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Know by heart

Ice-Pick Lodge · 2022-02-10

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

AdventureCasualIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person, Third person, Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Feb 10, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Mar 09, 2023 (Nintendo Switch), Feb 10, 2022 (PlayStation 4), Feb 10, 2022 (Xbox One)

Childhood friends reunite after spending a long time apart, revisiting old memories and rekindling their friendship. However, something beyond their control will ruin this reunion.

Know by heart is an Adventure, Casual and Indie game released in 2022, priced at $19.99, with an estimated 20,000 to 50,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (90% of 858 reviews).

0
playing now
90%
positive of 858 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
47/100
IGDB user rating (8 ratings)
4.28★
PlayStation Store rating (18 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

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

Misha, the protagonist, is stuck in his monotonous, dead-end job, until one day the routine is shattered as his school crush returns to town. For the first time in years Misha regains hope of escaping the ennui of his daily life. A brief but tumultuous episode of the town’s life is interwoven with the story of a gang of childhood friends coming back together. It’s up to them to journey down memory lanes and rekindle their friendship, but their memories of the past and the very bonds between them become threatened...(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 50 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~6/week).
  • · Review velocity up 85% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (371 reviews).
  • · Top 15% of 28,945 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 17k–39k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 858 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$4.99-75%
GOG$4.99-75%
Microsoft Store$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $4.99 at Steam (2025-12-18)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 29 of 79 observed days · at its all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
32032020222026Week of 2022-02-01: 320 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 5 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

502026-09-15 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 20:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 11:00 — 2 players2026-09-27 19:00 — 1 players2026-09-29 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 01:00 — 1 players2026-10-04 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 16:00 — 2 players2026-10-07 00:00 — 1 players2026-10-08 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 15:00 — 1 players2026-10-10 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 14:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 21:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
321Feb 2022Mar 2024Feb 2022 — avg 32 · peak 155Mar 2022 — avg 4 · peak 15Apr 2022 — avg 2 · peak 8May 2022 — avg 2 · peak 7Jun 2022 — avg 2 · peak 9Jul 2022 — avg 2 · peak 11Dec 2022 — avg 1 · peak 9Jan 2023 — avg 2 · peak 8Mar 2023 — avg 3 · peak 12Jan 2024 — avg 2 · peak 8Mar 2024 — avg 1 · peak 6

No change (0) in avg players vs prior month — Mar 2024

Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$19.99$4.992022-02-102026-10-152022-02-10 — best price $16.992022-07-07 — best price $19.992023-06-29 — best price $11.992023-09-19 — best price $19.992023-11-22 — best price $19.992024-02-14 — best price $19.992024-04-09 — best price $13.992024-05-16 — best price $19.992024-08-07 — best price $19.992024-10-08 — best price $19.992024-11-05 — best price $19.992024-12-12 — best price $9.992025-01-18 — best price $19.992025-04-14 — best price $19.992025-07-10 — best price $5.992025-09-19 — best price $19.992025-11-05 — best price $5.992025-12-11 — best price $19.992026-01-23 — best price $4.992026-03-26 — best price $19.992026-05-21 — best price $19.992026-07-17 — best price $19.992026-08-29 — best price $19.992026-09-03 — best price $19.992026-09-08 — best price $19.992026-09-13 — best price $19.992026-09-18 — best price $4.992026-09-23 — best price $4.992026-09-28 — best price $19.992026-10-03 — best price $19.992026-10-08 — best price $19.992026-10-13 — best price $4.992026-10-15 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

20
achievements tracked
75.7%
earned "Helichopter"
23.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsFamily Sharing1 DLC

1 supported languages: English

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2022-02-10 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)3447%20
Xbox One (Xbox)3617%20
PS4 (PlayStation)3625%20
PS4 (PlayStation)1217%20

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

Player tags

3DDramaRetroCasualNatureRomanceAdventureEmotionalNarrationRealistic

Census log

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

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