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!

The Wild at Heart is a story rich, puzzle and 2d game developed by Moonlight Kids and published by Humble Games.
Released on May 19th 2021 is available on Windows and MacOS in 8 languages: English, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, French, German, Portuguese - Brazil and Spanish - Latin America.

It has received 635 reviews of which 608 were positive and 27 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.9 out of 10. 😎

The game is currently priced at 9.99€ on Steam and has a 60% discount.

The Steam community has classified The Wild at Heart into these genres:

Story Rich Puzzle 2D Action-Adventure Hand-drawn Colorful Stylized Fantasy Family Friendly Time Management Strategy Emotional Atmospheric Crafting Resource Management Adventure Loot Singleplayer Survival Indie

Media & Screenshots

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Requirements

These are the minimum specifications needed to play the game. For the best experience, we recommend that you verify them.

Windows

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

MacOS

Processor: 2.6 GHz Intel Core i7
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Graphics: Intel UHD Graphics 630

Reviews

Explore reviews from Steam users sharing their experiences and what they love about the game.

Oct. 2024

Beautiful design and fantastic gameplay, what more could one want?

Sept. 2024

What a wonderful gem! I thought it was going to be a nice 3 hour indie game, but it turned into a 17 hours fable that puts many AAA games to shame. Don't miss.

Aug. 2024

The Vanishing of Olimar Buzz Buzz "Ok, hear me out; what if you combined Pikmin , Earthbound and Stranger Things into one super awesome game?" "Nah, that's crazy. No one could pull it off!" Moonlight Kids pulls it off "Holy crap.... they actually pulled it off! "

Aug. 2024

I've just finished the game and it's 2.30 am so would say it's quite addicting. The story is captivating and the characters are absolutely adorable. Would recommend to anyone who is looking for a fun game that is not too complicated but still insanely entertaining.

Jan. 2024

Average Medtroidvania with Pikmin mechanics. Drudgery and corporate mediocrity are represented: constant mob respawns, junk collection/crafting, console save system on a PC... Saves only occur at campfires, and then there's no Load menu in game. I'll mock the GUI side of it, but I'll praise the multiple autosaves, useful, if barely. With the exception of bombs, needed to open paths, crafted items are useless; consumable with a short effect, they don't justify the effort. Combat is a joyless grind with poor aiming and indecisive pikmins. Pathfinding is weak: pikmins get stuck, disappear, or even die in all kinds of places. They don't follow you unless you touch them, and even then they keep vanishing, annoyingly so. The worst feature is a day/night cycle, extremely short, with a deadly night that forces you to backtrack to camp. It interrupts exploration constantly, and it brings nothing of value in return. No option to disable it. At camp, there is a prompt to wait for nightfall, useful a couple of times at best, yet no prompt to wait for sunrise, which would be useful nearly every time. Go figure. Instead, you either spend minutes away from the PC, or you go to in-game sleep then menially restore all your pickmin stacks each morning. Alright, it's frustrating but it doesn't ruin the game. Death is punished by a wasteful grind to restock your pikmins. I recommend you upgrade your HPs first; that way you can survive contact when a night killer appears randomly right on top of you. Also, do the bounties first, as the final reward will give you opportunities to escape when, working on puzzles, you have no way back to camp. Finally, you might want to complete the story as early as possible, and only then hunt for collectibles, with no more trouble at night. Exploration itself is decent, with a fair number of paths to open or discover. Puzzles are easy, as kids-friendly as the narrative. Secret locations are tricky enough, some special actions/rewards much trickier indeed. The world is well sized, not too large, with fast travel portals in most areas. The map and related features are perfect, allowing either self-discovery or purchase from an NPC. It lets you place your own markers, which is always a great feature to have. If you want enjoyable pikmin mechanics, Tinykin is much better and smoother, with the added bonus of having no combat. If a Metroidvania, this one is good enough despite its timers and crafting, with the added bonus of not being weighed down by trite boss fights: there's only one, and it's easy.

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