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88 Heroes cover art

88 Heroes

Bitmap Bureau · Rising Star Games · 2017-03-24

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

ActionIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Mar 24, 2017 (Linux), Mar 24, 2017 (Mac), Mar 24, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Mar 24, 2017 (PlayStation 4), Apr 23, 2021 (PlayStation Vita), Mar 24, 2017 (Xbox One)

Prepare to infiltrate Dr. H8’s lair with the help of the strangest, dumbest and most pointless superheroes ever – the 88 Heroes!

81%
positive of 93 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
77/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
90/100
IGDB user rating (3 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$13.49
steam price (US)

8 minutes past 8 on the 8th August 1988, the world teeters on the brink of total annihilation! Dr. H8's demands are simple. Pay 88 octillion dollars within 88 hours or 88 thermo-nuclear warheads pointed directly at earth will be launched. The 88th president of earth calls for urgent crisis talks! 88 leaders from 88 countries around the world are summoned to the Octo-office. With the planet bankrupt, paying the ransom is not an option. Only one possible course of action is left to take. Infiltrate Dr. H8's evil super lairs and retrieve the 8 digit coordinates to locate his space base and dest(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 10 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 67% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 45% of 22,732 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 2.3k–5.6k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 93 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$2.99-80%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$13.49-10%
GOG$14.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.49 at Steam (2023-03-16) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 6 of 15 observed days · $1.50 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
5520172026Week of 2017-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$14.99$1.492017-03-242026-10-032017-03-24 — best price $14.992017-08-10 — best price $12.742018-01-25 — best price $14.992018-06-25 — best price $3.742018-11-01 — best price $14.992019-01-24 — best price $14.992019-06-07 — best price $2.992019-09-12 — best price $14.992019-11-26 — best price $3.742020-01-17 — best price $3.742020-03-24 — best price $14.992020-05-29 — best price $11.012020-08-01 — best price $14.992020-09-10 — best price $14.992020-09-29 — best price $13.392020-10-17 — best price $13.392020-11-17 — best price $14.992020-12-16 — best price $2.992021-01-15 — best price $13.392021-02-05 — best price $2.542021-03-07 — best price $14.992021-04-10 — best price $13.392021-04-30 — best price $13.392021-06-09 — best price $2.992021-07-08 — best price $14.992021-08-18 — best price $3.502021-09-20 — best price $2.992021-10-11 — best price $13.392021-11-22 — best price $13.392022-01-03 — best price $2.992022-02-08 — best price $11.802022-03-21 — best price $2.992022-04-19 — best price $14.992023-01-05 — best price $14.992024-02-06 — best price $14.992024-07-11 — best price $14.992024-12-04 — best price $14.992025-04-15 — best price $1.792025-12-03 — best price $14.992026-10-03 — best price $2.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudRemote Play on TVFamily Sharing2 DLC

8 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Portuguese - Portugal, Portuguese - Brazil

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2017-08-08, latest 2017-10-20 (Steam store data)

Player tags

2DIndieActionPlatformerPixel Graphics

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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