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The Symbiant

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App ID 1883090
App Type Game
Developer
Publisher HeartCoreDev
Franchise HeartCoreDev
Supported Systems Windows macOS Linux
Technologies PyGame Engine, RenPy Engine
Last Changenumber 30273239
Last Record Update 27 July 2025 – 16:10:09 UTC ()
Release Date 2 February 2023 – 15:00:35 UTC ()
😍 90.19%
785 reviews
0
In-Game
🏳️‍🌈 LGBTQ+ 🔞 Sexual Content 🙈 Mature 📚 Visual Novel 🧞 Choices Matter

The Symbiant is a BL / Yaoi / Gay visual novel about two men, both from vastly different worlds, embracing their sexuality and their newfound romance. It is also a tale of interstellar friendship and being gay in space!

Additional Information

Developer HeartCoreDev
community_visible_stats Yes
DLCAvailableOnStore Yes
ReleaseState released
Publisher HeartCoreDev
Store Release Date 2 February 2023 – 15:00:00 UTC ()
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community_hub_visible Yes
Social Media https://discord.gg/nJgzCxUcA2
Primary Genre Indie (23)
Store Genres Adventure (25), Casual (4), Indie (23), Simulation (28)
Steam Release Date 2 February 2023 – 15:00:35 UTC ()
Store Asset Modification Time 12 February 2024 – 20:42:53 UTC () (1707770573)
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schineseThe Symbiant (共生纽带)
review_score 9
review_percentage 96
Detected Technologies (?) PyGame Engine, RenPy Engine
Steam Deck Compatibility
  • Steam Deck:
  • Some in-game text is small and may be difficult to read
  • All functionality is accessible when using the default controller configuration
  • This game shows Steam Deck controller icons
  • This game's default graphics configuration performs well on Steam Deck
  •  
  • SteamOS:
  • This game runs successfully on SteamOS
  •  
  • category: Playable
  • steamos_compatibility: Compatible
  • test_timestamp: 27 April 2023 – 00:00:00 UTC
  • tested_build_id: 10492461
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Content Descriptors General Mature Content (5)
First seen on SteamDB 20 January 2022 – 03:38:04 UTC (), in changelist #13708952
Content Descriptors (Including DLC) Some Nudity or Sexual Content (1), Adult Only Sexual Content (3), Frequent Nudity or Sexual Content (4), General Mature Content (5)

Supported Languages

14 Languages Interface Full Audio Subtitles Achievements
English Yes Yes Yes Yes
French Yes Yes Yes
Russian Yes Yes Yes
Traditional Chinese Yes Yes Yes
German Yes Yes Yes
Japanese Yes Yes Yes
Portuguese - Brazil Yes Yes Yes
Simplified Chinese Yes Yes Yes
Italian Yes Yes Yes
Thai Yes Yes Yes
Korean Yes Yes Yes
Spanish - Spain Yes Yes Yes
Portuguese - Portugal Yes Yes
Spanish - Latin America Yes Yes Yes

Tags

🏳️‍🌈 LGBTQ+ 🔞 Sexual Content 🙈 Mature 📚 Visual Novel 🧞 Choices Matter 💘 Romance 🍑 Nudity 🌸 Anime 🗺️ Adventure 🏽 2D 🖥️ Simulation 🫣 NSFW 👽 Aliens 🔚 Multiple Endings 🧚 Choose Your Own Adventure 🎨 Hand-drawn 📚 Story Rich 👤 Singleplayer 🌠 Space 🌱 Indie

Categories

Single-player Steam Achievements Family Sharing

Assets

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timestamp27 February 2025 – 13:23:42 UTC

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Depots

ID Configuration Size DL.
1883091 846.99 MiB 656.30 MiB
1883092 macOS 725.78 MiB 623.39 MiB
1883094 DLC 2261480The Symbiant - Adult Patch 161.51 MiB 136.24 MiB
1883093 Linux Steam DeckUnused No size

Inner depots from DLC

ID Configuration Size DL.
2261481 Windows Linux DLC 2261480The Symbiant - Adult Patch 161.41 MiB 136.17 MiB
2261482 macOS DLC 2261480The Symbiant - Adult Patch 161.41 MiB 136.17 MiB
2261491 DLC 2261490The Symbiant - 18+ Artbook & CG Pack 993.70 MiB 931.82 MiB
2261490 UnusedDLC 2261490The Symbiant - 18+ Artbook & CG Pack No size
2261493 UnusedDLC 2261490The Symbiant - 18+ Artbook & CG Pack No size
2277881 DLC 2277880The Symbiant - Game Choice & Achievement Guide 6.58 MiB 5.84 MiB
2326981 DLC 2326980The Symbiant - PG-13 Artbook & CG Pack 486.94 MiB 462.12 MiB

Total size on disk is 3.46 GiB and total download size is 3.02 GiB.

Total size on disk is 846.99 MiB and total download size is 656.30 MiB, when filtered to Windows, English, no DLC depots.

Branches

Name Description Build ID Time Updated
public 13906688 31 March 2024 – 12:41:50 UTC

Other

Name Value
baselanguages English, German, French, Italian, Korean, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Russian, Thai, Japanese, Portuguese - Portugal, Portuguese - Brazil, Spanish - Latin America
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