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Hiraeth

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53%Game Brain Score
Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, atmosphere
Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, stability
74% User Score Based on 23 reviews

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Hiraeth is a single player open world role playing shooter game with post-apocalyptic and science fiction themes. It was developed by Jade Horse and was released on September 3, 2025. It received mostly positive reviews from players.

☵ HIRAETH: A gripping hard sci-fi survival experience about isolation, resilience, and the quiet search for belonging in an alien wilderness. Hiraeth – a word for the ache of longing for a home you’ve never seen — and for those stranded on Ahra Prime, it becomes something more. Is home a place you return to… or one you forge in the void? You awaken alone on Ahra Prime—a vast, unforgiving pl…

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74%Audience ScoreBased on 23 reviews
graphics4 positive mentions
gameplay3 negative mentions
  • The game features beautiful, immersive graphics and a detailed, realistic atmosphere that enhances the survival experience.
  • The developer is highly responsive and actively updates the game, fixing bugs and adding new content regularly.
  • Hiraeth offers a challenging and deep survival experience with complex crafting, exploration, and combat systems.
  • The game is still in early access with notable bugs, occasional crashes, and performance issues on some hardware.
  • Some mechanics, like lock-picking mini-games and controls, can be frustrating or unintuitive to players.
  • Movement and interaction systems are sometimes clunky, causing players to get stuck or struggle with item interactions.

  • graphics

    6 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    67% positive mentions, 33% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    The game's graphics are widely praised for their beauty and detailed sci-fi aesthetic, offering immersive visuals that enhance gameplay. Recent updates have improved performance and stability, making the experience smoother. Overall, the stunning environments and atmospheric effects provide numerous memorable moments for players.

    • “Hiraeth is a genuine solo-dev passion project that captures a gritty hard sci-fi aesthetic perfectly.”
    • “The game is graphically super beautiful. Since the last update, there are no crashes, and the game runs wonderfully thanks to DLSS. The best is yet to come, I hope.”
    • “If these necessities are not enough to immerse you, the visuals alone are worth the gameplay, with endless moments of wanting to capture screenshots of the ambient night sky in the backdrop of facilities to the beautiful glow of distant moons glowing through the clouds above.”

  • gameplay

    4 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    50% positive mentions, -25% neutral mentions, 75% negative mentions

    The gameplay features intense survival mechanics that create a challenging experience, though some find the strict conditions frustrating. It offers a unique style distinct from other games, reflecting its ongoing development and refinement during early access.

    • “The uncompromising survival mechanics keep you on edge.”
    • “As an internal tester of Hiraeth, I have seen and experienced the game across numerous stages of its development with many hours of gameplay across numerous versions of the game and now in early access.”
    • “It is their fault and they will have to learn how to create a game without all these mechanical conditions of error.”
    • “As an internal tester of Hiraeth, I have seen and experienced the game across numerous stages of its development with many hours of gameplay across numerous versions in early access.”
    • “When speaking of Hiraeth versus other games, I will say it offers its own unique style of gameplay.”

  • atmosphere

    3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    100% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    The atmosphere is praised for its immersive world-building, crafting system, and intense local creature combat, creating a hardcore space survival experience. Players appreciate the slowburn, hard-fi survival vibe that enhances the overall mood.

    • “I love the atmosphere, the world that is being built, the crafting system, the story so far, and the local creature combat.”
    • “Nice atmosphere and hardcore space survival.”
    • “If you crave atmospheric slow-burn hard-fi survival, support this!”

  • story

    3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    100% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    The story is gradually unfolding within a rich, immersive world, blending a sandbox survival experience with an emerging, plot-driven narrative. Players appreciate the developing storyline and look forward to its progression alongside expanding locations and gameplay features.

    • “I love the atmosphere, the world that is being built, the crafting system, the story so far, and the local creature combat.”
    • “I really look forward to the combat and story development.”
    • “Currently Hiraeth is a sandbox survival interlaced with bits of a rapidly emerging story rich plot and more and more locations are being added.”

  • music

    3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    100% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    The game's ambient soundtrack is highly praised for enhancing the overall experience, and it offers extensive customization options, allowing players to adjust various sound elements including ambient music, footsteps, and even play their own custom playlists from available tracks.

    • “The ambient soundtrack is absolutely dope and adds another layer to the whole game.”
    • “The game allows you to customize sounds of all types, including adjusting the volume of your ambient music and even footsteps.”
    • “There is a module that lets you play your own custom song playlist using available Hiraeth tracks.”

  • stability

    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    0% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 100% negative mentions

    The game's stability is improving steadily through frequent patches, though it still experiences some bugs.

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Hiraeth is a open world role playing shooter game with post-apocalyptic and science fiction themes. Common tags for Hiraeth include first-person, indie, exploration, dystopian, early access and others.

Hiraeth is available on PC and Windows.

Hiraeth was released on September 3, 2025.

Hiraeth was developed by Jade Horse.

Hiraeth has received mostly positive reviews from players. Most players liked Hiraeth for its graphics but disliked it for its gameplay.

Hiraeth is a single player game.

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