# A Line Held Tight is a charcoal visual novel about a miner’s strike in the 32nd century and choosing your relationships wisely

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/a-line-held-tight-is-a-charcoal-visual-novel-about-a-miners-strike-in-the-32nd-century-and-choosing-your-relationships-wisely/
- Published: 2026-10-22T21:50:40+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-22T22:17:52+00:00
- Original publisher: Rock Paper Shotgun
- Original article: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/a-line-held-tight-is-a-charcoal-visual-novel-about-a-miners-strike-in-the-32nd-century-and-choosing-your-relationships-wisely
- Topics: Gaming

## Key points

- A sci-fi visual novel centres on a miners’ strike.
- Choices shape The Canary’s relationships with others.
- A demo is available, with no release date announced.

## Summary

A Line Held Tight is an upcoming visual novel about a miners’ strike in the 32nd century, developed by Humble Grove, the studio behind No Longer Home. It puts workers’ organising and the relationships formed during a strike at the centre of its story, an area the article says games rarely explore.

Players take the role of The Canary, a miner in a colony cut off from humanity, and make choices that shape their ties with friends, family and fellow workers as the strike intensifies. The game features hand-drawn charcoal artwork and a folk soundtrack; it has no release date yet, but a demo is available during Steam Next Fest.

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