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Hammerwatch II

Crackshell · Maximum Entertainment · 2023-08-15

SteamPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

ActionAdventureIndieRPG

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Dec 12, 2023 (Nintendo Switch), Aug 15, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Dec 04, 2023 (Xbox Series X|S), Dec 04, 2023 (Xbox One), Apr 23, 2024 (PlayStation 4), Dec 12, 2023 (PlayStation 5)

Gather your heroes and journey beyond the dungeons of Castle Hammerwatch to explore a pixelated world like never before. Aid King Roland’s resistance while helping villagers along the way. Battle beasts, finish off hordes of the undead, and face the forces of evil.

Hammerwatch II is an Action, Adventure, Indie, RPG game released in 2023, priced at $4.99, with an estimated 100,000 .. 200,000 owners and a Mixed review sentiment (62% of 2231 reviews).

6
playing now
62%
positive of 2.2k reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
75/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
3.17★
PlayStation Store rating (388 ratings)
22h
to beat · rushed 17h · completionist 32h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$4.99
steam price (US)

6 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 15:00 UTC (census sample)

Hammerwatch 2 is a 2023 action role-playing video game developed by Crackshell and published by Modus Games. It is the sequel to Hammerwatch and Heroes of Hammerwatch. It is available for Windows, PlayStation 5, and Nintendo Switch. Ports to the PlayStation 4 and Xbox Series X/S were released on April 23, 2024.

Health check

Cooling
  • · 6 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 53 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~7/week).
  • · Review velocity down 53% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (1,163 reviews).
  • · Top 10% of 27,785 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 45k–100k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,231 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Steam$4.99-80%
GamersGate$5.00-80%
Microsoft Store$24.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.50 at Nuuvem (2025-02-12) · bundled 8×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $24.99 · on sale 138 of 172 observed days · $2.49 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
74074020232026Week of 2023-08-01: 740 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 423 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 56 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1812026-09-15 16:00 — 9 players2026-09-17 00:00 — 3 players2026-09-18 07:00 — 4 players2026-09-19 15:00 — 10 players2026-09-20 22:00 — 6 players2026-09-22 06:00 — 4 players2026-09-23 14:00 — 4 players2026-09-24 21:00 — 5 players2026-09-26 05:00 — 4 players2026-09-27 12:00 — 10 players2026-09-28 20:00 — 8 players2026-09-30 03:00 — 1 players2026-10-01 11:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 18:00 — 1 players2026-10-04 02:00 — 12 players2026-10-05 10:00 — 4 players2026-10-06 17:00 — 7 players2026-10-08 01:00 — 9 players2026-10-09 08:00 — 2 players2026-10-10 16:00 — 18 players2026-10-12 00:00 — 4 players2026-10-13 07:00 — 4 players2026-10-14 15:00 — 6 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1.0k8Aug 2023Aug 2026Aug 2023 — avg 1,045 · peak 2,915Sep 2023 — avg 199 · peak 678Oct 2023 — avg 92 · peak 222Nov 2023 — avg 46 · peak 109Dec 2023 — avg 47 · peak 97Jan 2024 — avg 51 · peak 130Feb 2024 — avg 26 · peak 59Mar 2024 — avg 35 · peak 78Apr 2024 — avg 27 · peak 72May 2024 — avg 22 · peak 56Jun 2024 — avg 23 · peak 59Jul 2024 — avg 31 · peak 80Aug 2024 — avg 22 · peak 70Sep 2024 — avg 23 · peak 80Oct 2024 — avg 24 · peak 86Nov 2024 — avg 15 · peak 40Dec 2024 — avg 19 · peak 59Jan 2025 — avg 30 · peak 95Feb 2025 — avg 23 · peak 67Mar 2025 — avg 19 · peak 47Apr 2025 — avg 32 · peak 95May 2025 — avg 14 · peak 48Jun 2025 — avg 9 · peak 22Jul 2025 — avg 19 · peak 64Aug 2025 — avg 17 · peak 67Sep 2025 — avg 16 · peak 46Oct 2025 — avg 20 · peak 61Nov 2025 — avg 13 · peak 42Dec 2025 — avg 14 · peak 34Jan 2026 — avg 13 · peak 34Feb 2026 — avg 8 · peak 21Mar 2026 — avg 10 · peak 24Apr 2026 — avg 9 · peak 28May 2026 — avg 10 · peak 29Jun 2026 — avg 11 · peak 27Jul 2026 — avg 11 · peak 31Aug 2026 — avg 14 · peak 56
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$24.99$3.402023-08-152026-10-142023-08-15 — best price $16.242023-11-02 — best price $14.992024-01-15 — best price $17.492024-03-18 — best price $10.692024-05-25 — best price $24.992024-07-08 — best price $12.492024-07-26 — best price $14.992024-08-23 — best price $24.992024-09-18 — best price $9.242024-10-09 — best price $12.492024-11-21 — best price $11.252024-12-06 — best price $21.492024-12-26 — best price $9.852025-01-14 — best price $17.692025-01-29 — best price $24.992025-02-21 — best price $8.602025-04-07 — best price $24.992025-05-09 — best price $6.002025-06-11 — best price $3.482025-07-10 — best price $24.992025-08-23 — best price $7.502025-09-15 — best price $6.242025-10-10 — best price $4.502025-11-05 — best price $4.232025-11-24 — best price $4.992025-12-18 — best price $4.292026-01-19 — best price $4.122026-03-02 — best price $4.992026-04-10 — best price $3.422026-05-04 — best price $24.992026-05-25 — best price $4.992026-06-12 — best price $5.002026-07-01 — best price $3.752026-08-05 — best price $24.992026-08-17 — best price $3.742026-08-29 — best price $24.992026-09-29 — best price $3.742026-10-14 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2342026-05-31 — 17 pageviews2026-06-04 — 7 pageviews2026-06-08 — 22 pageviews2026-06-12 — 8 pageviews2026-06-16 — 8 pageviews2026-06-20 — 17 pageviews2026-06-24 — 13 pageviews2026-06-28 — 13 pageviews2026-07-02 — 19 pageviews2026-07-06 — 19 pageviews2026-07-10 — 13 pageviews2026-07-14 — 8 pageviews2026-07-18 — 14 pageviews2026-07-22 — 9 pageviews2026-07-26 — 4 pageviews2026-07-30 — 14 pageviews2026-08-03 — 15 pageviews2026-08-07 — 13 pageviews2026-08-11 — 16 pageviews2026-08-15 — 13 pageviews2026-08-19 — 12 pageviews2026-08-23 — 5 pageviews2026-08-27 — 8 pageviews2026-08-31 — 9 pageviews2026-09-04 — 20 pageviews2026-09-08 — 11 pageviews2026-09-12 — 11 pageviews2026-09-16 — 9 pageviews2026-09-20 — 11 pageviews2026-09-24 — 9 pageviews2026-09-28 — 6 pageviews2026-10-02 — 9 pageviews2026-10-06 — 7 pageviews2026-10-10 — 13 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

37
achievements tracked
76%
earned "Belt Potion"
10%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opOnline Co-opSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam WorkshopSteam CloudIncludes level editorFamily Sharing1 DLC

10 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2023-08-15 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,4521%37
PS5 (PlayStation)2435%27
Xbox Series (Xbox)2133%26
PS4 (PlayStation)80%27

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

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

RPGCo-opActionPuzzleMedievalAdventureAction RPGOnline Co-OpSingleplayerCo-op Campaign

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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