Cozy, relaxing atmosphere
Mentioned in ~1 in 2 positive reviews
“Highly recommend if you like a game with low stimulation, soft colors and soft music!”
Steam review · 4.6 h played ↗
Heartopia
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Mixed · 66%Mixed · 66%XD2026Life Sim · City Builder · Casual
Free to play
Open on Steam ↗US Steam price, checked 5 h ago
The verdict
A cute, free, social cozy life sim with deep house building and many hobbies, but held back by mobile-port PC controls, predatory gacha, AI use and login issues. Skip it if you dislike gacha or need controller support.
Great for
Cozy-game fans who like decorating, hobbies and hanging out with friends, and can ignore gacha
Main risk
Predatory gacha and FOMO, plus clunky mobile-port controls and AI/ethics controversies
What players love
Friendly community and playing with friends
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 positive reviews
“I've met some actual friends through this game and every interaction has always been so friendly and wholesome.”
Steam review · 624.8 h played ↗
Deep house building and decorating
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“But the most impressive thing for me is how you can freely customize your house. You can build absolutely ANYTHING you wish.”
Steam review · 22.6 h played ↗
Many hobbies and lots to do
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 positive reviews
“lots of activities to play: fishing, bird watching, cooking, gardening, bug catching, snow sculpting, sand castle sculpting, ocean clean up, and more”
Steam review · 938.9 h played ↗
Free to play without spending
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 positive reviews
“you can do literally everything for free. It doesn't blueball you by showing you features and asking you to pay for them.”
Steam review · 27.1 h played ↗
Cute art style and animals
Mentioned in ~1 in 11 positive reviews
“Art style is super cute, especially the animals”
Steam review · 113.7 h played ↗
What players complain about
Predatory gacha and expensive cosmetics
Mentioned in ~2 in 5 negative reviews
“By the time I finally completed the collection, I had spent more than $100 on what is essentially one furniture set.”
Steam review · 28.4 h played ↗
Generative AI use
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews
“if it weren't for the fact that they were releasing this game on Steam, they would have never disclosed the fact that they used genAI in the game.”
Steam review · 0.4 h played ↗
Can't get in: high ping, login and local network prompt
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“This game asked me to give them permission to look for and connect to any device on my local network. I blocked the warning and it didn't let me login.”
Steam review · 0.2 h played ↗
Mobile port: clunky PC controls, no controller
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“the PC version feels like an afterthought. Everything is formatted and served to you as if it were going to be played on your phone.”
Steam review · 0.1 h played ↗
Racism controversy and developer moderation
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 negative reviews
“The decision to have one of the very few POC NPC's in the game perform a monkey dance and then downplay it by saying they were trying to portray him as “dizzy” is not only irresponsible”
Steam review · 230 h played ↗
Lost saves and wiped accounts
Mentioned in ~1 in 15 negative reviews
“After 53 hours of gameplay, I logged in to find my character, progress, and all real world purchases completely wiped and unrecoverable.”
Steam review · 53.3 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: Playable10 GB
Minimum
OSWindows 10
ProcessorIntel Core i5 2500 or AMD FX-4350
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsNvidia GTX 660Ti or AMD R9 270
Storage10 GB available space
Recommended
OSWindows 10 / 11
ProcessorIntel Core i5 6500 or AMD R3 1200
Memory16 GB RAM
GraphicsNvidia GTX 1060 or AMD RX 480
Storage10 GB available space
OSWindows 10
ProcessorIntel Core i5 2500 or AMD FX-4350
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsNvidia GTX 660Ti or AMD R9 270
Storage10 GB available space
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