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Heroes of Hammerwatch II

Crackshell · Team17 · 2025-01-14

Steam

ActionIndieRPG

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Jan 14, 2025 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

A rogue-lite action-rpg that offers extensive persistent progression. Build your town, upgrade and equip your heroes, before taking on the ever-changing Dark Citadel - either solo or with a team of friends.

424
playing now
82%
positive of 6.5k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
1
twitch viewers (latest)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)

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

Health check

Healthy
  • · 424 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 208 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~26/week).
  • · Review velocity up 38% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (1,480 reviews).
  • · Top 14% of 10,710 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 129k–290k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 6,455 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $4.51 at GamesPlanet US (2026-04-10) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $234.99 · on sale 104 of 105 observed days (census price snapshots)

Featured in Valve's Top Releases of February 2025 (#7)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1.3k1.3k20252026Week of 2025-01-14: 1,314 positiveWeek of 2025-01-14: 166 negativeWeek of 2025-01-21: 831 positiveWeek of 2025-01-21: 139 negativeWeek of 2025-01-28: 372 positiveWeek of 2025-01-28: 90 negativeWeek of 2025-02-04: 215 positiveWeek of 2025-02-04: 52 negativeWeek of 2025-02-11: 121 positiveWeek of 2025-02-11: 34 negativeWeek of 2025-02-18: 93 positiveWeek of 2025-02-18: 45 negativeWeek of 2025-02-25: 70 positiveWeek of 2025-02-25: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-03-04: 64 positiveWeek of 2025-03-04: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-03-11: 50 positiveWeek of 2025-03-11: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-03-18: 68 positiveWeek of 2025-03-18: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-03-25: 52 positiveWeek of 2025-03-25: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-04-08: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-04-08: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-04-15: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-04-15: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-04-22: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-04-22: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-29: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-04-29: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-05-06: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-05-06: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-05-13: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-05-13: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-05-20: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-05-20: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-27: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-05-27: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-06-03: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-06-03: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-06-10: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-06-10: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-06-17: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-06-17: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-06-24: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-06-24: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-07-08: 29 positiveWeek of 2025-07-08: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-07-15: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-07-15: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-07-22: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-07-22: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-07-29: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-07-29: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-08-05: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-08-05: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-08-12: 30 positiveWeek of 2025-08-12: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-08-19: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-08-19: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-08-26: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-08-26: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-02: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-09-02: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-09: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-09-09: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-09-16: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-09-16: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-09-23: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-09-30: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-09-30: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-07: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-10-07: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-10-14: 132 positiveWeek of 2025-10-14: 102 negativeWeek of 2025-10-21: 74 positiveWeek of 2025-10-21: 36 negativeWeek of 2025-10-28: 49 positiveWeek of 2025-10-28: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-11-04: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-11-04: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-11-11: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-11-11: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-11-18: 27 positiveWeek of 2025-11-18: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-11-25: 127 positiveWeek of 2025-11-25: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-12-02: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-12-02: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-12-09: 31 positiveWeek of 2025-12-09: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-12-16: 32 positiveWeek of 2025-12-16: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-12-23: 36 positiveWeek of 2025-12-23: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-12-30: 36 positiveWeek of 2025-12-30: 15 negativeWeek of 2026-01-06: 25 positiveWeek of 2026-01-06: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-01-13: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-01-13: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-01-20: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-01-20: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-01-27: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-01-27: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-03: 25 positiveWeek of 2026-02-03: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-02-10: 18 positiveWeek of 2026-02-10: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-02-17: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-02-17: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-24: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-02-24: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-03: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-03-03: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-10: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-03-10: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-17: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-03-17: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-24: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-03-24: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-03-31: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-04-07: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-04-07: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-14: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-04-14: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-21: 33 positiveWeek of 2026-04-21: 19 negativeWeek of 2026-04-28: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-04-28: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-05-05: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-05-05: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-05-12: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-05-12: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-05-19: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-05-26: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-05-26: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-06-02: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-02: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-09: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-06-09: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-16: 19 positiveWeek of 2026-06-16: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-06-23: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-06-23: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-06-30: 25 positiveWeek of 2026-06-30: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-07-07: 25 positiveWeek of 2026-07-07: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-07-14: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-07-14: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-07-21: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-07-21: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-28: 23 positiveWeek of 2026-07-28: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-08-04: 30 positiveWeek of 2026-08-04: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-08-11: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-08-11: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1.1k2342026-08-06 21:00 — 791 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 512 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 757 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 802 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 712 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 942 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 1,067 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 864 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 1,008 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 1,023 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 533 players2026-08-10 14:00 — 730 players2026-08-10 22:00 — 696 players2026-08-11 06:00 — 442 players2026-08-11 14:00 — 694 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 537 players2026-08-14 05:00 — 417 players2026-08-15 12:00 — 593 players2026-08-16 20:00 — 708 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 392 players2026-08-19 11:00 — 297 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 513 players2026-08-22 02:00 — 518 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 374 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 463 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 436 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 241 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 367 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 424 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$234.99$3.862025-01-142026-08-132025-01-14 — best price $15.292025-03-20 — best price $17.992025-07-28 — best price $11.692025-09-13 — best price $17.992025-09-29 — best price $11.692025-10-06 — best price $17.992025-10-13 — best price $8.992025-10-27 — best price $16.932025-11-03 — best price $17.602025-11-06 — best price $16.932025-11-18 — best price $16.932025-11-22 — best price $9.282025-12-02 — best price $9.282025-12-06 — best price $17.992025-12-19 — best price $10.002026-01-10 — best price $17.992026-02-02 — best price $9.992026-02-16 — best price $7.642026-03-09 — best price $19.992026-03-17 — best price $19.992026-03-20 — best price $19.792026-03-31 — best price $19.992026-04-06 — best price $18.392026-04-21 — best price $17.992026-04-27 — best price $10.002026-05-07 — best price $18.392026-05-15 — best price $9.602026-05-19 — best price $18.562026-05-25 — best price $10.002026-06-16 — best price $9.952026-06-25 — best price $6.252026-07-09 — best price $19.992026-07-14 — best price $17.992026-07-22 — best price $19.992026-07-27 — best price $7.992026-08-01 — best price $18.562026-08-08 — best price $17.992026-08-12 — best price $19.992026-08-13 — best price $17.83
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Twitch viewers

8302026-08-26 20:34 — 55 viewers2026-08-26 23:34 — 61 viewers2026-08-27 03:34 — 83 viewers2026-08-27 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 09:33 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 12:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 15:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 18:34 — 9 viewers2026-08-27 22:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 01:34 — 3 viewers2026-08-28 04:34 — 5 viewers2026-08-28 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 13:34 — 39 viewers2026-08-28 16:35 — 1 viewers2026-08-28 19:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 22:34 — 19 viewers2026-08-29 01:34 — 5 viewers2026-08-29 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 13:34 — 4 viewers2026-08-29 16:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 20:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 23:34 — 4 viewers2026-08-30 02:34 — 3 viewers2026-08-30 05:34 — 3 viewers2026-08-30 08:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-30 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 14:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 15:34 — 1 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

37
achievements tracked
82.8%
earned "Mysterious Citadel"
7.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opOnline Co-opSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

7 supported languages: English, French, German, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)7,9681%37

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

2DRPGActionFantasyTop-DownAdventureAction RPGRogue-likeRogue-liteHack and Slash

Census log

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

Recent updates

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