Heartbound
A story-driven RPG where your choices change skill-based minigame battles
Pirate Software · Released Dec 24, 2018 · Early Access
- Reviews
- Mixed
- 62% of 3,603
- Recent reviews
- Not enough recent
- Players
- 1
- daily peak, Oct 29, 2026
- Steam Deck
- Verified
- Last update on Steam
- 2 weeks ago
- Oct 9, 2026
What is Heartbound?
Heartbound is a single-player, 2D role-playing game following Lore and his dog Baron through time and space. You explore environments, influence the story through interactions, and fight enemies in minigames with different objectives. Encounters are not random, some can be avoided, and defeating enemies reveals their memories.
For you if...
- +you enjoy optional codebreaking puzzles alongside the main story
- +you like stories with psychological horror themes
Not for you if...
- −you want traditional leveling and experience-based character progression
What players say
62% of 3,603 reviews are positive
A positive review praises the music and character designs. Players' main complaints concern limited content and slow development, with recent reviews still describing the game as unfinished.
Screenshots and trailer
Heartbound system requirements
Minimum: 512MB, 4 GB RAM, 0.5 GB of disk space.
As published by the developer.
Can my PC run Heartbound?
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Set up my PC →Minimum
- Processor
- 1.2Ghz+
- Graphics
- 512MB
- Memory
- 4 GB RAM
- Storage
- 500 MB available space
- Notes
- This game is locked to 60 frames per second.
Recommended
Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
Does Heartbound have co-op or multiplayer?
No: single-player only, no multiplayer modes declared.
Does Heartbound run on Steam Deck?
Verified Yes, Verified by Valve: it works on Steam Deck out of the box.
- All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
- Shows Steam Deck controller icons
- In-game text is legible on Steam Deck
- Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck
- External controllers are not supported for the primary player
PC version details
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Full controller support
- Platforms
- Windows, Linux
- Achievements
- 31
- Steam features
- Family Sharing, Trading cards
- Languages
- Text only: English, Portuguese - Brazil, French, Russian, Spanish - Latin America, Japanese.
Does Heartbound use AI-generated content?
No AI-generated content is disclosed on the game's Steam page.
Self-reported by the developer under Steam rules: it covers AI content that ships in the game, not tools used to make it. Steam page checked on Oct 27, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam
Tags
- Adventure
- RPG
- Story Rich
- Indie
- Pixel Graphics
- Early Access
- 2D
- Psychological Horror
- Choices Matter
- Singleplayer
- Walking Simulator
- Puzzle
- Horror
- Funny
- Atmospheric
- Great Soundtrack
Recent updates
- Sep 30, 2026 · Patch 1.0.9.658
- Sep 1, 2026 · Patch 1.0.9.657
- Aug 1, 2026 · Patch 1.0.9.656
- Jul 1, 2026 · Patch 1.0.9.655
- Jun 1, 2026 · Patch 1.0.9.654
1 DLC available.
