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Heads Will Roll cover art

Heads Will Roll

1917 Studios · 2021-09-04

Steam

AdventureIndieRPG

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view, Text

Releases: Sep 05, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Hardcore survival RPG with non-linear story that lets you taste the life of a medieval soldier.

76%
positive of 184 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
1
Nexus mods (3 downloads)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$4.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 10 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 33% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (30 reviews).
  • · Top 38% of 20,718 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 3.7k–8.3k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 184 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $2.49 at Steam (2023-06-29) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
242420212026Week of 2021-09-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$4.99$2.492021-09-052024-07-112021-09-05 — best price $3.992021-09-20 — best price $4.992021-10-28 — best price $4.242021-11-01 — best price $4.992021-11-24 — best price $4.242021-12-01 — best price $4.992022-01-27 — best price $4.242022-02-03 — best price $4.992022-05-02 — best price $3.742022-05-10 — best price $4.992022-06-06 — best price $3.742022-06-13 — best price $4.992022-10-24 — best price $4.242022-10-31 — best price $4.992022-11-22 — best price $4.242022-11-29 — best price $4.992022-12-23 — best price $4.242023-01-05 — best price $4.992023-06-29 — best price $2.492023-07-13 — best price $4.992024-06-27 — best price $2.492024-07-11 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

34
achievements tracked
54.7%
earned "Out of Breath"
20.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFamily Sharing

2 supported languages: English, Russian

Player tags

2DRPGCRPGLootRomanceColorfulMedievalSurvivalAdventureSwordplay

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.