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Heroine's Quest: The Herald of Ragnarok

Crystal Shard · 2014-03-20

SteamGOG

AdventureIndieRPGFree To Play

Modes: Single player

Releases: Mar 20, 2014 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Mar 20, 2014 (Linux)

A retro styled adventure/RPG hybrid with atmosphere like the classics. Play as warrior, sorceress, or rogue as you travel through the rich world of Norse mythology to keep it from eternal winter. Each class has different puzzle solutions, making for good replay value. Fully free, no hidden costs.

Heroine's Quest: The Herald of Ragnarok is a 2014 Adventure, Indie, RPG and Free To Play game priced at free-to-play, with an owner estimate of 200,000 .. 500,000 and a review sentiment of Very Positive (88% of 1417 reviews).

2
playing now
88%
positive of 1.4k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
Free
steam price (US)

2 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 13:00 UTC (census sample)

Heroine's Quest: The Herald of Ragnarok is an adventure game/RPG hybrid developed by Dutch studio Crystal Shard, set in the world of the Poetic Edda and Norse Mythology.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 2 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 40 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~5/week).
  • · Review velocity up 11% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 11% of 28,739 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Current store prices

GOG$0.00

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

12-month high $0.00 · on sale 48 of 48 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
535320182026Week of 2018-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1312026-09-14 23:00 — 6 players2026-09-16 07:00 — 3 players2026-09-17 14:00 — 5 players2026-09-18 22:00 — 2 players2026-09-20 05:00 — 3 players2026-09-21 13:00 — 3 players2026-09-22 21:00 — 2 players2026-09-24 04:00 — 1 players2026-09-25 12:00 — 3 players2026-09-26 19:00 — 5 players2026-09-28 03:00 — 3 players2026-09-29 10:00 — 2 players2026-09-30 18:00 — 7 players2026-10-02 01:00 — 2 players2026-10-03 09:00 — 2 players2026-10-04 17:00 — 4 players2026-10-06 00:00 — 6 players2026-10-07 08:00 — 5 players2026-10-08 15:00 — 5 players2026-10-09 23:00 — 4 players2026-10-11 06:00 — 5 players2026-10-12 14:00 — 3 players2026-10-13 22:00 — 4 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1392Mar 2014Aug 2026Mar 2014 — avg 139 · peak 352Jul 2014 — avg 20 · peak 42Nov 2014 — avg 11 · peak 29Mar 2015 — avg 10 · peak 23Jul 2015 — avg 6 · peak 19Nov 2015 — avg 5 · peak 15Mar 2016 — avg 5 · peak 16Jul 2016 — avg 4 · peak 15Nov 2016 — avg 4 · peak 16Mar 2017 — avg 5 · peak 14Jul 2017 — avg 5 · peak 12Nov 2017 — avg 5 · peak 15Mar 2018 — avg 8 · peak 27Jul 2018 — avg 5 · peak 18Nov 2018 — avg 21 · peak 445Mar 2019 — avg 4 · peak 13Jul 2019 — avg 22 · peak 653Nov 2019 — avg 4 · peak 11Mar 2020 — avg 5 · peak 19Jul 2020 — avg 7 · peak 15Nov 2020 — avg 6 · peak 16Mar 2021 — avg 4 · peak 11Jul 2021 — avg 3 · peak 11Nov 2021 — avg 2 · peak 11Mar 2022 — avg 4 · peak 10Jul 2022 — avg 3 · peak 10Nov 2022 — avg 4 · peak 10Mar 2023 — avg 3 · peak 9Jul 2023 — avg 2 · peak 6Nov 2023 — avg 2 · peak 7Mar 2024 — avg 2 · peak 17Jul 2024 — avg 2 · peak 8Nov 2024 — avg 3 · peak 8Mar 2025 — avg 2 · peak 7Jul 2025 — avg 4 · peak 12Dec 2025 — avg 3 · peak 13May 2026 — avg 3 · peak 7Aug 2026 — avg 4 · peak 10
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$0.00$0.002015-01-012026-10-142015-01-01 — best price $0.002023-10-04 — best price $0.002026-08-28 — best price $0.002026-08-30 — best price $0.002026-09-01 — best price $0.002026-09-03 — best price $0.002026-09-05 — best price $0.002026-09-07 — best price $0.002026-09-09 — best price $0.002026-09-11 — best price $0.002026-09-13 — best price $0.002026-09-15 — best price $0.002026-09-17 — best price $0.002026-09-19 — best price $0.002026-09-21 — best price $0.002026-09-23 — best price $0.002026-09-25 — best price $0.002026-09-27 — best price $0.002026-09-29 — best price $0.002026-10-01 — best price $0.002026-10-03 — best price $0.002026-10-05 — best price $0.002026-10-07 — best price $0.002026-10-09 — best price $0.002026-10-11 — best price $0.002026-10-13 — best price $0.002026-10-14 — best price $0.00
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2012026-05-30 — 10 pageviews2026-06-03 — 7 pageviews2026-06-07 — 8 pageviews2026-06-11 — 6 pageviews2026-06-15 — 3 pageviews2026-06-19 — 4 pageviews2026-06-23 — 8 pageviews2026-06-27 — 9 pageviews2026-07-01 — 3 pageviews2026-07-05 — 7 pageviews2026-07-09 — 14 pageviews2026-07-13 — 6 pageviews2026-07-17 — 10 pageviews2026-07-21 — 9 pageviews2026-07-25 — 5 pageviews2026-07-29 — 1 pageviews2026-08-02 — 6 pageviews2026-08-06 — 6 pageviews2026-08-10 — 9 pageviews2026-08-14 — 6 pageviews2026-08-18 — 9 pageviews2026-08-22 — 3 pageviews2026-08-26 — 9 pageviews2026-08-30 — 8 pageviews2026-09-03 — 4 pageviews2026-09-07 — 12 pageviews2026-09-11 — 9 pageviews2026-09-15 — 11 pageviews2026-09-19 — 8 pageviews2026-09-23 — 4 pageviews2026-09-27 — 6 pageviews2026-10-01 — 7 pageviews2026-10-05 — 12 pageviews2026-10-09 — 7 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

46
achievements tracked
33.2%
earned "So You Want To Be A Heroine"
26.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsCaptions availableCamera ComfortColor AlternativesCustom Volume ControlsAdjustable DifficultyMouse Only OptionPlayable without Timed Input1 DLC

7 supported languages: English, Hungarian, Russian, French, Italian, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Portugal

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2017-12-21 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)2,13926%46

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

Player tags

RPGIndieMagicRetroFantasyAdventureMythologyHand-drawnStory RichExploration

Census log

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

Recent updates

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