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Heartless & Dreadful : Return by 72 Hours cover art

Heartless & Dreadful : Return by 72 Hours

Kirillian · 2023-08-20

Steam

ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Aug 20, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Heartless and Dreadful is a character action game, made mostly by one person. It features complex and satisfying combat and a short story campaign with multiple, brutal difficulty options, allowing for quite a bit of replayability. And additional unlockable side content.

97%
positive of 64 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$6.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 15 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 36% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 75% of 10,936 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 1.3k–2.9k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 64 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $3.49 at Steam (2024-10-28) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $6.99 · on sale 5 of 10 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
6620232026Week of 2023-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$6.99$3.492023-08-202026-07-092023-08-20 — best price $5.942023-08-27 — best price $6.992023-11-21 — best price $5.942023-11-28 — best price $6.992023-12-21 — best price $5.942024-01-04 — best price $6.992024-01-15 — best price $5.592024-01-22 — best price $6.992024-02-26 — best price $5.592024-03-04 — best price $6.992024-03-14 — best price $5.592024-03-21 — best price $6.992024-04-29 — best price $4.892024-05-06 — best price $6.992024-06-10 — best price $4.892024-06-17 — best price $6.992024-06-27 — best price $4.892024-07-11 — best price $6.992024-10-28 — best price $3.492024-11-04 — best price $6.992024-11-27 — best price $3.492024-12-04 — best price $6.992024-12-20 — best price $3.492025-01-02 — best price $6.992025-03-13 — best price $3.492025-03-20 — best price $6.992025-06-26 — best price $3.492025-07-10 — best price $6.992025-10-01 — best price $3.492025-10-06 — best price $6.992025-10-27 — best price $3.492025-11-03 — best price $6.992025-12-18 — best price $3.492026-01-05 — best price $6.992026-03-19 — best price $3.492026-03-26 — best price $6.992026-06-25 — best price $3.492026-07-09 — best price $6.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opShared/Split Screen Co-opShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam WorkshopSteam CloudIncludes level editor1 DLC

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

3DIndieActionFantasyViolentStylizedAtmosphericBeat 'em upSingleplayerThird Person

Census log

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

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