nvidia GTX 1050 Ti, Intel Arc A310/Xe 96EU
Storage3 GB available space
OSWindows 10
ProcessorAMD Athlon Silver 7120U/10; Intel Processor N100
Memory6 GB RAM
GraphicsAMD Radeon 610M; Intel Graphics UHD 630/ 24EU; Nvidia GeForce 110MX
Storage3 GB available space
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