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Heroes of Science and Fiction

Oxymoron Games · 2026-03-17

SteamGOGEpic Games Store

IndieRPGStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Split screen · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Sep 30, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Sep 30, 2024 (Linux)

A turn-based sci-fi strategy that combines exploration and exciting clashes on the battlefield. Take control over several different species, raise powerful armies for your heroes and destroy your opponents! This HoMM-like is set in a scifi universe, with new mechanics on top of the classic formula.

Heroes of Science and Fiction is an Indie, RPG and Strategy game released in 2026, priced at $29.99, with an estimated 50,000 to 100,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (90% of 934 reviews).

25
playing now
90%
positive of 934 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$29.99
steam price (US)

25 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 17:00 UTC (census sample)

Heroes of Science and Fiction is a turn-based strategy video game developed and published by Czech studio Oxymoron Games for Windows, macOS, and Linux.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 25 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 46 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~6/week).
  • · Review velocity down 47% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 11% of 49,548 Indie games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 19k–42k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 934 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$29.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $11.99 at Steam (2026-08-03) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $29.99 · on sale 59 of 95 observed days · $18.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
999920242026Week of 2024-09-30: 99 positiveWeek of 2024-09-30: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-10-07: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-10-14: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-10-21: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-28: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-11-04: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-11: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-11-18: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-11-25: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-11-25: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-02: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-12-09: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-16: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-12-16: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-12-23: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-12-23: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-30: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-12-30: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-06: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-13: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-01-13: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-20: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-20: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-27: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-02-03: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-02-10: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-02-17: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-02-17: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-24: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-03: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-03-10: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-03-17: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-03-17: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-24: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-03-24: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-31: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-31: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-07: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-04-14: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-21: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-28: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-05-05: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-05-12: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-05-12: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-19: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-02: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-06-02: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-09: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-09: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-16: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-23: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-30: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-07: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-07-14: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-07-14: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-21: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-07-28: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-04: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-08-04: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-11: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-08-11: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-18: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-08-18: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-25: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-08-25: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-09-08: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-09-15: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-09-22: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-09-29: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-10-06: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-10-13: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-10-20: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-10-20: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-27: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-11-03: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-11-03: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-10: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-10: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-17: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-24: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-11-24: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-12-08: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-12-15: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-12-22: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-29: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-12-29: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-05: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-12: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-26: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-02-02: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-02-16: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-02-23: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-02: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-02: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-09: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-03-16: 61 positiveWeek of 2026-03-16: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-03-23: 43 positiveWeek of 2026-03-23: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-03-30: 30 positiveWeek of 2026-03-30: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-04-06: 24 positiveWeek of 2026-04-06: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-04-13: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-04-13: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-04-20: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-04-27: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-04-27: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-04: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-05-04: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-05-11: 20 positiveWeek of 2026-05-11: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-18: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-05-25: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-08: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-06-15: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-22: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-22: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-06-29: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-06-29: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-07-06: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-07-06: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-07-13: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-07-13: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-07-20: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-27: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-08-03: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-08-03: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-10: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-10: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-17: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-17: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

