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HYPER DEMON

Sorath · 2022-09-19

Steam

ActionIndie

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer

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?

16
playing now
94%
positive of 3.4k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
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)
$14.99
steam price (US)

16 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 03:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 16 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 20% of 10,791 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 67k–151k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 3,360 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Steam$3.74-75%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$14.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

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

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 17 of 26 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

1912026-08-07 00:00 — 12 players2026-08-07 08:00 — 3 players2026-08-07 16:00 — 8 players2026-08-08 00:00 — 7 players2026-08-08 08:00 — 2 players2026-08-08 16:00 — 7 players2026-08-09 00:00 — 11 players2026-08-09 08:00 — 3 players2026-08-09 16:00 — 9 players2026-08-10 00:00 — 5 players2026-08-10 08:00 — 4 players2026-08-10 17:00 — 4 players2026-08-11 01:00 — 6 players2026-08-11 09:00 — 1 players2026-08-11 17:00 — 11 players2026-08-13 00:00 — 7 players2026-08-14 08:00 — 8 players2026-08-15 16:00 — 10 players2026-08-17 00:00 — 11 players2026-08-18 07:00 — 9 players2026-08-19 15:00 — 16 players2026-08-20 22:00 — 19 players2026-08-22 06:00 — 12 players2026-08-23 13:00 — 15 players2026-08-24 21:00 — 18 players2026-08-26 05:00 — 10 players2026-08-27 13:00 — 10 players2026-08-28 19:00 — 11 players2026-08-30 03:00 — 16 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

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.

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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