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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.

4
playing now
88%
positive of 1.4k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Free
steam price (US)

4 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 03:00 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

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  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 26% of 11,362 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Current store prices

GOG$0.00

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

12-month high $0.00 · on sale 3 of 3 observed days (census price snapshots)

Players online

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Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$0.00$0.002015-01-012026-08-302015-01-01 — best price $0.002015-03-11 — best price $0.002023-10-04 — best price $0.002025-01-20 — best price $0.002026-08-28 — best price $0.002026-08-29 — best price $0.002026-08-30 — best price $0.00
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

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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

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.

Players also track

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Similarity via IGDB.

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