Game Overview
A globe-trotting heist story with romance at its center, These Thieving Hearts casts you as a talented thief recruited by an eccentric billionaire for an impossible job. The target is the Thief’s Demise, a catalogue of legendary treasures protected by deadly vaults and supernatural security. What begins as a lucrative criminal venture quickly becomes a race against rival thieves, an ancient anti-theft cult, and a growing divine problem tied to every successful score. The mood balances danger, luxurious travel, sharp banter, and queer romantic drama without losing sight of the fact that many vaults are built to kill intruders.
Play unfolds through choice-driven prose, with decisions shaping your skills, relationships, approaches to jobs, and the broader outcome of the campaign. You can cultivate talents suited to stealthy theft, magical trickery, hacking, demolition, social manipulation, or more direct confrontation, then use them to navigate guarded estates and high-pressure escapes. Missions regularly ask whether you talk your way past trouble, improvise a technical solution, rely on magic, or risk a fight, while quieter scenes let you spend time with the crew between jobs. As a 280,000-word interactive novel, it has no visual presentation or action controls; its tension comes from branching decisions, character chemistry, and the consequences of how you conduct each robbery.
The strongest draw is its mix of caper fiction and dating simulation, where the people helping—or competing with—you—matter as much as the treasures. Arthur, Ivan, Eiji, Jackson, and rival charmer Cesar each bring different energies to a story built around teamwork, suspicion, and potential attraction. Its magical criminal underworld gives the familiar Ocean’s Eleven-style crew setup a more fantastical edge, with impossible defenses and a god of thievery awakening in the background. Fans of Choice of Games-style interactive fiction, queer romance, and elaborate fantasy heists will find plenty to enjoy, especially if they prefer reading-rich role-playing over reflex-based gameplay.
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Installation
- Click the green button below to be redirected to UploadHaven.
- Wait 15 seconds, then hit “Free Download.” (Free downloads may be slower — upgrade to UploadHaven Pro for faster speeds.)
- Once downloaded, right-click the .zip file and choose “Extract to These Thieving Hearts.” (You’ll need 7-Zip for this.)
- Open the extracted folder and run the game as administrator.
- Enjoy! 🎮 If you see missing DLL errors, check the _Redist folder inside and install what’s needed.
Setup Guide & Troubleshooting
How do I fix missing DLL errors for These Thieving Hearts?
After extracting These Thieving Hearts, navigate to the _Redist or _CommonRedist folder inside the game directory and install DirectX, Vcredist, and any other dependencies included.
What should I do if the downloaded file is corrupted?
The full archive is 141.20 MB — make sure your download completed fully before extracting. Use 7-Zip to extract the files. If you still see a "file corrupted" error, re-download and try again.
Why should I run the game as administrator?
Right-click the game executable and select "Run as Administrator" to avoid save file issues and permission errors. This is especially important on the first launch.
How do I update my GPU drivers for this game?
The game won't launch — what should I try?
Try running in compatibility mode, install the latest DirectX runtime, or install the All-in-One VC Redist Package.
My antivirus is blocking the game — is it safe?
Antivirus false positives are common with pre-installed games. Temporarily pause your antivirus during extraction to prevent it from quarantining game files. You can re-enable it after the extraction completes.