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Sayonara Wild Hearts cover art

Sayonara Wild Hearts

Simogo · Annapurna Interactive · 2019-12-12

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ActionCasual

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Sep 19, 2019 (iOS), Oct 07, 2019 (Mac), Sep 19, 2019 (Nintendo Switch), 2026 (Nintendo Switch 2), Dec 12, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Sep 19, 2019 (PlayStation 4)

Sayonara Wild Hearts is a dreamy arcade game about riding motorcycles, skateboarding, dance battling, shooting lasers, wielding swords, and breaking hearts at 200 mph.

Sayonara Wild Hearts is a 2019 Action, Casual game priced at $6.49, with an estimated 200,000 to 500,000 owners and an Overwhelmingly Positive review sentiment (97% of 8,912 reviews).

0
playing now
97%
positive of 8.9k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
81/100
critic score (7 outlets, IGDB)
77/100
IGDB user rating (110 ratings)
4.47★
PlayStation Store rating (3,201 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$6.49
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 04:00 UTC (census sample)

Sayonara Wild Hearts is a 2019 rhythm action video game developed by Simogo and published by Annapurna Interactive. Described as a "pop album video game", Sayonara Wild Hearts follows the story of a heartbroken young woman through a surrealistic landscape. Each level of the game is set to a song, with the player guiding the woman while collecting hearts, avoiding obstacles, and fighting enemies. The game was released for iOS, macOS and tvOS through Apple Arcade, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 in September 2019, for Windows in December 2019, for Xbox One in February 2020, for PlayStation 5 in February 2025, and for Nintendo Switch 2 in April 2026. It was met with positive reviews for its visuals, soundtrack, and gameplay, and nominated for several year-end awards.

Trailer

Sayonara Wild Hearts trailer thumbnail

SAYONARA WILD HEARTS | Launch Trailer

≈264,693 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 352 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~44/week).
  • · Review velocity up 23% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (1,095 reviews).
  • · Top 5% of 27,914 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 224k–537k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 8,945 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$12.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $5.04 at GameBillet (2026-06-26)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $12.99 · on sale 79 of 107 observed days · $7.95 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1.1k1.1k20192026Week of 2019-12-01: 1,065 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 452 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 218 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 129 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 382 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 176 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 179 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 266 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 117 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 548 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 194 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 156 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 184 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 130 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 145 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 174 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 146 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 125 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 110 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 105 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

