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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 891 reviews of which 849 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. 2026
Heart of the Woods was incredible. Interesting, well-written, funny, with pretty art and thoughtful ghost logic (they really parsed how it worked out), good fantasy/modern times integrations, and a passionate, romantic story about women my age finding love in this world. It was a bit cheesy at times, but sometimes, I think we need that. I know I needed that, and I know this resonated with me. The voice acting was great, the visual direction of scenes was really good, and the UI was pretty. There is one thing that shocked me about this game, however. I have NEVER seen a trans woman as a lead in any work, and never fully VAed. She was just... normal. Her transness was only mentioned once, and she was of course voiced by a trans woman, but other than that it wasn't even a plot point. In fact, she was equal to the other women in every other capacity (not going to explain why, but there was an important point towards the end where she was ENTIRELY equal and I was very heartened by that) and it was just an extremely refreshing and heartening thing to experience. My only regret is I only experienced this game now, when it came out six years ago. I really do feel like I've been missing out. Also, please have some tissues ready when you play this if you are sentimental like me because I cried a LOT. Absolutely worth the time and the money, and if you think the demo spoils the plot? It doesn't. EDIT: Just listened to the music gallery and the CG gallery and started crying again. 10/10 game. Wonderful.
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Jan. 2026
Finally played the game that one of my favorite songs came from (Heart of the Woods Ending Theme). Overall it didn't disappoint! I found the characters very endearing, and the story was really unnerving at the start, which I found really fun. I don't think the endings tied things up as elegantly as I would have liked, but I still had a great time playing. I'm excited to try Studio Elan's other titles!
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Dec. 2025
É uma novel YURI, que acabou me surpreendendo bastante. O design das personagens é muito bonito e a história é interessantíssima. Minha primeira Novel americana que jogo, mas gostei bastante. Não tinha gostado da voz de uma das personagens, então até tinha diminuido o volume (o jogo permite isso individualmente) mas depois faz todo o sentido e voltei ao volume normal!! Desenvolvimento interessante das personagens e muito fofo! Uma pergunta que sempre me faço antes de ver ou jogar um obra Yuri: tem beijo ou coisa do tipo ou o relacionamento fica implicito? A resposta é: Sim! O relacionamento não é implicito, ele de fato ocorre e acredito que você gostará muito. Definitiavemente vale a pena. --------//-----------//---------- English: It's a Yuri novel that ended up surprising me quite a bit. The character design is very beautiful and the story is very interesting. My first American novel that I've played, but I really enjoyed it. I didn't like the voice of one of the characters, so I even lowered the volume (the game allows this individually), but then it all makes sense and I went back to the normal volume!! Interesting character development and very cute! A question I always ask myself before watching or playing a Yuri work: is there kissing or anything like that, or is the relationship implied? The answer is: Yes! The relationship is not implied, it actually happens and I believe you will like it very much. It's definitely worth it. Obrigado pelo jogo. Thank you for the game.
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Nov. 2025
amazing VN with voice acting, great CG's and a wonderful story with 3 different endings. lets go lesbians !
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Oct. 2025
This is legit one of the best stories I've ever had the joy to experience. please give it a shot, it starts somewhat slow but its so worth it. if your anything like me set a whole day aside to play after finishing chapter 1 or else you'll be up until 10 am like i was lol
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Frequently Asked Questions

Heart of the Woods is currently priced at 14.79€ on Steam.

Heart of the Woods is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 14.79€ on Steam.

Heart of the Woods received 849 positive votes out of a total of 891 achieving a rating of 8.94.
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Heart of the Woods was published by Studio Élan.

Heart of the Woods is playable and fully supported on Windows.

Heart of the Woods is playable and fully supported on MacOS.

Heart of the Woods is playable and fully supported on Linux.

Heart of the Woods is a single-player game.

There are 3 DLCs available for Heart of the Woods. Explore additional content available for Heart of the Woods on Steam.

Heart of the Woods does not support mods via Steam Workshop.

Heart of the Woods does not support Steam Remote Play.

Heart of the Woods is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.

You can find solutions or submit a support ticket by visiting the Steam Support page for Heart of the Woods.

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Heart of the Woods
Rating
8.9
849
42
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Online players
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Publisher
Studio Élan
Release 15 Feb 2019
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