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HROT cover art

HROT

Spytihněv · 2023-05-16

SteamGOG

ActionIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Jan 29, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

HROT is a single-player retro FPS set in a small socialist country neighboring Soviet Union (Czechoslovakia) after an unspecified disaster in 1986. Those times were dark and terrifying and so is the game.

HROT is an Action and Indie game released in 2023, priced at $19.99, with an estimated 200,000 to 500,000 owners and an Overwhelmingly Positive review sentiment (97% of 6513 reviews).

7
playing now
97%
positive of 6.5k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
87/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
98/100
IGDB user rating (31 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

7 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 12:00 UTC (census sample)

Hrot is a 2023 first-person shooter video game developed by a Czech game developer Spytihněv. The game is a homage to the 3D shooters of the 1990s and is primarily inspired by Chasm: The Rift and Quake. The early access version was released on 29 January 2021, and included the first of three episodes. The full version was released on 16 May 2023. It has received positive reviews; being singled out for its level design and atmosphere.

Trailer

HROT trailer thumbnail

HROT - Launch trailer

≈1,000,000 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 7 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 483 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~60/week).
  • · Review velocity up 0% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 6% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 130k–293k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 6,513 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$6.79-66%
GOG$6.79-66%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $6.79 at Steam (2025-12-18) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 66 of 92 observed days · at its all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
47947920212026Week of 2021-01-01: 265 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 437 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 221 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 98 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 479 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 203 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 139 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 308 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

3132026-09-14 21:00 — 12 players2026-09-16 06:00 — 3 players2026-09-17 13:00 — 5 players2026-09-18 21:00 — 16 players2026-09-20 04:00 — 10 players2026-09-21 12:00 — 11 players2026-09-22 19:00 — 25 players2026-09-24 03:00 — 14 players2026-09-25 10:00 — 15 players2026-09-26 18:00 — 11 players2026-09-28 01:00 — 10 players2026-09-29 09:00 — 6 players2026-09-30 16:00 — 19 players2026-10-02 00:00 — 12 players2026-10-03 07:00 — 7 players2026-10-04 16:00 — 21 players2026-10-05 23:00 — 15 players2026-10-07 07:00 — 15 players2026-10-08 14:00 — 14 players2026-10-09 22:00 — 9 players2026-10-11 05:00 — 7 players2026-10-12 13:00 — 15 players2026-10-13 20:00 — 13 players2026-10-14 12:00 — 7 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
915Feb 2021Aug 2026Feb 2021 — avg 26 · peak 105Apr 2021 — avg 10 · peak 54Jun 2021 — avg 7 · peak 29Aug 2021 — avg 8 · peak 32Oct 2021 — avg 7 · peak 25Dec 2021 — avg 9 · peak 32Feb 2022 — avg 9 · peak 54Apr 2022 — avg 12 · peak 48Jun 2022 — avg 23 · peak 162Aug 2022 — avg 11 · peak 27Oct 2022 — avg 9 · peak 33Dec 2022 — avg 15 · peak 55Feb 2023 — avg 12 · peak 71Apr 2023 — avg 9 · peak 28Jun 2023 — avg 40 · peak 110Aug 2023 — avg 20 · peak 56Oct 2023 — avg 16 · peak 48Dec 2023 — avg 17 · peak 56Feb 2024 — avg 14 · peak 42Apr 2024 — avg 14 · peak 46Jun 2024 — avg 11 · peak 36Aug 2024 — avg 8 · peak 20Oct 2024 — avg 8 · peak 21Dec 2024 — avg 15 · peak 43Feb 2025 — avg 10 · peak 53Apr 2025 — avg 14 · peak 41Jun 2025 — avg 15 · peak 47Aug 2025 — avg 11 · peak 35Oct 2025 — avg 9 · peak 31Dec 2025 — avg 17 · peak 49Feb 2026 — avg 16 · peak 40Apr 2026 — avg 8 · peak 25Jun 2026 — avg 10 · peak 32Aug 2026 — avg 7 · peak 19
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$19.99$6.792021-01-292026-10-142021-01-29 — best price $16.992021-08-16 — best price $19.992021-12-22 — best price $14.992022-06-22 — best price $15.592022-09-06 — best price $19.992022-11-01 — best price $19.992022-12-02 — best price $19.992023-01-31 — best price $19.992023-04-04 — best price $19.992023-08-03 — best price $16.992023-10-16 — best price $14.992023-11-29 — best price $19.992024-02-14 — best price $14.992024-04-04 — best price $19.992024-05-27 — best price $13.992024-08-02 — best price $12.992024-09-25 — best price $11.992024-11-18 — best price $19.992025-01-03 — best price $19.992025-03-06 — best price $9.992025-05-01 — best price $9.992025-06-18 — best price $9.992025-08-11 — best price $19.992025-09-29 — best price $9.992025-11-25 — best price $7.992026-01-23 — best price $7.992026-03-19 — best price $6.792026-05-06 — best price $7.992026-07-09 — best price $19.992026-08-27 — best price $7.992026-09-04 — best price $7.992026-09-12 — best price $6.792026-09-20 — best price $6.792026-09-28 — best price $6.792026-10-06 — best price $6.792026-10-14 — best price $6.79
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

58162026-05-29 — 22 pageviews2026-06-02 — 43 pageviews2026-06-06 — 26 pageviews2026-06-10 — 30 pageviews2026-06-14 — 36 pageviews2026-06-18 — 43 pageviews2026-06-22 — 29 pageviews2026-06-26 — 30 pageviews2026-06-30 — 39 pageviews2026-07-04 — 32 pageviews2026-07-08 — 36 pageviews2026-07-12 — 34 pageviews2026-07-16 — 27 pageviews2026-07-20 — 35 pageviews2026-07-24 — 38 pageviews2026-07-28 — 16 pageviews2026-08-01 — 17 pageviews2026-08-05 — 24 pageviews2026-08-09 — 37 pageviews2026-08-13 — 24 pageviews2026-08-17 — 35 pageviews2026-08-21 — 26 pageviews2026-08-25 — 37 pageviews2026-08-29 — 41 pageviews2026-09-02 — 32 pageviews2026-09-06 — 33 pageviews2026-09-10 — 37 pageviews2026-09-14 — 28 pageviews2026-09-18 — 33 pageviews2026-09-22 — 41 pageviews2026-09-26 — 41 pageviews2026-09-30 — 25 pageviews2026-10-04 — 24 pageviews2026-10-08 — 35 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

55
achievements tracked
57.9%
earned "Butchery"
15.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsAdjustable Text SizeCamera ComfortCustom Volume ControlsAdjustable DifficultySave AnytimeStereo Sound

1 supported languages: English

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)4,8178%55

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

FPSDarkGore1980sIndieRetroActionHorrorShooterViolent

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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