Healing Time

About the Game

A good time, even doing nothing.

There is nothing to win or collect in Healing Time. Choose today's you from twenty-four people, dress them from a wardrobe that opens like a book, and take an empty seat by the daytime sea or the night campfire. Invite Steam friends and up to four of you sit in the same view. Open the chat to talk, fold it away to just watch, or gaze to draw close to the flames and the waves. On days alone, a silent companion sits beside you.

• 2 Scenes — Daytime sea · night campfire
  
• 4 Seats — People sitting together in one scene
  
• 24 People — Looks you can choose
  
• 72 Outfits — Three for each person
  
• 3 Lobby skins — The mood of your own screen
  
• Steam Friend invites — Straight from your friends list

Day, under the parasol

Four chairs sit in the shade of a parasol in front of a clear sea. The sound of waves rolling in and out fills the gaps in conversation.

Night, by the campfire

A campfire burns in front of a night sea full of stars. The crackle of the fire and the distant waves fill the night.

Time to just look

Choose to gaze and the controls and name tags fade away. The campfire draws in close to the flames; the sea moves past the chairs to the water's edge. From there, moving flames and waves carry on with the sounds of nature.

How to call a friend

Press Invite at the top right to open your Steam friends list. An invited friend comes straight into an empty seat in your scene.

• A room for friends only — Rooms open to Steam friends only. Strangers can't come in.
  
• What the host decides — The person who opened the room picks the scene and the music. Friends can suggest a scene they like.
  
• Coming and going — Friends can come and go at any time. When the host ends the gathering, everyone returns to their own scene.

Quiet companions

On days when you're alone, you can seat a silent companion in an empty chair. They don't speak; they simply look out at the same view with you.

Talk, or simply stay quiet

Open the chat and the conversation flows; fold it away and only the view remains. You don't have to say anything.

A wardrobe that opens like a book

A full-length photo on the left, the outfits you can choose on the right. Pick an outfit and the seated you in the scene changes right away.

Small things that never cover the view

Joining in is up to you. A few small pastimes sit quietly to the side of the view.

• Break timer — Rest together for 5, 15 or 25 minutes, or set anything from 1 to 60.
  
• Postcards and notebook — Take a picture of the scene without the controls, add one line (140 characters), and keep it in your notebook.
  
• Talk cards — Sixty cards to start an easy conversation, and twenty-four for guessing each other's tastes.
  
• Gazing — Stay with only the view and the sounds of nature.

Three moods for your screen

Cabin Leaves, Leaf App and Forest Air. Skins change the look of the controls and windows, and apply to your screen only.

Made for long stays

Text, motion and sound can be tuned to suit you.

• Screen — UI size 100 · 125 · 150%, high contrast, name tag display, windowed mode and always on top
  
• Motion — Reduce motion, reduce flashing, length of the arrival scene
  
• Sound — Separate volume for master, music, ambience, effects and friends' voices
  
• Controls — Mouse and keyboard. Tab to show only the view, Esc to close, 1–6 for quick reactions

For the moments you want to stay a little longer.

Which view will you sit in today?