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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 2026-09-28 · quoted reviews as of 2026-10-16.
“This game said Gay Rights and Trans Rights, got finger guns, and cute girls. What else do you need?”
— a player, Steam review · 8 hrs played“* A free key of the game was given to my curator page through a Steam Curator Connect offer for reviewing purposes. Despite that, I assure that my opinion of the final product wasn't affected. I've played the demo of Heart of the Woods back in May of 2018 and I remember loving…”
— a player, Steam review · 9 hrs played“girl, you gay? then get this game, you'll love it there are some implied sexual scenes, but nothing tasteless. all in all it's a super heat-warming story. the credits song just breaks me every time i hear it.”
— a player, Steam review · 7 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players, self-collected from the Steam API since Aug 2026.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-10-22.
Price tracking
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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