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Hearthlands cover art

Hearthlands

Four White Cats · 2017-04-28

SteamGOG

IndieSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Apr 28, 2017 (Linux), Apr 28, 2017 (Mac), Apr 28, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Hearthlands is a medieval/fantasy city-building real time strategy game in which you take a role of a king in a procedurally generated world. You can not control your subjects directly; instead you focus on city-building, resource management, diplomacy, magic, etc.

Hearthlands is a $15.99 Indie, Simulation, and Strategy game released in 2017, with a Very Positive sentiment based on 83% of 414 reviews and an owner estimate of 20,000 .. 50,000.

1
playing now
83%
positive of 414 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
IGDB user rating (3 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$15.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 22:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 6 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 33% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (42 reviews).
  • · Top 17% of 49,851 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 10k–25k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 414 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$15.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.49 at Humble Store (2016-01-23) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $15.99 · on sale 8 of 71 observed days · $14.50 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
323220152026Week of 2015-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2015-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2015-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2015-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2015-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2015-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2015-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2016-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2016-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2016-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2016-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2016-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2016-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2017-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2017-05-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2017-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

302026-09-15 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 15:00 — 1 players2026-09-17 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 06:00 — 1 players2026-09-20 14:00 — 2 players2026-09-21 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 20:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 04:00 — 1 players2026-09-28 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 02:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 16:00 — 2 players2026-10-09 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 15:00 — 3 players2026-10-12 23:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 22:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$24.99$3.392015-01-012026-10-152015-01-01 — best price $14.992015-05-22 — best price $14.992015-09-14 — best price $9.992016-01-26 — best price $9.992016-06-23 — best price $6.992016-10-09 — best price $6.002017-02-06 — best price $13.992017-07-03 — best price $14.992017-11-22 — best price $13.992018-05-24 — best price $19.992018-12-20 — best price $11.992019-06-17 — best price $19.992019-11-21 — best price $9.992020-01-22 — best price $9.992020-07-09 — best price $19.992020-11-27 — best price $9.992021-04-05 — best price $19.992021-08-20 — best price $7.992021-12-01 — best price $9.992022-02-07 — best price $19.992022-06-28 — best price $19.992022-10-31 — best price $7.992023-01-03 — best price $19.992023-03-20 — best price $9.992023-06-11 — best price $7.992023-09-18 — best price $7.992023-11-20 — best price $9.992024-01-25 — best price $7.992024-07-11 — best price $19.992025-11-24 — best price $11.192026-06-25 — best price $7.992026-08-29 — best price $15.992026-09-08 — best price $15.992026-09-18 — best price $15.992026-09-28 — best price $15.992026-10-08 — best price $15.992026-10-15 — best price $15.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

50
achievements tracked
47.4%
earned "I Did It, Mom!"
4.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsCamera ComfortCustom Volume ControlsAdjustable DifficultyMouse Only OptionPlayable without Timed InputSave AnytimeStereo SoundFamily Sharing

7 supported languages: English, German, Spanish - Spain, French, Polish, Russian, Italian

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)8801%50

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

Player tags

IndieStrategyColony SimManagementSimulationCity Builder

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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