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her tears were my light

NomnomNami · 2022-09-28

Steam

Simulation

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Text

Releases: Aug 09, 2019 (Android), Mar 30, 2016 (Mac), Mar 30, 2016 (Linux), Mar 30, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

a love story between time and space

her tears were my light is a Simulation game released in 2022, priced at $2.99, with an estimated 20,000 .. 50,000 owners and an Overwhelmingly Positive review sentiment (99% of 861 reviews).

1
playing now
99%
positive of 861 reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
81/100
IGDB user rating (8 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$2.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 21:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 137 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~17/week).
  • · Review velocity down 15% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 16% of 16,650 Simulation games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 17k–39k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 861 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $2.09 at Steam (2025-06-26)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $2.99 · on sale 2 of 8 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
464620222026Week of 2022-09-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 12 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-15 06:00 — 1 players2026-09-16 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 13:00 — 1 players2026-09-21 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 19:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 17:00 — 1 players2026-10-05 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 16:00 — 1 players2026-10-08 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 14:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 21:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$2.99$2.092022-09-282026-07-202022-09-28 — best price $2.692022-10-05 — best price $2.992022-11-22 — best price $2.542022-11-29 — best price $2.992022-12-22 — best price $2.542023-01-05 — best price $2.992023-02-13 — best price $2.392023-02-20 — best price $2.992023-03-16 — best price $2.692023-03-23 — best price $2.992023-06-29 — best price $2.392023-07-13 — best price $2.992023-08-07 — best price $2.242023-08-14 — best price $2.992024-03-14 — best price $2.542024-03-21 — best price $2.992024-06-27 — best price $2.692024-07-11 — best price $2.992024-11-27 — best price $2.392024-12-04 — best price $2.992024-12-19 — best price $2.392025-01-02 — best price $2.992025-03-03 — best price $2.692025-03-10 — best price $2.992025-03-13 — best price $2.692025-03-20 — best price $2.992025-06-26 — best price $2.092025-07-10 — best price $2.992025-09-29 — best price $2.692025-10-06 — best price $2.992025-12-18 — best price $2.542026-01-05 — best price $2.992026-03-20 — best price $2.692026-03-26 — best price $2.992026-06-25 — best price $2.692026-07-09 — best price $2.992026-07-13 — best price $2.542026-07-20 — best price $2.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

7
achievements tracked
90%
earned "Time Traveler"
80.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportFamily Sharing

23 supported languages: English, Japanese, Portuguese - Brazil, Vietnamese, Spanish - Spain, Korean, Russian, Spanish - Latin America, Basque, Italian, Polish, French…

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)26490%7

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

CuteAnimeSpaceLGBTQ+FantasyRomanceSimulationStory RichTime TravelVisual Novel

Census log

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

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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