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Backpack Hero

Jaspel · Pretty Soon · 2023-11-14

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AdventureCasualIndieRPGStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jun 11, 2024 (PlayStation 4), Jun 11, 2024 (PlayStation 5), Nov 14, 2023 (Nintendo Switch), Nov 14, 2023 (Linux), Apr 03, 2023 (Mac), Apr 03, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

The inventory management roguelike! Collect rare items, organize your backpack, and vanquish your foes!

191
playing now
86%
positive of 8.5k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
85/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
70/100
IGDB user rating (25 ratings)
60h
time to beat (IGDB)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$9.99
steam price (US)

191 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 02:00 UTC (census sample)

Backpack Hero is a roguelike video game developed by Jaspel and published by Jaspel, IndieArk, and Different Tales. It was released in November 2023 for Windows, macOS and Linux and Nintendo Switch. Ports for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S, were released on June 11, 2024. Described as an "inventory management roguelike", the gameplay revolves around how well the player organizes their bag, which is based on a grid system similar to the briefcase in Resident Evil 4. Backpack Hero launched to generally positive reception.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 191 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 297 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~37/week).
  • · Review velocity down 33% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (1,334 reviews).
  • · Top 9% of 11,362 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 170k–382k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 8,494 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$9.99-50%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$9.99-50%
Microsoft Store$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $7.39 at Fanatical (2025-10-31) · bundled 7×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 100 of 144 observed days · $2.60 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1.2k1.2k20222026Week of 2022-08-01: 863 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 91 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 384 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 70 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 178 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 411 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 125 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 112 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 228 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 135 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 128 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 98 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 133 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 1,156 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 178 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 300 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 57 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 233 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 60 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 132 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 104 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 7 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

191912026-08-06 22:00 — 129 players2026-08-07 06:00 — 117 players2026-08-07 14:00 — 127 players2026-08-07 22:00 — 113 players2026-08-08 06:00 — 100 players2026-08-08 14:00 — 144 players2026-08-08 22:00 — 125 players2026-08-09 06:00 — 144 players2026-08-09 14:00 — 159 players2026-08-09 22:00 — 127 players2026-08-10 06:00 — 117 players2026-08-10 15:00 — 152 players2026-08-10 23:00 — 138 players2026-08-11 07:00 — 109 players2026-08-11 15:00 — 130 players2026-08-12 22:00 — 109 players2026-08-14 06:00 — 91 players2026-08-15 14:00 — 140 players2026-08-16 22:00 — 140 players2026-08-18 05:00 — 106 players2026-08-19 13:00 — 125 players2026-08-20 20:00 — 114 players2026-08-22 04:00 — 122 players2026-08-23 11:00 — 131 players2026-08-24 19:00 — 158 players2026-08-26 03:00 — 165 players2026-08-27 11:00 — 115 players2026-08-28 18:00 — 137 players2026-08-30 02:00 — 191 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$6.992022-08-152026-08-302022-08-15 — best price $15.292022-12-22 — best price $14.442023-06-21 — best price $13.592023-12-13 — best price $16.992024-02-09 — best price $15.992024-03-14 — best price $15.992024-04-09 — best price $15.992024-05-28 — best price $19.992024-07-26 — best price $19.992024-09-26 — best price $19.992024-11-13 — best price $12.992024-12-19 — best price $11.992025-01-24 — best price $11.992025-03-08 — best price $19.992025-04-07 — best price $9.212025-05-19 — best price $12.992025-06-27 — best price $9.992025-07-25 — best price $8.602025-08-11 — best price $9.592025-08-31 — best price $9.992025-09-25 — best price $19.992025-10-15 — best price $19.992025-11-11 — best price $7.992025-12-02 — best price $8.482025-12-19 — best price $10.002026-01-05 — best price $19.992026-03-03 — best price $9.992026-03-18 — best price $10.002026-04-06 — best price $9.992026-04-20 — best price $15.082026-05-07 — best price $9.992026-05-20 — best price $19.992026-06-02 — best price $9.992026-07-07 — best price $19.992026-07-19 — best price $19.992026-08-04 — best price $7.792026-08-18 — best price $15.582026-08-30 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2852026-05-30 — 17 pageviews2026-06-02 — 25 pageviews2026-06-05 — 13 pageviews2026-06-08 — 12 pageviews2026-06-11 — 11 pageviews2026-06-14 — 11 pageviews2026-06-17 — 14 pageviews2026-06-20 — 5 pageviews2026-06-23 — 18 pageviews2026-06-26 — 22 pageviews2026-06-29 — 16 pageviews2026-07-02 — 28 pageviews2026-07-05 — 17 pageviews2026-07-08 — 19 pageviews2026-07-11 — 10 pageviews2026-07-14 — 11 pageviews2026-07-17 — 12 pageviews2026-07-20 — 17 pageviews2026-07-23 — 19 pageviews2026-07-26 — 23 pageviews2026-07-29 — 15 pageviews2026-08-01 — 14 pageviews2026-08-04 — 8 pageviews2026-08-07 — 16 pageviews2026-08-10 — 10 pageviews2026-08-13 — 19 pageviews2026-08-16 — 17 pageviews2026-08-19 — 5 pageviews2026-08-22 — 17 pageviews2026-08-25 — 14 pageviews2026-08-27 — 18 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

302026-08-28 02:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 03:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-28 04:34 — 3 viewers2026-08-28 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 08:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-28 09:34 — 1 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

35
achievements tracked
63.1%
earned "Prada's Locket"
19.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam WorkshopSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

18 supported languages: English, German, Czech, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Romanian, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America, Turkish, Japanese…

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)7,5134%35
PS5 (PlayStation)3229%36
Xbox One (Xbox)1134%35
Switch (Nintendo)640%0
PS4 (PlayStation)5212%36
PS4 (PlayStation)0—36

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

Player tags

2DCasualFantasyBuildingStrategyRogue-likeRogue-liteTurn-BasedDeckbuildingReplay Value

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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