Hearth & Horde
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Hearth & Horde

Build by day. Hold by night.

A village builder where the night always comes. Raise walls, towers and traps by day, then watch the horde try to find a way through.

Free · Coming soon for iPhone & iPadApp Store
A walled village by day: towers at each corner, houses, farms and a hearth in the middle, with wolves, brutes, shades and a siege ogre gathering to the east.

HOW IT PLAYS

Every wall changes their path

Build by day

Your villagers chop wood, cut stone and farm on their own. You decide what goes up: walls, towers, torches, traps, houses and farms.

See them coming

At dusk the raiders’ routes appear. They always take the cheapest path to your hearth, so lay spikes where they’ll walk and pour oil where they’ll gather.

Hold by night

Then the horde comes, and everything you built either holds or doesn’t. Survive, take a boon at dawn, and build again.

THE HORDE

Know what’s coming

WolvesFast, and always take the shortest path.
BrutesArmoured. They smash through walls.
ShadesAvoid the light, and can’t be seen in the dark.
Goblin thievesGo for your storehouse, then run for it.
Siege ogresSlow, huge, and flatten whatever is in their way.

EVERY RUN IS DIFFERENT

A new land, a new twist

Boons at every dawn

Take one of three free, and buy more with the gold you saved. Many combine with your layout, so no two villages grow the same way.

Lands and twists

Open meadow, a river with fords, a mountain pass or lakes. A blood moon, fog that hides the routes, scarce stone. The land keeps opening up as you go.

Grow with the game

Grow from Hamlet to Village to Town, unlock new hearths and legendary boons, and climb eight levels of Ember for harder runs and higher scores.

WAYS TO PLAY

Fifteen minutes or fifty nights

  • Quick run. Eight nights in about fifteen minutes.
  • Campaign. Survive fifteen nights.
  • Endless. No last night. How far can you go?
  • Daily and weekly challenges. The same land and raids for everyone.
  • Raid. Play the horde against a village that builds itself.
  • Practice night. A guided first night you can’t lose.

Free to play. No energy timers.
Play as long as you like.