Back to Hearth

Ich war nicht auf die emotionale Ebene dieses Spiels vorbereitet. Gerade jetzt in 2026 hittet es umso mehr. Ich finde gerade irgendwie keine Worte, aber ich würde es allen Menschen empfehlen. Die wichtigsten Thematiken: Trauer und der Umgang damit. Weiterzumachen und die Kraft zu finden neu anzufangen. Aus den Erinnerungen etwas neues und schönes zu schaffen und das Leben zu feiern. Es gibt einem Hoffnung und spendet Trost.

Дуже душевна гра , у якої є тільки один недолік - тривалість. З такою атмосферою та медитативним ігровим процесом я б з великим задоволенням провів би годин 5-7 щонайменше.

Sad and heartwarming. Good story. Cozy. Thumbs up.

纯步行模拟，意义不明的画线，以及十国语言无中文导致导致只能知道个大概剧情，大段的物品文化说明根本看不懂，但是静谧温暖的极佳美术氛围还是让我沉浸其中了。当然有次出门直接bug到直接只剩天空盒只能章节重新开始以及后面几次找不到最后的一点待办事件的时候还是有些涨血压的。

Тотальний затишок

A little indie game created by a small team, at the Ukrainian Games Festival. Its a cozy and enjoying game to play. There is many culture references, about the simple rural Ukrainian life. Its a shame there is so few chapters in the game. Pros: - Retro graphic - Relaxing gameplay Cons: - Simple puzzle solving - Ultra short campaign

It’s been a very long time since I’ve taken a long trip somewhere foreign, very strange, maybe cold. Though no matter how wonderful the experience was, I never forgot the feeling of coming home. To walk through my front door and just be warm. Back to Hearth is that warmth. A sub-two-hour experience that I first thought was going to be akin to their subsequent game, Dread Fields, which I had played first, and is itself a cozy, slow-burning horror. Coming back and now playing Back to Hearth heightened the looming dread I had already set for it, and seeing it slowly melt away into the warmth of cleanliness and community was truly something. I’m an American with little perspective or understanding of Ukrainian, steppe, and small-town culture, yet every second of Back to Hearth oozed what I can only see now, as the Ukrainian Experience: Community, folklore, getting by with scarcity after being forced to relocate, and the heart that life that steels, the quaintness of a small, cramped, warm home where privacy is practically impossible. Every collectible sucked me in with its history, as they’re all trinkets and small parts of Ukrainian life: toys, wards, instruments, and the arts. I found myself stopping mid-playthrough to simply look up the item online, something I would seemingly never care to do in another game, because it was more than just a stupid collectible to tick a box; it was life. I found myself getting lost in the stories I was first creating for these homes, before lighting a flame and learning its true form. Despite being repetitive, with cleaning actions requiring the same three wrist strokes, I barely cared for anything negative that wasn’t the fascinating unraveling of this setting. A deep appreciation to the team over at Podoba Interactive for allowing me to experience a side of life I never really considered.