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
- Select the Download button at the top of this page to open UploadHaven.
- On UploadHaven, wait for any countdown, then select Free Download. Optional: UploadHaven Pro for faster downloads.
- When complete, extract the archive to a These Thieving Hearts folder using 7-Zip.
- Open the extracted folder and start the game normally.
- For errors, check Setup Guide & Troubleshooting below. Keep your security software enabled.
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.
Do I need to run the game as administrator?
Usually, no. Start the game normally from the extracted folder. If you see a permissions or save error, check that the folder is writable and follow the game's documented fix. Only grant administrator access when a trusted game's specific setup requires it.
How do I update my GPU drivers for this game?
The game won't launch — what should I try?
Check that extraction completed and your PC meets the system requirements. Note any error message before choosing a fix. If it identifies a missing runtime, install the required DirectX components or Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable from Microsoft.
My antivirus is blocking the game — is it safe?
A warning needs to be investigated; the download source alone cannot confirm that a file is safe. Keep your security software enabled and review the detection details. Do not run or restore a flagged file unless you have verified that it is a false positive. If you are unsure, leave it quarantined.