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Fading Hearts

Fading Hearts — Genres, rating & game data

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 t

Fading Hearts is a rpg game developed by Sakura River Interactive, 2014. It stands out for narrative-driven gameplay, ranged combat and a horror setting. Available in single-player mode. With an iRank Score of 64/100, it ranks as a notable title in our catalog.

About Fading Hearts

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. 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?

How Fading Hearts was received

Of the 191 Steam player reviews, 64% are positive.

Players

  • Steam players191 reviews64%Mixed

Aggregated from public ratings on Steam, IGDB, Metacritic and OpenCritic. iRankGames does not host its own reviews.

iRank Score

64/100 ↗

Type

RPG, JRPG, Simulation

Released

2014

Updated May 2026

Developer

Sakura River Interactive

Avg. playtime

~5h

Platforms

PC, Apple Macintosh, Linux

Screenshots of Fading Hearts

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