Glass Hearts
A downloadable game for Windows, macOS, and Linux
Glass Hearts is a choice-driven Boys Love / Yaoi visual novel game that takes place in a psychiatric hospital. In the game you will play as Kai, a young man who has been admitted to The Long River Psychiatric Hospital. Make difficult choices that will affect everyone around you - for better or for worse.
Remember that what you do and say matters, and sometimes helping one person means harming another.
Genre: Psychological thriller, drama, mystery, romance
A severed body found with clear signs of struggle. Police sirens, blood, an ambulance that came too late. No witnesses. No murder weapon on the site.
When the police drag you in for questioning and detective Peng throws a pile of folders on the desk in front of you irritably, spilling some of his morning coffee with the abrupt motion, you already knew that they’ve already found what they were looking for - a person to convict. Whatever you say won’t make a difference - but your history of psychiatric treatment does.
The court deems you mentally unfit to stand trial, and it’s not long before you find yourself in The Long River Psychiatric Center, a place people like you are sent to when they can’t go anywhere else.
To get help...or to be forgotten?
Strangely enough, you get a roommate. It’s almost like a dorm, you think to yourself before your gaze drifts towards the end of the corridor where an aggressive patient lands a punch on one of the nurses and gets restrained by two stalwart guards a second later. Almost.
Your roommate - Moyu was his name, wasn’t it? - is a very quiet man. Very, very quiet, unnaturally so. He doesn’t speak or look at you much, but apparently, this is to be expected. Everyone around says that his understanding is limited, that he is like a child on the inside.
It shouldn’t really surprise you all that much, people are here because they are not okay, but there’s this unnerving spark in his eyes and that quiver to his lips that make you uneasy.
Something feels wrong.
Glass Hearts is now completed!
Features:
- 3 romanceable characters (Moyu, Lian, Xiuying)
- 10 unique endings including one mystery ending
- dozens of choices at every step, all impacting your story
- 100,000 words
- beautiful CGs and unique art style
Purchase
In order to download this game you must purchase it at or above the minimum price of $19.99 USD. You will get access to the following files:
Development log
- We're making a new +18 Yaoi & Otome game70 days ago
- Walkthrough & QoL Update 1.01Oct 26, 2022
- Glass Hearts Full Release - Version 1.0 is live!Sep 27, 2022
- Content update 0.61Aug 03, 2022
- Content update 0.60May 25, 2022
- Content update 0.59Apr 03, 2022
- Content update 0.58Feb 19, 2022
- Content update 0.56Jan 14, 2022
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Hi!! May i ask, is there any way or chane that you'd be interested in uploading the game on steam? unforunatelly, im living in a country where there's no SWIFT system so I can't cheat my way around to pay on itch.io site, but there are ways for me to pay for games on steam platform ;_;
Hi Chestershire, Glass Hearts and Diamond Mirage are available on steam 😊
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2170580/Glass_Hearts/
ohh thank you! i'm terribly sorry for disturbing you, apparently i'm a blind mouse xD
No problem at all <3 We hope you enjoy our games!:)
The guide only tells me how to get eight of the endings...
That's right. We left the bad endings for players to discover for themselves 😉
It's hard! I got X bad ending but I tried to see if there was a Lian bad ending and ended up somehow on Moyu's route lol
It's not easy for sure :) Best I can do is show you the choice list for Lian's Bad ending. A is the first choice, B second and so on. https://i.imgur.com/JTSATfa.png
Glass Hearts is phenomenal. I finished my first run through and earned the "Where Memories Rest" ending. Xiuying has my heart. The content is very dark and heavy, but there is nothing about Glass Hearts that feels forced. The experiences Kai and the Long River crew undergo are, sadly, happening out in the real world. Nothing feels dark and gritty just for shock value but rather it's essential to moving the plot forward. My chest got a little tight when Xiuying was telling Kai about of Fai, but thankfully Xiuying stepped in... ^_^; I, of course, want to and will play again, but Kai and Xiuying are so perfect together. I don't think I could find a better ending...but I won't know unless I try! 10 more endings to go!
Question — Is there a route where Intern Tang is more present? He seems like a the only decent person in Long River. His interactions seem pure. Perhaps there is a parallel between Tang and Mingmei?
Really, Aedian and Glair did such amazing work with Glass Hearts. This game truly deserves a large audience and significant recognition. I'm happy to have played. Cheers!
Hi Marquis! Thank you for leaving such a lovely comment, it really made our day yesterday. Glass Hearts is not everyone's cup of tea, so knowing that you enjoyed it and appreciated the content for what it was means a LOT. We felt like it was worth making this game :)
Great that you liked Xiuying and Kai's route! Xiuying was very fun to write, and his dialogues are some of my absolute favorites. I also agree that they are perfect together with Kai - opposites attract, but they also resonate with each other well on a deeper level, which makes the relationship all the more meaningful and full of promise for the future. Let us know how you like his second ending (and the other routes as well!) once you play through them all! <3
Sadly, scenes with Tang are more limited than we had planned. We hoped to add much more content to the game in general, but we couldn't commit the time if we wanted to be able to support ourselves financially. It's always sad and frustrating how financial troubles hold us back from delivering everything that we dream of, but as long as we're a tiny studio of two people that do 100% by themselves this will continue to be the case T_T That being said, we are super happy that you liked Glass Hearts regardless! Thank you for taking the time to comment on it, we appreciate it so much.
