Know by Heart Game Review

“Know by heart” …” is an exercise in accepting losing. The story, the music along with the simple gameplay and the eerie mini-games together to create an impression that one is able to relive early childhood, only to grow up with the sense of time slipping through our fingers.

The peaceful Russian town life allows players to immerse themselves in the past and culture this town.

Misha is the main character. The main character is stuck in a boring job that has no end. Then, one morning, he’s stunned when his crush at school returned to the town. For the first time in his life Misha regains hope of escaping his monotonous daily existence. A brief but tumultuous event in the history of the town is interspersed in the story of a group of childhood pals coming back together. They must journey down memory lanes and rekindle their friendship But their past memories of the past and the very bonds between them become threatened…
These are the attributes
5 hours of awe-inspiring adventure
The atmosphere of a post-Soviet provincial city at the beginning century
A moving story with multiple endings and non-linear elements.
Game mechanics that represent thoughts and memories of the player
An assortment of captivating miniature-games
Modern neoclassical piano music


A nostalgic project that is led by Ayrat Zakirov who is the CTO from Ice-Pick Lodge. The game’s events will take place in Russia. After years of being absent, Misha is set to reconnect with his childhood friends. The group will get together with former classmates, Misha for a reunion to recall old memories and reconnect over shared memories. However, this joyful reunion is likely to be destroyed through an incident that’s out of their hands.


A Review sponsored by yoruichi hentai comics