Secret Little Haven

Secret Little Haven

Released Apr 2018

An adventure game about old computers, community, creativity, fandom, gender, and the internet. Alex Cole is a teenage trans girl in 1999 who has yet to figure herself out. She spends much of her free time on the internet, browsing a fan forum for her favorite magical girl show, and chatting with her friends.

98% positive · 498 reviews
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence

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Steam $4.99
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Evaluation

Secret Little Haven launched on April 16, 2018 as a self-contained narrative adventure game. The store description presents it as a complete story — a single character's journey of self-discovery — with no mention of DLC, expansions, season passes, or future content. There are no unreleased DLC entries on the store. The only post-launch developer communication was a bug-fix update on March 24, 2019 (v1.5), which addressed achievement tracking, bonus content unlocks, and crash bugs. No new content was added; this was purely maintenance work. There have been no developer posts of any kind since March 24, 2019, and nothing in the available information suggests additional content was ever planned. The game launched as a finished product and received only bug-fix support afterward.
Evidence
Store description presents a complete, self-contained narrative about one character's story, with no mention of DLC, expansions, or planned future content.
description · Apr 16, 2018 source development ending
medium
v1.5 bug-fix update resolved achievement tracking issues, bonus content unlocks, a chat restart bug, and a crash in the Egg Friend minigame. No new content added. This is the last known developer communication.
news post · Mar 24, 2019 source content shipped
low

Media

Details

Publisher
Hummingwarp Interactive
Achievements
7
Platform
Windows, macOS, Linux
Controller
—
Steam Deck
Not rated
Players
Single-player

About this game

Secret Little Haven is a game about old computers, community, creativity, fandom, gender, and the internet. Alex Cole is a teenage trans girl in 1999 who has yet to figure herself out. She spends much of her free time on the internet, browsing a fan forum for her favorite magical girl show, and chatting with her friends.
Join her on her story of self-discovery through friendship and media as she explores her computer for the treasures and curiosities of the early internet.

Play with SanctuaryOS, an entire operating system developed in Unity, with nearly a dozen applications such as a Web Browser, Chat Client, Doll Maker, and Text Editor, as well as an entire web forum for you to search through. SanctaryOS captures the magic and wonder of old computers, and of the tight-knit sites and communities formed in the early days of the web.

Explore the internet. Explore yourself. Find haven in your life's small comforts.

[CONTENT WARNINGS: Parental conflict, gaslighting, flashing visuals]
Last evaluated Jun 27, 2026
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