The Wild at Heart

The Wild at Heart

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Moonlight Kids · Story Rich · May 20, 2021

Likely worth it. Reviews lean strongly positive.

At $24.99. It has been as low as $7.49.

95%
Overwhelmingly Positive
907 player reviews
Medium confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Story and characters: 175 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 87 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 76 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Bugs: 10 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 907 player reviews · updated 6 days ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
67% of themes are praise22% are divided11% are caveats
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
The world, characters, and story are well thought out and detailed.
175 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
Its a charming title with beautiful graphics, solid game-play, engaging environmental puzzles and great performance (I achieved fairly consistent 120 fps with everything on max at 1440p on an old vega 64.)
87 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
I think the majority of people who are interested in this game are so because of the pikmin-like nature strategy gameplay.
76 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
The sound design (especially for transitioning between different times of day) is also really well done.
30 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Controls
Players who bring up Controls mostly praise it.
One other note is that the game recommends controller while It probably is a better experience on a controller don't let that stop you; I played on keyboard and mouse and found it worked just fine.
9 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Interface
Players who bring up Interface mostly praise it.
for beginners like me. the game heavily relies on inventory management/resources and a bit of strategic thinking and puzzle solving in order to progress forward the game. few items to craft, 5 different spritelings to discover, and numerous beast creatures to battle. the story however felt a bit abrupt especially the ending where I wish they showed me Wake going home or whatsoever.
6 of 300 sampled reviews raised it

Theme by theme

Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.

LovedMixedComplained about
Players love6 themes
Story and characters175 reviews
Graphics87 reviews
Gameplay76 reviews
Audio30 reviews
Controls9 reviews
Interface6 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Combat41 reviews
88%
Difficulty23 reviews
96%
Players complain% still recommend
Bugs10 reviews
90%

Ranked by how many sampled reviews mention each topic. A topic sits in a column by what reviewers said about that topic; the percentage beside it is how many of them recommended the game anyway. One more theme was raised by fewer than 6 sampled reviews and is not shown.

Should you buy it now?

Crit’s read on the price, from Steam price history.

Prices have been lower

Currently $24.99. The lowest we've tracked is $7.49.

4 points recordedtoday · $24.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
95%
Overwhelmingly Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
29
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

We’ll surface hours-played once playtime ingestion ships.