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Hero Tale

Weird Johnny Studio · 2024-03-28

Steam

CasualIndieRPGFree To Play

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

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.

Hero Tale is a 2024 Casual, Indie, RPG, Free To Play game priced at $4.99, with an estimated 50,000 .. 100,000 owners and a Mixed review sentiment (69% of 428 reviews).

35
playing now
69%
positive of 428 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$4.99
steam price (US)

35 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 10:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 35 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 30 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~4/week).
  • · Review velocity down 42% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 14% of 29,753 Casual games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 8.6k–19k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 428 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 3 of 6 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
616120242026Week of 2024-02-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

56312026-09-16 12:00 — 53 players2026-09-17 19:00 — 45 players2026-09-19 03:00 — 34 players2026-09-20 10:00 — 51 players2026-09-21 18:00 — 47 players2026-09-23 01:00 — 32 players2026-09-24 09:00 — 46 players2026-09-25 16:00 — 51 players2026-09-27 00:00 — 34 players2026-09-28 07:00 — 37 players2026-09-29 15:00 — 46 players2026-09-30 22:00 — 38 players2026-10-02 06:00 — 36 players2026-10-03 13:00 — 42 players2026-10-04 22:00 — 41 players2026-10-06 05:00 — 36 players2026-10-07 13:00 — 44 players2026-10-08 20:00 — 35 players2026-10-10 04:00 — 33 players2026-10-11 11:00 — 56 players2026-10-12 19:00 — 46 players2026-10-14 02:00 — 42 players2026-10-15 10:00 — 35 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
45341Feb 2024Aug 2026Feb 2024 — avg 453 · peak 574Mar 2024 — avg 408 · peak 684Apr 2024 — avg 378 · peak 659May 2024 — avg 230 · peak 305Jun 2024 — avg 151 · peak 230Jul 2024 — avg 122 · peak 168Aug 2024 — avg 98 · peak 150Sep 2024 — avg 81 · peak 121Oct 2024 — avg 70 · peak 105Nov 2024 — avg 89 · peak 215Dec 2024 — avg 172 · peak 261Jan 2025 — avg 128 · peak 259Feb 2025 — avg 206 · peak 371Mar 2025 — avg 150 · peak 210Apr 2025 — avg 95 · peak 146May 2025 — avg 82 · peak 120Jun 2025 — avg 75 · peak 109Jul 2025 — avg 102 · peak 162Aug 2025 — avg 74 · peak 111Sep 2025 — avg 68 · peak 97Oct 2025 — avg 72 · peak 118Nov 2025 — avg 52 · peak 77Dec 2025 — avg 48 · peak 83Jan 2026 — avg 58 · peak 90Feb 2026 — avg 49 · peak 81Mar 2026 — avg 52 · peak 79Apr 2026 — avg 55 · peak 87May 2026 — avg 55 · peak 83Jun 2026 — avg 47 · peak 73Jul 2026 — avg 47 · peak 66Aug 2026 — avg 41 · peak 70
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

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).

Completion

34
achievements tracked
88.6%
earned "Scent of Adventure"
15.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

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…

Post-launch support: 3 DLC released, first 2024-02-15 (Steam store data)

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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