---
title: "Reanimated Heart"
description: "Reanimated Heart is a character-driven horror romance visual novel about finding love in a mysterious small town.  In a unique setting inspired by pulp horror, "
image: "https://t.vndb.org/cv/51/122251.jpg"
---

# Reanimated Heart

![Reanimated Heart](https://t.vndb.org/cv/51/122251.jpg)

**Developer:** Double Dead Studio

**Release date:** Dec 21, 2025

**Platform:** Windows, Linux, macOS

**Language:** English

**Rating:** 7.1/10 (8 votes)

## Description
Reanimated Heart is a character-driven horror romance visual novel about finding love in a mysterious small town.

In a unique setting inspired by pulp horror, the player has to figure out how to build a life from scratch in a strange dimension where the sun never rises and supernatural creatures live freely. There are three mysterious love interests with their own distinct storylines and secrets to uncover, each of their routes contributing their own perspective to the wider story.

[From [Itch.io](https://brokemycrown.itch.io/reanimated-heart)]

## Characters
### Moss
Someone who's been forcibly pulled into another dimension.

- **Gender:** Unknown
- **Aliases:** Darling, Doll, Kitten
- **Clothes:** Jeans, Belt, Hoodie, Ring
- **Role:** Roommate, Bartender, Apprentice, Thrall, Deliveryman
- **Engages in:** Cannibalism, Kidnapping, Dimensional Travel, Flirting, Avoidable Murder
- **Items:** Bag, Diary, Tarot Cards
- **Subject of:** Kidnapping, Completely Avoidable Death, Arrest

### Black Lumaban
A hard-headed punk and newly turned zombie. He's surly, violent, and intense. ...He's also saved your life on multiple occasions. You arrived at this place together, for better or worse your fates are entwined.

[From [url=https://doubledeadstudio.itch.io/reanimated-heart/]Itch.io[/url]]

- **Gender:** Male
- **Measurements:** Height: 178cm
- **Birthday:** 14 October
- **Hair:** Black, Long, Straight
- **Personality:** Transgender, Stoic, Reserved, Protective, Violent, Jealous, Obsessive, Quiet
- **Eyes:** Red
- **Body:** Muscular, Tattoo
- **Clothes:** T-shirt, Leather Jacket
- **Engages in:** Murder, Cannibalism, Stalking
- **Subject of:** Sex Change, Arrest, Mastectomy
- **Role:** Chinese, Bisexual, Zombie, Security Guard, Philippine, Superstrength, Vigilante, Superspeed, Multiracial
- **Voiced by:** Christian Cruz

### Crux Hertz
An enigmatic figure. He's more of a laundry list of contradictions than anything specific, it's hard to make sense of him. However, one thing for certain is that he knows more than he lets on.

[From [url=https://doubledeadstudio.itch.io/reanimated-heart/]Itch.io[/url]]

- **Gender:** Male
- **Measurements:** Height: 201cm
- **Birthday:** 1 April
- **Hair:** Black, Ponytail, Long, Wavy
- **Body:** Slim, Tattoo, Nail Polish, Bindi (Mark), Tall
- **Eyes:** Green
- **Clothes:** Earrings, Glasses, Jeans, Hoodie, Pendant Necklace
- **Personality:** Secretive, Lazy, Mysterious
- **Engages in:** Smoking, Recreational Drug Use
- **Role:** Precog, Bisexual, Ex-boyfriend, Indian, Half-Asian, Multiracial
- **Voiced by:** Alex Ross

### Vincenzo Maria Fontana
They call him "The Abomination." According to the locals, he's committed the unforgivable act of fusing his flesh with that of an eldritch abomination. Although you don't trust him, you believe he can uncover the town's secrets.

[From [url=https://brokemycrown.itch.io/reanimated-heart]Itch.io[/url]]

- **Gender:** Male
- **Alias:** The Abomination
- **Measurements:** Height: 185cm
- **Birthday:** 10 August
- **Hair:** Blond, Wavy, Short
- **Body:** Slim, Mole, Claw, Tentacle, Tall
- **Engages in:** Fighting, Murder, Torture, Kidnapping, Mass Murder, Avoidable Murder, Summoning, Demonic Contract
- **Eyes:** Amber, Violet, Multiple Eyes
- **Clothes:** Gloves, Pendant Necklace, Pendant Earrings, Tailcoat, Leather Trousers
- **Personality:** Yandere, Violent, Romantic, Obsessive, Sadist
- **Subject of:** Sex Change, Resurrection, Homicide, Possession
- **Role:** Italian, Bisexual, Telepath, Ex-boyfriend, Lonely, Serial Killer, Superstrength
- **Voiced by:** Devin J. McLaughlin

## Shops
- [Itch](https://doubledeadstudio.itch.io/reanimated-heart)

## Releases
### English
- **2022-12-13**: Reanimated Heart v0.2 - [Itch.io](https://brokemycrown.itch.io/reanimated-heart)
- **2025-12-21**: Reanimated Heart v0.3.6 - [Itch.io](https://doubledeadstudio.itch.io/reanimated-heart)

## Tags
Magic, Horror, ADV, Boy x Boy Romance, Male Protagonist, Female Protagonist, Adult Protagonist, Gore, Hero with Glasses, Ponytail Hero, Hero with Beauty Mark, Choices with 4 or More Options, Second-person Narrative, Bisexual Hero, Smoker Hero, Hero with Tattoo, Female Friend, Character Profiles, Skin Color Selection, Protagonist from a Different World, Only Adult Heroes, Hairstyle Option, Non-binary Protagonist Option, Protagonist's Pronoun Choice, Body Horror, Hero from a Different World, Zombie Hero, Otome Game, Sexual Content, Nameable Protagonist

## More Games from Double Dead Studio
- [Another Rose in His Garden](https://pinovel.net/v51839)
- [Pygmalion's Folly](https://pinovel.net/v53258)
- [Reanimated Heart](https://pinovel.net/v40655)
- [Lost Connections](https://pinovel.net/v63972)

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