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Hero Tale cover art

Hero Tale

Weird Johnny Studio · 2024-03-28

Steam

CasualIndieRPGFree To Play

Modes: Single player

Releases: Feb 15, 2024 (iOS), Q1 2021 (Android), Mar 28, 2024 (Mac), Mar 28, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

A relaxing auto-battler running in the background. Watch your combat experience grow and occasionally develop the massive skill tree and upgrade your equipment to explore secrets of the island.

40
playing now
69%
positive of 429 reviews
Mixed
steam rating
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
$4.99
steam price (US)

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

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 32% of 9,617 Casual games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 8.6k–19k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 429 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $3.49 at Steam (2026-04-20)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 4 of 8 observed days (census price snapshots)

Players online

67242026-08-11 23:00 — 38 players2026-08-12 15:00 — 49 players2026-08-13 07:00 — 38 players2026-08-13 23:00 — 42 players2026-08-14 14:00 — 48 players2026-08-15 06:00 — 37 players2026-08-15 22:00 — 43 players2026-08-16 14:00 — 67 players2026-08-17 06:00 — 36 players2026-08-17 22:00 — 40 players2026-08-18 14:00 — 44 players2026-08-19 05:00 — 34 players2026-08-19 21:00 — 45 players2026-08-20 13:00 — 34 players2026-08-21 05:00 — 27 players2026-08-21 20:00 — 51 players2026-08-22 12:00 — 42 players2026-08-23 04:00 — 32 players2026-08-23 20:00 — 46 players2026-08-24 11:00 — 42 players2026-08-25 03:00 — 24 players2026-08-25 19:00 — 45 players2026-08-26 11:00 — 40 players2026-08-27 16:00 — 40 players2026-08-28 08:00 — 34 players2026-08-29 00:00 — 34 players2026-08-29 16:00 — 39 players2026-08-30 08:00 — 40 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$4.99$3.492024-02-152026-04-272024-02-15 — best price $4.992024-03-28 — best price $3.992024-04-11 — best price $4.992024-11-27 — best price $3.942024-12-04 — best price $4.992024-12-19 — best price $3.892025-01-02 — best price $4.992025-02-03 — best price $3.842025-02-10 — best price $4.992025-03-13 — best price $3.792025-03-20 — best price $4.992025-06-30 — best price $3.742025-07-10 — best price $4.992025-09-29 — best price $3.692025-10-06 — best price $4.992025-12-18 — best price $3.642026-01-05 — best price $4.992026-03-19 — best price $3.592026-03-26 — best price $4.992026-04-20 — best price $3.492026-04-27 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerSteam AchievementsIn-App PurchasesCustom Volume ControlsKeyboard Only OptionMouse Only OptionSave AnytimeTouch Only OptionSteam CloudFamily Sharing3 DLC

18 supported languages: English, Polish, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil, Simplified Chinese, Czech, Spanish - Latin America, Indonesian, Japanese…

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)3634%34

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

Player tags

RPGLootIdlerIndieMagicFantasyMedievalStrategyRogue-liteExploration

Census log

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

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