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HordeCore cover art

HordeCore

Digitality Games · META Publishing · 2022-03-02

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreEpic Games StoreMicrosoft Store

ActionAdventureCasualIndieRPG

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Mar 02, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Apr 10, 2025 (Xbox Series X|S), Apr 10, 2025 (PlayStation 4), Apr 10, 2025 (PlayStation 5)

HordeCore is a kick-ass side-scrolling shooter set in a post-apocalyptic world. Play alone, or as a team - and destroy, survive, craft, and explore!

HordeCore is an Action, Adventure, Casual, and Indie game released in 2022, priced at $5.99, with an estimated 100,000 .. 200,000 owners and a Mixed review sentiment (65% of 155 reviews).

0
playing now
65%
positive of 155 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
3.35★
PlayStation Store rating (34 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
$5.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 08:00 UTC (census sample)

In a post-apocalyptic world, a group of survivors try to build a safe haven to call home. They must gather supplies, develop their base and carefully choose who to trust while surviving through never-ending hordes of zombies... Before one of those hordes becomes A Horde Too Many! •GAMEPLAY• Collect unique survivors and strategically pick your team of apocalypse-hardened characters to fight through the outstanding number of living dead trying to get your brains for a snack. Keep your base camp safe and develop your defenses while growing a community of bad-asses that you can command into the c(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 10 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 25% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (74 reviews).
  • · Top 32% of 27,942 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 3.1k–7.0k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 155 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$0.89-85%
Microsoft Store$11.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.59 at Epic Game Store (2026-09-03) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $11.99 · on sale 187 of 221 observed days · $0.30 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
565620222026Week of 2022-03-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

202026-09-15 17:00 — 1 players2026-09-17 01:00 — 1 players2026-09-18 09:00 — 1 players2026-09-19 16:00 — 1 players2026-09-21 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 15:00 — 1 players2026-09-24 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 06:00 — 1 players2026-09-27 13:00 — 1 players2026-09-28 21:00 — 1 players2026-09-30 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 19:00 — 1 players2026-10-04 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 11:00 — 1 players2026-10-06 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 16:00 — 0 players2026-10-15 08:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$0.892021-08-092026-10-152021-08-09 — best price $19.992022-03-24 — best price $8.962022-05-13 — best price $7.792022-07-18 — best price $5.992022-08-29 — best price $10.432022-10-27 — best price $4.622022-12-10 — best price $11.992023-02-10 — best price $4.802023-04-12 — best price $4.172023-06-02 — best price $3.602023-07-18 — best price $11.992023-09-12 — best price $11.992023-11-18 — best price $11.992024-01-11 — best price $11.992024-03-07 — best price $2.992024-05-01 — best price $2.392024-07-04 — best price $11.992024-08-23 — best price $8.812024-10-25 — best price $2.402025-01-02 — best price $11.992025-02-25 — best price $8.812025-05-19 — best price $1.432025-07-14 — best price $11.992025-09-03 — best price $1.782025-10-24 — best price $8.812025-12-01 — best price $1.432026-01-21 — best price $11.992026-03-16 — best price $1.802026-04-28 — best price $1.762026-06-04 — best price $5.992026-07-24 — best price $1.372026-09-03 — best price $0.892026-09-28 — best price $0.892026-10-15 — best price $0.89
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

28
achievements tracked
75.4%
earned "Just Went Shopping"
16.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opShared/Split Screen Co-opSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsAdjustable DifficultyPlayable without Timed InputDualShock Controller Support

8 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Portuguese - Brazil

Player tags

RPG2.5DIndieCyberpunkAction RPGBeat 'em upOnline Co-OpSide Scroller4 Player LocalHack and Slash

Census log

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

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