Zero-Sum Heart
Worth it · RPG · 2024
The verdict
BUY IT.
Worth it at $4.99.
- Length
- 3.4h 5.7h to 100%
- Value
- $1.47/hr
- Reviews
- 94% of 257 positive
Watch this gameOne alert at a price you pick.
Buy now or wait
Next discount: likely between Oct 27 and Nov 9, at about $2.99 (40% off). Calls like this were right 73% of the time in a backtest over 70 weeks. Its own discounts have started about 48 days apart.
Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last cut ended 9 days ago.
- Next sale
- Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
What drives the score
How to read this
Grades run S to D, read from the buyer's side. ▲ marks a lift, ▼ a drag or a dock, ? an input we do not have, • a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work
About the game
"I" make a deal with the witch to give up my heart, in exchange for love— from everyone. ——————————————————————————Is it worth it if losing my heart means gaining *his*? In this short visual novel, make choices and answer the question: is love a zero-sum game?
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 4 GB of memory, 1 GB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS.
The value story
19 discounts in the 2 years on record, a median of 30 percent off across all of them, roughly 6 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 9 days ago.
Against its own genre it lands in the top 2 percent on value. It is cheaper than 75 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 94 percent. Among the games closest to it, Life is Strange: True Colors ($17.99, scores 66) and Life is Strange: Double Exposure ($19.99, scores 20) both come in lower.
The drop-off
73% start to 24% rarestNo achievement in this game marks the ending, so there is no finish rate. The curve runs from the most-unlocked achievement to the rarest, and its shape is where players stop. Steam global achievements
What players say
Zero-Sum Heart is a psychological visual novel that blends romance, magical realism, and emotional horror into a surprisingly intimate and unsettling experience. Developed and published by Citreat Studio, the game tells the story of a lonely student attending a magical boarding school who willingly sacrifices her own heart in exchange for the ability to make others love her. What initially sounds like a dark fantasy...
2 more reviews
A surreal, horror take on highschool romance. The unique artstyle, addition of magic, and breaks in the VN format make for some trippy and effective scenes. There are times when its downright cinematic and I appreciate the topics it covers in relationships. Its short, sweet, and charming. (Or very twisted. You decide)
A modern and nostalgic fable, a wonderful game! Ahhhh!!! I love this game so much! Uh-huh, starting the review now. I must say that I didn't know exactly anything about the game, I just saw a post, looked at the art and fell in love with the game, I simply bought the game and started playing without thinking twice. And what a wonderful choice I made! Zero Sum Heart is perfect in every way, it's such a synergistic...
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).
Cite this score
Zero-Sum Heart scores 81/100 on the BANG Score (worth it) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/2954920/zero-sum-heartReviews set the ceiling, and price against real length moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Sep 30, price as of Oct 19. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.