Is Heart and Core free?

Yes — Heart and Core is free to play, so you can install and play it without buying anything.

Is Heart and Core Steam Deck compatible?

Mostly. Valve rates Heart and Core Playable on Steam Deck: it runs, but may need some manual tweaking — a community controller layout, or zooming in on small text.

Can I play Heart and Core on Mac?

Not natively — Steam lists no macOS version of Heart and Core. Mac players would need a cloud gaming service or a Windows compatibility layer.

Is Heart and Core multiplayer?

No — Steam lists Heart and Core as single-player only.

Is Heart and Core on PC Game Pass?

No — Heart and Core is not on PC Game Pass right now.

Heart and Core

Name: Heart and Core
Brand: Chonky Raccoon Studios
Availability: InStock

Chonky Raccoon Studios · April 12, 2024 · Action, Adventure, Action-Adventure, Beat 'em up, 2D Platformer

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About Heart and Core

✦ AI summary

Heart and Core is a 2.5D twin-stick brawler where you simultaneously pilot engineer JJ and her robot companion KAI using split controller halves, combining her gravity gun and acrobatics with his raw punching power to fight through waves of enemy robots and stop the tyrannical Santiago. Each character's unique abilities—JJ's jumping and object manipulation versus KAI's wall-breaking and combat prowess—must work in tandem to overcome diverse enemy types and traverse seamlessly connected environments filled with fully voice-acted characters.

A twin-stick action brawler. Young engineer JJ and her robot companion, KAI, evade the totalitarian control of the ruthless Santiago. Traverse, hide, and fight your way through a seemingly unending onslaught of enemy RAMs. Use JJ’s Gravity Gun and KAI’s fists to stun and destroy enemies.

Heart and Core — game info

Platforms: Windows
Steam Deck: Playable
Player modes: Single-player
Controller: Full controller support
PC Game Pass: Not included

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What Steam players say

Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.

Recommended Aug 16, 2024

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8 found this helpful

Recommended Apr 13, 2024

Excellent game, Excellent sound design, and Excellent lore. Enjoyed game thoroughly except for the last level which I felt was very rushed, poorly made, and utilized very poor mechanics. Whoever worked on that last level should consider working on their balancing.

5 found this helpful

Not recommended Jan 11, 2025

needs some work. Add in saves, and show the controls before instead of after you figure something out on your own. The controls are really weird and hard to get used to.

1 found this helpful

Not recommended Dec 1, 2025

i get that this game is like project for gamejam or something like that but it is still bad so 4 buggy rockets out of 10

Recommended Oct 18, 2024

The controls are weird but the game is good.

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