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Hieroglyphika cover art

Hieroglyphika

M. Hanka · Liu Lidan · 2016-02-03

Steam

RPGStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Feb 03, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Open the gate to the egyptian underworld! Hieroglyphika is a roguelike game completely without text but with pictograms.

Hieroglyphika is a 2016 RPG and Strategy title priced at $9.99, with an estimated 20,000 to 50,000 owners and a Mixed review sentiment (65% of 158 reviews).

0
playing now
65%
positive of 158 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
50/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$9.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 23:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 7 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 22% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 39% of 13,938 RPG games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 4.0k–9.5k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 158 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $2.49 at Steam (2018-12-21)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 8 of 15 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
131320162026Week of 2016-02-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2016-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2016-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2016-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2016-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2016-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2016-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2017-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2017-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

002026-09-15 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 16:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 23:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$9.99$2.492016-02-032026-08-032016-02-03 — best price $8.992016-07-04 — best price $9.992016-10-17 — best price $4.992016-11-29 — best price $9.992017-04-15 — best price $4.992017-07-05 — best price $9.992017-10-26 — best price $4.992018-01-04 — best price $9.992018-04-05 — best price $4.992018-09-17 — best price $9.992018-12-21 — best price $2.492019-05-06 — best price $9.992019-11-26 — best price $3.392020-01-27 — best price $9.992020-06-25 — best price $2.492020-12-01 — best price $9.992021-04-05 — best price $3.392021-07-08 — best price $9.992021-11-24 — best price $3.392022-02-03 — best price $9.992022-05-02 — best price $3.392022-09-12 — best price $9.992023-03-06 — best price $2.992023-04-24 — best price $9.992023-08-21 — best price $2.492024-03-25 — best price $9.992024-06-27 — best price $4.992024-11-04 — best price $9.992025-01-27 — best price $2.492025-03-31 — best price $9.992025-06-27 — best price $2.492025-11-24 — best price $9.992026-03-26 — best price $9.992026-06-25 — best price $2.492026-08-03 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

12
achievements tracked
49.5%
earned "Finish Level 1"
6.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsFamily Sharing1 DLC

7 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Russian, Simplified Chinese

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2016-12-22 (Steam store data)

Player tags

2DIndieGothicFantasyStrategyTop-DownAdventureDifficultRogue-likeTurn-Based

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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