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Hero and Daughter+ cover art

Hero and Daughter+

Tachi · Vaka Game Magazine · 2016-02-18

Steam

IndieRPG

Modes: Single player

Releases: Feb 18, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

This is the classic story of good old Ralph, the legendary hero from RPG Maker VX Ace, on his quest to defeat the diabolical Demon Lord. Ralph has been reduced to Level 1, and must rely on a cast of ladies straight out of the daydreams of the game's creator in order to succeed on his quest!

Hero and Daughter+ is an Indie and RPG game released in 2016, priced at $2.49, with an estimated 20,000 to 50,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (88% of 261 reviews).

3
playing now
88%
positive of 261 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$2.49
steam price (US)

3 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 07:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 3 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 12 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 9% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 22% of 49,548 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 6.5k–16k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 261 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $2.49 at Steam (2020-12-22)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 5 of 9 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
282820162026Week of 2016-02-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2016-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2016-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2016-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2016-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2016-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2016-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2016-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2016-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

702026-09-15 08:00 — 1 players2026-09-16 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 07:00 — 2 players2026-09-20 14:00 — 2 players2026-09-21 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 06:00 — 6 players2026-09-24 13:00 — 3 players2026-09-25 21:00 — 1 players2026-09-27 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 12:00 — 3 players2026-09-29 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 03:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 10:00 — 1 players2026-10-03 18:00 — 1 players2026-10-05 02:00 — 1 players2026-10-06 09:00 — 2 players2026-10-07 17:00 — 3 players2026-10-09 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 08:00 — 3 players2026-10-11 15:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 23:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 07:00 — 3 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
541Feb 2016Jul 2026Feb 2016 — avg 54 · peak 108Jun 2016 — avg 10 · peak 26Oct 2016 — avg 9 · peak 43Feb 2017 — avg 7 · peak 22Jun 2017 — avg 4 · peak 18Oct 2017 — avg 3 · peak 10Feb 2018 — avg 6 · peak 20Jun 2018 — avg 4 · peak 14Oct 2018 — avg 3 · peak 11Feb 2019 — avg 2 · peak 10Jun 2019 — avg 3 · peak 10Oct 2019 — avg 2 · peak 9Feb 2020 — avg 2 · peak 5Jun 2020 — avg 2 · peak 8Oct 2020 — avg 2 · peak 6Feb 2021 — avg 3 · peak 11Jun 2021 — avg 2 · peak 11Oct 2021 — avg 3 · peak 13Feb 2022 — avg 3 · peak 11Jun 2022 — avg 3 · peak 11Oct 2022 — avg 3 · peak 10Feb 2023 — avg 4 · peak 11Jun 2023 — avg 2 · peak 7Oct 2023 — avg 3 · peak 7Feb 2024 — avg 4 · peak 11Jun 2024 — avg 3 · peak 12Oct 2024 — avg 2 · peak 8Feb 2025 — avg 4 · peak 15Jul 2025 — avg 3 · peak 8Jan 2026 — avg 3 · peak 8Jul 2026 — avg 2 · peak 11
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$9.99$2.492016-02-112026-08-162016-02-11 — best price $9.992016-04-28 — best price $6.992016-10-20 — best price $4.992016-12-22 — best price $4.992017-06-22 — best price $3.992017-11-22 — best price $3.992018-02-05 — best price $4.992018-06-22 — best price $3.992018-10-02 — best price $3.992018-11-21 — best price $4.992019-02-04 — best price $4.992019-06-26 — best price $3.992019-12-12 — best price $4.992020-01-23 — best price $4.992020-06-25 — best price $2.992020-09-24 — best price $2.992020-12-22 — best price $2.492021-04-29 — best price $2.492021-10-28 — best price $2.492021-12-09 — best price $2.492022-01-27 — best price $2.492022-06-23 — best price $2.492022-12-22 — best price $2.492023-03-16 — best price $2.492023-06-30 — best price $2.492023-12-21 — best price $2.492024-03-14 — best price $2.492024-09-08 — best price $2.492024-12-20 — best price $2.492025-03-13 — best price $2.492025-06-26 — best price $2.492025-12-18 — best price $2.492026-03-19 — best price $2.492026-08-16 — best price $2.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

23
achievements tracked
85.5%
earned "Birth of a Level 1 Hero"
23.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing

2 supported languages: English, Japanese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)4437%23

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

Player tags

RPGJRPGAnimeIndieNudityRPGMaker

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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