
Step into a quiet, abandoned Ukrainian village, left empty after the Calamity. In this short, meditative, and melancholic journey, you’ll rekindle the hearths of deserted homes, restoring warmth and hope to the families who once lived here.
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Every price cut of more than 20% we have observed, in each market that quoted one, with this game's chart position on either side of it. These are episodes, not a model: a sale is one event, and one event cannot tell you what the next one will do.
Reviews, worldwide (the counter carries no country): 1/day in the week to Aug 18 → 1.14/day in the week after.
For scale, across Steam · Top Sellers · Brazil over the last 30 days: the 26 chart moves that followed a price cut of more than 20% went a median of 7 places towards #1, and the 2,400 moves with no price cut behind them went 2 away. One store, one chart, one country — it is the only place we have enough observations to say even that.
Prices outside the United States have been collected since 6 August 2026 and chart positions since 19 July 2026, so a cut older than that has no market to compare and a market that joined later has no history yet. Nothing here is converted between currencies.
About
The Calamity devastated this small village, stripping it of laughter, voices, and life. You play as a character determined to repair the damage, clean up the homes, and rekindle their hearths — creating comfort so the villagers are no longer afraid to return.

The village has 5 houses. Each one needs to be restored — sometimes with a hammer, sometimes with a broom or a screwdriver. Some repairs also require drawing special "gestures".
Once the house is cleaned and the fire is burning in the stove, you have to wait a little. The residents are about to return. You will have the opportunity to listen to their stories.

Back to Hearth is a game about more than just cleaning houses — it’s about uncovering the lives once lived within them. Each home holds memories, belongings, amulets, and other details that gradually reveal the villagers’ stories. Some of these items are added to your Collections after interaction, which you can view anytime in the main menu.

short game - 1 hour of playtime
melancholic fall atmosphere
setting of an Eastern European village, specifically a Ukrainian village
casual meditative gameplay
opportunity to eat apples, grapes, and raspberries
opportunity to chase after chickens
personal and household items that allow you to learn more about the residents
collections (search in the main menu)
graphic stylization, like in games of the 2000s
Engagement
Reviews
Themes across 78 recent reviews and how positive each mention is. A keyword signal, not full sentiment analysis.
Reviews
nice little nostalgic trip
krásná hra, velice pozitivní, dává naději, že vše bude lepší, ať je kalamita, jaká je.
Душевно
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Stats
All-time low is the lowest price we've recorded for this game since we started tracking it.
Languages: English, Ukrainian, German, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, French, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Portuguese - Portugal, Spanish - Latin America
Hours played at review time, across 78 reviews with recorded playtime.
positive critical· bar length = how often the theme comes up
Warm, lovely, heartmelting
коротенька але душевна. до сліз
Ein einfaches, entspanntes und kurzweiliges Spiel gehalten in Retrografik - nichts wildes aber gut gemacht.
[h1]My First Negative Review on an Indie Game for a Long Time[/h1] The game is set in a Ukrainian village with some abandoned houses that we need to fix. I really appreciate how the interiors look, telling a story through old Ukrainian stuff people used to have, or may still have, in their homes. It's a cool house-flipper-ish idea, especially with this setting. Unfortunately, the actual gameplay gets repetitive pretty quickly. You keep doing the same actions, and even the music starts repeating, which makes the whole game feel less varied. I was also expecting more of an actual story, but there's almost none. Another thing I didn't really like was the English translation. It's way too slang-ish in some places. I understand that the developer was probably trying to keep it as close to the Ukrainian version as possible, but... sorry, maybe it's just not for me. To make a long story short, I really like the idea and the Ukrainian atmosphere, but the repetitive gameplay, lack of an actual story, and English translation made it difficult for me to enjoy.
Ви шо наробили, я в стім не поплакать захожу p_p
Гра коротенька, я пройшла її за півтори години, але буду перегравати, щоб отримати всі досягнення. Дуже атмосферна, та і взагалі люблю ігри із подібною графікою. Кінець здивував та неймовірно розчулив, що довелося і поплакати. Дуже рекомендую пограти та воно вартує кожної копійки
Чудова атмосферна гра
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