The Game Census
Hero Siege cover art

Hero Siege

Panic Art Studios Ltd · 2014-01-29

SteamPlayStation Store

ActionAdventureIndieMassively MultiplayerRPG

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO)

Releases: Jan 29, 2014 (Linux), Jan 29, 2014 (Mac), Dec 29, 2014 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Apr 02, 2026 (PlayStation 5)

Hero Siege is a fast paced Pixel Art ARPG featuring an expansive roster of unique classes, deep build experimentation, and a player driven economy.

13,577
playing now
67%
positive of 47k reviews
Mixed
steam rating
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
6,167
twitch viewers (latest)
80/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
73/100
IGDB user rating (45 ratings)
72h
to beat · rushed 20h · completionist 120h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$7.99
steam price (US)

13,577 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 01:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Healthy
  • · 13,577 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 2,064 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~258/week).
  • · Review velocity up 13% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 4% of 10,710 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 1.2M–2.8M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 47,003 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.29 at Humble Store (2015-09-11) · bundled 10×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $7.99 · on sale 9 of 18 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1.2k1.2k20182026Week of 2018-01-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 202 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 61 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 106 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 129 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 68 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 297 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 128 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 69 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 198 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 262 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 71 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 87 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 382 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 225 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 181 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 126 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 64 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 283 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 154 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 146 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 73 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 112 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 286 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 453 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 155 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 184 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 65 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 169 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 301 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 166 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 140 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 162 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 802 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 519 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 174 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 87 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 320 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 115 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 179 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 292 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 159 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 102 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 81 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 152 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 166 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 142 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 288 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 84 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 642 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 366 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 497 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 172 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 176 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 80 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 153 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 62 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 257 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 185 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 305 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 142 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 152 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 225 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 62 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 184 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 139 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 226 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 152 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 159 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 129 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 215 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 62 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 150 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 106 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 120 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 220 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 57 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 253 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1,206 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 111 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 377 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 164 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 155 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 276 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 91 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 108 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 132 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 119 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 81 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 79 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 162 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 145 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 191 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 91 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 58 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 60 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 173 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 97 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 75 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 174 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 77 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 437 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 449 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 176 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 146 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 86 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 150 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 255 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 68 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 123 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 138 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 106 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 144 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 82 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 68 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 648 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 622 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 99 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 76 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 57 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

18k1602026-08-06 21:00 — 215 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 184 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 276 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 220 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 188 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 310 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 257 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 221 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 335 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 252 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 185 players2026-08-10 13:00 — 320 players2026-08-10 21:00 — 233 players2026-08-11 05:00 — 160 players2026-08-11 13:00 — 305 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 266 players2026-08-14 05:00 — 232 players2026-08-15 12:00 — 390 players2026-08-16 20:00 — 499 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 296 players2026-08-19 11:00 — 556 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 1,415 players2026-08-22 02:00 — 11,190 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 13,824 players2026-08-24 17:00 — 17,221 players2026-08-26 01:00 — 11,818 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 11,029 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 15,567 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 13,577 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$7.99$0.292015-01-012026-07-092015-01-01 — best price $2.392015-04-27 — best price $5.992015-08-24 — best price $5.992015-10-29 — best price $1.492016-02-05 — best price $2.992016-05-16 — best price $5.992016-07-14 — best price $5.992016-11-25 — best price $0.592017-05-11 — best price $0.592017-09-07 — best price $2.032017-12-21 — best price $2.092018-06-21 — best price $2.032018-11-21 — best price $0.592019-02-04 — best price $3.352019-07-24 — best price $1.402019-11-26 — best price $1.742020-03-02 — best price $0.692020-07-21 — best price $1.392020-12-22 — best price $2.442021-05-10 — best price $0.902021-11-24 — best price $2.372022-02-11 — best price $0.692022-06-23 — best price $0.692022-11-29 — best price $6.992023-03-23 — best price $6.992023-08-07 — best price $6.992024-01-22 — best price $1.592024-06-27 — best price $0.792024-11-27 — best price $0.792025-04-03 — best price $7.992025-10-06 — best price $7.992026-03-26 — best price $7.992026-07-09 — best price $7.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Twitch viewers

11k9082026-08-20 18:12 — 3,439 viewers2026-08-21 02:12 — 4,912 viewers2026-08-21 10:12 — 1,816 viewers2026-08-21 16:12 — 7,927 viewers2026-08-21 22:12 — 7,402 viewers2026-08-22 04:12 — 4,719 viewers2026-08-22 10:12 — 3,178 viewers2026-08-22 16:12 — 6,590 viewers2026-08-22 22:12 — 5,039 viewers2026-08-23 10:12 — 2,432 viewers2026-08-23 16:12 — 4,390 viewers2026-08-24 08:12 — 1,674 viewers2026-08-24 14:12 — 4,838 viewers2026-08-25 01:12 — 4,651 viewers2026-08-25 07:12 — 2,272 viewers2026-08-25 16:12 — 4,186 viewers2026-08-26 19:34 — 6,724 viewers2026-08-27 02:34 — 4,749 viewers2026-08-27 08:34 — 2,250 viewers2026-08-27 12:34 — 3,844 viewers2026-08-27 18:34 — 5,531 viewers2026-08-28 01:12 — 3,489 viewers2026-08-28 05:34 — 1,312 viewers2026-08-28 11:34 — 2,618 viewers2026-08-28 17:34 — 7,145 viewers2026-08-28 23:34 — 6,603 viewers2026-08-29 05:34 — 1,706 viewers2026-08-29 11:34 — 2,458 viewers2026-08-29 17:34 — 5,194 viewers2026-08-29 23:34 — 3,813 viewers2026-08-30 05:34 — 2,570 viewers2026-08-30 11:34 — 3,788 viewers2026-08-30 15:34 — 6,167 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
82.7%
earned "Monster Slayer"
9.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opOnline Co-opShared/Split Screen Co-opShared/Split ScreenCross-Platform MultiplayerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading Cards11 DLC

10 supported languages: English, Finnish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, Korean, German, French, Spanish - Spain

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)51,3260%145

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

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

2DRPGCo-opIndieActionTop-DownAdventureAction RPGRogue-likeRogue-lite

Census log

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

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