HeartWood

HeartWood

Cult Ivators · 2024 · Hack and Slash, Action, Tower Defense, Beat 'em up, 3D

PC
Positive92% · 24
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About HeartWood

Play as a young druid set to purify the wilting Ancient tree to save the forest’s life force. You must defend the tree against the corrupted spirits. With your staff in hand, use and gain new magical plants to help fight against the hordes of creatures. Will you restore the Ancient tree’s power, or die trying?
  • Defending the Grand Tree from increasingly challenging waves of monsters
  • Use magical plants that give buffs or help out in the fight
  • Mystical, alluring, and magical visuals of once-calm nature contrasted against the bright corrupted orbs
  • Astonishing graphics and beautiful music and sounds
This game was developed as a student project at DigiPen Institute of Technology and was created for educational purposes only. Please check out our publisher page for more information.

What Steam players say

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

Recommended Jul 16, 2025
8 found this helpful
Recommended Mar 9, 2026
Not bad game made by students of DigiPen Institute of Technology. The students coded, created the visuals and the music themselves. It’s really short, you can finish it in about 10 minutes. But for their first game the students did a good enough job!
5 found this helpful
Recommended Jun 3, 2025
cute
1 found this helpful
Recommended Nov 22, 2025
Amazing game! I loved the art style and the gameplay, I didn't know a tower defense mixed with combat would be so fun! I only wish there was more levels or something, perhaps different trees or areas you need to protect?
Recommended Aug 26, 2025
Its a cute little game! I love the concept of it as a full on game! The art style is also great! The only major issue I had while playing was the dodge being a bit wonky. I'd get stuck on a a few hitboxes sometimes, both plant and enemy, and would take hits bc character wouldnt move. Would love to see more!
Recommended Mar 15, 2025
Played it under Linux with Proton, and it crashed at Wave 9(15/20 minutes of total playtime), sadly. Still, that was a sweet tower defense while I got to play it, everything on this project feels coherent. Wish you good luck for the rest of your carrerr !

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