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Hearth and Hamlet

Hearth and Hamlet

Start with a campfire. Build a kingdom. Hearth and Hamlet is a medieval citybuilder clicker that blends resource management, in-depth upgrade trees and relaxing idle gameplay. Build your empire by researching new technologies, passing new laws, trading with far-off lands, and more.

Released Aug 19, 2026 Developer Phorust Studios Publisher Runic Forge, Gamersky Games Platforms Windows · Linux IncrementalCity BuilderBase BuildingCasualManagement
View on Steam ↗ $7.99 (US · as of 2026-09-26)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-27 · quoted reviews as of 2026-09-25.

79.0%positive2,195 reviews
Recommended · 21 found this helpful

“🏡 **An Incremental Game Wearing a City Builder's Clothes — And a Very Good One** Let's get something out of the way first. **Hearth and Hamlet is an incremental game first and a city builder second.** I think that's quite important, because I've seen some players approaching…”

— a player, Steam review · 26 hrs played
Recommended · 6 found this helpful

“A pretty decent incremental game, with decent music, really nice pixel-style graphics and okay story. Takes between 7-12h to complete depending on the difficulty, and I had to go through 2 play throughs to 100% it. For the price I think it was worth it!”

— a player, Steam review · 24 hrs played
Not recommended · 72 found this helpful

“I would 100% recommend the game(and willing to change if the game evolves) if: - I would be able to at least have some sort of involvement in how my town looks like - Able to play different styles.(e.g. more economical drriven, military play style, trading and political style or…”

— a player, Steam review · 10 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-08 via SteamCharts.

7,176all-time peak
0 2.5k 5k 2.7k avg · 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 2026-09-26.

24achievements
57.2%median completion
5.0%rarest: Against the Odds
98.6% of players 94.8% of players 92.3% of players 85.7% of players 83.0% of players 73.2% of players 72.7% of players 67.6% of players 66.2% of players 64.5% of players 61.1% of players 59.1% of players 57.2% of players 56.1% of players 51.7% of players 46.9% of players 46.3% of players 45.8% of players 40.4% of players 35.7% of players 14.9% of players 12.8% of players 6.2% of players 5.0% of players 98.6% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
98.6%Humble Beginning — Hidden achievement
94.8%A Place to Call Home — Hidden achievement
92.3%Hearth and Hamlet — Hidden achievement
Rarest badges of honor
5.0%Against the Odds — Complete the game on Intense difficulty.
6.2%Steadfast Resolve — Complete the game without ever trading with Ashenholt.
12.8%Rising Challenge — Complete the game on Challenging difficulty.

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-09-26. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

$7.99current · sampled 2026-09-26 21:12 UTC
$7.99lowest since tracking began2026-09-26
US7.99 USD
EU8.15 EUR
UK7.15 GBP
Australia11.50 AUD
Canada9.65 CAD
Japan880 JPY
Brazil29.99 BRL
China33.00 CNY

Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.

China≈$4.9 Japan Brazil Canada US Australia EU UK≈$9.5

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-09-25). Relative comparison only.

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

Sep 05, 2026
Patch 1.0.07

This patch is focused entirely on reducing the game’s memory footprint. Hundreds of changes have cut VRAM usage by about 1.1 GB, which should improve stability, especially on lower-spec hardware.

Aug 29, 2026
Patch 1.0.06

Patch 1.0.06 Gameplay Changes • A new tutorial popup has been added to help avoid confusion when building your first ship. Bug Fixes • Fixed a very rare but stubborn bug that could cause the Ashenholt

Aug 27, 2026
Patch 1.0.05

Gameplay Changes • One-Way and Stable Portals are now cheaper to purchase. Bug Fixes • One-Way Portals are now activated at the Wizard Academy Shop instead of the Town Square. • Fixed numerous small g

Aug 24, 2026
Patch 1.0.04

Bug Fixes • Fixed a rare crash that could occur when an enemy died. • Fixed a rare bug that could cause you to fail to defeat an enemy army for a quest, but proceed as if you succeeded. • Fixed numero

Aug 22, 2026
Patch 1.0.03

Gameplay Changes • Blue Arrows have been updated. Shift + Click will now fast travel to the location the blue arrow is pointing to. Blue arrows now ignore regular mouse clicks to prevent accidental fa

Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-25.

GenresCasual, Simulation, Strategy
Player tagsIncremental · City Builder · Base Building · Casual · Management · Idler · Relaxing · Resource Management · Simulation · Building · Economy · Strategy (Steam store community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish * , Simplified Chinese * , German * , Japanese * , Russian * , Korean * , Traditional Chinese * *
Achievements24
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10 (64-bit) Processor: Intel Core i3 @ 3.2 GHz or AMD equivalent Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 (2 GB VRAM) / AMD Radeon HD 7770 (2 GB VRAM) DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 1 GB available space Sound Card: DirectX-compatible