Fading Hearts
Released Feb 2014
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.
64% positive · 191 reviews
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
Where to buy
Steam $12.99
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Evaluation
Fading Hearts released on February 5, 2014. Following launch, the developer shipped a small number of patches through 2014 addressing UI settings, typo fixes, plot hint adjustments, and Steam Achievement integration. The final recorded developer communication was a bug fix update on May 4, 2015, which provided a new engine build to address compatibility issues for some players. Since that date — over eleven years ago as of June 2026 — there have been no further posts, announcements, patches, or communications of any kind from Sakura River Interactive. No DLC was ever announced or listed. No roadmap or promise of future content was made. The update history is consistent with a small indie game that launched complete and received minor post-launch polish before the developer moved on. The game is complete.
Evidence
Developer released a beta build running on an updated engine version to address compatibility issues. This is the last recorded communication from the developer.
Steam Achievements added and text fixes applied. Developer noted cross-game data functionality being tested for potential future games, not additional content for Fading Hearts.
Media
Details
Developer
Publisher
Sakura River Interactive
Achievements
18
Platform
Windows, macOS, Linux
Controller
—
Steam Deck
Not rated
Players
Single-player
About this game
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. Solve the mysteries that surround him while maintaining his friendships and saving Claire. Remain ignorant of the secrets and live a normal life or choose to learn the truth. Be careful where you put your priorities for it may prove fatal.
Everyday choose what YOU want to do. Fight monsters in the forest on Monday. Hang out with friends on Tuesday. The player gets to choose!
Player-Active Storytelling! NPCs tries to manipulate you, the player!
This is what makes gamers like this game when they don't like Visual Novels and/or Dating Sims. Normally what you get is a storyline that you can sit back and just passively absorb. In Fading Hearts...
Players can actively manipulate story mechanics once they understand how they work.
Also there are many people trying to convince you to do things that may or may not be in your best interest. How do you figure out who to trust and not trust? Will you get enough information in time or would you have go with your gut feeling when it comes does down to the wire?
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. Solve the mysteries that surround him while maintaining his friendships and saving Claire. Remain ignorant of the secrets and live a normal life or choose to learn the truth. Be careful where you put your priorities for it may prove fatal.
- Multiple end-game climaxes and endings!
- What will be the final conflict?
- Take control of your story or be swept away by it unlike ever before!
- True choices! (Defined as choosing your own goal!)
Daily Life Sim! Player-Led Game/Story Genre Shifting!
Everyday choose what YOU want to do. Fight monsters in the forest on Monday. Hang out with friends on Tuesday. The player gets to choose!
Player-Active Storytelling! NPCs tries to manipulate you, the player!
This is what makes gamers like this game when they don't like Visual Novels and/or Dating Sims. Normally what you get is a storyline that you can sit back and just passively absorb. In Fading Hearts...
Players can actively manipulate story mechanics once they understand how they work.
Also there are many people trying to convince you to do things that may or may not be in your best interest. How do you figure out who to trust and not trust? Will you get enough information in time or would you have go with your gut feeling when it comes does down to the wire?
Are these done yet?
Last evaluated Jun 28, 2026
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