802026-09-15 13:00 — 2 players2026-09-16 21:00 — 6 players2026-09-18 05:00 — 4 players2026-09-19 12:00 — 5 players2026-09-20 20:00 — 2 players2026-09-22 04:00 — 6 players2026-09-23 11:00 — 3 players2026-09-24 19:00 — 3 players2026-09-26 02:00 — 4 players2026-09-27 10:00 — 2 players2026-09-28 17:00 — 3 players2026-09-30 01:00 — 5 players2026-10-01 08:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 16:00 — 6 players2026-10-03 23:00 — 4 players2026-10-05 07:00 — 1 players2026-10-06 15:00 — 7 players2026-10-07 22:00 — 1 players2026-10-09 06:00 — 3 players2026-10-10 13:00 — 6 players2026-10-11 21:00 — 2 players2026-10-13 05:00 — 2 players2026-10-14 12:00 — 3 players2026-10-15 04:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
753Dec 2019Aug 2026Dec 2019 — avg 75 · peak 176Mar 2020 — avg 14 · peak 34Jun 2020 — avg 14 · peak 54Sep 2020 — avg 11 · peak 27Dec 2020 — avg 17 · peak 62Mar 2021 — avg 10 · peak 32Jun 2021 — avg 13 · peak 41Sep 2021 — avg 13 · peak 44Dec 2021 — avg 12 · peak 31Mar 2022 — avg 6 · peak 15Jun 2022 — avg 11 · peak 31Sep 2022 — avg 9 · peak 21Dec 2022 — avg 10 · peak 22Mar 2023 — avg 7 · peak 20Jun 2023 — avg 5 · peak 18Sep 2023 — avg 5 · peak 16Dec 2023 — avg 7 · peak 22Mar 2024 — avg 6 · peak 16Jun 2024 — avg 6 · peak 17Sep 2024 — avg 5 · peak 14Dec 2024 — avg 7 · peak 18Mar 2025 — avg 6 · peak 18Jun 2025 — avg 5 · peak 18Sep 2025 — avg 4 · peak 14Dec 2025 — avg 6 · peak 17Mar 2026 — avg 4 · peak 13Jun 2026 — avg 4 · peak 12Aug 2026 — avg 4 · peak 12
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$13.72$4.502019-10-102026-10-152019-10-10 — best price $12.992020-04-23 — best price $9.742021-06-22 — best price $12.992021-12-08 — best price $10.912022-02-09 — best price $11.042022-04-08 — best price $9.952022-05-11 — best price $6.492022-06-09 — best price $5.892022-08-01 — best price $12.992022-09-19 — best price $7.792022-12-22 — best price $6.622023-02-18 — best price $10.282023-04-18 — best price $7.662023-06-09 — best price $7.792023-07-30 — best price $6.762023-09-25 — best price $12.992023-11-17 — best price $5.872024-01-18 — best price $7.792024-02-20 — best price $5.892024-04-02 — best price $11.042024-05-06 — best price $9.892024-06-04 — best price $6.792024-07-25 — best price $5.422024-08-19 — best price $7.792024-10-30 — best price $9.952025-02-10 — best price $12.992025-04-11 — best price $12.992025-05-28 — best price $7.792025-08-16 — best price $9.952025-10-09 — best price $7.732025-12-05 — best price $12.992026-01-20 — best price $9.352026-03-25 — best price $12.862026-05-07 — best price $6.492026-06-24 — best price $10.052026-08-01 — best price $10.142026-09-17 — best price $12.992026-10-15 — best price $12.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

131472026-05-29 — 131 pageviews2026-06-02 — 120 pageviews2026-06-06 — 82 pageviews2026-06-10 — 89 pageviews2026-06-14 — 65 pageviews2026-06-18 — 68 pageviews2026-06-22 — 74 pageviews2026-06-26 — 65 pageviews2026-06-30 — 78 pageviews2026-07-04 — 83 pageviews2026-07-08 — 76 pageviews2026-07-12 — 87 pageviews2026-07-16 — 78 pageviews2026-07-20 — 73 pageviews2026-07-24 — 73 pageviews2026-07-28 — 67 pageviews2026-08-01 — 93 pageviews2026-08-05 — 91 pageviews2026-08-09 — 74 pageviews2026-08-13 — 65 pageviews2026-08-17 — 83 pageviews2026-08-21 — 85 pageviews2026-08-25 — 83 pageviews2026-08-29 — 77 pageviews2026-09-02 — 77 pageviews2026-09-06 — 100 pageviews2026-09-10 — 67 pageviews2026-09-14 — 77 pageviews2026-09-18 — 63 pageviews2026-09-22 — 109 pageviews2026-09-26 — 107 pageviews2026-09-30 — 87 pageviews2026-10-04 — 105 pageviews2026-10-08 — 110 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

24
achievements tracked
16.1%
earned "Virgo A"
5.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller SupportSteam CloudRemote Play on PhoneRemote Play on TabletRemote Play on TV1 DLC

16 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Arabic, Dutch, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Portugal, Portuguese - Brazil…

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2019-12-12 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)2,99918%24
PS4 (PlayStation)1,91640%25
PS4 (PlayStation)1,64641%25
PS5 (PlayStation)1,41048%25
Xbox One (Xbox)59420%24
Switch (Nintendo)3880%0

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

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

IndieMusicShortActionArcadeCasualLGBTQ+RhythmColorfulStylized

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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