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And the Hero Was Never Seen Again cover art

And the Hero Was Never Seen Again

Circle Poison · Kagura Games · 2024-02-09

SteamGOG

RPG

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric, Side view

Releases: Feb 10, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

The Demon King lies defeated at the Hero's hand, but the Hero himself has changed... in more ways than one!

89%
positive of 369 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$14.99
steam price (US)

Upon defeating the Demon King, the Hero, Astel, finds himself changed into... herself?! She'll have to navigate a world that is moving on from the dire situation brought about by the presence of the Demon King. Help Astel make new friends and work her first-ever job. She'll be searching for portals to revolutionize Gran Tale's national postal service. The country is trying to rebuild and contend with economic and existential threats in this new, peaceful world!(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 26 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity down 16% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (155 reviews).
  • · Top 27% of 14,120 RPG games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 7.4k–17k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 369 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$10.49-30%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $7.49 at Steam (2026-09-13)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 32 of 35 observed days · $3.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
13413420242026Week of 2024-02-01: 134 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 3 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$14.99$10.492026-09-112026-10-152026-09-11 — best price $10.492026-09-12 — best price $10.492026-09-13 — best price $10.492026-09-14 — best price $10.492026-09-15 — best price $10.492026-09-16 — best price $10.492026-09-17 — best price $10.492026-09-18 — best price $10.492026-09-19 — best price $10.492026-09-20 — best price $10.492026-09-21 — best price $14.992026-09-22 — best price $14.992026-09-23 — best price $14.992026-09-24 — best price $10.492026-09-25 — best price $10.492026-09-26 — best price $10.492026-09-27 — best price $10.492026-09-28 — best price $10.492026-09-29 — best price $10.492026-09-30 — best price $10.492026-10-01 — best price $10.492026-10-02 — best price $10.492026-10-03 — best price $10.492026-10-04 — best price $10.492026-10-05 — best price $10.492026-10-06 — best price $10.492026-10-07 — best price $10.492026-10-08 — best price $10.492026-10-09 — best price $10.492026-10-10 — best price $10.492026-10-11 — best price $10.492026-10-12 — best price $10.492026-10-13 — best price $10.492026-10-14 — best price $10.492026-10-15 — best price $10.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam CloudFamily Sharing

3 supported languages: English, Japanese, Simplified Chinese

Player tags

2DRPGJRPGNSFWAnimeCombatHentaiMatureNudityRPGMaker

Census log

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

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