visual novel
Harmonia
By Key, released 1 Jan 2016
- Microsoft Windows
- post-apocalyptic video game
- post-apocalyptic fiction
- science fiction video game
What it is
Harmonia is a kinetic novel from Key, released for Windows in 2016. Its post-apocalyptic story follows a Phiroid, an emotion-capable robot who awakens with emotions that are not working and sets out to recover them. After a young girl mistakes him for a human and takes him to her town, he begins learning about emotions while living among people. The setting is a distant future reshaped by a devastating war: vegetation has disappeared, water has dried up, and the remaining human population has gathered in small communities. The story is presented as a kinetic novel, a format centered on storytelling rather than conventional game play. Steam lists it as single-player, with achievements, trading cards, Steam Cloud, and Family Sharing. Its adventure, casual, and simulation tags accompany a narrative premise focused on the robot’s search and relationships with humans.
What players like, and what they don't
- Story-centered kinetic novel format
- Post-apocalyptic science-fiction setting
- Steam Cloud is listed
- Achievements and trading cards are listed
- Windows is the only listed platform
- Single-player is the only listed mode
Who it suits
Harmonia is for readers looking for a story-led kinetic novel with a post-apocalyptic setting and a robot learning about human emotions. It is listed as single-player on Windows.
Harmonia centers on a Phiroid’s search for emotion in a damaged world. Its kinetic-novel format makes the story, rather than conventional gameplay, the focus.
