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HeXen II

Raven Software · id Software · 2007-08-03

SteamGOGMicrosoft Store

Action

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Jul 17, 2002 (Mac), Sep 11, 1997 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse lurk in the shadows before you. They are Death, Pestilence, Famine, and War. They are the root of all that is evil, but the least of your worries. The last of the three Serpent Riders yet lives.

HeXen II is an Action game released in 2007, priced at $4.99, with an estimated 100,000 to 200,000 owners and Mostly Positive reviews (78% of 620 reviews).

0
playing now
78%
positive of 620 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
69/100
IGDB user rating (34 ratings)
bronze
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
$4.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 15:00 UTC (census sample)

Hexen II is a 1997 first-person shooter game developed by Raven Software and published by id Software for Windows. It is the third game in the Hexen/Heretic series, and the last in the Serpent Riders trilogy. Using a modified Quake engine, it features single-player and multiplayer game modes, as well as four character classes to choose from, each with different abilities. These include the "offensive" Paladin, the "defensive" Crusader, the spell-casting Necromancer, and the stealthy Assassin.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 38 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~5/week).
  • · Review velocity down 12% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 19% of 27,675 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 25k–50k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 620 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$4.99
Microsoft Store$4.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.24 at Steam (2013-08-01)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 6 of 58 observed days · $3.75 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
121220172026Week of 2017-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 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: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

302026-09-15 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 16:00 — 1 players2026-09-19 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 23:00 — 1 players2026-09-24 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 14:00 — 2 players2026-09-26 21:00 — 2 players2026-09-28 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 20:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 03:00 — 3 players2026-10-03 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 19:00 — 2 players2026-10-06 02:00 — 1 players2026-10-07 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 17:00 — 2 players2026-10-10 01:00 — 3 players2026-10-11 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 16:00 — 2 players2026-10-14 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 15:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$4.99$1.242015-01-012026-10-142015-01-01 — best price $2.492015-12-22 — best price $1.242017-06-23 — best price $1.242018-06-22 — best price $1.242019-02-05 — best price $1.642019-12-19 — best price $1.492020-11-25 — best price $1.492021-02-17 — best price $4.992021-06-24 — best price $1.492021-09-29 — best price $2.492021-11-30 — best price $4.992022-04-29 — best price $1.492022-08-16 — best price $1.492022-12-01 — best price $4.992023-03-06 — best price $4.992023-06-15 — best price $1.492023-10-03 — best price $4.992024-01-04 — best price $4.992024-05-02 — best price $4.992024-07-11 — best price $4.992024-10-08 — best price $4.992024-12-19 — best price $1.492025-03-13 — best price $1.492025-05-16 — best price $4.992025-11-24 — best price $1.492026-06-25 — best price $1.492026-09-03 — best price $4.992026-09-11 — best price $4.992026-09-19 — best price $4.992026-09-27 — best price $4.992026-10-05 — best price $4.992026-10-13 — best price $4.992026-10-14 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

143472026-06-02 — 55 pageviews2026-06-06 — 52 pageviews2026-06-10 — 70 pageviews2026-06-14 — 60 pageviews2026-06-18 — 71 pageviews2026-06-22 — 78 pageviews2026-06-26 — 83 pageviews2026-06-30 — 71 pageviews2026-07-04 — 59 pageviews2026-07-08 — 103 pageviews2026-07-12 — 91 pageviews2026-07-16 — 79 pageviews2026-07-20 — 76 pageviews2026-07-24 — 66 pageviews2026-07-28 — 81 pageviews2026-08-01 — 74 pageviews2026-08-05 — 74 pageviews2026-08-09 — 104 pageviews2026-08-13 — 105 pageviews2026-08-17 — 77 pageviews2026-08-21 — 89 pageviews2026-08-25 — 85 pageviews2026-08-29 — 86 pageviews2026-09-02 — 78 pageviews2026-09-06 — 90 pageviews2026-09-10 — 82 pageviews2026-09-14 — 61 pageviews2026-09-18 — 62 pageviews2026-09-22 — 79 pageviews2026-09-26 — 70 pageviews2026-09-30 — 55 pageviews2026-10-04 — 88 pageviews2026-10-08 — 60 pageviews2026-10-11 — 106 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opLAN Co-opSteam CloudFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

FPSRPGRetro1990'sActionGothicPuzzleClassicFantasyShooter

Census log

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

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