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Heart of the Woods cover art

Heart of the Woods

Studio Élan · 2019-02-15

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Modes: Single player

Releases: Feb 15, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jul 08, 2021 (Nintendo Switch), Feb 14, 2022 (PlayStation 5), 2021 (Xbox One), 2021 (Xbox Series X|S), 2021 (PlayStation 4)

A fantasy yuri visual novel filled with magic, fairies, and a ghost girl. When Maddie and her best friend, Tara, journey to a remote forest village to investigate rumors of the supernatural, they find a whole lot more than they bargained for.

2
playing now
95%
positive of 982 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (2 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$14.99
steam price (US)

2 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 11:00 UTC (census sample)

Heart of the Woods is a 2019 yuri romance visual novel developed and published by Studio Élan. The game follows a pair of influencers as they travel to a remote village where ghosts are rumored to reside. The game launched on February 15, 2019, for Linux, macOS, and Microsoft Windows. A port for the Nintendo Switch released on July 8, 2021, and for PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 on February 14, 2022, with Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S versions being planned for release.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 2 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 45 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~6/week).
  • · Review velocity up 15% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 21% of 9,617 Casual games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 25k–59k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 982 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$10.05-33%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $4.49 at GOG (2023-12-13) · bundled 4×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 33 of 51 observed days · $5.56 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
868620192026Week of 2019-02-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

302026-08-12 03:00 — 0 players2026-08-12 18:00 — 1 players2026-08-13 10:00 — 1 players2026-08-14 02:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 18:00 — 2 players2026-08-15 10:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 02:00 — 1 players2026-08-16 17:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 09:00 — 2 players2026-08-18 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 17:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 13:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 05:00 — 2 players2026-08-21 21:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 12:00 — 1 players2026-08-23 04:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 20:00 — 2 players2026-08-24 12:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 04:00 — 2 players2026-08-25 20:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 12:00 — 2 players2026-08-27 04:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 20:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 12:00 — 3 players2026-08-29 03:00 — 2 players2026-08-29 19:00 — 2 players2026-08-30 11:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$14.99$4.492019-02-162026-08-302019-02-16 — best price $13.492019-07-01 — best price $11.992019-10-28 — best price $12.742019-12-02 — best price $11.992020-01-16 — best price $11.992020-03-06 — best price $14.992020-05-25 — best price $14.992020-11-02 — best price $14.992020-12-16 — best price $10.492021-02-15 — best price $14.992021-06-21 — best price $14.992021-11-01 — best price $14.992021-12-13 — best price $8.992022-02-14 — best price $10.042022-07-08 — best price $8.992022-09-23 — best price $8.992022-11-29 — best price $14.992023-02-13 — best price $8.992023-03-23 — best price $14.992023-08-07 — best price $7.492023-11-02 — best price $14.992024-01-05 — best price $14.992024-03-21 — best price $14.992024-05-16 — best price $14.992024-08-06 — best price $7.492024-10-23 — best price $14.992024-12-12 — best price $7.492025-03-06 — best price $4.492025-04-17 — best price $14.992025-06-17 — best price $14.992025-08-29 — best price $10.042025-10-20 — best price $10.042025-12-18 — best price $5.092026-02-20 — best price $5.092026-04-09 — best price $5.252026-06-16 — best price $14.992026-08-27 — best price $10.052026-08-30 — best price $10.05
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

5452026-06-01 — 28 pageviews2026-06-04 — 14 pageviews2026-06-07 — 11 pageviews2026-06-10 — 11 pageviews2026-06-13 — 6 pageviews2026-06-16 — 10 pageviews2026-06-19 — 10 pageviews2026-06-22 — 12 pageviews2026-06-25 — 9 pageviews2026-06-28 — 6 pageviews2026-07-01 — 14 pageviews2026-07-04 — 12 pageviews2026-07-07 — 11 pageviews2026-07-10 — 9 pageviews2026-07-13 — 15 pageviews2026-07-16 — 10 pageviews2026-07-19 — 19 pageviews2026-07-22 — 7 pageviews2026-07-25 — 15 pageviews2026-07-28 — 12 pageviews2026-07-31 — 8 pageviews2026-08-03 — 6 pageviews2026-08-06 — 14 pageviews2026-08-09 — 13 pageviews2026-08-12 — 16 pageviews2026-08-15 — 8 pageviews2026-08-18 — 19 pageviews2026-08-21 — 11 pageviews2026-08-24 — 14 pageviews2026-08-27 — 12 pageviews2026-08-29 — 9 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

12
achievements tracked
48.6%
earned "Into Another World"
24.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsCaptions availableDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportSteam Cloud3 DLC

4 supported languages: English, Simplified Chinese, German, Traditional Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS4 (PlayStation)55196%12
PS5 (PlayStation)53094%12
Steam (Steam)36751%12
Switch (Nintendo)120%0

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

CuteAnimeCasualLGBTQ+MatureNudityFantasyRomanceStory RichDark Fantasy

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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