3652026-09-15 03:00 — 8 players2026-09-16 11:00 — 17 players2026-09-17 18:00 — 26 players2026-09-19 02:00 — 10 players2026-09-20 09:00 — 26 players2026-09-21 17:00 — 31 players2026-09-23 01:00 — 7 players2026-09-24 08:00 — 10 players2026-09-25 16:00 — 24 players2026-09-26 23:00 — 6 players2026-09-28 07:00 — 5 players2026-09-29 14:00 — 14 players2026-09-30 22:00 — 13 players2026-10-02 05:00 — 5 players2026-10-03 13:00 — 15 players2026-10-04 21:00 — 14 players2026-10-06 04:00 — 9 players2026-10-07 12:00 — 11 players2026-10-08 19:00 — 20 players2026-10-10 03:00 — 12 players2026-10-11 10:00 — 13 players2026-10-12 18:00 — 31 players2026-10-14 02:00 — 6 players2026-10-14 17:00 — 25 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
997Oct 2024Aug 2026Oct 2024 — avg 40 · peak 210Nov 2024 — avg 15 · peak 55Dec 2024 — avg 11 · peak 30Jan 2025 — avg 7 · peak 31Feb 2025 — avg 8 · peak 22Mar 2025 — avg 35 · peak 120Apr 2025 — avg 17 · peak 46May 2025 — avg 12 · peak 37Jun 2025 — avg 13 · peak 41Jul 2025 — avg 18 · peak 49Aug 2025 — avg 34 · peak 139Sep 2025 — avg 17 · peak 49Oct 2025 — avg 29 · peak 111Nov 2025 — avg 24 · peak 84Dec 2025 — avg 14 · peak 37Jan 2026 — avg 14 · peak 38Feb 2026 — avg 14 · peak 39Mar 2026 — avg 99 · peak 383Apr 2026 — avg 80 · peak 223May 2026 — avg 52 · peak 143Jun 2026 — avg 28 · peak 87Jul 2026 — avg 22 · peak 65Aug 2026 — avg 23 · peak 65
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$29.99$11.992024-09-302026-10-142024-09-30 — best price $25.492024-11-01 — best price $23.992024-11-22 — best price $23.992024-12-11 — best price $22.492025-01-05 — best price $29.992025-03-03 — best price $19.492025-03-21 — best price $24.992025-04-25 — best price $17.492025-06-02 — best price $16.242025-06-26 — best price $14.992025-07-25 — best price $14.992025-08-18 — best price $12.502025-09-27 — best price $24.992025-10-08 — best price $24.992025-11-03 — best price $12.492025-12-06 — best price $24.992026-01-10 — best price $24.992026-03-03 — best price $24.992026-03-31 — best price $29.992026-04-24 — best price $14.992026-05-08 — best price $29.992026-06-02 — best price $29.992026-06-22 — best price $14.992026-07-14 — best price $29.992026-08-03 — best price $11.992026-08-27 — best price $14.992026-08-31 — best price $14.992026-09-04 — best price $14.992026-09-08 — best price $14.992026-09-12 — best price $29.992026-09-16 — best price $29.992026-09-20 — best price $29.992026-09-24 — best price $14.992026-09-28 — best price $14.992026-10-02 — best price $14.992026-10-06 — best price $14.992026-10-10 — best price $29.992026-10-14 — best price $29.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

3512026-05-27 — 16 pageviews2026-05-31 — 16 pageviews2026-06-04 — 7 pageviews2026-06-08 — 11 pageviews2026-06-12 — 7 pageviews2026-06-16 — 13 pageviews2026-06-20 — 5 pageviews2026-06-24 — 14 pageviews2026-06-28 — 35 pageviews2026-07-02 — 10 pageviews2026-07-06 — 10 pageviews2026-07-10 — 17 pageviews2026-07-14 — 6 pageviews2026-07-18 — 6 pageviews2026-07-22 — 11 pageviews2026-07-26 — 7 pageviews2026-07-30 — 2 pageviews2026-08-03 — 9 pageviews2026-08-07 — 17 pageviews2026-08-11 — 7 pageviews2026-08-15 — 8 pageviews2026-08-19 — 5 pageviews2026-08-23 — 7 pageviews2026-08-27 — 13 pageviews2026-08-31 — 7 pageviews2026-09-04 — 9 pageviews2026-09-08 — 8 pageviews2026-09-12 — 18 pageviews2026-09-16 — 8 pageviews2026-09-20 — 9 pageviews2026-09-24 — 3 pageviews2026-09-28 — 4 pageviews2026-10-02 — 9 pageviews2026-10-06 — 9 pageviews2026-10-10 — 3 pageviews2026-10-13 — 4 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
47.6%
earned "So it begins"
3.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsLinuxSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPLAN PvPShared/Split Screen PvPCo-opOnline Co-opLAN Co-opShared/Split Screen Co-op2 DLC

10 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Czech, Polish, Simplified Chinese, Hungarian, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2024-12-19, latest 2026-06-22 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)3421%67

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

Player tags

4XPvPRPG2.5DIndieStrategyCyberpunkExplorationEarly AccessStrategy RPG

Census log

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

Recent updates

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