Heartwood Online

Heartwood Online

Skip · RPG · 2023 · Early Access

Steam Deck Playable

The verdict

SKIP IT.

The reviews do not carry it. What it costs you is time.

PriceS
Free to play
Reviews▼
68% of 3,432
Genre rank
Top 80% RPG

Holding it back: Early access, Reviews

Time and effort

To 100%
800h

Players and genre

Online
3 now
Better reviewed
20% of its genre
Price and player charts
The value story

The value story

It is less well reviewed than 80 percent of its genre. Among the games that feel like it, Evitania Online - Idle RPG (free, scores 41) beats it on value, while it beats Milky Way Idle (free, scores 0).

Its player count is falling. 23 were online at the highest of our weekly checks over 35 days, 3 at the last one, on Nov 6, 12:47 UTC.

Buy now or wait

What drives the score

Grades: S best, D weakest

S is the best grade and D the weakest, judged as a buyer. ▲ raises the score, ▼ lowers it, ? is an input we do not have, • is a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work

What we assumed
  • Player count is unknown. We assumed a small player base, about 500 owners.
  • Steam lists in-app purchases but we have no detail on them. Small caution applied.
Raising the score
Cost per hourFree
Price per hour of game. It moves the score inside the ceiling reviews set
Holding it back
Reviews
Gates the score. Weak reviews cap it, and nothing reaches BANGER without strong ones
MonetizationIn-app purchases
Steam lists in-app purchases and nothing more is known, so a small haircut
Early accessUnfinished
Still in development, a small confidence discount until 1.0
For context
RefundsFree
A free game cannot be refunded, so the label never applies
AI contentNone disclosed
From the developer's own Steam disclosure. No disclosure is not proof of none, so it does not move the score

About the game

Heartwood Online is a cross-platform free-to-play MMO. Explore a vast world filled with adventure where you choose your own path. Immerse yourself in crafting, trade, PvP & PvE battles, guilds, politics, and a thriving player economy.
Description from the Steam store page.
Minimum specs

Minimum on the Steam store: 4 GB of memory, 2 GB of storage. Windows only.

No data upstream: length (HowLongToBeat), critic score (Metacritic), achievement curve (Steam global achievements).

Cite this score

BANG Score badge
Heartwood Online scores 17/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Nov 8, 2026. Player count is unknown, so the score assumes a small player base; Steam shows 3,432 reviews, so it has at least that many owners. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/2180600/heartwood-online
Embed the live badge

Reviews set the ceiling, and the size of the player base moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Oct 21. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.

Details

DeveloperE Bros
PublisherE Bros
GenreRPG
Released2023
Completionist800h100%, HowLongToBeat