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 (713)

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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

Lumiere02
Recommended | 09 Jun 2026
20.1h played

Chill game, not hard, but not outright easy either. Basically a whimsical Pikmin clone, but I liked the clone better than the original, very fun. The game eventually gives you an upgrade for the map so you can see where

Helpful: 1
Shirotsuki
Recommended | 08 Jun 2026
17h played

Very chill. Nice art work. Good simple game with a deep story. Worth it! I actually wish the game didn't end so soon but there are some clues the there may potentially be a part 2.

Helpful: 1
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: 6
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: 2
黎海
Recommended | 12 Jul 2026
27.1h played

The Wild at Heart is an incredible indie game that absolutely deserves more recognition, especially since indie titles notoriously get overlooked when it comes to reviews. I thoroughly enjoyed my 27 hours with this

Helpful: 1
rustysme
Recommended | 07 Feb 2026
24.7h played

The Wild at Heart is a rare kind of game that makes you feel cozy from the very first minutes, as if you’ve stepped into a fairy tale hidden deep in the woods. It features a truly beautiful visual style: soft colors,

Helpful: 1