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Hearthvale
Draw cards, build a town, grow loot, and defend Hearthvale when monster waves arrive—your first run starts fast.
ByLevi7hartReleasedLink checked Oct 22, 2026
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- See the controls on the itch.io page.
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What is Hearthvale?
Hearthvale is a single-player strategy card game that blends city building, deckbuilding, roguelite progression, and tower defense. Made by Levi7hart, it runs through itch.io in a browser and works on desktop and phone. You build up a settlement with cards, prepare defenses, and face escalating monster attacks. Its pixel-art presentation supports a deep mix of building choices, loot hunting, monster capture, and long-term progression between runs.
How a run of Hearthvale plays
A run in Hearthvale moves between building by day and defending by night. Draw cards to raise farms, forges, and towers, plant crops that grow into random loot, strengthen nearby buildings, and reclaim districts hidden by fog. Then waves bring runners, harpies, siege rams, splitting slimes, and bosses. You aim to survive, gather upgrades, explore the node map, and eventually reach the Boss Lair. Each run uses ten lives and feeds progress into the next.
Why Hearthvale is worth a try
Hearthvale mixes several loops that usually live in separate games. Its hand of cards drives city construction, while hybrid towers, rally points, upgrade paths, and Tetris-style walls handle the defense. Crops can sprout loot, captured monsters can work in idle dungeons, and rare or unique drops give collectors something to chase. Hearthvale also refuses a final victory: there is always another age, another map route, and another build to test.
Who will enjoy Hearthvale
Hearthvale suits players who enjoy strategy games with many systems to combine. Deckbuilders, tower-defense fans, roguelite players, and loot hunters can all find a hook here. It is especially appealing if you like planning a run, improving a permanent tech web, collecting monsters, and chasing named elites or unique gear. Expect a substantial, ongoing game rather than a quick arcade bite, with desktop and phone support plus offline play.
FAQ
Hearthvale FAQ
Is Hearthvale free to play?
Yes. Hearthvale is listed as free to play on itch.io. It is a released single-player game, so you can try its card-driven city building and tower defense without paying.
Who made Hearthvale?
Hearthvale was made by Levi7hart. The game is listed as AI Assisted, and its itch.io page presents the project as an endless roguelite city-builder tower defense experience.
Where can I play Hearthvale?
You can play Hearthvale through its itch.io page. It works on desktop and phone, and it also supports offline play, making it a flexible pick for a browser game session.
How do you play Hearthvale?
During the day, draw cards to build farms, forges, and towers, plant crops for loot, and reclaim fog-covered districts. At night, defend against monster waves. Capture monsters, develop your tech web, pursue loot and quests, and push toward the Boss Lair.
Is Hearthvale like a survivors-like game?
It shares the roguelite pressure of surviving repeated enemy waves and improving future runs, but Hearthvale is more focused on cards, city building, tower placement, loot, and long-term systems than a straightforward survivors-like format.
Is Hearthvale finished or still in development?
Hearthvale is listed as Released. Its endless structure means there is no final victory, though the game continues through new ages, progression choices, loot hunts, quests, bosses, and increasingly ambitious runs.