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Heart&Slash

AHEARTFULOFGAMES · Full Hearts Games · 2016-08-09

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ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Aug 09, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Aug 09, 2016 (Linux), Jun 24, 2016 (PlayStation 4), Aug 09, 2016 (Mac), Jun 24, 2016 (Xbox One), Dec 21, 2017 (Nintendo Switch)

Fight as Heart, an innocent robot fighting to escape the grip of mindless machines in a future where humans are no more. A fast-paced 3D brawler with roguelike elements set in a colorful yet desolated world.

Heart&Slash is an Action Adventure Indie game released in 2016, priced at $14.99, with an owner estimate of 50,000 .. 100,000 and a review sentiment of Very Positive (81% of 641 reviews).

1
playing now
81%
positive of 641 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
75/100
critic score (7 outlets, IGDB)
80/100
IGDB user rating (4 ratings)
4.24★
PlayStation Store rating (466 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$14.99
steam price (US)

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

Health check

Quiet
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 14 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity down 26% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 18% of 27,667 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 16k–38k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 641 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.09 at Steam (2024-12-19) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 8 of 15 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
131320172026Week of 2017-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

302026-09-15 03:00 — 1 players2026-09-16 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 19:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 10:00 — 1 players2026-09-21 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 01:00 — 1 players2026-09-24 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 23:00 — 1 players2026-09-28 07:00 — 1 players2026-09-29 14:00 — 1 players2026-09-30 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 13:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 21:00 — 1 players2026-10-06 05:00 — 3 players2026-10-07 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 20:00 — 1 players2026-10-10 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 18:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
280Oct 2014Dec 2023Oct 2014 — avg 1 · peak 5Jan 2015 — avg 0 · peak 6Apr 2015 — avg 0 · peak 3Jul 2015 — avg 0 · peak 4Oct 2015 — avg 1 · peak 5Jan 2016 — avg 0 · peak 3Apr 2016 — avg 0 · peak 3Jul 2016 — avg 1 · peak 6Oct 2016 — avg 7 · peak 31Jan 2017 — avg 4 · peak 19Apr 2017 — avg 5 · peak 23Jul 2017 — avg 4 · peak 16Oct 2017 — avg 3 · peak 16Jan 2018 — avg 3 · peak 12Apr 2018 — avg 3 · peak 10Jul 2018 — avg 1 · peak 5Oct 2018 — avg 1 · peak 4Jan 2019 — avg 2 · peak 9Apr 2019 — avg 1 · peak 5Jul 2019 — avg 3 · peak 12Oct 2019 — avg 1 · peak 5Jan 2020 — avg 2 · peak 6Apr 2020 — avg 2 · peak 6Jul 2020 — avg 2 · peak 9Oct 2020 — avg 1 · peak 6Jan 2021 — avg 2 · peak 7Apr 2021 — avg 1 · peak 5Jul 2021 — avg 1 · peak 5Oct 2021 — avg 2 · peak 5Jan 2022 — avg 2 · peak 6Apr 2022 — avg 1 · peak 4Oct 2022 — avg 1 · peak 3Mar 2023 — avg 1 · peak 4Dec 2023 — avg 1 · peak 5

No change (0) in avg players vs prior month — Dec 2023

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

Price history

$29.21$2.092015-01-012026-10-092015-01-01 — best price $24.992016-08-08 — best price $12.942016-08-22 — best price $14.402016-09-16 — best price $10.302016-10-03 — best price $14.992016-11-07 — best price $11.002016-12-01 — best price $11.242017-02-10 — best price $14.992017-04-13 — best price $5.982017-06-17 — best price $5.102017-07-17 — best price $11.522017-09-19 — best price $5.092017-10-26 — best price $14.992017-11-20 — best price $3.982017-12-15 — best price $5.092018-01-12 — best price $11.902018-11-15 — best price $7.492019-07-09 — best price $14.992020-05-28 — best price $4.942020-10-29 — best price $3.892020-12-22 — best price $4.942021-05-19 — best price $3.892021-10-15 — best price $2.242021-12-22 — best price $3.892022-05-02 — best price $3.892022-09-19 — best price $3.892022-12-22 — best price $2.992023-04-12 — best price $3.892023-09-06 — best price $3.442023-12-21 — best price $2.692024-04-03 — best price $2.842024-08-28 — best price $2.392024-12-19 — best price $2.092025-04-09 — best price $2.092025-09-10 — best price $2.092026-06-01 — best price $2.992026-09-25 — best price $19.992026-10-09 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
63.2%
earned "SNEAKY"
20.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudRemote Play on TVFamily Sharing1 DLC

7 supported languages: English, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese, Italian, German, Russian, French

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2016-08-09 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,3223%71
PS4 (PlayStation)8788%49
Xbox One (Xbox)6257%20
PS4 (PlayStation)17022%49

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

Player tags

IndieVoxelActionRobotsRomanceAdventureRogue-likeRogue-liteBeat 'em upSingleplayer

Census log

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

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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