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Melting Hearts: Our Love Will Grow 2 vs My Time at Portia

Melting Hearts: Our Love Will Grow 2 and My Time at Portia both land in Indie, Adventure, Simulation on Steam, which is why they keep getting compared. The comparison below is built from each game's Steam metadata — release year, genres, categories, Steam Deck status, price, and review score — refreshed daily by imho.run's scraper. Headline differences: Both share Indie, Adventure, Simulation on Steam. Melting Hearts: Our Love Will Grow 2 (2016) is 3 years older than My Time at Portia (2019). My Time at Portia scores higher on Steam reviews (91.8% positive) than Melting Hearts: Our Love Will Grow 2 (52.8% positive). No login or purchase needed — scroll for the full table, the verdict FAQ, and links to ranked similar games for both titles.

Which should you pick?

Choose Melting Hearts: Our Love Will Grow 2

Choose Melting Hearts: Our Love Will Grow 2 if it matches what drew you to this matchup. Melting Hearts: Our Love Will Grow 2 launched in 2016.

Choose My Time at Portia

Choose My Time at Portia if you want a Casual experience. On Steam, it's the newer release (2019) and ships with the modern feature baseline. 12,030 Steam reviews back the pick.

Both Melting Hearts: Our Love Will Grow 2 and My Time at Portia sit in Indie, Adventure, and Simulation on Steam, so either pick lands in the same broad neighborhood. Use the side-by-side table for the feature view, or follow the "Games like" links below to see ranked alternatives for either title.

Side-by-side comparison

Melting Hearts: Our Love Will Grow 2 vs My Time at Portia — Steam metadata comparison
Melting Hearts: Our Love Will Grow 2 — Steam game coverMelting Hearts: Our Love Will Grow 2My Time at Portia — Steam game coverMy Time at Portia
Released20162019
GenresIndie, Adventure, Simulation, RPGIndie, Adventure, Simulation, RPG, Casual
PlatformsWindowsWindows, macOS
Steam DeckUnratedDeck Playable
PricePrice unknown29.99 USD
Steam reviews52.8% positive (36 reviews)91.8% positive (12,030 reviews)
MultiplayerSingle-player onlySingle-player only
DevelopersJohn WizardPathea Games

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Melting Hearts: Our Love Will Grow 2 vs My Time at Portia — FAQ

Should I play Melting Hearts: Our Love Will Grow 2 or My Time at Portia first?
If you want chronology, Melting Hearts: Our Love Will Grow 2 (2016) came out before My Time at Portia (2019). If neither is a sequel to the other, order doesn't really matter — start with whichever fits your current mood, since both share enough on Steam to make either a reasonable opener.
Are Melting Hearts: Our Love Will Grow 2 and My Time at Portia similar?
They overlap on Indie, Adventure, Simulation on Steam, so the catalogue groups them together — but "similar" depends on the specific mechanics. Use the genre + category rows above to decide whether the overlap matches what drew you to the one you've already played.