Full game metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Steam app type | game |
| Steam App ID | 1591910 |
| Live current players | 0 |
| SteamPulse tracked peak | 6 |
| Live count (today's peak floor) | 0 |
| Price | $2.99 |
| Free to play | No |
| Discount | 0% |
| Original price USD | $2.99 |
| Current price USD | $2.99 |
| Release date | Jun 11, 2021 |
| Developer | Soaker / 大貍, MaouCat Studio / 魔王貓工作室, MuGeNeon / 無限 |
| Publisher | Acrossbeavers Studio／翻滾海貍工作室 |
| Owners estimated | Not available |
| SteamSpy owner estimate minimum | Not available |
| SteamSpy owner estimate maximum | Not available |
| Review type | Mostly Positive |
| Positive review percent | 75% |
| Positive reviews | 15 |
| Negative reviews | 5 |
| Total reviews | 20 |
| Steam recommendations | Not available |
| Achievements | 5 |
| Average playtime forever | Not available |
| Windows support | Yes |
| macOS support | No |
| Linux support | No |
| Parent game | Not available |
| Store URL | https://store.steampowered.com/app/1591910/ |
Short description
“The Hurt in Secret” is a visual novel game adapted from true events. Players play a role as practice teacher to experience teachers’ life. They will involve in a troublesome case. In the story, the chosen dialogue will affect directly to the ending.
About this game
Game Info “The Hurt in Secret” is a visual novel game adapted from true events. Players play the role of a practice teacher with high hopes, and experience the daily life of teachers on campus. At the beginning, players thought they could fulfill the dream of being a teacher. To their surprise, they will accidentally be involved in a troublesome case. As the story progresses , players will face difficult choices and based on every dialogue they choose will affect greatly to the ending of the story. Through playing this game, players can gradually understand what a teacher’s life is like besides teaching. In addition, the players may realize that whether or not they can be the ideal teacher as they wish. Social Realistic style of Educational Situational Game “The Hurt in Secret” is different from games full of romantic imagination about campus life or games that accompany students to grow together through games. The style of this game can be said to be too realistic and straight forward to a bit dull. Nevertheless, it pinpoints precisely to all kinds of dilemmas which teachers are dealing with throughout their teaching career. The background of the story is set at the teacher training internship which was practiced by the Teacher Education Act in Taiwan after 2002.The plot of the game is extracted from campus bullying cases that have occurred in recent years. Players will act as a senior student who is participating in the teacher training program. In the game, players have to make decisions based on various limited information that may affect the student’s future and meanwhile the results of their choice may also affect their future teaching career. However, while facing children's powerlessness, parents' complaints, colleagues' attention, media's misinterpretation, and senior teachers' high expectations, "choosing" has become a very difficult task. Players Feedback A teacher with a counseling profession said: “The length of the game doesn't last long. The time of the game is about the same as the time I hesitated between each choice while playing with it.” A current high school teacher, who was formerly a psychological counselor said: “ All practice teachers h…
Supported languages
Traditional Chinese, English, Simplified Chinese