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Hero of Not Our Time cover art

Hero of Not Our Time

Hide Head · 2020-10-09

Steam

ActionAdventureCasualIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Oct 09, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Hero of Not Our Time is a 2D top-down action game with elements of 90s classics. The player will have to move through neo-noir dungeons looking for a way out, simultaneously destroying various monsters using magic and weapon, cleaning up location after location.

72%
positive of 158 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$0.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 11 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 267% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (34 reviews).
  • · Top 39% of 21,483 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 3.2k–7.1k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 158 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.49 at Steam (2025-03-13) · bundled 5×via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
262620202026Week of 2020-10-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$13.99$0.492020-10-092025-05-052020-10-09 — best price $11.192020-11-13 — best price $9.992021-01-05 — best price $9.992021-01-26 — best price $9.992021-02-15 — best price $9.992021-03-23 — best price $9.992021-05-17 — best price $9.992021-07-08 — best price $9.992021-08-01 — best price $9.992021-09-12 — best price $1.792021-10-07 — best price $2.992021-10-28 — best price $1.792021-11-24 — best price $2.692021-12-22 — best price $1.192022-01-27 — best price $1.252022-06-23 — best price $1.492022-09-30 — best price $9.992023-01-05 — best price $9.992023-03-23 — best price $9.992023-07-13 — best price $9.992023-11-28 — best price $9.992024-01-05 — best price $9.992025-03-13 — best price $0.492025-04-21 — best price $0.492025-05-05 — best price $0.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

25
achievements tracked
8.9%
earned "Get rid of junk"
1.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsFamily Sharing1 DLC

2 supported languages: English, Russian

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2020-10-09 (Steam store data)

Player tags

2DActionCasualShooterSurvivalTop-DownAdventureRogue-likeExplorationArena Shooter

Census log

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

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