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Burst Hero cover art

Burst Hero

YaYa Game · 2023-05-15

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ActionIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Sep 26, 2024 (PlayStation 5), Jan 01, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jan 01, 2023 (Mac), May 30, 2024 (Nintendo Switch), Nov 22, 2024 (Xbox One), Nov 22, 2024 (Xbox Series X|S)

Burst Hero is a pixel roguelike shooting survival game. You can choose heroes with different abilities and use various weapons to resist a steady stream of enemies. In the battle, you can customize your build by weapons bullets and cards. Each battle will have different experiences and challenges.

88%
positive of 106 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
4.14★
PlayStation Store rating (85 ratings)
$2.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 4 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 20% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (14 reviews).
  • · Top 58% of 14,474 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 2.1k–4.8k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 106 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$2.99
Microsoft Store$9.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.39 at Steam (2023-03-16) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 24 of 25 observed days · $8.60 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
131320232026Week of 2023-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$9.99$1.392023-01-012026-09-132023-01-01 — best price $2.542023-02-27 — best price $2.992023-03-23 — best price $1.992023-04-15 — best price $2.992023-06-21 — best price $2.392023-07-13 — best price $2.992023-08-11 — best price $2.992023-11-21 — best price $2.332023-12-29 — best price $3.992024-01-22 — best price $2.332024-03-11 — best price $2.992024-05-13 — best price $1.492024-07-11 — best price $2.992024-08-26 — best price $1.492024-10-14 — best price $2.992024-11-27 — best price $1.492025-01-02 — best price $2.992025-01-24 — best price $2.092025-02-24 — best price $2.992025-03-31 — best price $1.492025-05-12 — best price $1.492025-06-26 — best price $1.492025-07-21 — best price $2.992025-09-29 — best price $1.492025-11-03 — best price $2.992025-12-18 — best price $1.492026-01-26 — best price $2.992026-03-19 — best price $1.492026-04-20 — best price $2.992026-06-25 — best price $1.492026-07-27 — best price $2.992026-09-13 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
96.2%
earned "New Challenger"
9.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam CloudFamily Sharing

10 supported languages: English, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Spain, Spanish - Latin America, Traditional Chinese, French, Italian, German, Japanese, Portuguese - Brazil

Player tags

2D2.5DArcadeShooterTop-DownCard GameRogue-likeRogue-liteBullet HellAuto Battler

Census log

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

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