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Else Heart.Break() cover art

Else Heart.Break()

Erik Svedäng · Erik Svedäng AB · 2015-09-24

SteamGOG

AdventureIndieRPG

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Sep 24, 2015 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Sep 24, 2015 (Mac), Sep 24, 2015 (Linux)

A game about friendship, love and technology in a place where bits have replaced atoms.

Else Heart.Break() is an Adventure, Indie, and RPG game released in 2015, priced at $24.99, with an estimated 200,000 .. 500,000 owners and a Mixed review sentiment (67% of 840 reviews).

3
playing now
67%
positive of 843 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
86/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
76/100
IGDB user rating (13 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$24.99
steam price (US)

3 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 13:00 UTC (census sample)

Else Heart.Break is a programming puzzle video game. It was developed by Erik Svedäng with art by Niklas Åkerblad.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 3 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 11 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 45% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 15% of 28,821 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 21k–51k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 843 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$4.99-80%
GOG$24.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $4.99 at Humble Store (2019-07-01) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $24.99 · on sale 63 of 83 observed days · at its all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
6620172026Week of 2017-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

402026-09-15 14:00 — 2 players2026-09-16 23:00 — 1 players2026-09-18 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 14:00 — 2 players2026-09-20 21:00 — 3 players2026-09-22 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 12:00 — 2 players2026-09-24 20:00 — 4 players2026-09-26 03:00 — 1 players2026-09-27 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 18:00 — 1 players2026-09-30 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 16:00 — 1 players2026-10-08 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 15:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 22:00 — 2 players2026-10-13 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 3 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$24.99$4.992015-09-092026-10-152015-09-09 — best price $17.492015-12-01 — best price $24.992015-12-26 — best price $24.992016-05-30 — best price $11.242016-09-22 — best price $24.992017-01-12 — best price $12.492017-06-22 — best price $12.492017-10-26 — best price $6.242018-01-04 — best price $24.992018-07-09 — best price $24.992018-12-13 — best price $8.792019-05-10 — best price $6.242019-08-19 — best price $6.242020-03-16 — best price $6.292020-06-25 — best price $6.242020-12-22 — best price $6.242021-03-06 — best price $24.992023-06-06 — best price $24.992023-12-13 — best price $4.992024-03-14 — best price $12.492024-05-29 — best price $24.992024-08-09 — best price $24.992024-10-30 — best price $12.492025-01-07 — best price $12.492025-03-17 — best price $24.992025-05-13 — best price $6.242025-08-12 — best price $24.992025-10-15 — best price $4.992026-01-03 — best price $24.992026-03-27 — best price $4.992026-06-17 — best price $4.992026-08-25 — best price $4.992026-09-02 — best price $4.992026-09-10 — best price $24.992026-09-18 — best price $4.992026-09-26 — best price $4.992026-10-04 — best price $4.992026-10-12 — best price $4.992026-10-15 — best price $24.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1412026-06-01 — 2 pageviews2026-06-05 — 9 pageviews2026-06-09 — 4 pageviews2026-06-13 — 4 pageviews2026-06-17 — 12 pageviews2026-06-21 — 9 pageviews2026-06-25 — 4 pageviews2026-06-29 — 6 pageviews2026-07-03 — 5 pageviews2026-07-07 — 4 pageviews2026-07-11 — 2 pageviews2026-07-15 — 7 pageviews2026-07-19 — 6 pageviews2026-07-23 — 5 pageviews2026-07-27 — 5 pageviews2026-07-31 — 5 pageviews2026-08-04 — 6 pageviews2026-08-08 — 8 pageviews2026-08-12 — 3 pageviews2026-08-16 — 5 pageviews2026-08-20 — 6 pageviews2026-08-24 — 4 pageviews2026-08-28 — 7 pageviews2026-09-01 — 8 pageviews2026-09-05 — 7 pageviews2026-09-09 — 2 pageviews2026-09-13 — 9 pageviews2026-09-17 — 5 pageviews2026-09-21 — 8 pageviews2026-09-25 — 5 pageviews2026-09-29 — 7 pageviews2026-10-03 — 12 pageviews2026-10-07 — 8 pageviews2026-10-10 — 4 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

RPGIndieHackingSurrealAdventureCyberpunkIsometricConspiracyOpen WorldAtmospheric

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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Similarity via IGDB.

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