Hearthstone
Hearthstone is a free-to-play digital collectible card game set in the Warcraft universe. Originally subtitled Heroes of Warcraft, the game features turn-based one-on-one matches where players build 30-card…
Hearthstone is a card & board game developed by Blizzard Entertainment, released 11 March 2014 on Android, iOS, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Hearthstone is
Hearthstone is a card & board game game developed by Blizzard Entertainment and released in 2014. It is available on Android, iOS, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unity.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Hearthstone is a 2014 online digital collectible card video game produced by Blizzard Entertainment, released under the free-to-play model. Originally subtitled Heroes of Warcraft, Hearthstone builds upon the existing lore of the Warcraft series by using the same elements, characters, and relics. The game is available on the Windows, macOS, iOS and Android platforms, featuring cross-platform play. It has been a critical and commercial success, with Blizzard reporting more than 100 million Hearthstone players as of November 2018, and the game has become popular as an esport, with cash prize tournaments hosted by Blizzard and other organizers.
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are fantasy. It supports multiplayer for up to 2 players online. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.
Where it sits in the Warcraft series
Hearthstone is the 23rd of 69 entries we hold in the Warcraft series. It arrived a year after World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria: The Thunder King. The next entry was Hearthstone: Curse of Naxxramas in 2014. Its critic score of 88 is 8 points above the series average of 80. The highest-rated entry is World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King at 97.
How it was received
Hearthstone holds a critic score of 88 out of 100. That places it above 91% of the 303 rated card & board game games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2014 averaged 69, so it scored 19 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 83, across 736 votes.
What it launched against
Hearthstone launched on 11 March 2014, within three weeks of South Park: The Stick of Truth, Dark Souls II, Diablo III: Reaper of Souls and Titanfall. It reviewed better than 2 of the 4.
Released around the same time: South Park: The Stick of Truth, Dark Souls II, Diablo III: Reaper of Souls, Titanfall.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Hearthstone yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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Screenshots
All media
Characters
All 24
Dlc
Hearthstone: United in Stormwind
74
Hearthstone: Curse of Naxxramas
80
Hearthstone: Goblins vs Gnomes
Hearthstone: Blackrock Mountain
Hearthstone: The Grand Tournament
Hearthstone: The League of Explorers
Hearthstone: Whispers of Old Gods
70
Hearthstone: One Night in Karazhan
Hearthstone: Mean Streets of Gadgetzan
Hearthstone: Journey to Un'Goro
Hearthstone: Knights of the Frozen Throne
70
Hearthstone: Kobolds & Catacombs
65
Hearthstone: The Witchwood
65
Hearthstone: The Boomsday Project
65
Hearthstone: Rastakhan's Rumble
75
Hearthstone: Rise of Shadows
65
Hearthstone: Saviors of Uldum
Hearthstone: Battlegrounds
Hearthstone: Descent of Dragons
Hearthstone: Ashes of Outland
Hearthstone: Scholomance Academy
Hearthstone: Book of Heroes
Hearthstone: Madness at the Darkmoon Faire
Hearthstone: Forged in the Barrens
Hearthstone: Book of Mercenaries
Hearthstone: Fractured in Alterac Valley
Hearthstone: Voyage to the Sunken City
Hearthstone: Murder at Castle Nathria
Hearthstone: March of the Lich King
Hearthstone: Festival of Legends
Hearthstone: Titans
Hearthstone: Showdown in the Badlands
Hearthstone: Whizbang's Workshop
Hearthstone: Perils in Paradise
Hearthstone: The Great Dark Beyond
Hearthstone: Into the Emerald Dream
Hearthstone: The Lost City of Un'Goro
Hearthstone: Across the Timeways
Hearthstone: Cataclysm
Hearthstone: Escape from Violet Hold
Expansions
Hearthstone: United in Stormwind
74
Hearthstone: Curse of Naxxramas
80
Hearthstone: Goblins vs Gnomes
Hearthstone: Blackrock Mountain
Hearthstone: The Grand Tournament
Hearthstone: The League of Explorers
Hearthstone: Whispers of Old Gods
70
Hearthstone: One Night in Karazhan
Hearthstone: Mean Streets of Gadgetzan
Hearthstone: Knights of the Frozen Throne
65
Hearthstone: The Witchwood
75
Hearthstone: Rise of Shadows
65
Hearthstone: Saviors of Uldum
Hearthstone: Descent of Dragons
Hearthstone: Forged in the Barrens
Hearthstone: Fractured in Alterac Valley
Hearthstone: Voyage to the Sunken City
Hearthstone: Murder at Castle Nathria
Hearthstone: March of the Lich King
Hearthstone: Showdown in the Badlands
Hearthstone: Perils in Paradise
Hearthstone: The Lost City of Un'Goro
Hearthstone: Across the Timeways
Hearthstone: Cataclysm
Hearthstone: Escape from Violet Hold
Quick answers
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