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Battlecruiser Games · 2016-08-19

SteamPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

AdventureIndieStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Aug 19, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), May 21, 2021 (PlayStation 4), May 21, 2021 (Xbox One), May 21, 2021 (Nintendo Switch), Aug 19, 2016 (Linux), Aug 19, 2016 (Mac)

Four heroes are facing a horde of evil! Ultimate abilities, magic artifacts, hero upgrades and clever tactics... All these will help to defeat the Boss.

2
playing now
84%
positive of 482 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
65/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
70/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
$4.99
steam price (US)

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

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 41% of 11,486 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 12k–29k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 482 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$4.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.41 at GamersGate (2022-01-28) · bundled 4×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 10 of 20 observed days · $4.58 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Players online

202026-08-11 21:00 — 0 players2026-08-12 12:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 04:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 20:00 — 1 players2026-08-14 12:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 04:00 — 2 players2026-08-15 19:00 — 1 players2026-08-16 11:00 — 1 players2026-08-17 03:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 19:00 — 1 players2026-08-18 11:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 03:00 — 1 players2026-08-19 18:00 — 1 players2026-08-20 10:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 02:00 — 1 players2026-08-21 18:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 10:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 01:00 — 1 players2026-08-23 17:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 09:00 — 1 players2026-08-25 01:00 — 2 players2026-08-25 17:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 01:00 — 1 players2026-08-27 16:00 — 1 players2026-08-28 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-30 08:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$9.99$0.412016-08-202026-08-272016-08-20 — best price $9.992016-12-08 — best price $4.492017-02-27 — best price $2.992017-04-01 — best price $4.992017-05-29 — best price $4.992017-10-02 — best price $4.992018-01-04 — best price $4.992018-04-16 — best price $4.992018-07-17 — best price $2.392018-10-22 — best price $1.692019-01-08 — best price $1.492019-04-01 — best price $4.992019-08-16 — best price $0.992019-11-07 — best price $0.452020-01-09 — best price $0.992020-03-29 — best price $2.992020-07-09 — best price $4.992020-09-20 — best price $0.742020-11-28 — best price $0.992021-02-11 — best price $1.242021-04-02 — best price $3.662021-06-18 — best price $3.662021-09-06 — best price $4.992021-10-29 — best price $0.442022-01-06 — best price $2.992022-03-27 — best price $2.992022-07-15 — best price $0.992022-11-23 — best price $0.442023-02-07 — best price $2.992023-08-07 — best price $0.672024-01-04 — best price $4.992024-04-13 — best price $4.992024-09-27 — best price $4.992025-01-03 — best price $2.992025-06-27 — best price $0.562025-11-12 — best price $4.992026-07-14 — best price $1.142026-08-27 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsStatsCommentary availableFamily Sharing

3 supported languages: English, German, Russian

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)5579%15
Steam (Steam)4392%34
PS4 (PlayStation)26330%16
Xbox One (Xbox)15112%15
Switch (Nintendo)20%0

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

Player tags

IndieMagicPuzzleFantasyStrategyTacticalAdventureTurn-BasedTower DefenseTurn-Based Tactics

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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