A Nethric game · Android
Hearthwick
A cozy little world of quiet magic.
Light the hearth, open your grimoire, and learn the quiet arts one small lesson at a time. Tarot, herbs, runes, crystals, meditation and more, taught by ten gentle mentors in a hidden pixel-art valley.
In private testing
- Lessons
- 163 short lessons
- Grimoire
- 272 pages to find
- Mentors
- 10 places to visit
- Private
- No ads, no account, nothing collected
The game
A hidden valley, and a hearth gone cold.
Hearthwick is a cozy pixel-art game about a young witch or wizard in a hidden valley. A grey Hush has settled over the valley, and the cottage hearth has gone cold.
Ten gentle mentors live in the places around it, each keeping their own craft. Walk the valley with your familiar, visit their homes, learn what they teach, and the light slowly comes back.
Ten places, ten mentors
- Elder WillowMeditation and breathing · Moonlit Grove
- Madame AstraTarot, all 78 cards · Starfall Tower
- Old BramblePlants and herbs, with safety notes · Whisperwood Garden
- WickSpells, spell jars, candles and moon phases · Candlelight Hollow
- Skald IngridThe runes of the Elder Futhark · Runestone Cliffs
- Professor NineNumerology · Numberlight Observatory
- Mother GeodeCrystals · Glimmer Grotto
- Old MeridianAstrology · Starwatch Hill
- Nana PoppyDreams and dream journaling · Lantern Meadow
- Old HazelThe wheel of the year · Seasonwheel Orchard
What's inside
A little each day.
Two small lessons a day
163 short lessons and 272 grimoire pages to find. Each lesson is a few teaching cards and a handful of questions, with a kind explanation when you get one wrong. Two new lessons arrive each day, and any you miss wait for you. A meditation or a yoga routine opens a bonus lesson, and finished lessons can be replayed whenever you like.
Practice and mastery
Small, unhurried games help what you learn stay with you: card memory, herb foraging, cauldron brewing, rune riddles, number puzzles and a still pond to breathe with. Earn up to three mastery stars on every page.
Slow down
Six guided meditations, a breathing stone, six gentle yoga routines, seven soundscapes to play by the hearth, and twelve bedtime stories to drift off to. Keep a journal and a dream log, write your own notes on any page, draw a card of the day, and fill spell jars and recipes of your own.
Make it yours
Choose a cat, owl, fox or frog as your familiar. Dress your witch or wizard: hair, hats, robes, trims and more. Tell Old Meridian your birthday, if you like, to meet the star companion you were born under.
Kind to your day
An optional gentle reminder when new lessons arrive, at the time you choose. Larger text sizes, reduced motion and light or dark colours in Settings.
Plays anywhere
Lessons, meditations, soundscapes and stories all work without a connection. Hearthwick never goes online.
Made with care
Tradition and reflection. Private by design.
Made with care. Tarot, astrology, crystals, runes, numerology and folk herb lore are shared as tradition, symbolism and tools for reflection. They are not predictions, and nothing in Hearthwick is medical advice. Herb pages always carry safety notes and suggest asking a doctor first.
Private by design. No account, no ads and no tracking, and Hearthwick never goes online. Everything you write stays on your phone. Your saved game can ride along in your phone's own Google backup, or make your own backup code or file whenever you like, and delete everything from Settings at any time. Read the privacy policy.
Availability
In private testing.
Hearthwick is in private testing on Android. If you have an Android phone and would like to play it now, ask to join the private test by email.
Android 10 or newer. Send the Google account email you use on that phone, and please keep the game installed for 14 days. No iPhone version yet.