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HyperRogue

Zeno Rogue · 2015-01-16

SteamEpic Games Store

Indie

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: May 03, 2012 (Android), Jan 16, 2015 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jan 16, 2015 (Mac), Jan 16, 2015 (Linux)

Time moves when you move in a truly non-Euclidean world

HyperRogue is an Indie game released in 2015, priced at $9.99, with an owner estimate of 100,000 .. 200,000 and a Very Positive sentiment (96% of 497 reviews).

3
playing now
96%
positive of 497 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
62/100
IGDB user rating (4 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$9.99
steam price (US)

3 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 16:00 UTC (census sample)

HyperRogue is a free and open-source independent video game developed by Zeno Rogue. It is a roguelike inspired by the puzzle game Deadly Rooms of Death and the art of M. C. Escher, taking place in the hyperbolic plane.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 3 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 26 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity up 63% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 16% of 49,548 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 12k–30k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 497 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.89 at Steam (2015-01-16) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 4 of 8 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
111120172026Week of 2017-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

702026-09-15 01:00 — 6 players2026-09-16 09:00 — 4 players2026-09-17 17:00 — 5 players2026-09-19 00:00 — 6 players2026-09-20 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 15:00 — 1 players2026-09-22 23:00 — 2 players2026-09-24 06:00 — 1 players2026-09-25 14:00 — 2 players2026-09-26 21:00 — 1 players2026-09-28 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 12:00 — 1 players2026-09-30 20:00 — 4 players2026-10-02 03:00 — 1 players2026-10-03 11:00 — 1 players2026-10-04 19:00 — 3 players2026-10-06 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 10:00 — 2 players2026-10-08 18:00 — 5 players2026-10-10 01:00 — 2 players2026-10-11 09:00 — 4 players2026-10-12 16:00 — 7 players2026-10-14 00:00 — 4 players2026-10-14 16:00 — 3 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
71Jan 2015Aug 2026Jan 2015 — avg 2 · peak 9May 2015 — avg 1 · peak 6Sep 2015 — avg 1 · peak 6Jan 2016 — avg 2 · peak 9May 2016 — avg 3 · peak 9Sep 2016 — avg 1 · peak 6Jan 2017 — avg 2 · peak 9May 2017 — avg 1 · peak 6Sep 2017 — avg 1 · peak 12Jan 2018 — avg 2 · peak 9May 2018 — avg 1 · peak 6Sep 2018 — avg 1 · peak 6Jan 2019 — avg 4 · peak 11May 2019 — avg 2 · peak 8Sep 2019 — avg 3 · peak 9Jan 2020 — avg 3 · peak 10May 2020 — avg 5 · peak 11Sep 2020 — avg 5 · peak 13Jan 2021 — avg 7 · peak 15May 2021 — avg 4 · peak 11Sep 2021 — avg 3 · peak 9Jan 2022 — avg 5 · peak 13May 2022 — avg 5 · peak 12Sep 2022 — avg 6 · peak 14Jan 2023 — avg 4 · peak 9May 2023 — avg 3 · peak 9Sep 2023 — avg 4 · peak 11Jan 2024 — avg 5 · peak 12May 2024 — avg 4 · peak 10Sep 2024 — avg 4 · peak 10Jan 2025 — avg 3 · peak 9May 2025 — avg 4 · peak 9Sep 2025 — avg 3 · peak 9Jan 2026 — avg 3 · peak 8May 2026 — avg 3 · peak 9Aug 2026 — avg 3 · peak 9
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$9.99$0.892015-01-162026-07-092015-01-16 — best price $0.892015-04-30 — best price $1.992015-11-25 — best price $1.492016-02-05 — best price $1.492016-06-23 — best price $2.492016-10-28 — best price $2.992016-12-22 — best price $2.992017-10-26 — best price $2.492017-12-21 — best price $2.492018-06-21 — best price $2.492018-11-06 — best price $2.492018-12-20 — best price $2.492019-06-26 — best price $2.492019-12-19 — best price $2.492020-03-04 — best price $4.492020-05-04 — best price $4.992020-07-09 — best price $9.992020-11-25 — best price $4.992021-02-11 — best price $4.992021-10-16 — best price $4.992021-11-24 — best price $4.992022-01-27 — best price $4.992022-05-02 — best price $4.992022-07-18 — best price $4.992022-10-20 — best price $4.992022-12-08 — best price $3.992023-03-16 — best price $4.992023-11-21 — best price $4.992023-12-22 — best price $4.992024-04-04 — best price $4.992024-06-17 — best price $9.992024-12-04 — best price $9.992025-02-17 — best price $9.992025-07-10 — best price $9.992025-10-28 — best price $9.992026-03-26 — best price $9.992026-07-09 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

59122026-05-30 — 17 pageviews2026-06-03 — 25 pageviews2026-06-07 — 17 pageviews2026-06-11 — 32 pageviews2026-06-15 — 26 pageviews2026-06-19 — 27 pageviews2026-06-23 — 19 pageviews2026-06-27 — 21 pageviews2026-07-01 — 32 pageviews2026-07-05 — 24 pageviews2026-07-09 — 18 pageviews2026-07-13 — 13 pageviews2026-07-17 — 12 pageviews2026-07-21 — 24 pageviews2026-07-25 — 16 pageviews2026-07-29 — 12 pageviews2026-08-02 — 25 pageviews2026-08-06 — 42 pageviews2026-08-10 — 22 pageviews2026-08-14 — 24 pageviews2026-08-18 — 59 pageviews2026-08-22 — 19 pageviews2026-08-26 — 20 pageviews2026-08-30 — 19 pageviews2026-09-03 — 16 pageviews2026-09-07 — 27 pageviews2026-09-11 — 21 pageviews2026-09-15 — 20 pageviews2026-09-19 — 23 pageviews2026-09-23 — 33 pageviews2026-09-27 — 17 pageviews2026-10-01 — 26 pageviews2026-10-05 — 22 pageviews2026-10-08 — 23 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
60.4%
earned "Ice Explorer"
16.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsTracked Controller SupportVR SupportedSteam Trading CardsPartial Controller SupportSteam Cloud

7 supported languages: English, Polish, Turkish, Czech, Russian, French, Simplified Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,7501%308

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

Player tags

PuzzleScienceAbstractHex GridEducationOpen WorldRogue-likeTurn-BasedExplorationPsychedelic

Census log

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

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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