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Heart of the Woods
A fantasy yuri visual novel filled with magic, fairies, and a ghost girl. When Maddie and her best friend, Tara, journey to a remote forest village to investigate rumors of the supernatural, they find a whole lot more than they bargained for.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-02 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-14.
“Heart of the Woods was incredible. Interesting, well-written, funny, with pretty art and thoughtful ghost logic (they really parsed how it worked out), good fantasy/modern times integrations, and a passionate, romantic story about women my age finding love in this world. It was…”
— a player, Steam review · 26 hrs played“Heart of the Woods turned quickly into one of my favourite VNs and definitely my favourite Yuri VN. The art, the soundtrack, the characters are wonderful, the story keeps you engaged and wanting to find more about the world and the characters in it. There were many moments in…”
— a player, Steam review · 10 hrs played“I recommend this but only very reluctantly. "Highway Blossoms" is perhaps their best work, in my opinion, because it doesn't take itself as seriously as this one or "Tithe." It embraces its fluffy nature with a silly plot and a firm focus on its two main characters. I can get…”
— a player, Steam review · 13 hrs playedAchievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-05.
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Latest official news
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Heart of the Woods 2.1.7 and 2.1.6
Hello, everyone! Heart of the Woods 2.1.7 and 2.1.6 have just been released, which fix a few minor issues that were either reported by the community, or were found in testing. We’ve also optimised and
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-13.
| Genres | Casual, Indie |
| Player tags | LGBTQ+ · Visual Novel · Female Protagonist · Dark Fantasy · Anime · Interactive Fiction · Choices Matter · Romance · Cute · Story Rich · Nudity · Fantasy (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Trading Cards · Captions available · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * , Simplified Chinese, German, Traditional Chinese, Spanish - Spain * |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 12 |
| Official site | https://vnstudioelan.com/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Windows 7 or higher Processor: Any 64-bit Intel, AMD, or ARM / Apple Silicon CPU (※ x86_64 translation is required on ARM / Apple Silicon.) Memory: 1 GB RAM Graphics: Any GPU that supports at least OpenGL 2.0, OpenGL ES 2.0, or DirectX 9.0 DirectX: Version 9.0 Storage: 2 GB available space