Your glass heart in my hands
A downloadable game for Windows, macOS, Linux, and Android
Content warning
This visual novel contains discussions/depictions of subjects some readers might find upstting, such as:
- misogyny
- arranged marriages
- drugging/poisoning
- kidnapping
- arson
- physical and medical abuse
- talk of murder and suicide
- descriptions of dead bodies
- the continued misgendering of a transmasc character
- two characters who are not related by blood referring to one another as 'sister' while in a romantic(-ish) relationship
Reader discretion is advised.
Available in English and Русский.
You are fast asleep.
You are drifting through the darkness: a seemingly endless abyss from which there is no escape.
There is nothing but the darkness: leagues and fathoms and feet of it...
But you were a person once, you know, before you found yourself in this sorry state. You had a name — perhaps you had several names — and thoughts of your own; feelings, too.
You had friends. A family, perhaps.
You had a life.
You might have had many lives.
You are one, yet you are many. Fragmented, your past dances behind your eyelids like shards of glass: sharp to the touch, and yet...
Will you reach out to touch these broken bits and pieces of your past?
Do you dare?
- 50k words of text (approx 2-4 hours of reading)
- A story with several choices which don't really matter- Custom character artwork
- Three(?) pretty women who love you a little too much
- Three exciting ways to die!!!
- A distant, aloof narrator
- Graverobbing!
- The joys of being dissected alive ♥
Writing & programming: ebi-hime
Character art: Betto
GUI: Elduator
Background art: Various creative commons resources found on Flickr
Music: Amachamusic, Dova Syndrome
Proofreading: Ravnervn, Zelan
Russian translation: victoria-lovesector
Made for the Toxic Yuri VN Jam
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Development log
- Russian translated added83 days ago
- Your glass heart in my hands has been released!Jul 13, 2025
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woah this art style is so cool!!! and your writing is so pretty omg its so soothing
Pretty language.
i mean no harm with this opinion but i think you should review your way of writing as you have the tendency to add a lot of "useless" dialgogues that make the story quite hard to get into, to not say boring
I enjoyed this story so much. Absolutely gruesome!
What age rating would you give your game?
idk 16+? there's no explicit gory art or any sexual content in the story.
Okay! Thank you!
hot....women..... awesome game btw
Hey there! I just read this VN and I really liked it! I also noticed some people asking about potential translations into Spanish and so I thought I'd offer my (dubious) help in potentially translating. I can't promise anything in terms of speed of translation but it would be free. If interested just let me know.
Just played through the whole thing for 3 hours, cried at least 3 times. Each story felt like a rollercoaster reaching the peak, then being perfectly interrupted by the loud hit of a wooden hammer from one of those "test your strength" attractions, which then makes you realize you were actually just watching the rollercoaster from the ground the whole time (excuse my confusing way of writing, it is 1AM).
Oh si porfavor traducelo (*´ｪ｀*)
i really enjoyed this! each story was memorable in its own way, and then the reveal at the end... AND THEN GOING THROUGH IT AGAIN.... wow!! you accomplished so much in such a short period of time, and i loved reading about your influences in the notes section. i totally think you captured the vibes you were aiming for perfectly! :)
when on Steam? <3
i'm not sure if i'll release it on steam yet.
would love to see it on steam as well
When in spanish?
only if somebody volunteers to translate it, which they might not.
i dont normally leave reviews but for this i'll make an exception. what an absolutely brilliant avn. immersive, wonderfully written and downright horrific at times. Scratches every itch for someone like me is a fan of psychological horror. makes me wish i had more time to write myself because goddamn this got my brain going at 1 million miles per hour. thank you for sharing your wonderful work, youve got yourself a fan :)
(P.S: I even rediscovered a forgotten song I used to like in the post-game reading ;) so double thanks for that)
thank you so much this is very kind of you! i'm glad you enjoyed it!
and are you a fellow cardiacs fan too? i love nurses whispering verses it's such a good song
absolutely peak game
thank you!
Absolutely incredible game, I would let all these women do unthinkable things to me which is probably the moral I'm meant to take away from it.
thank you! <3
I have already made a lot of enthusiastic noise about this VN but!! Never hurts to make more!! I love how palpable the theme of "being reshaped by the will of others" is, and how it's reflected across the different narratives. I love the doomed futility of it, and how both the ~Victorian era setting and Frankenstein influences tie back into that! I was on the edge of my seat for all three routes, waiting to see how everything would come crashing down each time, and the ending made me ACHE.
Yay! I can't wait to play :3
i liked game
these stories were all so beautifully melancholy, i loved them to bits! i loved the nurse story's cyclical nature (and the many layers of doomed romance) but caroline still loving her sister till the end was also very moving!! thank you for such a great game and story (stories?!) <3 <3 <3
Great Job! Loved all the stories especially Caroline's, the extra time and care to her backstory was evident and appreciated. I'm a sucker for Frankenstein and you did a great job riffing off the source material. Can't wait to see what you do next!
hai! i'm playing on MacOS Sonoma, with an M2 processor. when i try to open the game, it buffers for a few seconds, then force quits without a window popping up. as such, i can't play the game, because it won't even start. what is the solution to this?
Uploaded a new build which is meant to run only on macs. Hopefully this one will work!
HOORAY! it works now. thanks for all of the effort
I just finished at 3AM but this was really good! I genuinely loved it and couldn’t put it down. I’ve liked your visual novels since Asphyxia which I had read when I was younger & going through StuffTM. I think you’re very skilled at telling poignant stories and Glass Heart is definitely one of them. I also freaking love Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein” and easily consider it one of my favorite classic novels, and I could definitely feel the inspiration for this story. This was really really fun to read. I wish you luck on the Game Jam!<33
Hi! I would love to play this game for my YouTube let's play channel. Would that be okay with you? Wanted to check just in case!
Yes, that's totally fine! Feel free to play as much as you want. There's no r18 content or any explicit imagery so the whole thing should be fine to lp without any issues.
I was wondering if you were going to release something for this VN jam and I could not be happier
Ebi-hime coming in clutch with another master piece. It will always impress me how often you come up with different stories to tell. Truly immaculate 🤌
Sorry to ask, but is it in Brazilian Portuguese? I'm sure I'll love this game ^^
No, it's only in English.
Oh right, thanks for replying :)