Warning: Spoilers Ahead!
Ready to conquer every achievement in Heart of the Forest? This horror FMV game from Wales Interactive packs 24 achievements (25 trophies) across four playthroughs, and the good news is it’s genuinely accessible. With the right roadmap, you’ll hit completion in roughly three hours without breaking a sweat. Let’s get into it!
Heart of the Forest: Key Stats at a Glance
Before diving in, here’s everything you need to know upfront:
- Difficulty: 1/10
- Time to 100%: ~3 hours
- Missable Achievements: 22
- Required Playthroughs: 4
- Manual Saves: No
- Skippable Cutscenes: Yes, after completing the game once
- Chapter Select: No
- Save File Location: AppData → LocalLow → Wales Interactive → Heart of the Forest
Since 22 achievements are missable, following this guide’s exact choices matters. So, if achievements matter to you, don’t freestyle your first run!
Your Two-Step Roadmap
Step One (~2 hours):
Complete your first full playthrough following Anna’s Route below. This run covers the longest path and unlocks the most achievements in a single session.
Step Two (~1 hour):
Complete playthroughs two, three, and four using the same routes but with different key decisions. Since you’ve already viewed most cutscenes, you can skip them freely and finish these runs much faster.
Playthrough 1 – Anna’s Route (All Survive & Ending #1)
Follow these choices in order exactly:
Heart → Achievement: First Choice unlocked
Germany → Memorial → Game → Achievement: Stay Calm unlocked
Nick → Light → Anna → Achievement: Echoes of the Lost unlocked
Signal → Call → Hand → Leave → No → Anna → Help → Achievement: The Consequences of a Scream 1 unlocked
Hands → Plead → Refuse → Go → Achievement: Lore of the Cursed unlocked
Confront → Camera → Achievement: Guided by the Damned unlocked
Heart → Run → Achievement: Anna’s Descent unlocked
Answer → Achievements: Chains of Fate & The Strike unlocked simultaneously
Plead → Escape → You → Achievement: Edge of the Ritual unlocked
Stone → Knife → Achievements: Until the End & When All Survive unlocked
Playthrough 2 – Anna’s Route (Nick Dies & Ending #2)
Follow the same path as Playthrough 1 until these key diverging choices:
Heart → Germany → Memorial → Game → Nick → Light → Anna → Signal → Call → Hand → Leave → No → Anna → Help → Hands → Plead → Accept → Achievement: Whispers of the Witch unlocked
Go → Confront → Camera → Heart → Run → Leave → Achievement: Evil Prevails unlocked
Plead → Escape → You → Stone → Heart → Achievement: Laura’s Burden unlocked
Playthrough 3 – Nick’s Route (Simon Dies & Ending #3)
This playthrough switches to Nick’s perspective and introduces several new achievements:
Heart → Germany → Memorial → Game → Anna → Light → Nick → Achievement: Nick’s Warning unlocked
Stay → Hand → Help → No → Nick → Control → Achievement: The Consequences of a Scream 2 unlocked
Hands → Plead → Thankful → Achievement: Astray unlocked
Sit → Eat → Achievement: Drink Up unlocked
Go → Confront → Follow → Daniel → Run → Quiet → Distract → Stay → Achievement: The Breaking Point unlocked
Act → Brother → You → Achievement: A Life Cut Short unlocked
Flower → Give → Achievement: The Witch’s End unlocked
Playthrough 4 – Nick’s Route (Simon Dies & Ending #4)
This final run mirrors Playthrough 3 exactly but with one critical change at the very end:
Heart → Germany → Memorial → Game → Anna → Light → Nick → Stay → Hand → Help → No → Nick → Control → Hands → Plead → Thankful → Sit → Eat → Go → Confront → Follow → Daniel → Run → Quiet → Distract → Stay → Act → Brother → You → Flower → Keep (instead of Give)
Keep → Achievements: Anna’s Last Stand & Heart of the Forest unlocked
Completing this final choice earns you the game’s title achievement and officially locks in your 100% completion!
Quick Tips for Efficient Completion
Skip cutscenes aggressively in playthroughs two through four—you’ve seen them already, so jump straight to decision points to save significant time.
Don’t panic about saves—since manual saves don’t exist, simply restart and follow the exact choices listed above if you ever take a wrong turn.
Focus on key divergence points—most of both routes play identically until specific “fork” moments. Memorize where Anna’s Route and Nick’s Route split to avoid confusion.
Frequently Asked Questions
Heart of the Forest requires exactly four playthroughs to unlock all 24 achievements and 25 trophies, covering two main routes (Anna’s Route and Nick’s Route) with different ending choices.
Completing all achievements takes approximately three hours total—roughly two hours for the first playthrough and one hour combined for the remaining three runs.
Yes, 22 out of 24 achievements are missable. Following this exact choice guide from the beginning ensures you don’t accidentally miss any during your four playthroughs.
Yes, but only after completing the game once. Previously viewed scenes become skippable, which dramatically speeds up playthroughs two through four.
Heart of the Forest by Wales Interactive is available on PC (Steam and Epic Games Store), PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X/S.
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