Open now · By request
Heartland playtest
by 3D Cube Games
Heartland is a meditative strategy puzzle where you shape the landscapes of new worlds by placing hexagonal tiles. As you build, your worlds come to life and react to the events that unfold. Villages grow into cities, and castles rise into kingdoms, each with its own inhabitants and chronicles.
It's free to ask. The developer chooses who gets in.
- Access
- By request
- On playtest since
- Nov 13, 2026
- Planned release
- May 13, 2027
- Developer
- 3D Cube Games
- Platforms
- Windows
- Players
- Single-player
- Languages
- English, Russian
How to join the Heartland playtest
- Open the game's Steam page with the Request access button. Sign in to Steam if it asks.
- Request access to the Heartland playtest there. It's free and doesn't commit you to anything.
- The developer lets players in, often in batches, so it can take a while. Steam emails you when you're in, and the playtest appears in your library.
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How AI is used
The main menu music and icons were created using AI.
The developer's own words, from Steam.
About Heartland
Heartland is a meditative strategy puzzle about creating your own worlds. Place hexagonal tiles featuring rivers, forests, fields, villages, and castles. Watch as small settlements grow into cities and castles become the centers of entire kingdoms.
Your world lives by its own rules. Settlers explore new lands, caravans travel between territories, and kingdoms trade, exchange ambassadors, and march to war. Complete quests, place inhabitants in suitable areas, and watch your world develop.
In Heartland, the four seasons come and go: spring blossoms, summer fills the fields with greenery, autumn paints the land in gold, and winter covers it in snow. Festivals and Wonders of the World enrich your lands, while the Chronicles of Worlds preserve the history of rulers and events from every playthrough.
Features
- Build your own worlds using hexagonal tiles.
- Watch villages grow into cities and castles develop into kingdoms.
- Settlers, quests, and strategic tile placement.
- Caravans, trade, diplomacy, and military campaigns between kingdoms.
- Four seasons and changing landscapes.
- Festivals and Wonders that develop alongside your world.
- Chronicles of Worlds recording the rulers and events of each playthrough.
From the game's Steam page.
