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HERO DEFENSE

Happy Tuesday · Headup · 2016-05-31

SteamPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

ActionIndieRPGStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Aug 16, 2018 (PlayStation 4), Aug 15, 2018 (Xbox One), May 31, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

CREEPS CRUMBLE. HEROES RISE. Command a team of renegade heroes and impale, slash, tear and burn through legions of undead hell-bent on world domination. Your mission: to defeat the world’s most powerful vampire, Count Necrosis.

HERO DEFENSE is an Action, Indie, RPG, and Strategy game released in 2016, priced at $29.99, with an estimated 50,000 to 100,000 owners and Mixed reviews (63% of 772 reviews).

2
playing now
63%
positive of 772 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
60/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
3.06★
PlayStation Store rating (79 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$29.99
steam price (US)

2 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 18:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 2 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 8 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 50% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 17% of 27,667 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 19k–46k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 772 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$29.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.00 at Fanatical (2020-11-06) · bundled 6×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $29.99 · on sale 29 of 45 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
7720172026Week of 2017-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

302026-09-15 03:00 — 1 players2026-09-16 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 19:00 — 1 players2026-09-19 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 08:00 — 1 players2026-09-25 16:00 — 3 players2026-09-26 23:00 — 1 players2026-09-28 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 13:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 21:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 12:00 — 1 players2026-10-08 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 11:00 — 1 players2026-10-12 18:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 18:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$29.99$1.492016-01-262026-10-102016-01-26 — best price $13.492016-11-23 — best price $7.492018-11-28 — best price $29.992019-07-10 — best price $29.992019-12-03 — best price $29.992020-04-21 — best price $29.992020-06-05 — best price $18.892020-11-02 — best price $29.992021-01-09 — best price $18.892021-03-24 — best price $29.992021-05-19 — best price $29.992021-07-11 — best price $18.892021-08-30 — best price $26.992021-10-04 — best price $29.992021-11-19 — best price $18.892022-01-18 — best price $26.992022-03-01 — best price $26.992022-05-26 — best price $22.042022-07-29 — best price $2.992022-11-08 — best price $29.992023-01-05 — best price $29.992023-03-23 — best price $29.992023-07-13 — best price $29.992023-11-28 — best price $29.992024-02-19 — best price $29.992024-05-19 — best price $29.992024-10-13 — best price $1.492025-01-05 — best price $29.992025-04-29 — best price $29.992025-08-09 — best price $29.992025-11-18 — best price $22.042026-03-09 — best price $2.092026-05-30 — best price $22.462026-09-05 — best price $29.992026-10-10 — best price $29.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

33
achievements tracked
75.4%
earned "Gravedigger"
6.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing

6 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Russian, Italian

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)2,3383%33
PS4 (PlayStation)2870%32
Xbox One (Xbox)2690%32
PS4 (PlayStation)1390%32

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

Player tags

RPGCo-opFunnyIndieActionFantasyZombiesStrategyAddictiveAdventure

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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