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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.

0
playing now
65%
positive of 158 reviews
Mixed
steam rating
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)
$9.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 13:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 65% of 6,201 RPG games in the census by review count.
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 9 of 17 observed days (census price snapshots)

Players online

002026-08-12 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-12 17:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 14:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 21:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 13:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 05:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 21:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 13:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 14:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 21:00 — 0 players2026-08-30 13:00 — 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).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsFamily Sharing1 DLC

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

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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