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Heartbound is a non-traditional role-playing game about a boy, his dog, secrets, and sanity.

Heartbound is a story rich, rpg and adventure game developed and published by Pirate Software.
Released on December 24th 2018 is available on Windows and Linux in 6 languages: English, Portuguese - Brazil, French, Russian, Spanish - Latin America and Japanese.

It has received 2,636 reviews of which 2,266 were positive and 370 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.3 out of 10. 😎

The game is currently priced at 9.75€ on Steam.

The Steam community has classified Heartbound into these genres:

Story Rich RPG Adventure Indie Great Soundtrack Pixel Graphics Choices Matter Singleplayer 2D Action Early Access Puzzle Psychological Horror Funny Atmospheric Horror Cute Anime LGBTQ+

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System requirements

These are the minimum specifications needed to play the game. For the best experience, we recommend that you verify them.

Windows
  • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
  • Processor: 1.2Ghz+
  • Memory: 4 GB RAM
  • Graphics: 512MB
  • Storage: 500 MB available space
  • Additional Notes: This game is locked to 60 frames per second.
Linux
  • Processor: 1.2Ghz+
  • Memory: 4 GB RAM
  • Graphics: 512MB
  • Storage: 500 MB available space
  • Additional Notes: This game is locked to 60 frames per second.

User reviews & Ratings

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Sept. 2024
Well made game with an awesome sound track. The story is very promising. I thought I was experiencing a bug so I lodged a ticket. Turns out it wasn't a bug I was just being a moron. Thor responded to the ticket promptly and respectfully as one could be when they receive a stupid ticket. Play the game and watch his streams
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Aug. 2024
Found this because I saw all the youtube shorts and videos, I'm not normally a big scroller/story game person but it looked like a lot of love and passion had been put into this game, so I thought I'd give it a shot. From the start of the game that love and passion was clear, however I just couldn't get immersed in the story. For anyone who is not normally the kind of 'lots of text' game enjoyer like me, I think you'll struggle to get into this. For people who like the lots of story telling they'll absolutely love it. I also found due to the game being such a small dev team the script writing/jokes are very heavy to one personality so if you don't like the way the story telling is conveyed/ a lot of puns you won't enjoy it. I believe this is the issue I had more than the mass of words issue, I just don't connect with lots of needless puns and they way the story is told, but that's just specific to me. Play the demo and you'll quickly realise whether you like it or not. I feel like if they made a second game and worked on their script writing it would go a long way having that experience. I also very much recommend trying the game at least to help fund a game developer who does care about their players and that needs to be appreciated more than what Triple A games have been doing lately with buggy and poor storytelling games.
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July 2024
I played this game not knowing what to expect, I'm only 20 minutes in, and I was struck with the realization that the opening feels like a hug from my dad. the darkness surrounds you, the walls close in, but no matter how bad it gets.... there's still a strong warm glimmer of hope that says "keep going, you are doing so good" my dad killed himself in 2020. I cried over a video game opening because I felt things I hadn't felt since he died. warm, safe, and like maybe the world wasn't so bad. F@#@ you Thor, making me cry over a goddamn video game. But.... thank you. I felt things. if you're reading this and you don't feel anything, that's okay. Permit me to go on a tangent. Do you remember Malibu sunglasses? They were these prescription sunglasses that polarized the light differently, they had these displays with stickers that were polarized like the glasses, so when you put them on they'd appear to suddenly be more saturated, and you'd see a logo where before you saw paper. Then you could squint at the paper and pick the logo out, because you'd seen it. That's what trauma is like. You see things in a way that other people don't, and no matter what, you cant un-see it. Maybe my experience is different, maybe the opening sequence makes you happy, or sad, or you feel nothing at all. it's okay. you just haven't put the glasses on. I hope you never do.
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June 2024
I beat the system by doing nothing, and had a mild existential crisis when i became a mushroom stamping letters in the darkness. I'm the kind of player who, in a game like this one, wants to click on and interact with everything just to see what happens, what flavor text was added in the game. I am sometimes surprised, but usually there's just a smattering of random descriptions. In this game, though... you are encouraged AND rewarded for clicking on everything. The attention to detail in this game, the weird setting, the socks I'm collecting... all of these things have immediately hooked me, and I can tell this is one I'm really going to make a meal of. I bought it to support the dev, I'm playing it because when someone describes their approach to creating a game as "a choose your own adventure, where every choice you make actually has some impact, small or large", I'm already sold. I feel like I've barely scratched the surface of this one and I already know it's going to be one I finish and rave about to anyone who'll listen to me. Slow down. Enjoy life. But don't become a mushroom in the dark.
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June 2024
my favorite line in the game " youve beat the system by doing nothing" I came here because of the YouTube shorts and this game is great and deserves the attention.
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Frequently Asked Questions

Heartbound is currently priced at 9.75€ on Steam.

Heartbound is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 9.75€ on Steam.

Heartbound received 2,266 positive votes out of a total of 2,636 achieving a rating of 8.26.
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Heartbound was developed and published by Pirate Software.

Heartbound is playable and fully supported on Windows.

Heartbound is not playable on MacOS.

Heartbound is playable and fully supported on Linux.

Heartbound is a single-player game.

There is a DLC available for Heartbound. Explore additional content available for Heartbound on Steam.

Heartbound does not support mods via Steam Workshop.

Heartbound does not support Steam Remote Play.

Heartbound is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.

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Heartbound
9.75€
8.3
2,266
370
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Developer
Pirate Software
Publisher
Pirate Software
Release 24 Dec 2018
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