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The Wild at Heart
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!
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via SteamSpy as of 2026-05-14.
“Absloute fun. cozy, heart touching. 100000000000000/10 I LOVE U THE WILD AT HEART! <3”
— a player, Steam review · 18 hrs 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 vibe of the game. Stop reading reviews and start playing, you…”
— a player, Steam review · 34 hrs played“one of my fav games of all time, even with its kind of dark story the mc and his little friends made the game so adorable. the story is so good if you like puzzle and a long good story this game is what u need. (had the game on a different platform)”
— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-08-02 19:12 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.
Hotfix Patch 1.1.10
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Hotfix Patch 1.1.9
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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, Strategy |
| Player tags | Story Rich · Puzzle · 2D · Hand-drawn · Action-Adventure · Colorful · Stylized · Fantasy · Family Friendly · Time Management · Atmospheric · Emotional (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, French, German, Portuguese - Brazil, Spanish - Latin America |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 29 |
| Estimated owners | 20,000 – 50,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | https://www.moonlightkids.co/the-wild-at-heart |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
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