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Anode Heart
A semi-open world, monster tamer RPG, set in a digital, futuristic environment, with fast-paced combat, a card minigame and focus on exploration.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via SteamSpy as of 2026-05-14.
“Finally 100% completed it—what a blast! It’s very challenging, though. As a game inspired by *Digimon World 3*, it delivers on all fronts. A complete RPG experience in the creature collector genre: * In-game card battles * Quest system * Compelling story * Branching quest routes…”
— a player, Steam review · 104 hrs played“Anode Heart is very inspired by Digimon World 1 & 3 and as a huge Digimon fan it really resonated with me. The designs of the Tama's are very cute and all around look great. The world design is super fun and does the whole thing Digimon World 1 did where exposed circuit boards…”
— a player, Steam review · 83 hrs played“Feels like a modern digimon world game, and has super fun character and monster designs!”
— a player, Steam review · 9 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-08-02 21:02 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
Anode Heart 2 announcement!
It's official! Anode Heart is getting a mainline sequel! ːsteamhappyː Wishlist: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3568570/Anode_Heart_2/ The spinoff I'm currently working on, Layer Null , will still
New Anode Heart game; [Layer Null] page is Live!
Hello everyone, I've been working on this for about 4 months now and I can finally officially announce it. is the next game in the Anode Heart Universe! Wishlist on Steam: https://store.steampowered.c
v1.1.3 tiny tweaks patch
Hello everyone, A tiny tweaks and improvements patch, v1.1.3 is up and running. Let me know if you encounter any issues. Patch notes: - Added sorting options for owned cards - Tweaked quests that requ
v1.1.2 patch + roadmap
Hello everyone, Aside from a few smaller bug fixes, v1.1.2 brings a new Gameplay Settings tab with options for Wild Tama/Trainers/Bosses level scaling and a new "Auto-Potential" option, which auto-con
v1.1.1 tiny patch
A tiny patch for v1.1 Changelog: * Fixed the reboot screen bug * Changed Devibom to evolve via an item instead of by level Devibom item can be found in Memory Meadow and Bugman shops (post Rain City).
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-14.
| Genres | Adventure, Indie, RPG |
| Player tags | Adventure · RPG · Creature Collector · JRPG · Card Battler · 2D · Pixel Graphics · Top-Down · Collectathon · Colorful · Cute · Nonlinear (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Partial Controller Support · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English, French |
| Achievements | 49 |
| Estimated owners | 0 – 20,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | https://anodeheart.com |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Windows 7, 8, 10 or 11 Processor: 1.1 GHz Processor Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: Integrated graphics Storage: 500 MB available space