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AST-Hero cover art

AST-Hero

Twisted BrainZ · 2022-09-20

Steam

ActionCasualIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Sep 20, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Fight for survival in this top-down shoot ‘em up in space, featuring unique hand-drawn visuals and sounds. It offers a challenging experience that is easy to learn, but difficult to master.

AST-Hero is a $4.99 Action, Casual, and Indie game released in 2022, with an estimated 20,000 to 50,000 owners and a Positive review sentiment (95% of 19 reviews).

0
playing now
95%
positive of 19 reviews
Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
$4.99
steam price (US)

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

You're the pilot of a spaceship. You must defend against waves of enemies. Fly through the infinity of space, defend from alien ships, gather space flowers, shop for weapons and defeat the mighty mothership.(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 78% of 27,667 Action games in the census by review count.

All-time low: $0.74 at Steam (2026-08-01)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 2 of 4 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
121220222026Week of 2022-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

002026-09-15 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 18:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 13:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 21:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 10:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$4.99$0.742022-09-202026-08-082022-09-20 — best price $4.492022-11-29 — best price $4.992022-12-22 — best price $4.492023-01-05 — best price $4.992023-03-16 — best price $4.242023-03-23 — best price $4.992023-06-29 — best price $3.992023-07-13 — best price $4.992023-11-21 — best price $3.992023-11-28 — best price $4.992023-12-21 — best price $3.742024-01-04 — best price $4.992024-01-22 — best price $3.742024-01-28 — best price $4.992024-03-14 — best price $3.492024-03-21 — best price $4.992024-03-25 — best price $3.492024-04-01 — best price $4.992024-05-06 — best price $3.492024-05-13 — best price $4.992024-06-27 — best price $3.242024-07-11 — best price $4.992025-04-10 — best price $3.492025-04-14 — best price $4.992025-05-19 — best price $3.492025-05-26 — best price $4.992025-06-26 — best price $2.992025-07-10 — best price $4.992025-07-14 — best price $3.242025-07-21 — best price $4.992025-08-25 — best price $3.242025-09-01 — best price $4.992025-09-29 — best price $2.742025-10-06 — best price $2.992025-10-13 — best price $4.992026-06-26 — best price $0.992026-07-09 — best price $4.992026-08-01 — best price $0.742026-08-08 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

12
achievements tracked
52%
earned "Half Way Through"
6.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportCaptions availableSteam CloudFamily Sharing

Player tags

1980sRetroAliensArcadeLinearShooterDifficultOld SchoolBullet HellHero Shooter

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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