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Hydra Slayer

Zeno Rogue · 2016-03-24

Steam

RPGStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Mar 24, 2016 (Mac), Mar 24, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Mar 24, 2016 (Linux)

You face a 9-headed hydra. Your sword cuts 5 heads in each swipe (never less), which kills a 5-headed hydra, but a larger one will regrow 2 heads after each swipe. Your scythe cuts exactly 7, but 10 grow back if the hydra lives. Can you kill the hydra? Or better to explore to find more arms first?

Hydra Slayer is a 2016 RPG and Strategy game priced at $5.99, with an estimated owner base of 50,000 to 100,000 and a Positive review sentiment (92% of 49 reviews).

0
playing now
92%
positive of 49 reviews
Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (1 ratings)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$5.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 19:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 9 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 10% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 60% of 13,917 RPG games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-02

All-time low: $2.39 at Steam (2022-12-08)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $5.99 · on sale 3 of 6 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
2220162026Week of 2016-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-15 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 20:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 19:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 18:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 16:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 15:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 14:00 — 1 players2026-10-08 21:00 — 1 players2026-10-10 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 12:00 — 1 players2026-10-12 20:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 19:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$5.99$2.392016-03-242026-07-092016-03-24 — best price $4.192016-07-04 — best price $5.992016-12-22 — best price $2.992017-07-05 — best price $5.992017-11-22 — best price $2.992018-01-04 — best price $5.992018-06-21 — best price $2.992018-11-01 — best price $5.992018-11-21 — best price $2.992019-01-03 — best price $5.992019-06-25 — best price $2.992019-11-01 — best price $5.992020-01-23 — best price $2.992020-07-09 — best price $5.992020-11-25 — best price $2.992021-01-05 — best price $5.992021-06-24 — best price $2.992021-10-19 — best price $5.992021-11-24 — best price $2.992022-01-05 — best price $5.992022-05-02 — best price $2.992022-07-07 — best price $5.992022-11-22 — best price $2.992022-12-13 — best price $5.992023-03-16 — best price $2.992023-05-01 — best price $5.992023-11-21 — best price $3.592024-01-04 — best price $5.992024-05-13 — best price $3.592024-07-11 — best price $5.992024-11-27 — best price $2.992025-01-02 — best price $5.992025-06-26 — best price $2.992025-10-06 — best price $5.992026-03-19 — best price $2.992026-07-09 — best price $5.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

57
achievements tracked
51.8%
earned "Basics of Hydra Slaying"
0.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudSteam LeaderboardsFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

RPGPuzzleFantasyScienceStrategyEducationMythologyTurn-BasedPixel GraphicsDungeon Crawler

Census log

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

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