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The Wild at Heart

Moonlight Kids · Balor Games · 2021-05-19

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreAmazonMicrosoft Store

AdventureIndieStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: May 20, 2021 (Xbox Series X|S), Nov 16, 2021 (Nintendo Switch), Dec 31, 2021 (PlayStation 4), May 19, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), May 19, 2021 (Mac), May 20, 2021 (Xbox One)

Wield an ever-growing herd of quirky creatures to rebuild broken paths, battle perilous beasts, and solve peculiar puzzles in a rich, interconnected world. Join two young runaways as they unravel the mysteries of a lost realm in this nostalgic storybook fantasy!

The Wild at Heart is an Adventure, Indie, and Strategy game released in 2021, priced at $24.99, with an estimated 20,000 .. 50,000 owners and an Overwhelmingly Positive review sentiment (95% of 915 reviews).

5
playing now
95%
positive of 915 reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
83/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
62/100
IGDB user rating (16 ratings)
4.47★
PlayStation Store rating (834 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$24.99
steam price (US)

5 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 13:00 UTC (census sample)

The Wild at Heart is an open world exploration video game developed by Moonlight Kids and published by Humble Games. It was released on May 20, 2021, for Windows, macOS, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch, and PlayStation 4. It follows two runaway children as they unravel the mysteries of a lost realm.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 5 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 112 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~14/week).
  • · Review velocity up 23% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 14% of 29,161 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 18k–41k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 915 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$24.99
Microsoft Store$24.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $6.37 at Fanatical (2026-03-09) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $24.99 · on sale 80 of 124 observed days · $18.62 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
404020212026Week of 2021-05-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 5 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2212026-09-15 22:00 — 2 players2026-09-17 06:00 — 5 players2026-09-18 14:00 — 15 players2026-09-19 21:00 — 20 players2026-09-21 05:00 — 6 players2026-09-22 13:00 — 11 players2026-09-23 20:00 — 15 players2026-09-25 04:00 — 9 players2026-09-26 11:00 — 13 players2026-09-27 19:00 — 11 players2026-09-29 02:00 — 6 players2026-09-30 10:00 — 6 players2026-10-01 17:00 — 10 players2026-10-03 01:00 — 6 players2026-10-04 09:00 — 6 players2026-10-05 16:00 — 12 players2026-10-07 00:00 — 5 players2026-10-08 07:00 — 2 players2026-10-09 15:00 — 6 players2026-10-10 22:00 — 6 players2026-10-12 06:00 — 7 players2026-10-13 14:00 — 7 players2026-10-14 21:00 — 1 players2026-10-15 13:00 — 5 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
343May 2021Aug 2026May 2021 — avg 34 · peak 74Jul 2021 — avg 7 · peak 20Sep 2021 — avg 7 · peak 24Nov 2021 — avg 4 · peak 17Jan 2022 — avg 6 · peak 18Mar 2022 — avg 6 · peak 21May 2022 — avg 14 · peak 65Jul 2022 — avg 7 · peak 26Sep 2022 — avg 6 · peak 21Nov 2022 — avg 12 · peak 34Jan 2023 — avg 7 · peak 22Mar 2023 — avg 5 · peak 16May 2023 — avg 12 · peak 40Jul 2023 — avg 7 · peak 19Sep 2023 — avg 4 · peak 16Nov 2023 — avg 5 · peak 19Jan 2024 — avg 6 · peak 21Mar 2024 — avg 5 · peak 17May 2024 — avg 10 · peak 38Jul 2024 — avg 8 · peak 20Sep 2024 — avg 15 · peak 62Nov 2024 — avg 4 · peak 14Jan 2025 — avg 5 · peak 15Mar 2025 — avg 5 · peak 14May 2025 — avg 7 · peak 27Jul 2025 — avg 6 · peak 15Sep 2025 — avg 6 · peak 22Nov 2025 — avg 7 · peak 27Jan 2026 — avg 14 · peak 82Mar 2026 — avg 7 · peak 20May 2026 — avg 5 · peak 21Jul 2026 — avg 7 · peak 23Aug 2026 — avg 5 · peak 12
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$24.99$6.742021-05-202026-10-152021-05-20 — best price $21.492021-08-22 — best price $19.992021-10-21 — best price $17.392021-12-04 — best price $24.992022-01-24 — best price $18.742022-03-02 — best price $21.992022-05-20 — best price $24.992022-06-28 — best price $24.992022-08-30 — best price $20.992022-10-17 — best price $16.742022-11-12 — best price $21.992022-12-23 — best price $12.642023-02-03 — best price $24.992023-04-01 — best price $24.992023-05-23 — best price $24.992023-07-21 — best price $12.502023-09-12 — best price $24.992023-11-17 — best price $12.502023-12-20 — best price $12.492024-02-17 — best price $24.992024-04-10 — best price $12.492024-05-24 — best price $18.522024-06-28 — best price $10.002024-08-08 — best price $9.992024-09-26 — best price $24.992024-12-20 — best price $7.992025-02-13 — best price $24.992025-05-13 — best price $9.992025-09-29 — best price $7.492025-12-06 — best price $24.992026-02-05 — best price $7.492026-04-15 — best price $7.482026-06-04 — best price $24.992026-08-19 — best price $24.992026-09-08 — best price $7.492026-09-23 — best price $24.992026-10-08 — best price $24.992026-10-15 — best price $24.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2422026-05-30 — 8 pageviews2026-06-03 — 6 pageviews2026-06-07 — 18 pageviews2026-06-11 — 7 pageviews2026-06-15 — 5 pageviews2026-06-19 — 11 pageviews2026-06-23 — 4 pageviews2026-06-27 — 13 pageviews2026-07-01 — 12 pageviews2026-07-05 — 4 pageviews2026-07-09 — 11 pageviews2026-07-13 — 4 pageviews2026-07-17 — 7 pageviews2026-07-21 — 4 pageviews2026-07-25 — 6 pageviews2026-07-29 — 6 pageviews2026-08-02 — 9 pageviews2026-08-06 — 9 pageviews2026-08-10 — 8 pageviews2026-08-14 — 7 pageviews2026-08-18 — 9 pageviews2026-08-22 — 4 pageviews2026-08-26 — 11 pageviews2026-08-30 — 7 pageviews2026-09-03 — 13 pageviews2026-09-07 — 12 pageviews2026-09-11 — 18 pageviews2026-09-15 — 24 pageviews2026-09-19 — 10 pageviews2026-09-23 — 10 pageviews2026-09-27 — 15 pageviews2026-10-01 — 12 pageviews2026-10-05 — 9 pageviews2026-10-09 — 11 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

29
achievements tracked
92.3%
earned "The Adventure Begins"
27.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

8 supported languages: English, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, French, German, Portuguese - Brazil, Spanish - Latin America

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2021-05-20 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Xbox Series, Xbox One (Xbox)6,84112%29
PS4 (PlayStation)2,13249%30
PS4 (PlayStation)1,70147%30
Steam (Steam)67022%29
Switch (Nintendo)350%0

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

Player tags

2DPuzzleFantasyColorfulCraftingStrategyStylizedEmotionalHand-drawnStory Rich

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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