How many copies has Heart of the Woods sold?

indielist estimates Heart of the Woods has sold between 31,284 and 72,996 units (median 52,140), derived from its 869 Steam reviews with the white-box Boxleiter v1.0 method. The full breakdown is shown on the page.

Who developed Heart of the Woods?

Heart of the Woods was developed by Studio Élan and published by Studio Élan.

Who published Heart of the Woods?

Heart of the Woods was published by Studio Élan, developed by Studio Élan. See Studio Élan's full catalogue and submission status on indielist.

When was Heart of the Woods released?

Heart of the Woods was released in 2019.

How many reviews does Heart of the Woods have on Steam?

Heart of the Woods has 869 Steam reviews, of which 95% are positive.

Is Heart of the Woods worth playing?

Steam players rate Heart of the Woods 95% positive across 869 reviews. indielist doesn't score games editorially; it surfaces public review sentiment and a white-box sales estimate so you can judge reception and reach yourself.

Heart of the Woods

Feb 15, 2019 Casual $14.99

Developer Studio Élan Publisher Studio Élan

Profile updated Jul 2026

Casual indie game Heart of the Woods launched in 2019 from Studio Élan, which is listed as both developer and publisher. On Steam it has 979 reviews with 95% positive sentiment, and its initial price was $14.99.

Heart of the Woods is a 2019 Casual game developed by Studio Élan and published by Studio Élan. On Steam it has gathered 869 player reviews, 95% of them positive, which counts as a very positive reception among indie titles in the Casual category. The game is available on linux, mac, windows, and launched at $15. The pairing of developer Studio Élan with publisher Studio Élan is one of the studio-publisher relationships indielist tracks, letting players find comparable games and letting developers and investors study how Casual projects reach the market. indielist's white-box method estimates its lifetime sales at roughly 31,000 to 73,000 units, with the full Boxleiter factor breakdown shown on this page rather than a single black-box figure. Within indielist's catalog of indie games mapped to their studios, publishers, and funding, Heart of the Woods can be compared against similar Casual titles and benchmarked on review counts and estimated sales.

Reviews

869

Positive

95%

Steam appid

844660

Engine

Unknown

Players (snapshot)

Unavailable

Sales estimate

v1.0

31K to 73K

units (median: 52K)

≈ $268K to $625K modeled net revenue (fixed store-cut, refund, and regional-price assumptions applied)

31K median 73K

+ How is this calculated?

869 reviews × NB(60) = 52,140 median units

Factor	Adjustment
base	+50
year_2019	+15
price_$15	0
positive_95%	+10
genre_Casual	-15
final NB	60

Heuristic display range: median × [0.6, 1.4]. Boundary protection: NB ∈ [15, 150].

Methodology & limitations

Sales estimates use an additive Boxleiter-derived heuristic against public Steam review counts. They are not authoritative sales data, and the fixed display range is not a statistically validated confidence interval. Actual results may fall outside it, especially for deeply discounted or bundle-heavy titles. Algorithm version v1.0. Read the exact method and validation status.

indielist estimates lifetime unit sales for Heart of the Woods at roughly 31,000 to 73,000 copies, with a median around 52,000, derived from its 869 Steam reviews using a multi-factor Boxleiter method (version v1.0). That median maps to approximately $446K in net revenue after Steam's 30% cut, regional pricing, and refunds. Unlike black-box trackers, the full calculation is shown on this page: a base review-to-sales multiplier is adjusted for release year, launch price, review sentiment, studio size, and genre, and every adjustment is listed so developers, publishers, and investors can audit exactly how the figure was reached. The range itself reflects genuine uncertainty — review-to-sales ratios vary widely between games — so indielist publishes a low, median, and high band rather than a false-precision single number, and treats free-to-play, heavily discounted, and bundle-distributed titles as having wider error margins still.

Price history

6 observed days · window low $7.49

Across 6 observed UTC days from 2026-07-17 to 2026-07-22, the daily lowest tracked USD price across stores ranged from $7.49 to $7.49. The tracked-window low was $7.49 on 2026-07-17.

Real store observations · daily lowest tracked USD price across stores · missing days are not filled.

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Platforms

linuxmacwindows

Genres

CasualIndie

Frequently asked questions

How many copies has Heart of the Woods sold?: indielist estimates Heart of the Woods has sold between 31,284 and 72,996 units (median 52,140), derived from its 869 Steam reviews with the white-box Boxleiter v1.0 method. The full breakdown is shown on the page.
Who developed Heart of the Woods?: Heart of the Woods was developed by Studio Élan and published by Studio Élan.
Who published Heart of the Woods?: Heart of the Woods was published by Studio Élan, developed by Studio Élan. See Studio Élan's full catalogue and submission status on indielist.
When was Heart of the Woods released?: Heart of the Woods was released in 2019.
How many reviews does Heart of the Woods have on Steam?: Heart of the Woods has 869 Steam reviews, of which 95% are positive.
Is Heart of the Woods worth playing?: Steam players rate Heart of the Woods 95% positive across 869 reviews. indielist doesn't score games editorially; it surfaces public review sentiment and a white-box sales estimate so you can judge reception and reach yourself.

Players looking for games like Heart of the Woods can compare it on indielist against semantically similar Casual titles such as Garry's Mod, Wallpaper Engine, Factorio, Balatro, ranked by shared tags and genre rather than by ad spend. On the developer side, Studio Élan's other releases and Studio Élan's wider catalog are one click away, letting developers benchmark where Heart of the Woods sits among a studio's body of work and how its publisher's portfolio performs. Because indielist maps studios, publishers, games, and funding into one connected graph, the same Heart of the Woods page serves three audiences at once: players hunting their next Casual game, developers studying how comparable projects were positioned and what they sold, and investors tracing which teams and labels are active in the space. A machine-readable markdown mirror of this page is published at the same path with a .md suffix for AI assistants, and its review, price, and sales-estimate figures are refreshed on a schedule rather than frozen at launch.

Matched from shared Steam tags and primary genre. Review count breaks ties; it is not a personal recommendation score.