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HYPER DEMON

Sorath · 2022-09-19

Steam

ActionIndie

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Sep 19, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

HYPER DEMON is an FPS like no other. a pearl of lightning. a dream from the future. a drop of poison. a swan song. The faster you slay demons, the harder the game and the higher your score. There is an end. Will it see you?

HYPER DEMON is an Action and Indie game released in 2022, priced at $14.99, with an estimated 200,000 to 500,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (94% of 3,364 reviews).

6
playing now
94%
positive of 3.4k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
84/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
86/100
IGDB user rating (12 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$14.99
steam price (US)

6 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 13:00 UTC (census sample)

Trailer

HYPER DEMON trailer thumbnail

HYPER DEMON Launch Trailer

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

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 6 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 189 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~24/week).
  • · Review velocity down 44% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (608 reviews).
  • · Top 8% of 27,751 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 67k–151k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 3,364 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $3.74 at Steam (2024-09-18) · bundled 6×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 15 of 22 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
58258220222026Week of 2022-09-01: 582 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 247 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 309 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 150 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 114 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 30 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1612026-09-15 14:00 — 4 players2026-09-16 22:00 — 8 players2026-09-18 05:00 — 7 players2026-09-19 13:00 — 4 players2026-09-20 20:00 — 11 players2026-09-22 04:00 — 8 players2026-09-23 12:00 — 1 players2026-09-24 19:00 — 2 players2026-09-26 03:00 — 12 players2026-09-27 10:00 — 2 players2026-09-28 18:00 — 8 players2026-09-30 01:00 — 4 players2026-10-01 09:00 — 5 players2026-10-02 16:00 — 8 players2026-10-04 00:00 — 8 players2026-10-05 08:00 — 7 players2026-10-06 15:00 — 7 players2026-10-07 23:00 — 8 players2026-10-09 06:00 — 4 players2026-10-10 14:00 — 12 players2026-10-11 22:00 — 7 players2026-10-13 05:00 — 7 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 6 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1356Sep 2022Aug 2026Sep 2022 — avg 135 · peak 346Nov 2022 — avg 31 · peak 67Jan 2023 — avg 21 · peak 51Mar 2023 — avg 13 · peak 31May 2023 — avg 11 · peak 29Jul 2023 — avg 15 · peak 35Sep 2023 — avg 10 · peak 37Nov 2023 — avg 16 · peak 40Jan 2024 — avg 14 · peak 31Mar 2024 — avg 11 · peak 31May 2024 — avg 11 · peak 25Jul 2024 — avg 11 · peak 27Sep 2024 — avg 21 · peak 103Nov 2024 — avg 14 · peak 39Jan 2025 — avg 10 · peak 27Mar 2025 — avg 10 · peak 30May 2025 — avg 9 · peak 30Jul 2025 — avg 25 · peak 99Sep 2025 — avg 10 · peak 26Nov 2025 — avg 9 · peak 20Jan 2026 — avg 9 · peak 29Mar 2026 — avg 7 · peak 16May 2026 — avg 7 · peak 17Jul 2026 — avg 7 · peak 17Aug 2026 — avg 9 · peak 25
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$14.99$3.742022-09-192026-08-242022-09-19 — best price $14.992022-11-22 — best price $12.742023-01-05 — best price $14.992023-02-06 — best price $13.492023-03-16 — best price $11.992023-05-29 — best price $14.992023-07-24 — best price $10.042023-08-21 — best price $14.992023-10-30 — best price $8.992023-11-06 — best price $14.992024-01-22 — best price $10.042024-02-27 — best price $14.992024-03-11 — best price $14.992024-04-22 — best price $14.992024-06-27 — best price $7.492024-08-16 — best price $5.092024-09-25 — best price $14.992024-11-04 — best price $14.992024-12-19 — best price $7.492025-01-17 — best price $14.992025-03-13 — best price $5.992025-04-06 — best price $14.992025-06-26 — best price $3.742025-07-28 — best price $14.992025-09-29 — best price $7.492025-11-03 — best price $14.992026-02-09 — best price $5.092026-03-26 — best price $14.992026-05-25 — best price $5.992026-07-09 — best price $14.992026-08-19 — best price $3.742026-08-22 — best price $3.742026-08-24 — best price $3.74
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

1
achievements tracked
1.4%
earned "DEICIDE"
1.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPSteam AchievementsFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)174100%1

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

FPSActionArcadeShooterDifficultFast-PacedBullet HellBullet TimePsychedelicTime Attack

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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