The Wild at Heart

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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!

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Developer:
Moonlight Kids
Publisher:
Humble Games
Release date:
19 May 2021
Recent Steam reviews:
Not specified
All Steam reviews:
Overwhelmingly Positive (697)

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Description

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!

Amass your Horde
Collect and deploy a swarm of quirky Spritelings; small magical creatures for you to command. Break stuff, collect loot, fight enemies, build new paths, and more!

Explore
A unique and sequestered world rich with centuries full of lore. Woods, caves, coastline, ancient shrines... The Deep Woods is full of puzzles to be solved and secrets waiting to be uncovered.

Collect & Craft
Gather rare resources like magical crystals, scrap, electrical components and more to build new structures, items, and upgrades!

Battle
Take on precarious wildlife and supernatural foes with the unique abilities of your Spriteling swarm and your trusty vacuum, the Gustbuster!

Nightfall
"The dark is bad!" - A common saying among the denizens of the Deep Woods, and for good reason. Malevolent beings lurk in the shadows here and you may just find yourself wanting to stay near a campfire light until sunrise.

Recommended system requirements

minimum*

OS *:
Windows 7+
Processor:
Core i3-9300T, AMD FX 8350
Memory:
4 GB RAM
Graphics:
NVIDIA GTX 660, AMD R7 260X
Storage:
4 GB available space

recommended*

Not specified

User reviews

Shohihi
Recommended | 30 Jan 2026
18.3h played

The art is wonderful and the powers each character has creative. The story is interesting and the characters unique. Its not a terribly long game, but it doesn't feel rushed or too short nor does it drag on; the perfect

Helpful: 4
Xio
Recommended | 13 Jan 2026
4.8h played

yesss i love this game!! it's very pretty and a lot of fun Unfortunately I have a problem and it seems that I'm not the only one. If you throw spritelings there's a chance that 1 of the get stuck or 1 get lost. It's

Helpful: 8
danakaake
Recommended | 14 Jan 2026
36.2h played

I can't really put my finger on what I didn't like about this game, but there was something. In the end though as I plugged in through I found I was happy to complete it, and I remember it fondly.

Helpful: 3
TreeTrunk
Not recommended | 13 Feb 2026
7.4h played

Game is mostly boring and the artstyle just makes it annoying to determine what's interactable or not. I don't know if it's just me but it feels like this game was designed for the player to just keep hitting

Helpful: 5
nangametime
Recommended | 12 Feb 2026
32.8h played

This game is a mix of puzzle play and action, all within an interesting story. The puzzles are challenging but not to the point where you want to give up. The artwork and music add to the overall coziness and relaxing

Helpful: 1
Targ
Recommended | 28 Jan 2026
13.8h played

I wanted something that would scratch my Wytchwood itch from last year, and this did that pretty well! If you are looking for the same, here it is! 🍵

Helpful: 6