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Heads Will Roll: Reforged

1917 Studios · Valkyrie Initiative · 2023-10-04

SteamGOG

RPG

Modes: Single player

Releases: Feb 20, 2024 (Nintendo Switch), Oct 04, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Oct 04, 2023 (Mac), Oct 04, 2023 (Linux)

Hardcore survival RPG with non-linear story that lets you play as a young medieval soldier who over the course of battles and adventures becomes the most formidable and respected knight of his era. Or, if he’s not lucky enough, perishes in the chaos of the Hundred Years' War.

Heads Will Roll: Reforged is an RPG game released in 2023, priced at $24.99, with an estimated 100,000 .. 200,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (83% of 1716 reviews).

28
playing now
83%
positive of 1.7k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$24.99
steam price (US)

28 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 07:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Cooling
  • · 28 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 262 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~33/week).
  • · Review velocity down 50% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 13% of 14,018 RPG games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 34k–77k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,716 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$24.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $3.59 at GOG (2025-12-04) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $24.99 · on sale 79 of 95 observed days · $2.40 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
20820820232026Week of 2023-10-01: 203 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 208 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 73 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

222262026-09-15 16:00 — 222 players2026-09-17 00:00 — 100 players2026-09-18 08:00 — 115 players2026-09-19 15:00 — 179 players2026-09-20 23:00 — 102 players2026-09-22 06:00 — 96 players2026-09-23 14:00 — 112 players2026-09-24 21:00 — 51 players2026-09-26 05:00 — 79 players2026-09-27 12:00 — 123 players2026-09-28 20:00 — 69 players2026-09-30 03:00 — 48 players2026-10-01 11:00 — 40 players2026-10-02 18:00 — 84 players2026-10-04 02:00 — 69 players2026-10-05 10:00 — 61 players2026-10-06 18:00 — 92 players2026-10-08 01:00 — 33 players2026-10-09 09:00 — 52 players2026-10-10 16:00 — 74 players2026-10-12 00:00 — 33 players2026-10-13 07:00 — 34 players2026-10-14 15:00 — 51 players2026-10-15 07:00 — 28 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
24322Oct 2023Aug 2026Oct 2023 — avg 160 · peak 546Nov 2023 — avg 57 · peak 145Dec 2023 — avg 42 · peak 101Jan 2024 — avg 55 · peak 134Feb 2024 — avg 52 · peak 117Mar 2024 — avg 49 · peak 131Apr 2024 — avg 35 · peak 89May 2024 — avg 22 · peak 274Jun 2024 — avg 173 · peak 587Jul 2024 — avg 91 · peak 220Aug 2024 — avg 44 · peak 151Sep 2024 — avg 43 · peak 136Oct 2024 — avg 52 · peak 147Nov 2024 — avg 27 · peak 65Dec 2024 — avg 62 · peak 185Jan 2025 — avg 61 · peak 150Feb 2025 — avg 36 · peak 70Mar 2025 — avg 33 · peak 73Apr 2025 — avg 32 · peak 57May 2025 — avg 26 · peak 72Jun 2025 — avg 45 · peak 134Jul 2025 — avg 44 · peak 92Aug 2025 — avg 36 · peak 74Sep 2025 — avg 243 · peak 672Oct 2025 — avg 131 · peak 401Nov 2025 — avg 56 · peak 153Dec 2025 — avg 119 · peak 530Jan 2026 — avg 120 · peak 507Feb 2026 — avg 70 · peak 144Mar 2026 — avg 41 · peak 80Apr 2026 — avg 39 · peak 115May 2026 — avg 34 · peak 92Jun 2026 — avg 31 · peak 64Jul 2026 — avg 37 · peak 71Aug 2026 — avg 28 · peak 63
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$24.99$3.592023-10-042026-10-152023-10-04 — best price $12.742023-11-28 — best price $14.992024-01-08 — best price $11.092024-02-06 — best price $14.992024-02-28 — best price $10.942024-04-01 — best price $9.592024-05-16 — best price $9.442024-06-27 — best price $7.342024-08-31 — best price $14.992024-10-07 — best price $14.992024-11-20 — best price $14.992025-01-03 — best price $14.992025-02-05 — best price $7.042025-03-04 — best price $7.042025-04-03 — best price $14.992025-05-21 — best price $6.442025-06-27 — best price $6.142025-07-23 — best price $14.992025-08-26 — best price $6.442025-09-25 — best price $6.142025-10-15 — best price $6.142025-11-25 — best price $3.742026-01-05 — best price $24.992026-02-14 — best price $24.992026-03-19 — best price $5.992026-04-11 — best price $14.992026-05-21 — best price $3.592026-06-11 — best price $24.992026-07-13 — best price $9.742026-08-17 — best price $9.992026-08-31 — best price $9.992026-09-05 — best price $9.992026-09-10 — best price $9.992026-09-15 — best price $9.992026-09-20 — best price $9.992026-09-25 — best price $5.992026-09-30 — best price $5.992026-10-05 — best price $5.992026-10-10 — best price $5.992026-10-15 — best price $24.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
75.9%
earned "War Scars"
26.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing10 DLC

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

Post-launch support: 10 DLC released, first 2023-10-04, latest 2026-09-11 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)6410%161

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

Player tags

2DRPGWarDarkRomanceMedievalDifficultHistoricalStory RichText-Based

Census log

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

Recent updates

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