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Hearthvale
Plan by day, defend by night, and keep expanding Hearthvale through a run with no fixed finish line.
ByLevi7hartReleased
How to play Hearthvale
- See the controls on the itch.io page.
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Hearthvale at a glance
Hearthvale is a strategy card game built around endless roguelite city building and tower defence. Levi7hart created it as a single-player experience with pixel-art visuals, hand-based construction, idle dungeons, and layered progression. You place farms, forges, towers, and other improvements while managing cards, districts, crops, and threats. The game is played through its itch.io page, runs in the browser, and supports desktop and phone play, including offline use.
What a session of Hearthvale is like
A typical Hearthvale session alternates between preparation and combat. During the day, you draw cards, develop farms and forges, plant crops for possible loot, reclaim fog-covered districts, and arrange defensive structures. Night brings enemy waves featuring runners, harpies, siege rams, splitting slimes, and bosses with multiple phases. There is no final victory screen; the run continues into further ages, discoveries, battles, and upgrades until you decide to stop.
The retro charm of Hearthvale
Hearthvale stands out through its unusual blend of settlement planning, card decisions, and tower defence. Hybrid towers, branching upgrades, rally points, and Tetris-style walls give the battlefield a distinctive shape. Crops can produce random loot, while omens and the three gunas add another strategic layer. Pixel art supplies the retro surface, but the deeper appeal comes from its broad web of systems, persistent technology, captured monsters, named elites, and rare equipment.
Should Hearthvale be your daily game?
Hearthvale is a good match for players who enjoy strategy cards, city builders, tower defence, roguelites, and long-term experimentation. It could become a daily habit if you like returning to the same evolving system, although the facts give no fixed session length. Pixel-art fans and challenge seekers should find plenty to test. The main limitation is its endless design: there is no concluding victory, only more ages, enemies, upgrades, and map discoveries.
FAQ
Hearthvale FAQ
Is Hearthvale free to play?
The supplied price is free, and the itch.io page does not mention extra purchases, paid expansions, or other payment requirements.
Who created Hearthvale?
Levi7hart created Hearthvale. The available information labels the project AI Assisted, but it does not identify any additional team members or provide a fuller development history.
How long does a game of Hearthvale take?
No average session length is provided. Hearthvale is designed as an endless game with no final victory, so you can keep moving through new ages, battles, upgrades, and discoveries rather than reaching a fixed endpoint.
How do I play Hearthvale?
Build during the day by drawing cards, placing settlement structures, planting crops, reclaiming districts, and setting up defences. At night, withstand enemy waves. Runs also involve a node map, monster capture, dungeons, loot, bosses, and permanent progression. Specific button layouts are not supplied.
Does Hearthvale work on mobile?
Yes. Hearthvale is described as working on phones as well as desktop computers. The facts also mention offline support and no screen shake, but they do not name particular mobile operating systems or explain the touch controls.
Is Hearthvale still being updated?
The game is marked Released, but the supplied information does not say whether new updates are still arriving. Its permanent technology web, codex, medals, and ascension tiers describe progression features, not a confirmed update plan or schedule.