Card Game · Strategy · Creator-listed download
HeartBreaker
A Hearts variant where tricks reduce hit points, table victories carry coins and charms forward, and the eighth table is the stated finish.
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What to expect
- Run target
- Outlast rivals across eight Hearts tables; the creator names an eighth-table championship.
- Pressure
- A captured heart deals 1 HP and the Queen of Spades 13; your HP reaching zero ends the run.
- Creator-listed input
- Mouse selects cards and charms, hover shows descriptions, and Esc pauses; Windows download only.
How a table ends
The creator keeps the familiar Hearts structure: pass three cards, follow suit, avoid taking hearts and the Queen of Spades, and allow hearts to lead only after one has been played. Each player starts a table with 25 HP; each captured heart costs one HP and the Queen costs thirteen. A table continues across hands until someone reaches zero. Losing your own heart ends the run.
What carries into later tables
The page describes eight tables with opponents of different behavior. Winning removes one rival; the other two return alongside a newcomer, while your coins and charms carry forward. In Normal mode, a market between hands offers up to three charms that can affect cards, hands or health. Crazy mode adds specials every hand and removes the market. Joywisp has not verified balance or how often any charm appears.
How to choose
The creator lists mouse-only card and charm selection, hover descriptions and Esc to pause. Joywisp has not tested these inputs. Choose HeartBreaker if you already know Hearts and want a run built around damage, rival carryover and purchased charms. Its official page offers a Windows ZIP, so readers seeking an immediate browser demo may prefer Rooklite, whose first world is available there. Neither game has been playtested by Joywisp.
Sources, dates & image credit
R1c2rdo's official HeartBreaker page supplies the title, author, rules, price category and itch.io publication field. The illustration was made for Joywisp; no creator artwork or screenshots are used. Original Joywisp illustration; no creator artwork or screenshots used.
itch.io publication: (Publication on itch.io; first worldwide release unknown); first worldwide release: unknown. Joywisp discovered this entry at 2026-10-17T18:12:41Z via itch.io RSS; feed dates do not establish a first release. Source review: 2026-10-17T18:28:40Z. Metadata recheck: 2026-10-17T18:27:12Z.
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- Windows ZIP, controls, unsigned executable and gameplay not independently tested
- First worldwide release unknown