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Jupiter Hell cover art

Jupiter Hell

ChaosForge · Hyperstrange · 2021-08-05

SteamGOG

IndieRPGStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Feb 20, 2025 (Nintendo Switch), Aug 05, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Aug 05, 2021 (Linux), Aug 05, 2021 (Mac)

True Roguelike. Turn-based shooter. Permadeath. Tribute to the sci-fi classics of the Golden VHS era. Successor to DRL. Just you and your gun against hordes of horrors and monstrosities. Give them hell to the rhythm of heavy metal.

18
playing now
92%
positive of 2.1k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
90/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
72/100
IGDB user rating (8 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$24.99
steam price (US)

18 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 07:00 UTC (census sample)

Jupiter Hell is a roguelike video game developed by ChaosForge and published in 2021 by Hyperstrange. It is a spiritual successor to DRL and adapts first-person shooter gameplay to a tactical roguelike.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 18 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 70 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~9/week).
  • · Review velocity down 28% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (446 reviews).
  • · Top 16% of 18,324 Indie games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 42k–95k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,107 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$7.49-70%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $7.49 at Steam (2024-08-06) · bundled 4×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $24.99 · on sale 44 of 69 observed days · at its all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
41641620192026Week of 2019-08-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 416 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2642026-08-11 21:00 — 25 players2026-08-12 13:00 — 19 players2026-08-13 05:00 — 20 players2026-08-13 21:00 — 18 players2026-08-14 12:00 — 19 players2026-08-15 04:00 — 17 players2026-08-15 20:00 — 24 players2026-08-16 12:00 — 22 players2026-08-17 04:00 — 13 players2026-08-17 20:00 — 24 players2026-08-18 12:00 — 17 players2026-08-19 03:00 — 22 players2026-08-19 19:00 — 22 players2026-08-20 11:00 — 12 players2026-08-21 01:00 — 17 players2026-08-21 17:00 — 21 players2026-08-22 08:00 — 7 players2026-08-23 00:00 — 20 players2026-08-23 16:00 — 23 players2026-08-24 08:00 — 5 players2026-08-25 00:00 — 11 players2026-08-25 15:00 — 18 players2026-08-26 08:00 — 4 players2026-08-27 00:00 — 17 players2026-08-27 16:00 — 12 players2026-08-28 08:00 — 6 players2026-08-28 23:00 — 17 players2026-08-29 15:00 — 26 players2026-08-30 07:00 — 18 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$24.99$7.492019-08-012026-08-302019-08-01 — best price $22.492019-11-12 — best price $24.992020-01-06 — best price $24.992020-01-23 — best price $19.992020-05-04 — best price $24.992020-08-28 — best price $19.992020-12-01 — best price $24.992021-02-11 — best price $19.992021-05-31 — best price $19.992021-10-11 — best price $19.992021-12-13 — best price $19.992022-04-08 — best price $17.492022-09-06 — best price $24.992022-11-22 — best price $16.242023-01-09 — best price $24.992023-04-04 — best price $24.992023-09-18 — best price $9.992023-12-11 — best price $24.992024-04-01 — best price $9.992024-06-14 — best price $24.992024-08-21 — best price $24.992024-11-05 — best price $24.992025-01-08 — best price $7.492025-04-03 — best price $7.492025-08-01 — best price $7.492025-09-18 — best price $7.492025-10-27 — best price $7.492025-12-24 — best price $12.492026-03-09 — best price $7.492026-04-11 — best price $24.992026-06-03 — best price $7.492026-08-14 — best price $7.492026-08-30 — best price $7.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

3342026-05-23 — 10 pageviews2026-05-26 — 10 pageviews2026-05-29 — 18 pageviews2026-06-01 — 5 pageviews2026-06-04 — 28 pageviews2026-06-07 — 22 pageviews2026-06-10 — 10 pageviews2026-06-13 — 4 pageviews2026-06-16 — 13 pageviews2026-06-19 — 6 pageviews2026-06-22 — 7 pageviews2026-06-25 — 12 pageviews2026-06-28 — 14 pageviews2026-07-01 — 11 pageviews2026-07-04 — 13 pageviews2026-07-07 — 15 pageviews2026-07-10 — 12 pageviews2026-07-13 — 16 pageviews2026-07-16 — 13 pageviews2026-07-19 — 15 pageviews2026-07-22 — 14 pageviews2026-07-25 — 11 pageviews2026-07-28 — 19 pageviews2026-07-31 — 10 pageviews2026-08-03 — 11 pageviews2026-08-06 — 19 pageviews2026-08-09 — 20 pageviews2026-08-12 — 18 pageviews2026-08-15 — 15 pageviews2026-08-18 — 9 pageviews2026-08-19 — 18 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

26
achievements tracked
89.5%
earned "It begins"
1.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam WorkshopSteam CloudFamily Sharing

3 supported languages: English, German, Polish

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)3,6861%26
Switch (Nintendo)100%0

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

RPGGoreIndieHorrorSci-fiViolentStrategyTop-DownRogue-likeTurn-Based

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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