Tiny Tales: Heart of the Forest
Skip · Narrative · 2017
The verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 36, under the fair line, at $14.99.
- Length
- 3.3h 4.1h to 100%
- Value
- $4.54/hr
- Reviews
- 78% of 245 positive
Watch this gameOne alert at a price you pick.
Buy now or wait
Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last cut ended 11 days ago.
- Next sale
- Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
What drives the score
How to read this
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About the game
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Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 1 GB of memory, 256 MB VRAM, 3 GB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS, Linux.
The value story
73 discounts in the 9 years on record, a median of 70 percent off across all of them, roughly 6 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 11 days ago.
Against its own genre it lands in the top 44 percent on value. It is pricier than 81 percent of its genre. On the same math Enigmatis: The Ghosts of Maple Creek ($14.99, scores 52) and Abyss: The Wraiths of Eden ($14.99, scores 57) are the better buys, and they are the games it most resembles.
The drop-off
72% start to 19% rarestNo achievement in this game marks the ending, so there is no finish rate. The curve runs from the most-unlocked achievement to the rarest, and its shape is where players stop. Steam global achievements
What players say
Tiny Tales: Heart of the Forest is a warm, storybook-style hidden-object adventure that leans into charm, imagination, and accessibility rather than complexity or difficulty. Developed by Brave Giant LTD and published by Artifex Mundi, it presents a fairy-tale world viewed from a tiny perspective, where everyday objects become towering landmarks and the natural forest transforms into a vast, mysterious realm. The...
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
🍐🍐🍐 5/10 I remember now. I was really into hidden object puzzles at the time. "Hahahahaha 😅" Yes, just like 'Dreamwalker: Never fall asleep', I don't remember the story of this game, and what I felt through my gameplay, at all. I also played this game in December, 2021. Although, this time, I am certain about one thing. I am not going to play this game again. This game was a one-time thing for me. I just played for...
Okay, I don't expect these kind of games to have a well-developed story or even graphics that look alright on a 1080p monitor or higher. But I do expect them to offer interesting puzzles, plenty of hidden object scenes, and to have a soundtrack that's not several songs repeated ad nauseam (taken from their other games, no less), until you're hit with a desire to simply disable the music.
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).
Cite this score
Tiny Tales: Heart of the Forest scores 36/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/637060/tiny-tales-heart-of-the-forestReviews set the ceiling, and price against real length moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Sep 30, price as of Oct 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.