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Deadbeat Heroes cover art

Deadbeat Heroes

Upstream Arcade · Square Enix · 2017-10-10

SteamMicrosoft Store

Action

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Oct 10, 2017 (Xbox One), Oct 10, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

The Prime Sinister’s reign of chaos has Londoners shaking in their boots! Air-dash, wall-run and rocket-punch your way through garish goons & badass bosses as you use your super-powered gauntlet to bring evil-doers to justice!

Deadbeat Heroes is an Action game released in 2017, priced at $14.99, with an estimated 50,000 to 100,000 owners and a Mixed review sentiment (62% of 100 reviews).

0
playing now
62%
positive of 100 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
65/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
80/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$14.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 19:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 4 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 33% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 39% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 2.5k–6.0k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 100 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$14.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $3.55 at GreenManGaming (2021-08-23) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 13 of 28 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
3320172026Week of 2017-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

002026-09-15 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 20:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 19:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 14:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 14:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 21:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 19:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$14.99$3.692017-10-112026-10-092017-10-11 — best price $13.492018-01-29 — best price $14.992018-05-17 — best price $11.242018-08-02 — best price $14.992018-11-01 — best price $14.992019-01-04 — best price $14.992019-02-23 — best price $7.492019-04-08 — best price $14.992019-07-26 — best price $7.492019-11-21 — best price $5.992020-01-04 — best price $14.992020-03-17 — best price $3.962020-06-25 — best price $4.492020-11-02 — best price $14.992021-01-07 — best price $4.492021-03-02 — best price $3.692021-04-07 — best price $14.992021-07-22 — best price $4.502021-09-06 — best price $14.992021-12-04 — best price $14.992022-03-22 — best price $4.492022-05-13 — best price $4.502022-07-12 — best price $4.502022-10-31 — best price $14.992023-01-27 — best price $14.992023-05-17 — best price $14.992023-10-12 — best price $4.492024-01-04 — best price $14.992024-03-25 — best price $14.992024-07-11 — best price $4.492024-09-10 — best price $14.992024-12-04 — best price $14.992025-02-06 — best price $4.502025-05-09 — best price $4.502025-07-12 — best price $14.992025-09-29 — best price $4.492025-12-02 — best price $14.992026-02-04 — best price $14.992026-08-28 — best price $14.992026-10-09 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

14
achievements tracked
33.6%
earned "Crime Fighter in Training"
5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPShared/Split Screen PvPCo-opShared/Split Screen Co-opSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsCaptions available

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

Co-opFunnyIndieActionParkourFightingSuperheroBeat 'em upLocal Co-OpSingleplayer

Census log

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

Players also track

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Similarity via IGDB.

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