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Heartbound cover art

Heartbound

Pirate Software · 2018-12-24

Steam

ActionAdventureIndieRPGEarly Access

Modes: Single player

Releases: Dec 24, 2018 (Linux), Dec 24, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Heartbound is a non-traditional role-playing game about a boy, his dog, secrets, and sanity.

0
playing now
53%
positive of 3.7k reviews
Mixed
steam rating
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
83/100
IGDB user rating (17 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$9.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 05:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Cooling
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 126 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~16/week).
  • · Review velocity down 88% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (609 reviews).
  • · Top 19% of 10,862 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 92k–221k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 3,685 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $7.99 at Steam (2021-12-22)via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
56156120182026Week of 2018-12-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 186 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 168 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 145 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 83 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 158 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 561 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 107 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 7 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

302026-08-11 18:00 — 0 players2026-08-12 10:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 02:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 17:00 — 1 players2026-08-14 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 17:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 17:00 — 1 players2026-08-18 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 16:00 — 2 players2026-08-20 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 23:00 — 3 players2026-08-21 15:00 — 1 players2026-08-22 07:00 — 1 players2026-08-22 23:00 — 1 players2026-08-23 14:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 14:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 06:00 — 1 players2026-08-26 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 14:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 12:00 — 0 players2026-08-30 05:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$9.99$7.992018-12-252025-03-202018-12-25 — best price $9.992021-12-22 — best price $7.992022-01-05 — best price $9.992022-01-27 — best price $7.992022-02-03 — best price $9.992022-03-07 — best price $7.992022-05-04 — best price $9.992022-05-16 — best price $7.992022-05-23 — best price $9.992022-06-24 — best price $7.992022-07-07 — best price $9.992022-07-11 — best price $7.992022-07-18 — best price $9.992022-11-22 — best price $7.992022-11-29 — best price $9.992022-12-22 — best price $7.992023-01-05 — best price $9.992023-02-13 — best price $7.992023-02-20 — best price $9.992023-03-16 — best price $7.992023-03-23 — best price $9.992023-11-21 — best price $7.992023-11-28 — best price $9.992023-12-21 — best price $7.992024-01-04 — best price $9.992024-03-14 — best price $7.992024-03-21 — best price $9.992024-04-15 — best price $7.992024-04-22 — best price $9.992024-06-27 — best price $7.992024-07-11 — best price $9.992024-11-27 — best price $7.992024-12-04 — best price $9.992024-12-19 — best price $7.992025-01-02 — best price $9.992025-03-13 — best price $7.992025-03-20 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

31
achievements tracked
23.6%
earned "Shoe Gaskets"
1.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportFamily Sharing1 DLC

6 supported languages: English, Portuguese - Brazil, French, Russian, Spanish - Latin America, Japanese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)7100%31

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

Player tags

2DRPGFunnyIndieActionPuzzleAdventureStory RichAtmosphericEarly Access

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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