Know by heart
Released Feb 2022
Childhood friends reunite after spending a long time apart, revisiting old memories and rekindling their friendship. However, something beyond their control will ruin this reunion.
89% positive · 849 reviews
Done
All announced content has been released
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Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
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Steam $19.99
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Evaluation
Know by Heart launched on February 10, 2022 as a self-contained narrative adventure game. The store description presents it as a complete, finished experience — approximately 5 hours long, with a defined story, multiple endings, and a piano soundtrack. The only DLC listed is the official soundtrack, which was released on launch day.
Following release, Ice-Pick Lodge published three bug-fix patches in the two weeks after launch (February 11, 15, and 22, 2022), addressing gameplay issues, graphical bugs, and achievement problems. These are standard post-launch polish patches with no indication of additional story content or expansions. After February 22, 2022, the developer has made no further public communications about the game.
There are no announced expansions, no unreleased DLC, no roadmap, and no developer statements suggesting further content is planned. The game was designed and shipped as a complete, standalone story — its brief post-launch activity was purely maintenance-focused. With no post-launch content cadence and no outstanding commitments, the game is considered complete as of its release date.
Evidence
Store description presents the game as a complete ~5-hour narrative adventure with a defined story, multiple endings, and a full soundtrack — no mention of post-launch content or updates
The only DLC is the official soundtrack, released on launch day. No additional DLC or expansions are listed.
Content
1 of 1 released · no outstanding content
Media
Details
Developer
Publisher
Ice-Pick Lodge
Achievements
20
Platform
Windows
Controller
full support
Steam Deck
Verified
Players
Single-player
About this game
“Know by heart...” is a game about accepting loss. The plot, the music, the intuitive gameplay and atmospheric mini-games work together to weave an illusion of briefly returning to one’s childhood and inevitably growing up, the feeling of time slipping through our fingers.
Players will be immersed into the quiet life of a provincial Russian town, where traces and echoes of the Soviet era can still be seen and heard.
Misha, the protagonist, is stuck in his monotonous, dead-end job, until one day the routine is shattered as his school crush returns to town. For the first time in years Misha regains hope of escaping the ennui of his daily life. A brief but tumultuous episode of the town’s life is interwoven with the story of a gang of childhood friends coming back together. It’s up to them to journey down memory lanes and rekindle their friendship, but their memories of the past and the very bonds between them become threatened...
Players will be immersed into the quiet life of a provincial Russian town, where traces and echoes of the Soviet era can still be seen and heard.
Misha, the protagonist, is stuck in his monotonous, dead-end job, until one day the routine is shattered as his school crush returns to town. For the first time in years Misha regains hope of escaping the ennui of his daily life. A brief but tumultuous episode of the town’s life is interwoven with the story of a gang of childhood friends coming back together. It’s up to them to journey down memory lanes and rekindle their friendship, but their memories of the past and the very bonds between them become threatened...
Features
- ~5 hours of sentimental adventure
- The atmosphere of a post-Soviet provincial town at the turn of the century
- An emotional plot with non-linear elements and several endings
- Game mechanics representing thoughts and memories of the protagonist
- A collection of evocative mini-games
- Piano soundtrack composed in modern neoclassical style
Last evaluated Jun 22, 2026
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