That clip up top is the real Steam-Heart's — the actual Sega Saturn game from its publisher. Grab the free RetroPlayers.Club Player and it runs full-speed on your PC, no cartridge required.
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Steam-Heart's can be relived on your own PC through the free RetroPlayers.Club Player app — full speed, with a controller and saves just like your hardware. You confirm you own the game from your library, and no need to connect your console.
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| Action | Keyboard | Controller |
|---|---|---|
| D-Pad Up | ↑ | D-Pad up |
| D-Pad Down | ↓ | D-Pad down |
| D-Pad Left | ← | D-Pad left |
| D-Pad Right | → | D-Pad right |
| B (bottom) | X | Bottom face |
| A (right) | Z | Right face |
| Y (left) | S | Left face |
| X (top) | A | Top face |
| L | Q | Left shoulder |
| R | E | Right shoulder |
| Start | Enter | Start |
| Select | V | Select |
These are the keys the RetroPlayers.Club Player app uses for Sega Saturn, shown for reference. Your controller still lights up below so you can confirm it is detected — Premium members can remap here (keyboard or USB controller) and the app applies the map at the next launch.
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Press buttons — your controller lights up here so you can see it is detected. Go Premium to save a custom map.
| Action | Keyboard | Controller |
|---|---|---|
| Up | W | D-Pad up |
| Down | S | D-Pad down |
| Left | A | D-Pad left |
| Right | D | D-Pad right |
| A | J | Left face |
| B | K | Middle face |
| C | L | Right face |
| X | U | Top-left face |
| Y | I | Top-middle face |
| Z | O | Top-right face |
| L | Q | Left shoulder |
| R | E | Right shoulder |
| Start | F | Start |
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Critics generally found the gameplay to be average, with the erotic content being the sole distinguishing feature. Steam-Heart's is a 1994 vertically scrolling shooter and eroge developed by Giga and published by TGL.
How to Play Steam-Heart's
The RetroPlayers.Club Player ships with Steam-Heart's already mapped — the layout below is the default, and Controller Mapping in the app rebinds any of it.
The Story Behind Steam-Heart's
The text scrolling in the original was also replaced with voice acting in the console versions. The character designs were done by animator Takahiro Kimura. The scenes on the Saturn are not visually explicit, but are fully voice acted, including sounds of moans.
The game did not receive a red seal, which is for even more explicit content. The Saturn version also makes more use of the scaling and rotation effects supported by the hardware. It was released near the end of the system's lifespan as its last shooter.
What You'll Play
Two siblings, a male named Blow and a hermaphrodite Falla are immune to the virus and set off to fight it. The player only has one life but can take about six hits before losing the life. In single-player mode, the player restarts the level after losing a life.
The game features shooter gameplay paired with ample erotic cutscenes with scantily clad women. These shot types can be upgraded or swapped by picking up power-ups. Blow ejaculates into the boss character to cure them from the virus.
Why It Still Hits
The more receptive reviewer appreciated the erotic themes, and felt the bullet hell gameplay was balanced and enjoyable. He believed the game could not stand up to the likes of Radiant Silvergun and R-Type Delta (both released in 1998), and found the graphics were not much of an improvement over the PC Engine version. He believed the Saturn version was better than most Raiden games, worse than Dodonpachi and Terra Diver (both 1997), and about on par with Batsugun (1996).
PC Engine Fan praised the quality of the cutscene graphics and character designs in a preview of the PC Engine version. The two more critical reviewers felt the gameplay was unbalanced and generally uninspired. One criticized how the cutscenes would show still images for too long while the voices continued on top, and they compared the game to old eroge for personal computers.
Steam-Heart's — Frequently Asked Questions
Can I save my progress in Steam-Heart's?
Premium members get save states in the RetroPlayers.Club Player — snapshot Steam-Heart's at any moment and pick it back up later.
Who developed Steam-Heart's?
Development was handled by its developer, with its publisher publishing the release.
How do I play Steam-Heart's?
Download the free RetroPlayers.Club Player from this page, then open Steam-Heart's — it runs the real Sega Saturn release full-speed on your PC. The video above is that same game so you can see it first.
What console was Steam-Heart's released on?
its publisher shipped Steam-Heart's for the Sega Saturn back in , and the RetroPlayers.Club Player runs that release.
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