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Hero's Hour cover art

Hero's Hour

Benjamin "ThingOnItsOwn" Hauer · Goblinz Publishing · 2022-03-01

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreEpic Games StoreMicrosoft Store

RPGStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Jun 12, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Apr 11, 2024 (Nintendo Switch), Mar 14, 2025 (PlayStation 5)

A fast turn-based strategy RPG with real-time combat. Develop your cities and armies, level up your heroes to gain new, powerful spells and skills, and explore the wonders and dangers of the procedurally generated maps as you aim to conquer your enemies before they do the same to you.

54
playing now
79%
positive of 5.7k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
63/100
IGDB user rating (11 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$17.99
steam price (US)

54 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 02:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 54 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 151 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~19/week).
  • · Review velocity down 41% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (1,568 reviews).
  • · Top 13% of 6,151 RPG games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 115k–258k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 5,732 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$5.79-68%
GOG$7.19-60%
Microsoft Store$17.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $5.79 at IndieGala Store (2024-11-25) · bundled 5×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $17.99 · on sale 71 of 121 observed days · $1.40 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1.3k1.3k20222026Week of 2022-03-01: 1,265 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 303 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 256 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 90 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 180 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 101 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 230 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

72232026-08-06 22:00 — 58 players2026-08-07 06:00 — 30 players2026-08-07 14:00 — 49 players2026-08-07 22:00 — 45 players2026-08-08 06:00 — 44 players2026-08-08 14:00 — 72 players2026-08-08 22:00 — 53 players2026-08-09 06:00 — 46 players2026-08-09 14:00 — 63 players2026-08-09 22:00 — 56 players2026-08-10 06:00 — 32 players2026-08-10 15:00 — 53 players2026-08-10 23:00 — 41 players2026-08-11 07:00 — 34 players2026-08-11 15:00 — 39 players2026-08-12 22:00 — 53 players2026-08-14 06:00 — 23 players2026-08-15 14:00 — 49 players2026-08-16 22:00 — 43 players2026-08-18 05:00 — 24 players2026-08-19 13:00 — 38 players2026-08-20 20:00 — 36 players2026-08-22 04:00 — 40 players2026-08-23 11:00 — 54 players2026-08-24 19:00 — 47 players2026-08-26 03:00 — 37 players2026-08-27 11:00 — 37 players2026-08-28 18:00 — 58 players2026-08-30 02:00 — 54 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$17.99$5.792022-02-182026-08-302022-02-18 — best price $17.992022-04-14 — best price $17.992022-06-08 — best price $13.492022-07-15 — best price $11.872022-08-22 — best price $11.992022-09-28 — best price $16.172022-11-22 — best price $10.372022-12-23 — best price $8.822023-01-31 — best price $14.712023-03-14 — best price $9.332023-05-08 — best price $8.992023-07-20 — best price $8.992023-09-12 — best price $7.652023-11-04 — best price $17.992023-12-21 — best price $8.992024-02-09 — best price $8.992024-04-02 — best price $17.992024-06-06 — best price $8.992024-08-10 — best price $17.992024-10-07 — best price $17.992024-11-21 — best price $6.482025-01-02 — best price $17.992025-02-20 — best price $6.482025-04-04 — best price $5.992025-08-01 — best price $17.992025-10-07 — best price $7.112025-11-24 — best price $5.792026-01-06 — best price $17.992026-02-26 — best price $17.992026-04-22 — best price $7.192026-06-04 — best price $7.192026-07-22 — best price $17.992026-08-24 — best price $7.202026-08-30 — best price $7.19
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
41.4%
earned "Greed is Good"
7.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPShared/Split Screen PvPCo-opShared/Split Screen Co-opShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsSteam WorkshopSteam Cloud2 DLC

11 supported languages: English, Spanish - Spain, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America, Traditional Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)6,2053%61
PS5 (PlayStation)10412%62
Switch (Nintendo)840%0
Xbox Series (Xbox)555%61

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

Player tags

2DRPGFantasyStrategyOld SchoolTurn-BasedMultiplayerAuto BattlerLevel EditorSingleplayer

Census log

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

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