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Hade cover art

Hade

KirUn · 2016-12-02

Steam

CasualIndieStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Dec 02, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Hade is a minimalist logic game with severely difficult puzzles softened by relaxing ambient music.

Hade is a Casual, Indie and Strategy game released in 2016, priced at $3.99, with an estimated owner base of 20,000 .. 50,000 and a review sentiment of Very Positive (90% of 331 reviews).

0
playing now
90%
positive of 331 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (1 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$3.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 06:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 10 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 50% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 16% of 29,066 Casual games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 8.3k–20k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 331 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.79 at Steam (2020-06-25)via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
111120172026Week of 2017-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-15 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 23:00 — 1 players2026-09-19 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 20:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 10:00 — 1 players2026-10-03 18:00 — 1 players2026-10-05 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 15:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 06:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
50Dec 2016Dec 2021Dec 2016 — avg 3 · peak 38Feb 2017 — avg 2 · peak 8Apr 2017 — avg 1 · peak 5Jun 2017 — avg 1 · peak 5Aug 2017 — avg 1 · peak 9Oct 2017 — avg 1 · peak 6Dec 2017 — avg 1 · peak 5Feb 2018 — avg 1 · peak 4Apr 2018 — avg 0 · peak 3Jun 2018 — avg 1 · peak 8Aug 2018 — avg 1 · peak 20Oct 2018 — avg 2 · peak 175Dec 2018 — avg 1 · peak 4Feb 2019 — avg 1 · peak 4Apr 2019 — avg 0 · peak 3Jun 2019 — avg 1 · peak 5Aug 2019 — avg 0 · peak 4Oct 2019 — avg 0 · peak 3Jan 2020 — avg 1 · peak 5Mar 2020 — avg 1 · peak 3May 2020 — avg 1 · peak 5Jul 2020 — avg 1 · peak 4Sep 2020 — avg 1 · peak 4Nov 2020 — avg 1 · peak 6Nov 2021 — avg 1 · peak 6Dec 2021 — avg 3 · peak 18

▲ +2 avg players vs prior month — Dec 2021

Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$3.99$0.792016-12-032022-01-052016-12-03 — best price $2.662016-12-09 — best price $2.992017-02-27 — best price $1.972017-03-06 — best price $2.992017-05-12 — best price $1.492017-05-19 — best price $2.992017-06-22 — best price $0.892017-07-05 — best price $2.992017-08-30 — best price $1.192017-09-03 — best price $2.992017-10-26 — best price $0.892017-11-01 — best price $2.992017-11-22 — best price $1.492017-11-28 — best price $2.992017-12-24 — best price $1.492018-01-04 — best price $2.992018-02-16 — best price $1.192018-02-19 — best price $2.992018-05-31 — best price $0.892018-06-09 — best price $3.992018-10-29 — best price $2.392018-11-01 — best price $3.992018-12-20 — best price $1.192019-01-04 — best price $3.992019-12-20 — best price $0.992020-01-02 — best price $3.992020-06-25 — best price $0.792020-07-09 — best price $3.992020-12-22 — best price $0.992021-01-05 — best price $3.992021-12-23 — best price $0.792022-01-05 — best price $3.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

13
achievements tracked
48.9%
earned "Scraps"
16.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudStatsFamily Sharing1 DLC

9 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Traditional Chinese, Korean, Russian, Japanese

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2018-06-04 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)86332%13

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

Player tags

IndieCasualPuzzleRelaxingStrategyDifficultMinimalistSingleplayer

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.