Hearth & Shadow

Hearth & Shadow is a card-based strategy game in which you develop a human settlement and defend it from monster invasions. You combine cards to build up the settlement and its outposts, manage resources and defenses, and respond to threats.

Card combinations

Every decision is based on combining cards. The card types are materials, technologies, bonuses, actions (weapons), events, and buildings and outposts. Combinations let you build structures that affect population, food, and defense. Some cards directly change these indicators, while negative events can be countered with action cards, which can also be combined with one another.

Settlement and outposts

The settlement and its defenses use separate decks, with the outposts having their own decks. In the settlement, you monitor population and food; at the outposts, you track the number of monsters and your defense value. Outposts protect the settlement from monsters, and higher defense makes attacks less frequent. You can unlock new buildings and outposts or upgrade existing ones.

Find recipes

The recipe book lists the available recipes and shows the card chain needed to obtain a desired card. These recipes provide options for developing the settlement and planning its defense against monsters.