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Harvest Hunt is a single player survival action adventure game with a horror theme. It was developed by Neonhive Games and was released on May 22, 2024. It received overwhelmingly positive reviews from players.

Trapped in a cursed village, you’re pitted against a vicious monster. To survive, an appointed Warden must harvest the cornfields and face the monster using stealth, strategy and handcrafted tools. Face new challenges every night while being relentlessly hunted. Can you save your community?

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100%
Audience ScoreBased on 56 reviews
gameplay6 positive mentions
grinding3 negative mentions

  • Stunning hand-drawn art style and atmospheric sound design create a unique, immersive horror experience.
  • Engaging roguelike gameplay with strategic card systems and modifiers that influence each playthrough.
  • Compelling and well-written lore that enriches the game's world and encourages replayability.
  • Limited content with only one map and one main monster, leading to repetitiveness over longer play sessions.
  • The monster AI has flaws, including predictable behavior and occasional bugs that reduce tension.
  • Some gameplay elements, like certain tools and the banishing mechanic, can be underwhelming or unbalanced.
  • gameplay
    25 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The gameplay offers a slow, deliberate, and strategic horror roguelike experience centered around stealth mechanics and dynamic card-based modifiers that keep each night different. While initially engaging and supported by beautiful visuals and lore, the repetitive map and some predictable mechanics cause the gameplay loop to become somewhat tedious over time. Overall, it provides a satisfying, atmospheric experience especially for fans of extraction-style gameplay without PvP elements.

    • “There are several impressive layers of mechanics that keep the gameplay dynamic and strategic.”
    • “You do play on the same map but so much is impacted and changes your overall experience (as well as style of play) based on new entity cards (think mutations in other games that alter certain elements of gameplay) that can appear each night (or each season, i.e. 5 in-game days).”
    • “Love the gameplay, the story, the card system that helps you to hunt with various situations each night, choose wisely tools and approach to banish the devourer.”
    • “The game features this "rite" system where every entire real life week it gives you new objectives to try out for in exchange for some coins to use for "hexxed" items... I don't know what they do and I find it weird that a short, small game like this with as few modifiers as it has even entertains the idea of replaying through some kind of fear of losing out mechanic.”
    • “Fun until you figure out the mechanics, then just kinda tedious.”
    • “By the end of the fifth and final harvest (each one comprising of five nights) the map and gameplay loop just became too familiar to really hold my interest like the first few did, which is a shame.”
  • graphics
    16 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The graphics are widely praised for their stunning hand-drawn art style, which blends a unique mix of comforting and creepy elements, creating an immersive and atmospheric experience. The visuals, combined with excellent sound design, significantly enhance the horror theme and overall gameplay, making the game both beautiful and captivating.

    • “The hand-drawn art style is stunning!”
    • “The graphics are simply beautiful, and the gameplay is quite different than anything else I've played.”
    • “The atmosphere is sublime - the art style is truly top-notch.”
  • atmosphere
    12 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The game features a stunning and distinctive art style complemented by excellent texture work, lighting, and sound design, creating a consistently immersive and suspenseful atmosphere. Players frequently mention the sense of dread and fear, heightened by effective jumpscares and thematic elements, making the experience both intense and engaging. Overall, the atmosphere is praised as a standout aspect that significantly enhances gameplay and player immersion.

    • “It's a gorgeous looking game, from the card art and menus to the in-game 3D, texture work, and atmospheric lighting.”
    • “The atmosphere is amazing (you never feel safe while doing your tasks) with a super interesting art style and great sound design.”
    • “Absolutely love the art direction, atmosphere, and folkloric themes!”
  • story
    10 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The story in the game is praised for its engaging, folklore-inspired narrative that unfolds across seasons with different characters and backstories. Players appreciate the well-written, immersive tale paired with a challenging gameplay structure, though some feel the difficulty could be heightened. Overall, the story enhances the horror experience and encourages thoughtful play through its evolving plot and character-driven design.

    • “What if Dead by Daylight was good, singleplayer, and had a great story to it all!”
    • “There are five nights per season and each season has you play as a different character with their own backstory and a starting trait.”
    • “If you love horror, enjoy a good challenge, and appreciate rich, folklore-inspired storytelling, do yourself a favor and dive into the nightmare that is Harvest Hunt.”
    • “Update after completion: I still recommend Harvest Hunt and love its card system, but after completing it, I have no real desire to jump back in to discover more about the story as it expects me to.”
    • “☐ no story”
    • “Bits of the storyline are strewn between levels and are well-written.”
  • grinding
    3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    Grinding is initially engaging but becomes tedious once players master the repetitive boss mechanics, making the experience feel monotonous over time.

    • “Overall my feelings for this game are positive, but repeating the same boss over and over again for every season got quite tedious after a while when I learned the boss's playstyle.”
    • “Fun until you figure out the mechanics, then it just becomes kinda tedious.”
    • “You'll need a second life for grinding.”
  • replayability
    2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The game offers enjoyable and engaging replayability without being overly time-consuming to fully complete, enhanced by its atmospheric horrors and sound design.

    • “Not too long to 100% the game but it's replayable and enjoyable throughout.”
    • “Loving the replayability, everything from the horrors to the sound design.”
  • music
    2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The music in Harvest Hunt is subtle and effectively enhances the atmospheric experience, complementing the game's art style and creature design with wonderfully grotesque sounds.

    • “I love the atmosphere, music, and themes of Harvest Hunt.”
    • “The music is subtle and the sounds from the creatures are wonderfully grotesque.”
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Harvest Hunt is a survival action adventure game with horror theme.

Harvest Hunt is available on PC, Windows, Xbox and PlayStation.

Harvest Hunt was released on May 22, 2024.

Harvest Hunt was developed by Neonhive Games.

Harvest Hunt has received overwhelmingly positive reviews from players. Most players liked Harvest Hunt for its gameplay but disliked it for its story.

Harvest Hunt is a single player game.

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