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Has-Been Heroes

Frozenbyte · GameTrust Games · 2017-03-27

SteamPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

ActionIndieRPGStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Apr 04, 2017 (Xbox One), Apr 04, 2017 (Nintendo Switch), Mar 27, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Apr 04, 2017 (PlayStation 4)

Has-Been Heroes is a challenging, lane-based roguelike game of strategy and action, featuring a band of heroes on a quest to escort the King's twin princesses to school!

Has-Been Heroes is an Action, Indie, RPG, and Strategy game released in 2017, priced at $19.99, with a Mostly Positive review sentiment (76% of 391 reviews) and an estimated owner count of 50,000 .. 100,000.

1
playing now
76%
positive of 391 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
68/100
critic score (4 outlets, IGDB)
80/100
IGDB user rating (4 ratings)
3.81★
PlayStation Store rating (120 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 18:00 UTC (census sample)

Has-Been Heroes is an action video game developed by Frozenbyte and published by GameTrust. The game was released on 28 March 2017 in North America and in Europe and Australia on 4 April 2017 on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Microsoft Windows, and Xbox One. This game is Gamestop exclusive and was only sold through Gamestop stores at launch.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 7 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 17% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (42 reviews).
  • · Top 23% of 27,727 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 9.8k–23k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 391 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $3.99 at Humble Store (2018-05-10) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 0 of 7 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
383820172026Week of 2017-03-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2017-04-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2017-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2017-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2017-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

302026-09-15 03:00 — 1 players2026-09-16 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 19:00 — 1 players2026-09-19 03:00 — 1 players2026-09-20 10:00 — 1 players2026-09-21 18:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 16:00 — 2 players2026-09-27 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 07:00 — 1 players2026-09-29 15:00 — 1 players2026-09-30 22:00 — 2 players2026-10-02 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 13:00 — 1 players2026-10-04 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 05:00 — 1 players2026-10-07 13:00 — 1 players2026-10-08 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 04:00 — 2 players2026-10-11 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 18:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
720Jan 2017Jun 2024Jan 2017 — avg 0 · peak 1Apr 2017 — avg 72 · peak 154Jul 2017 — avg 23 · peak 58Oct 2017 — avg 37 · peak 113Jan 2018 — avg 12 · peak 29Apr 2018 — avg 27 · peak 71Jul 2018 — avg 8 · peak 21Oct 2018 — avg 5 · peak 14Jan 2019 — avg 7 · peak 18Apr 2019 — avg 5 · peak 14Jul 2019 — avg 5 · peak 20Oct 2019 — avg 3 · peak 11Jan 2020 — avg 3 · peak 10Apr 2020 — avg 4 · peak 11Jul 2020 — avg 3 · peak 12Oct 2020 — avg 3 · peak 9Jan 2021 — avg 3 · peak 7Apr 2021 — avg 2 · peak 8Jul 2021 — avg 2 · peak 6Oct 2021 — avg 2 · peak 5Jan 2022 — avg 2 · peak 10Apr 2022 — avg 6 · peak 18Jul 2022 — avg 3 · peak 9Oct 2022 — avg 2 · peak 8Jan 2023 — avg 2 · peak 7Apr 2023 — avg 3 · peak 7Jul 2023 — avg 2 · peak 7Oct 2023 — avg 2 · peak 7Apr 2024 — avg 2 · peak 7Jun 2024 — avg 2 · peak 6

No change (0) in avg players vs prior month — Jun 2024

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

Price history

$19.99$3.992017-03-252026-10-102017-03-25 — best price $19.992017-06-09 — best price $9.992017-07-05 — best price $19.992017-09-07 — best price $9.992017-11-01 — best price $19.992017-12-05 — best price $9.992017-12-21 — best price $9.992018-01-11 — best price $7.992018-02-19 — best price $19.992018-05-10 — best price $3.992018-07-05 — best price $19.992018-10-29 — best price $4.992018-11-21 — best price $4.992018-12-21 — best price $4.992019-01-24 — best price $19.992019-05-10 — best price $5.992019-06-25 — best price $5.992019-08-29 — best price $5.992019-11-01 — best price $19.992019-12-01 — best price $5.992020-01-02 — best price $19.992020-01-12 — best price $6.792020-01-21 — best price $6.792020-01-27 — best price $19.992020-06-25 — best price $4.992020-09-10 — best price $19.992020-11-25 — best price $6.992020-12-22 — best price $6.992026-09-05 — best price $19.992026-09-26 — best price $19.992026-10-10 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2532026-06-02 — 8 pageviews2026-06-06 — 25 pageviews2026-06-10 — 11 pageviews2026-06-14 — 12 pageviews2026-06-18 — 8 pageviews2026-06-22 — 4 pageviews2026-06-26 — 4 pageviews2026-06-30 — 8 pageviews2026-07-04 — 16 pageviews2026-07-08 — 6 pageviews2026-07-12 — 4 pageviews2026-07-16 — 7 pageviews2026-07-20 — 4 pageviews2026-07-24 — 6 pageviews2026-07-28 — 9 pageviews2026-08-01 — 5 pageviews2026-08-05 — 11 pageviews2026-08-09 — 6 pageviews2026-08-13 — 3 pageviews2026-08-17 — 15 pageviews2026-08-21 — 11 pageviews2026-08-25 — 12 pageviews2026-08-29 — 7 pageviews2026-09-02 — 13 pageviews2026-09-06 — 5 pageviews2026-09-10 — 7 pageviews2026-09-14 — 7 pageviews2026-09-18 — 6 pageviews2026-09-22 — 9 pageviews2026-09-26 — 10 pageviews2026-09-30 — 13 pageviews2026-10-04 — 10 pageviews2026-10-08 — 4 pageviews2026-10-12 — 4 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

26
achievements tracked
71.7%
earned "Trouble afoot"
6.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudRemote Play on PhoneRemote Play on TabletRemote Play on TVFamily Sharing

6 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,5021%26
PS4 (PlayStation)5611%27
Xbox One (Xbox)4821%26
PS4 (PlayStation)3061%27
Switch (Nintendo)390%0

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

Player tags

2DRPGIndieActionStrategyTacticalRogue-likeRogue-liteReplay ValueTactical RPG

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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