Heart of the Woods
Worth it · Short indie · 2019
The verdict
BUY IT.
Worth it at $14.99, a BANGER if it drops to $7.59.
- Length
- 7.4h
- Value
- $2.03/hr
- Reviews
- 95% positive
Watch this gameOne alert when it is worth buying.
Minimum on the Steam store: 1 GB of memory, Any GPU that supports at least OpenGL 2.0, OpenGL ES 2.0, or DirectX 9.0, 2 GB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS, Linux.
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.
What drives the score
How to read this
Grades run S to D, read from the buyer's side. ▲ marks a lift, ▼ a drag or a dock, ? an input we do not have, • a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work
The value story
The lowest price on record is $4.49, set in December 2023. 60 discounts in the 8 years on record. They run about 35 percent off, roughly 6 weeks apart. It becomes a BANGER at $7.59, a level the record has reached 21 times.
On value it sits in the top 2 percent of its genre. It is pricier than 96 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 98 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Super Lesbian Animal RPG ($14.99, scores 87) beats it on value, while it beats Lost Records: Bloom & Rage ($19.99, scores 59).
Steam's global achievement data puts 21 percent of players at this game's ending achievement. The median game this site can measure sits at 15. This site sampled 339 of its Steam-purchase reviews; none were written by buyers who refunded it, sampled from reviews written June 2020 to August 2026.
The drop-off
48% start to 21% finishSteam counts a larger share of its players at the ending achievement than it does for most games this site can measure. Steam global achievements
What players say
Keeping this spoiler free: When comparing it with Please be Happy, it definitely feels like something is lacking. If you don't compare it with any other VNs, it's a pretty sweet yuri VN with an interesting story. I wish there were more dialogue choices that you can pick like in Please be Happy but hey, this came out 3 years before that VN so i will stop comparing them against eachother. The visuals of the VN were...
I will preface this by saying I very rarely take the time and go out of my way to write a review for a game or visual novel.. That being said, this was an absolute delight to play, and made me feel so many real emotions for all the characters. With everything going on in the world today, it is nice to find something that pulls at the heart the way this does. Some may say the writing is weak, relationships move too...
Heart of the Woods is a supernatural visual novel developed and published by Studio Élan that masterfully blends mystery, romance, and fantasy into a deeply emotional experience. Set in the remote mountain village of Eysenfeld, the story follows paranormal content creators Madison Raines and Tara Bryck as they travel in search of material for their struggling online channel. Their investigation into local legends...
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Cite this score
Heart of the Woods scores 73/100 on the BANG Score (worth it) as of Oct 2, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/844660/heart-of-the-woodsReviews 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 28, price as of Oct 1.
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