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Heroes Rise: The Prodigy

Choice of Games · 2014-06-17

Steam

IndieRPG

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Text

Releases: May 02, 2014 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), May 02, 2014 (Linux), May 02, 2014 (Mac), May 02, 2014 (Android), May 02, 2014 (iOS)

Do you have what it takes to become a legendary Powered hero? "Heroes Rise" is an epic interactive novel where your choices control the story. The game is entirely text-based--without graphics or sound effects--and fueled by the vast, unstoppable power of your imagination. How high will you rise?

Heroes Rise: The Prodigy is a 2014 Indie and RPG game priced at $4.99, with an estimated 20,000 to 50,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (79% of 403 reviews).

0
playing now
79%
positive of 403 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
IGDB user rating (2 ratings)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$4.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 06:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 6 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 50% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (104 reviews).
  • · Top 18% of 49,548 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 10k–24k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 403 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $1.79 at Steam (2015-06-11)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 3 of 6 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
919120142026Week of 2014-06-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2014-06-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2014-07-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2014-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2014-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2014-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2014-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2014-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2014-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2014-12-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2015-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2015-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2015-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2015-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2015-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2015-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2015-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2015-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2015-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2015-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2015-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2015-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2015-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2015-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2015-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2015-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2015-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2016-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2016-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2016-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2016-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-15 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 13:00 — 1 players2026-09-25 20:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 16:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 15:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 23:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 06:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$4.99$1.792015-01-012026-07-092015-01-01 — best price $1.972015-06-22 — best price $2.992015-12-22 — best price $1.972016-02-12 — best price $2.992016-11-23 — best price $1.972017-01-02 — best price $2.992017-07-05 — best price $4.992017-11-22 — best price $2.992018-01-04 — best price $4.992018-05-08 — best price $3.992018-10-29 — best price $2.992018-11-27 — best price $3.992019-02-04 — best price $2.992019-07-09 — best price $3.992019-11-26 — best price $2.992020-01-02 — best price $3.992020-06-25 — best price $2.992021-01-05 — best price $3.992021-06-24 — best price $2.992021-09-14 — best price $3.992021-12-22 — best price $2.992022-07-07 — best price $3.992022-11-22 — best price $2.392023-01-05 — best price $3.992023-03-23 — best price $4.992023-11-21 — best price $2.992024-01-04 — best price $4.992024-06-28 — best price $2.992024-12-04 — best price $4.992025-03-13 — best price $2.992025-06-12 — best price $4.992025-09-29 — best price $2.992026-01-05 — best price $4.992026-06-25 — best price $2.992026-07-09 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

17
achievements tracked
69.8%
earned "Hero of Tomorrow"
37.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsCaptions availableSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

1 supported languages: English

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2014-06-17 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)7317%17

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

Player tags

RPGIndieLGBTQ+RomanceSuperheroStory RichText-BasedChoices MatterFemale ProtagonistInteractive Fiction

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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