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is Subin's route romantic? or is it more of a general route if you don't want to romance the other three? a route with no romance basically heh
Subin is a side character and has the beginning of a romantic interaction if you get his ending.
ah that makes sense! thank you so much for replying! i have played all three routes, and they were beautifully written<3 The dynamics Kai had with the different characters were very interesting to watch unfold! I am very much looking forward to yalls future projects for sure!! I really liked xiuying's route, he really helped chase away the dread and sadness of what was happening around them and the blatant torture some of them were experiencing.. and i also think it's good to spread awarness of the corruption and the awful power dynamic between caregivers and patiens in mental hospitals, since it is a very real problem.. and also? beautiful character design, holy cow! conclusion: a great fucking game.
I've gotten ending 10,1, and 2 for Moyu's route, I was truely invested it took me many hours. That doctor Chen makes me want to jump into this game and hurt him. Won't say much (don't want to spoil) but i do have a question: Will there be a guide for the routes? For some reason I can't seem to get other routes, with Xinying iv'e tried being friendly and mean (sorta) to him, but I always end up on one of Moyu's endings. Probably, because I can't find it in my heart to not talk to him or do everything in his favor 😹. Even if I hadn't gotten any other routes i feel that Moyu is my favorite story line.
Anyways now I am going to try and get Lian's endings or at least one. I haven't even slept yet....haha its 1 a.m.
Have a nice night or day!, whenever you guys read this. I hope to see other games written by this team in the future, especially mystery stories, I bet you I will come running to pay any cent its worth. Bye for now!
HOLD ONN I THINK IV'E DONE IT! Maybe i've gotten one of XiuXiu's endings or maybe not, probably a small event while trying to pursue Lili(Lian)(yup they have nicknames😹) But yes small update to where I am, im going places now :D.
Momo(Moyu)
Subin (Subin)😹 cause I love that name
Hii! Your comment made us sooo happy ;_; <3 Thank you so much!!
We are going to post an ending guide soon, so you'll be able to follow it to get the choices right for Xiu and Lian:) And it's great that you like Moyu's storyline! His character was what inspired this entire game actually.
Once again, thank you for playing and for taking your time to post a comment, we appreciate it so so much.
In case you still need it the endings walkthrough is here :) You can find it in "My Library" at the top right.
I see it thank you! I have like 3 endings i need. :D
Finally I've saved enough money to buy this game, can't wait to unravel the mystery of this game like Mannequin Academy. Your games really have me hooked, its hard for me to even take water breaks!😹
Hello! I would just like to say that from the experience I've had from not only Glass Hearts but Mannequin Academy that I have full-heartedly enjoyed my experience. Now, unlike most people I purchased both games not for the "pretty boys" and "romance" but the mystery piqued my interest. Even though they have not been fully completed yet, I am well aware of the blood, sweat and tears that went into all of your games. You all have very good story-telling. Enough to want me yearning for more; and that is an A in my book if your able to have me feeling like that. Good luck and keep up the good work! Remember to take breaks and have time for yourselves at times though! Fighting!
Thank you for your kind words! We're so happy to hear that you enjoy our games and see the effort that we put into them (sometimes we feel like they're our reality, we talk about them non stop!).
We're preparing two big updates for Mannequin Academy and for Glass Hearts soon after. This year, we want to concentrate 100% of our effort on working on them. We hope that you'll enjoy how the stories unfold <3 Fighting!
finally got around to starting this! I didn't even realize that I already bought the full version of what's available! honestly, I spent WAY TOO LONG with the game just running in the background because I love the music haha
I'll get started again, this nurse just touched moyu and i wanna slap her. I actually spent some time in inpatient last fall for about a week; they were a lot kinder than these characters lmao!
EXCITED to get things going!
So happy to hear that you're enjoying it so far!:) We'll be waiting for your thoughts once you finish the current full version ;D ❤️
Is it okay to ask who exactly will be romanceable? :D
Hi! This is not a standard story in which everyone becomes boyfriends and a typical romantic route can be taken, but Kai will have a chance to form a deeper bond (and see where it takes him) with Moyu, Xiuying and Lian, therefore we consider the three of them romanceable. Subin will have his own mini ending as well :) <3
I cant wait for more ;__; I love them all so much. Glad to be part of early access <3
Thank you so much for playing the game! :D We are working very hard on it, there will me more soon <3
I'm absolutely loving this game, Can't wait for the full version. So excited! Hope it comes soon!
Thank you so, so much! We're so happy that you enjoyed the game <3