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12 Labours of Hercules II: The Cretan Bull cover art

12 Labours of Hercules II: The Cretan Bull

Jetdogs Studios · 2015-06-05

Steam

AdventureCasualIndieStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Apr 06, 2020 (Nintendo Switch), Jun 05, 2015 (Mac), Jun 05, 2015 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jun 05, 2015 (Linux), Jul 28, 2017 (Android), Feb 24, 2016 (iOS)

Accompany Hercules in his quest for the Cretan Bull!

12 Labours of Hercules II: The Cretan Bull is an Adventure, Casual, Indie, Strategy game released in 2015, priced at $2.99, with an estimated 200,000 .. 500,000 owners and a Very Positive (90% of 2102 reviews) sentiment.

2
playing now
90%
positive of 2.1k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (8 ratings)
6h
to beat · rushed 2h · completionist 11h
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$2.99
steam price (US)

2 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 13:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 2 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 19 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity down 30% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 9% of 28,833 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 53k–126k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,105 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.14 at Steam (2015-12-21) · bundled 9×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $6.99 · on sale 20 of 25 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
252520172026Week of 2017-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

602026-09-15 14:00 — 4 players2026-09-16 22:00 — 2 players2026-09-18 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 13:00 — 3 players2026-09-20 21:00 — 1 players2026-09-22 05:00 — 2 players2026-09-23 12:00 — 2 players2026-09-24 20:00 — 3 players2026-09-26 03:00 — 3 players2026-09-27 11:00 — 3 players2026-09-28 18:00 — 4 players2026-09-30 02:00 — 2 players2026-10-01 09:00 — 2 players2026-10-02 17:00 — 2 players2026-10-04 01:00 — 2 players2026-10-05 08:00 — 1 players2026-10-06 16:00 — 4 players2026-10-07 23:00 — 2 players2026-10-09 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 14:00 — 6 players2026-10-11 22:00 — 3 players2026-10-13 06:00 — 2 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1922Jun 2015Aug 2026Jun 2015 — avg 75 · peak 311Oct 2015 — avg 117 · peak 1,084Feb 2016 — avg 32 · peak 76Jun 2016 — avg 19 · peak 46Oct 2016 — avg 21 · peak 184Feb 2017 — avg 13 · peak 38Jun 2017 — avg 8 · peak 30Oct 2017 — avg 22 · peak 214Feb 2018 — avg 15 · peak 495Jun 2018 — avg 5 · peak 14Oct 2018 — avg 8 · peak 45Feb 2019 — avg 5 · peak 13Jun 2019 — avg 6 · peak 19Oct 2019 — avg 5 · peak 14Feb 2020 — avg 4 · peak 12Jun 2020 — avg 4 · peak 13Oct 2020 — avg 4 · peak 13Feb 2021 — avg 4 · peak 13Jun 2021 — avg 3 · peak 10Oct 2021 — avg 3 · peak 11Feb 2022 — avg 3 · peak 12Jun 2022 — avg 3 · peak 9Oct 2022 — avg 3 · peak 38Feb 2023 — avg 4 · peak 79Jun 2023 — avg 3 · peak 8Oct 2023 — avg 3 · peak 8Feb 2024 — avg 3 · peak 9Jun 2024 — avg 3 · peak 7Oct 2024 — avg 3 · peak 9Feb 2025 — avg 2 · peak 5Aug 2025 — avg 3 · peak 10Dec 2025 — avg 3 · peak 8Apr 2026 — avg 3 · peak 9Aug 2026 — avg 3 · peak 28
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$9.95$0.382015-01-012026-09-282015-01-01 — best price $6.992015-12-18 — best price $3.492016-07-04 — best price $2.992016-12-22 — best price $0.502017-06-22 — best price $0.502018-01-04 — best price $2.992018-07-02 — best price $3.492018-11-07 — best price $6.992019-03-18 — best price $2.992019-07-23 — best price $6.992020-01-02 — best price $2.992020-04-14 — best price $2.402020-06-15 — best price $2.992020-07-11 — best price $2.402020-08-20 — best price $2.692020-09-16 — best price $2.692020-10-16 — best price $2.692020-11-12 — best price $2.992020-12-10 — best price $2.442021-01-10 — best price $2.992021-02-07 — best price $2.442021-03-08 — best price $2.992021-04-04 — best price $2.992021-05-01 — best price $2.992021-05-28 — best price $2.992021-07-08 — best price $2.992022-01-06 — best price $2.442022-10-17 — best price $2.992023-05-22 — best price $2.992024-02-13 — best price $2.292025-01-02 — best price $2.992025-09-01 — best price $2.992026-04-25 — best price $2.292026-09-28 — best price $2.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

22
achievements tracked
43.1%
earned "Juggler"
25.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing

13 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Czech, Dutch, Japanese, Polish, Portuguese - Portugal, Russian, Simplified Chinese…

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)7,39936%22

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

2DIndieCasualPuzzleStrategyAdventureMythologyMouse onlySingleplayerPoint & Click

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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Similarity via IGDB.

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