Hearthline - Beta

Hearthline - Beta

Hearthline is a cozy idle-builder about tending a hearth, guiding a household, and growing a settlement one warm night at a time. The web beta is open — play in your browser and help us tune the first thirty minutes.

website

discord

itch

Development

Early Access

Platforms

Web

Monetization

Free

Playstyle

Idle

Semi idle

Length

Hours

Days

Graphics

Setting

Historic

Mysterious

Unique setting

Gameplay

Micro management

Resource management

Numbers go up

Unique gameplay

Linear progression

Features

Web responsive

Story

Cloud save

Offline progress

Persistent browser game

Engine

HMTL-JAVASCRIPT

AI usage disclosure

I'm a software-industry lifer who spent years shipping everyone else's software and never got to build a game of my own. Hearthline is me finally fixing that — and I used AI extensively to do it: art, code, writing, music direction, the lot. What's mine is the vision and every design call; AI did a lot of the making.

Keep the fire lit. Grow something that lasts.

Hearthline is a slow-burn, cozy idle-builder. Tend a hearth, keep a household warm and fed, and grow from a single family through camp, settlement, and village — unlocking roles, buildings, and recipes as you go. Needs decay in real time, so your settlement is something you care for, not just optimize. Come back to a ledger of what happened while you were away.

This is an early web beta. It's playable, but balance, content, saves, and UI will keep changing. We're not asking for reviews — we want honest feedback from players who enjoy idle, incremental, cozy, and settlement games. The thing we most want to learn: what you do in the first five minutes after the tutorial stops guiding you.