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Henchman Story

Silken Sail Entertainment · 2021-10-14

SteamPlayStation StoreEpic Games StoreMicrosoft Store

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person, Side view

Releases: Oct 14, 2021 (PlayStation 5), Oct 14, 2021 (Xbox One), Oct 14, 2021 (Xbox Series X|S), Oct 14, 2021 (PlayStation 4), Oct 14, 2021 (Nintendo Switch), Oct 14, 2021 (Mac)

Being a bumbling supervillain's henchman is a thankless job. The spandex chafes, there's tons of late nights, and your boss rarely remembers your name. But in this narrative adventure you'll soon discover that - sometimes - even the choices of the lowliest henchman can change everything.

96%
positive of 311 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
95/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
4.59★
PlayStation Store rating (109 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$14.99
steam price (US)

Henchman Story is a narrative adventure where you play as a beleaguered henchman working for a bumbling supervillain. It’s thankless work. Week in and week out, you put on your purple spandex and get the crap beaten out of you by much stronger, much cooler people wearing much fancier spandex. But the checks clear, and Lord Bedlam offers healthcare, so a job’s a job, right? Even henchmen have bills to pay, and sometimes, even henchmen can make choices that change everything.(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 20 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity down 9% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 25% of 26,743 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 6.2k–14k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 311 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$14.99
Microsoft Store$14.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.99 at Steam (2025-05-26)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 14 of 31 observed days · $12.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
434320212026Week of 2021-10-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 3 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$14.99$2.992021-10-142026-10-082021-10-14 — best price $14.992021-12-22 — best price $10.492022-02-21 — best price $14.992022-05-11 — best price $14.992022-07-07 — best price $14.992022-08-08 — best price $14.992022-09-20 — best price $10.492022-10-24 — best price $8.242022-11-29 — best price $14.992022-12-22 — best price $7.492023-02-06 — best price $14.992023-03-25 — best price $7.492023-05-08 — best price $7.492023-06-19 — best price $6.742023-08-03 — best price $14.992023-09-05 — best price $14.992023-11-21 — best price $5.992023-12-21 — best price $5.992024-02-04 — best price $14.992024-03-14 — best price $5.242024-05-06 — best price $5.092024-06-17 — best price $5.092024-07-18 — best price $5.992024-09-02 — best price $14.992024-11-27 — best price $4.492024-12-19 — best price $4.492025-01-27 — best price $14.992025-03-20 — best price $14.992025-06-27 — best price $2.992025-07-28 — best price $14.992025-09-29 — best price $2.992025-11-06 — best price $14.992025-12-18 — best price $2.992026-02-23 — best price $2.992026-04-13 — best price $14.992026-07-13 — best price $2.992026-09-24 — best price $14.992026-10-08 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

26
achievements tracked
88.7%
earned "Tragic Backstory"
29%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

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

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2021-10-14 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Xbox Series, Xbox One (Xbox)61390%26
PS4 (PlayStation)48897%27
PS5 (PlayStation)47796%27
PS5 (PlayStation)38893%27
PS4 (PlayStation)37993%27
Steam (Steam)11515%26
Switch (Nintendo)10%0

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

Player tags

2DFunnyCasualComedyCartoonyNarrativeComic BookDark HumorStory RichDark Comedy

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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