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Heavy Burden

Whale Rock Games · 2023-09-11

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreEpic Games StoreMicrosoft Store

AdventureIndieSimulation

Modes: Single player

Releases: Nov 29, 2023 (Xbox One), Sep 11, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jan 24, 2024 (PlayStation 4)

How does Sisyphus feel as he climbs to the top of the mountain? Tired from the weight of the stone, the scorching sun, and the steep climbs, he nevertheless continues on his way up. What awaits him there?

77%
positive of 465 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
3.98★
PlayStation Store rating (44 ratings)
$1.79
steam price (US)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 143 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~18/week).
  • · Review velocity up 27% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 36% of 14,164 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 9.3k–21k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 465 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$1.79-85%
Microsoft Store$12.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.22 at GamesPlanet US (2025-04-04) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 58 of 64 observed days · $12.77 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
818120232026Week of 2023-09-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 4 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$29.99$0.222023-09-112026-09-092023-09-11 — best price $3.742023-10-24 — best price $2.792023-11-28 — best price $4.992024-02-01 — best price $4.992024-03-21 — best price $9.992024-04-19 — best price $0.492024-05-17 — best price $1.002024-06-27 — best price $0.892024-07-20 — best price $0.832024-08-05 — best price $0.592024-09-03 — best price $0.692024-10-03 — best price $9.992024-11-15 — best price $19.992024-12-19 — best price $0.692025-01-29 — best price $14.992025-02-21 — best price $0.992025-03-04 — best price $11.992025-03-20 — best price $11.992025-04-14 — best price $0.502025-05-28 — best price $0.592025-06-11 — best price $7.772025-07-28 — best price $0.992025-09-19 — best price $0.782025-10-06 — best price $7.772025-10-31 — best price $0.782025-12-20 — best price $1.192026-01-07 — best price $1.192026-02-13 — best price $0.782026-03-16 — best price $13.992026-04-12 — best price $0.972026-05-15 — best price $0.782026-06-12 — best price $0.782026-07-03 — best price $0.782026-07-21 — best price $11.992026-08-14 — best price $0.782026-09-09 — best price $12.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

13
achievements tracked
57.6%
earned "Move over"
8.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsDualShock Controller SupportPartial Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing

15 supported languages: English, Russian, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Korean, Polish, Thai, Turkish…

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Xbox One (Xbox)22350%13
Steam (Steam)18023%13
PS4 (PlayStation)5165%14
PS4 (PlayStation)3063%14

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

Player tags

3DRTSLogicCasualPuzzleStrategyAdventurePlatformerAtmosphericFirst-Person

Census log

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

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