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Heckabomb cover art

Heckabomb

Allicorn Games · KISS ltd · 2015-02-27

Steam

ActionIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Feb 27, 2015 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Explosive twin stick shooter. Lots of upgrades. Full controller support. Awesome soundtrack.

Heckabomb is an Action, Indie game released in 2015, priced at $5.99, with an estimated owner base of 200,000 .. 500,000 and a review sentiment of Mixed (61% of 296 reviews).

1
playing now
61%
positive of 296 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
50/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$5.99
steam price (US)

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

Health check

Quiet
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 3 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~0/week).
  • · Review velocity up 0% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 25% of 27,667 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 7.4k–18k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 296 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.45 at GamersGate (2020-01-27) · bundled 6×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $5.99 · on sale 5 of 9 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
3320152026Week of 2015-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2015-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2015-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-14 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 19:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 16:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 14:00 — 1 players2026-10-13 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 14:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$5.99$0.452015-02-272026-07-092015-02-27 — best price $5.392015-05-11 — best price $5.992015-08-25 — best price $5.992015-11-16 — best price $5.992016-01-07 — best price $5.992016-03-11 — best price $5.992016-05-23 — best price $5.992016-07-31 — best price $5.992016-10-21 — best price $1.792016-11-30 — best price $5.992017-01-07 — best price $5.992017-03-26 — best price $5.992017-07-05 — best price $5.992017-11-01 — best price $5.992017-12-18 — best price $0.592018-01-22 — best price $0.592018-05-24 — best price $5.992018-08-13 — best price $5.992018-11-21 — best price $0.592019-01-28 — best price $0.592019-06-10 — best price $0.592019-09-09 — best price $1.492019-11-12 — best price $5.992020-01-04 — best price $5.992020-03-06 — best price $5.992020-08-01 — best price $5.992021-02-15 — best price $5.992022-01-05 — best price $5.992022-07-07 — best price $5.992023-07-13 — best price $5.992023-12-11 — best price $5.992024-05-20 — best price $5.992025-03-20 — best price $5.992026-01-05 — best price $2.992026-07-09 — best price $5.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

46
achievements tracked
9%
earned "ROCK ON"
4.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

1 supported languages: English

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2015-02-27 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,18014%46

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

Player tags

IndieActionArcadeShoot 'Em UpTwin Stick Shooter

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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