Heart of the Woods on Steam - User reviews, Price & Information

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.

Heart of the Woods is a lgbtq+, visual novel and female protagonist game developed by and published by Studio Élan.
Released on February 15th 2019 is available on Windows, MacOS and Linux in 5 languages: English, Simplified Chinese, German, Traditional Chinese and Spanish - Spain.

It has received 886 reviews of which 844 were positive and 42 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.9 out of 10. 😎

The game is currently priced at 14.79€ on Steam.


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System requirements

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Windows
  • 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
MacOS
  • OS: macOS / OS X 10.10 Yosemite or higher
  • Processor: Any 64-bit Intel, AMD, or ARM / Apple Silicon CPU
  • Memory: 1 GB RAM
  • Graphics: Any GPU that supports at least Metal, OpenGL 2.0, or OpenGL ES 2.0
  • Storage: 2 GB available space
Linux
  • OS: Any reasonably modern Linux distribution (※ Roughly equivalent to Ubuntu 16.04 or above.)
  • Processor: Any 64-bit Intel, AMD, or ARM / Apple Silicon CPU (※ Earning Steam achievements / trophies on ARM Linux requires x86_64 translation.)
  • Memory: 1 GB RAM
  • Graphics: Any GPU that supports at least OpenGL 2.0 or OpenGL ES 2.0
  • Storage: 2 GB available space
  • Additional Notes: ※ Tested on Ubuntu 22.10 (x86_64) and Asahi Linux (arm64e, Apple Silicon).

User reviews & Ratings

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Feb. 2025
A well-written visual novel with some cool character designs and an interesting story. I was expecting something very fluffy and light based on the art but there are some dark surprises hidden by the sweet-looking packaging. Contains all the quality of life features you would expect from a modern visual novel (skip read text, log, etc.) and the achievements are very straightforward. Be aware that this is a visual //novel// - you are only making three choices throughout the runtime of this game and it is not focused around romance (that you as the player control through your choices). The characters have defined arcs and the interactivity is really limited. However when the writing is good and the characters are interesting and well-defined, this isn't a drawback! I will be playing more games by this dev!
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Jan. 2025
This is a weird game. The first 2 chapters and a bit of the 3rd are really good, but in a totally different way from most of the rest of the game. That part feels less like it's about romance and more about a mystery, and the atmosphere and writing really make it feel like a veritable horror story! But then, the romance begins. It's not bad, but it's such a change in tone, it's difficult to go from horror to romance... they're on, like, the opposite ends of the spectrum... and it's mostly romance until the end (even more so if you get the 18+patch). There are also parts where the story is too, I dunno, annoying? Like, imagine a bunch of girls being chased by a killer, and the killer trips and stabs himself with his own knife. The girls are happy to no longer be in danger and go back to their house to celebrate... WITHOUT CHECKING IF THE KILLER IS ACTUALLY DEAD! A similar moment happens here, and it's really difficult to ignore. Having said that, it's still worth playing, even if maybe you should wait for a sale if you're not 100% sure about it, because the voice acting is solid, the art is beautiful and I'm sure you'll absolutely love at least one of the characters!
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Dec. 2024
This game is currently the best yuri game I've played. The romance is clearly the highlight of this game and I love tara as a trans lead character The art is beautiful and the story has a good pacing to it Highly recommend
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Nov. 2024
You matter. Despite your flaws, you are important to those close to you. Your abuse doesn't define you. You deserve happiness, and its never too late to find it. Love can be healing, love can be the most powerful force in your life. That's what this game said to me, and while i already knew most of it, hearing it all out loud was still impactful. Doesn't help that the characters are all adorable and i became overly attached to them lol.
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May 2024
Heart of the Woods is such a cute VN! It absolutely had a lot of heart poured into it, and it shows. I loved the characters, they are very likeable, even if sometimes I wanted to yell at them for making stupid decisions at points. But that doesn't mean they weren't believable. They give off messy lesbians vibes and I'm totally here for it. The voice acting ranges from serviceable to great. The art is good to sometimes breathtaking. And the story... well, the story goes places. Places I didn't expect it to, and it kept me engaged, getting me re-engaged and making me feel things. A range of things. A definite recommend for Yuri fans. *Finger guns*
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Heart of the Woods
8.9
844
42
Online players
1
Publisher
Studio Élan
Release 15 Feb 2019
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