I love incremental games, and I love city builders. This scratches neither itch.
Hearth and Hamlet2026
Hearth and Hamlet
2026 Runic Forge74Good
Playtime
ModerateIt typically takes about 10 hours to finish the game.
Playable on
- Steam DeckPlayable
- Steam MachinePlayable
Available on
- $7.99
Game modes
Details
- Launch
- August 19, 2026
- Developer
- Phorust Studios
- Publisher
- Runic Forge
- Themes
- Genres
Overview
Gather resources and grow your settlement from a humble camp into a vibrant, magic-filled kingdom! Hearth and Hamlet is an incremental citybuilder game in a cozy pixelart style. Assign workers, unlock new buildings, policies, and magic, trade with faraway lands, and construct your ideal settlement!
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Reception
Players84
Great- Steam84from 1.1K reviews
Bro. Why the hate on an $7 game.
My rule is a Dollar per hour, You'll get at least least 7 hours of reasonable fun out of this game.
Don't over think it.
Is it Banish, nope.
Is it Farthest Frontiers, heck no.
But guys, chill and enjoy at $7 game on a Saturday.
it's fun to play tbh, worth spending time on it especially if you're working on something and wants a side game to enjoy
There's nothing to do besides updating whatever is next.
And then waiting for the next possible upgrade.
It's fun for one playthrough if it's just your sidegame.
I want to like this game, but...meh. The game loop has real problems. Population limits make balancing production difficult, active clicking is too valuable to ignore, and too much of the late game becomes moving citizens around and holding your mouse button over whatever resource you're short on. I also agree with the complaints about the UI and lack...