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Heroes of Hammerwatch cover art

Heroes of Hammerwatch

Crackshell · Team17 · 2018-03-01

SteamGOGPlayStation Store

ActionIndieRPG

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Mar 01, 2018 (Linux), Mar 01, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Heroes of Hammerwatch is a rogue-lite action-adventure. Explore and battle your way through procedurally generated levels on your own or with up to 3 friends.

184
playing now
87%
positive of 9.5k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
85/100
critic score (0 outlets, IGDB)
70/100
IGDB user rating (23 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$2.99
steam price (US)

184 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 17:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 184 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 168 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~21/week).
  • · Review velocity down 5% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (586 reviews).
  • · Top 11% of 10,910 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 238k–571k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 9,524 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$2.70
GOG$11.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.00 at Chrono.gg (2019-04-01) · bundled 5×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 78 of 94 observed days · $10.99 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
47047020182026Week of 2018-03-01: 470 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 116 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 108 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 127 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 229 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 329 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 125 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 184 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 165 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 253 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 98 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 164 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 98 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 206 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 219 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 112 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 146 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 217 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

184262026-08-06 22:00 — 50 players2026-08-07 06:00 — 28 players2026-08-07 14:00 — 48 players2026-08-07 22:00 — 55 players2026-08-08 06:00 — 42 players2026-08-08 14:00 — 72 players2026-08-08 22:00 — 69 players2026-08-09 06:00 — 57 players2026-08-09 14:00 — 78 players2026-08-09 22:00 — 66 players2026-08-10 06:00 — 40 players2026-08-10 14:00 — 60 players2026-08-10 22:00 — 62 players2026-08-11 06:00 — 43 players2026-08-11 14:00 — 63 players2026-08-12 22:00 — 60 players2026-08-14 06:00 — 52 players2026-08-15 13:00 — 94 players2026-08-16 21:00 — 128 players2026-08-18 05:00 — 61 players2026-08-19 12:00 — 77 players2026-08-20 20:00 — 112 players2026-08-22 03:00 — 117 players2026-08-23 11:00 — 87 players2026-08-24 19:00 — 137 players2026-08-26 03:00 — 112 players2026-08-27 11:00 — 75 players2026-08-28 18:00 — 120 players2026-08-30 02:00 — 143 players2026-08-30 17:00 — 184 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$14.99$1.852018-03-012026-08-302018-03-01 — best price $9.592018-06-19 — best price $11.992018-09-05 — best price $7.792018-11-27 — best price $11.992019-02-04 — best price $8.032019-05-30 — best price $7.992019-08-29 — best price $7.792019-11-28 — best price $7.192020-01-22 — best price $7.192020-05-02 — best price $5.992020-07-10 — best price $5.992020-11-27 — best price $10.192021-02-11 — best price $4.792021-09-15 — best price $11.992022-01-05 — best price $11.992022-05-09 — best price $11.992023-07-13 — best price $11.992024-05-20 — best price $11.992025-01-02 — best price $11.992025-09-29 — best price $2.992025-10-17 — best price $14.992025-11-24 — best price $2.742025-12-07 — best price $11.272026-02-02 — best price $11.992026-03-19 — best price $11.992026-04-20 — best price $3.742026-05-08 — best price $13.792026-05-26 — best price $11.992026-07-09 — best price $11.992026-07-31 — best price $1.852026-08-24 — best price $2.992026-08-30 — best price $11.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
76.9%
earned "Mysterious Monolith"
13.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsLinuxSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opOnline Co-opSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam WorkshopPartial Controller SupportSteam CloudIncludes level editor3 DLC

3 supported languages: English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)14,5461%114
Switch (Nintendo)320%0

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

Player tags

2DRPGCo-opIndieActionTop-DownAdventureRogue-liteMultiplayerOnline Co-Op

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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