Deadly Heart Gambit

First-person visual novel where you gamble with your remaining lifespan

Blink Hydrate ブリンク · Released Mar 3, 2025

Reviews: Very Positive; 91% of 116
Recent reviews: Not enough recent
Players: 0; daily peak, Oct 28, 2026
Steam Deck: Untested
Last update on Steam: 1 year ago; Sep 25, 2025
Minimum PC: Integrated; 1 GB RAM · 2 GB disk; Full requirements

What is Deadly Heart Gambit?

In this first-person anime visual novel, you play cards against Alice after learning you have three months to live. Across four story chapters, you draw cards to gain time, lose time to jokers, and play cards you have kept to pass your turn.

For you if...

+you like anime romance with a dark, psychological tone

Not for you if...

−you want multiplayer card matches instead of solo play

What players say

91% of 116 reviews are positive

Players praise the music and the story's emotional turns. Some players want more challenge.

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Deadly Heart Gambit system requirements

Minimum: Integrated, 1 GB RAM, 2 GB of disk space.

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Minimum

OS: Windows 10
Processor: 1.8GHz Dual-Core CPU
Graphics: Integrated Graphics
Memory: 1 GB RAM
Storage: 2000 MB available space

Does Deadly Heart Gambit have co-op or multiplayer?

No: single-player only, no multiplayer modes declared.

Single-player

Does Deadly Heart Gambit run on Steam Deck?

Untested Not yet tested by Valve on Steam Deck.

PC version details

DRM: None declared on Steam
Controller: Keyboard and mouse
Platforms: Windows
Achievements: 8
Steam features: Family Sharing
Languages: Text only: English, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Russian, Portuguese - Brazil, Spanish - Latin America.

Does Deadly Heart Gambit use AI-generated content?

No AI-generated content is disclosed on the game's Steam page.

Self-reported by the developer under Steam rules: it covers AI content that ships in the game, not tools used to make it. Steam page checked on Oct 27, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam