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Hardcore and Death

ZERO5GAMES · 2025-12-05

Steam

ActionAdventureCasualIndie

Run through huge multi-level locations, avoiding spikes, falling platforms, and flying blades, use double jumps, and choose your route to reach the Heart before the lights go out.

82%
positive of 76 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
$1.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 26 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity down 47% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 73% of 10,936 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 1.5k–3.4k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 76 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.59 at Steam (2026-02-20)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $1.99 · on sale 7 of 14 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
444420252026Week of 2025-12-05: 44 positiveWeek of 2025-12-05: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-12-12: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-09: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-09: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-16: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-16: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-01-30: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-01-30: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-06: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-13: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-20: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-02-20: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-27: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-27: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-10: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-03: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$1.99$0.592025-12-052026-07-202025-12-05 — best price $1.692025-12-15 — best price $1.992026-02-20 — best price $0.592026-03-06 — best price $1.992026-03-19 — best price $0.592026-03-26 — best price $1.992026-04-09 — best price $0.592026-04-23 — best price $1.992026-05-25 — best price $0.692026-06-01 — best price $1.992026-06-25 — best price $0.692026-07-09 — best price $1.992026-07-13 — best price $0.692026-07-20 — best price $1.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFamily Sharing

2 supported languages: English, Russian

Census log

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