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The Wild at Heart

Moonlight Kids · Balor Games · 2021-05-19

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreAmazonMicrosoft Store

AdventureIndieStrategy

Modes: Single player

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!

8
playing now
95%
positive of 912 reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam rating
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
83/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
62/100
IGDB user rating (16 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$24.99
steam price (US)

8 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 11:00 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

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 32% of 11,362 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 18k–41k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 912 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$7.49-70%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$7.49-70%
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 60 of 86 observed days · $1.12 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Players online

1002026-08-12 03:00 — 7 players2026-08-12 19:00 — 6 players2026-08-13 11:00 — 2 players2026-08-14 03:00 — 10 players2026-08-14 19:00 — 4 players2026-08-15 10:00 — 3 players2026-08-16 02:00 — 5 players2026-08-16 18:00 — 3 players2026-08-17 10:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 02:00 — 3 players2026-08-18 18:00 — 6 players2026-08-19 10:00 — 1 players2026-08-20 01:00 — 9 players2026-08-20 17:00 — 4 players2026-08-21 09:00 — 4 players2026-08-22 01:00 — 3 players2026-08-22 16:00 — 7 players2026-08-23 08:00 — 8 players2026-08-24 00:00 — 4 players2026-08-24 16:00 — 7 players2026-08-25 08:00 — 1 players2026-08-25 23:00 — 4 players2026-08-26 16:00 — 3 players2026-08-27 08:00 — 4 players2026-08-28 00:00 — 2 players2026-08-28 12:00 — 5 players2026-08-29 03:00 — 4 players2026-08-29 19:00 — 8 players2026-08-30 11:00 — 8 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$24.99$6.742021-05-202026-08-302021-05-20 — 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 $24.992026-08-30 — best price $7.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

5722026-05-30 — 8 pageviews2026-06-02 — 11 pageviews2026-06-05 — 7 pageviews2026-06-08 — 13 pageviews2026-06-11 — 7 pageviews2026-06-14 — 6 pageviews2026-06-17 — 13 pageviews2026-06-20 — 5 pageviews2026-06-23 — 4 pageviews2026-06-26 — 4 pageviews2026-06-29 — 9 pageviews2026-07-02 — 13 pageviews2026-07-05 — 4 pageviews2026-07-08 — 8 pageviews2026-07-11 — 11 pageviews2026-07-14 — 5 pageviews2026-07-17 — 7 pageviews2026-07-20 — 16 pageviews2026-07-23 — 18 pageviews2026-07-26 — 6 pageviews2026-07-29 — 6 pageviews2026-08-01 — 14 pageviews2026-08-04 — 3 pageviews2026-08-07 — 12 pageviews2026-08-10 — 8 pageviews2026-08-13 — 16 pageviews2026-08-16 — 8 pageviews2026-08-19 — 7 pageviews2026-08-22 — 4 pageviews2026-08-25 — 14 pageviews2026-08-27 — 5 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

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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