The Quiet Hum of a Lonely Heart
Release date: Aug 30, 2025
Developers: VisualNovelGames
Publishers: VisualNovelGames
Genres: Indie, Simulation
Categories: Single-player, Steam Achievements, Custom Volume Controls, Mouse Only Option, Playable without Timed Input, Save Anytime, Family Sharing
Supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Greek, Hungarian, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Romanian, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Swedish, Thai, Traditional Chinese, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese

Ten-year-old Margo exists in the shadow of her vibrant older sister, Janice, a shadow cast by parents who are too busy admiring one child to truly see the other, leaving Margo to navigate a world of quiet yearning and internal suffering. The Quiet Hum of a Lonely Heart is a short kinetic novel that features ~5K words and 34 images. This game features themes such as: Loneliness and isolation within a family Sibling rivalry Self-worth and identity The nature of parental love and unintentional neglect Finding one's voice and inner strength The power of imagination and quiet observation