# Lie In My Heart

Summer DB entity ID: 793fe5f1\-5a27\-4d3e\-b6f8\-3d3a0e7d99b4

Steam App ID: 1116490

Announcements   Lie in my heart  will soon be free, from April 11th 2022\.   About the Game My daily life brutally collapsed the day Marie, my wife, took her own life\.  The violence of the death led to a forensic investigation, to reporters pushing doubt on the nature of what happened… and even though Marie suffered from bipolar disorder, the demons of remorse of our fresh break\-up started to show up\.  To try to get a grasp of why Marie gave up on life, I keep remembering our life together, the choices I made\. It is a necessary evil to find the right words to Théo’s questions, our 5 year\-old boy, in order to help him to cope with his mother’s loss\.   Live my life and learn if your choices are similar to mine\.  Key features    A narrative, interactive and artistic experience that redefines one’s conception of “what a game is”    This game includes sensitive and moving topics inspired by daily life and real events    It is both easy to play and deep in its content, and the game’s mechanics create high replay value    Beyond its personal story, Lie In My Heart illustrates universal topics such as losing a loved one, coping with mental illness, and helping a child to deal with death    Inspired in its visuals and soundtrack by strong cinematographic and musical works \(such as David Lynch’s universe, Steven Wilson’s music and the band Tool\)   Concept  Both a visual novel and an adventure game, Lie in My Heart is the exploration of a family tragedy and of the autobiographical possibilities of videogames\. The game relies on the concept of « expressive games »: play experiences that give players the opportunity to take someone’s place in order to explore personal psychological and social issues, as well as moral and ethical dilemmas and their consequences\. This concept is the result of several years of research carried out by game designer and researcher Sébastien Genvo

## Game information

- Type: game

- Developer: Expressive Gamestudio

- Publisher: Cogaming Rising

- Release date: Oct 3, 2019

- Coming soon: false

- Free to play: true

- Parent Steam app: Not collected

- Genres: Adventure, Casual, Indie

- Categories: Single\-player, Steam Achievements, Family Sharing

- Platforms: windows, mac

- Website: Not collected

- Screenshots: https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/1116490/ss\_c9ba648958ac6a06e75ca09888cc29a8420c66a7\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1649683503, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/1116490/ss\_463eb421b63d75b599172c11b205c026296e4298\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1649683503, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/1116490/ss\_c30042ca38b9265b0d507281a3bb4543901d2e6a\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1649683503, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/1116490/ss\_188298761237ffb7c98724eb53a6df3c602da7bf\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1649683503, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/1116490/ss\_f474622c4fda1a0ec6d73761d2a59ac5b8d1c6c5\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1649683503

- Price: Not collected

- Price country: Not collected

## Observed metrics

- Current players: 0

- Steam review count: 73

- Steam positive reviews: 68

- Steam negative reviews: 5

- Steam positive percentage: 93.15068493150685%

- Summer DB rating: No native votes

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## Player history

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Chart values are hourly observed maxima. The sampled 24-hour peak and missing intervals carry explicit coverage; history before collection is unknown.

## Sources and freshness

- Catalog membership: store\_catalog

- Catalog observed: 2026\-09\-28T16:58:32\.455488\+00:00

- Details observed: 2026\-09\-24T09:05:36\.746574\+00:00

- Player count observed: 2026\-09\-24T09:05:38\.190391\+00:00

- Reviews observed: 2026\-09\-24T09:05:37\.800244\+00:00

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Steam reviews are not Summer DB votes. Missing data is not zero. Player counts are observations, not historical peaks. A supplemental record does not establish that a game was delisted.

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