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Hero Generations

Heart Shaped Games LLC · 2015-04-10

Steam

IndieRPGSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Mar 05, 2015 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Aug 17, 2016 (iOS), Mar 05, 2015 (Mac)

The original roguelike/4X strategy game where every turn is one year of your life. Explore, find a mate, build a home, and raise a child before you die to keep your legacy going. Praised as "the offspring of Sid Meier's Civilization, Passage, and The Legend of Zelda." IndieCade Finalist.

55%
positive of 223 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
50/100
IGDB user rating (1 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$5.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 13 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 30% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (63 reviews).
  • · Top 25% of 47,248 Indie games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 5.6k–13k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 223 total reviews — how this is computed.

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
393920152026Week of 2015-04-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2015-04-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2015-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2015-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2015-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2015-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2015-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2015-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2015-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2015-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2015-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2015-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2016-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2016-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2016-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2016-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2017-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Details

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Player tags

2D4XRPGIndieFantasySandboxStrategyAdventureOpen WorldRogue-like

Census log

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

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