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her tears were my light

Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac • 2022

Should you play it?

a love story between time and space

What works

  • Heartwarming and emotional story
  • Unique rewind time mechanic integrated into gameplay
  • Beautiful art and calming music
  • Inclusive lgbtq+ representation
  • Multiple endings and replay value

Things to keep in mind

  • Very short playtime
  • Limited content and depth
  • Some minor bugs reported
  • Lack of extended story or additional features
  • No multiplayer or social elements

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Starlight Vega

  • Riddle Joker

  • I'a I'a Cofflhu Fhtagnyaa

  • The logic of the miniature garden

  • Hana no No ni Saku Utakata no

  • Cemetery Mary

Less expressive

Games that feels like her tears were my light but with less self-expression and customization

  • AIR

  • Trap Legend

  • Asphyxia

  • Kanon

  • U-ena -Far fireworks-

  • TAISHO x ALICE episode 3

More fellowship-oriented

Games that feels like her tears were my light but with a stronger sense of community

  • Flowers -Le volume sur hiver-

  • Nameless ~The one thing you must recall~

  • Heart Fragment

  • Summer Pockets

  • DATE A LIVE: Rio Reincarnation

  • The Quintessential Quintuplets - Five Memories Spent With You

More survival-focused

Games that feels like her tears were my light but with a stronger survival pressure

  • 9-nine-:Episode 3

  • Amnesia™: Memories

  • 9-nine-:Episode 2

  • Chasing Tails ~A Promise in the Snow~

  • GINKA

  • Vampires' Melody

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Each dot is a game placed from its motivation profile relative to this page’s game. Direction shows which motivation differs most; distance along that axis shows how large the gap is.

  • Purple star: this page’s game at the centre — everything is relative to it.
  • Direction: each axis is a main motivational difference vs this game (e.g. more / less competitive).
  • Distance on an axis: how large that difference is (ring scales show +/− points).
  • Coloured chips: click to highlight games that mainly differ on that motivation; click again to reset.
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  • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom.

How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

her tears were my light: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Survival, Violence, Competition, Thrill. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Intimacy, Expression, Fantasy.

Last update: 03/08/2026