Hearth and Hamlet wiki and guides for gold, resources, workers, buildings, research, quests, raids, and the official Discord.
Last updated: August 2026
Steam · Windows / SteamOS+Linux · Full 1.0
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Hearth and Hamlet is a Steam incremental citybuilder — gather resources, assign workers, research upgrades, and grow a frontier camp into a kingdom.
Hearth and Hamlet is a Incremental citybuilder · cozy pixel management on Steam · Windows / SteamOS+Linux from Phorust Studios, published with Runic Forge · Gamersky Games. Start with a campfire. Build a kingdom. A medieval citybuilder clicker with resource management, upgrade trees, and relaxing idle play.
Hearth and Hamlet is a cozy incremental citybuilder set in a magic-filled medieval pixel art world. Gather Food, Wood, Stone, and Gold, assign workers, upgrade building chains, research technologies, pass policies, trade with distant towns, unlock alchemy and magic, and train soldiers against raids.
This Hearth and Hamlet wiki groups pages by the next kingdom question. The Hearth and Hamlet guides cover the first hour, gold, workers, and tips; use the wiki cards for resources and buildings. Verified August 22, 2026. Not affiliated with Phorust Studios or the publishers.
| Title | Hearth and Hamlet |
|---|---|
| Developer | Phorust Studios |
| Publisher | Runic Forge · Gamersky Games |
| Platform | Steam · Windows / SteamOS+Linux |
| Steam app | 4315040 |
| Release | Full 1.0.0 · August 19, 2026 |
| Genre | Incremental citybuilder · cozy pixel management |
| Buildings | 28 building chains · ~146 levels |
| Research | ~323 research upgrades |
| Mode | Single-player |
| Last verified | August 22, 2026 |
New to Hearth and Hamlet — start the first campfire loop, join Discord, or skim bottleneck tips before expanding housing.
Gold, resources, and workers — the economy questions that stall a first Hearth and Hamlet kingdom.
Every Hearth and Hamlet kingdom starts the same way: gather resources, assign workers, upgrade buildings, then spend Gold on research.
Collect Food, Wood, Stone, and Gold by hand, then automate with workers.
Learn more →02Upgrade ~28 building chains (~146 levels) for storage, production, and capacity.
Learn more →03Spend resources on ~323 permanent upgrades across building research trees.
Learn more →04Pass policies, trade with towns, unlock magic, and defend against raids.
Learn more →Buildings, research, and policies — the kingdom systems this Hearth and Hamlet wiki maps for upgrades and laws.
Quests, trade, raids, enemies, and magic once the camp can survive pressure.
32 main quests, Cathedral beats, and story unlocks for systems.
Eight towns and expeditions — export surplus, import bottlenecks.
Soldiers, guards, and defense prep before combat waves hit.
Quest foes and raid threats — stats stay TBA until verified.
Alchemy and Magic Academy once Food and Gold loops are stable.
Browse every live page as a card directory or search by a system term.
Hearth and Hamlet tips verified August 22, 2026.
Keep Food trending positive before expanding housing — population without food stalls the kingdom.
Gold is the early bottleneck many players hit; open the gold guide before overbuilding vanity chains.
Assign workers to the scarcest resource, not the prettiest building — bottlenecks move every upgrade tier.
Research permanent unlocks before stacking temporary shop buffs you cannot sustain.
Train guards before the first serious raid wave; walls alone do not replace soldiers.
Trade towns unlock new sinks and sinks unlock new bottlenecks — check storage before big expeditions.
Verified Hearth and Hamlet milestones from the Steam demo through the 1.0 full release — patch detail lands on Steam news and the official Discord.
Hearth and Hamlet launches in full on Steam (build 24788561). The campfire → kingdom loop — gather resources, assign workers, upgrade buildings, research, trade, and defend raids — is the live path.
The free Steam demo introduced the incremental kingdom loop to a large playtest audience. Demo numbers can differ from the 1.0 full release — treat old ratios as TBA until checked in-game.
Steam community announcements point players to the official Discord. This unofficial Hearth and Hamlet wiki maps the same systems with practical Hearth and Hamlet guides.
This Hearth and Hamlet wiki maps beginner loops, gold, resources, workers, buildings, research, policies, quests, trade, raids, enemies, and magic. Unverified stats stay marked TBA.
