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Loop Hero cover art

Loop Hero

Four Quarters · Devolver Digital · 2021-03-04

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IndieRPGStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Dec 09, 2021 (Nintendo Switch), Mar 04, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Apr 04, 2023 (Xbox One), Apr 04, 2023 (Xbox Series X|S), Apr 24, 2024 (Android), Apr 30, 2024 (iOS)

The Lich has thrown the world into a timeless loop and plunged its inhabitants into never ending chaos. Wield an expanding deck of mystical cards to place enemies, buildings, and terrain along each unique expedition loop for the brave hero.

Loop Hero is an Indie RPG Strategy game released in 2021, priced at $14.99, with an estimated 1,000,000 to 2,000,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (93% of 36,543 reviews).

201
playing now
93%
positive of 37k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
85/100
critic score (7 outlets, IGDB)
76/100
IGDB user rating (156 ratings)
16
Nexus mods (22k downloads)
84/100
opencritic · mighty · 90% recommend · from 85 critics
26h
to beat · rushed 20h · completionist 40h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$14.99
steam price (US)

201 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 11:00 UTC (census sample)

Loop Hero is a roguelike video game developed by Russian studio Four Quarters and published by Devolver Digital in 2021. The game takes place in a randomly generated world where the player changes the world by placing cards instead of directly controlling a character. The game was initially released in March 2021 for Linux, macOS, and Windows.

Trailer

Loop Hero trailer thumbnail

Loop Hero Launch Trailer

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

Health check

Healthy
  • · 201 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 997 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~125/week).
  • · Review velocity down 12% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (14,684 reviews).
  • · Top 1% of 49,341 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 732k–1.6M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 36,604 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Fanatical$2.99-80%
Gamesplanet$2.99-80%
Steam$2.99-80%
Microsoft Store$2.99-80%
Humble Store$3.74-75%
GOG$3.75-75%
GOG$3.75-75%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.67 at 2game (2026-05-08) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 121 of 154 observed days · $0.32 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
14k14k20212026Week of 2021-03-01: 13,875 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 809 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 1,179 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 140 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 737 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 96 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 695 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 74 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 524 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 361 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 265 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 250 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 3,976 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 815 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 56 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 519 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 316 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 740 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 92 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 263 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 524 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 66 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 261 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 291 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 209 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 357 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 152 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 254 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 232 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 241 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 131 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 167 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 184 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 232 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 167 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 155 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 111 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 99 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 182 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 158 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 126 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 103 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 165 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 119 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 184 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 110 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 173 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 170 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 98 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 162 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 158 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 123 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 102 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 144 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 134 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 138 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 115 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 165 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 156 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 120 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 152 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 139 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 121 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 99 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 116 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 10 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

326992026-09-14 20:00 — 197 players2026-09-16 04:00 — 109 players2026-09-17 12:00 — 136 players2026-09-18 19:00 — 162 players2026-09-20 03:00 — 142 players2026-09-21 10:00 — 139 players2026-09-22 18:00 — 161 players2026-09-24 01:00 — 152 players2026-09-25 09:00 — 99 players2026-09-26 16:00 — 195 players2026-09-28 00:00 — 139 players2026-09-29 07:00 — 105 players2026-09-30 15:00 — 133 players2026-10-01 22:00 — 141 players2026-10-03 06:00 — 207 players2026-10-04 14:00 — 326 players2026-10-05 22:00 — 190 players2026-10-07 05:00 — 202 players2026-10-08 13:00 — 278 players2026-10-09 20:00 — 242 players2026-10-11 04:00 — 188 players2026-10-12 11:00 — 200 players2026-10-13 19:00 — 272 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 201 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
25k156Mar 2021Aug 2026Mar 2021 — avg 24,741 · peak 51,078May 2021 — avg 1,631 · peak 3,956Jul 2021 — avg 993 · peak 2,025Sep 2021 — avg 598 · peak 1,149Nov 2021 — avg 584 · peak 1,318Jan 2022 — avg 1,181 · peak 2,637Mar 2022 — avg 1,358 · peak 4,653May 2022 — avg 1,129 · peak 3,008Jul 2022 — avg 671 · peak 1,348Sep 2022 — avg 812 · peak 3,303Nov 2022 — avg 398 · peak 1,028Jan 2023 — avg 563 · peak 1,155Mar 2023 — avg 450 · peak 899May 2023 — avg 595 · peak 1,743Jul 2023 — avg 444 · peak 762Sep 2023 — avg 260 · peak 422Nov 2023 — avg 345 · peak 634Jan 2024 — avg 338 · peak 611Mar 2024 — avg 421 · peak 971May 2024 — avg 460 · peak 1,080Jul 2024 — avg 424 · peak 991Sep 2024 — avg 261 · peak 401Nov 2024 — avg 323 · peak 779Jan 2025 — avg 287 · peak 528Mar 2025 — avg 321 · peak 534May 2025 — avg 215 · peak 490Jul 2025 — avg 349 · peak 824Sep 2025 — avg 349 · peak 1,144Nov 2025 — avg 272 · peak 598Jan 2026 — avg 281 · peak 553Mar 2026 — avg 180 · peak 301May 2026 — avg 215 · peak 468Jul 2026 — avg 209 · peak 380Aug 2026 — avg 156 · peak 247
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$14.99$0.002021-02-042026-10-142021-02-04 — best price $12.742021-07-22 — best price $9.892021-10-25 — best price $8.992021-12-16 — best price $8.992022-02-14 — best price $10.492022-04-17 — best price $7.502022-06-13 — best price $14.992022-08-23 — best price $7.122022-11-25 — best price $4.942023-01-26 — best price $7.492023-04-17 — best price $14.992023-06-16 — best price $7.452023-08-03 — best price $0.002023-10-30 — best price $4.942024-01-15 — best price $4.942024-03-21 — best price $14.992024-05-19 — best price $14.992024-07-22 — best price $3.742024-10-08 — best price $3.742024-12-03 — best price $12.792025-02-05 — best price $14.992025-04-03 — best price $14.992025-05-22 — best price $3.752025-08-07 — best price $3.742025-09-26 — best price $14.992025-12-09 — best price $2.562026-02-26 — best price $14.992026-04-29 — best price $3.342026-06-01 — best price $12.792026-08-12 — best price $2.992026-09-03 — best price $2.992026-09-23 — best price $2.992026-10-13 — best price $2.992026-10-14 — best price $2.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

89302026-05-30 — 41 pageviews2026-06-03 — 44 pageviews2026-06-07 — 71 pageviews2026-06-11 — 70 pageviews2026-06-15 — 32 pageviews2026-06-19 — 51 pageviews2026-06-23 — 47 pageviews2026-06-27 — 74 pageviews2026-07-01 — 54 pageviews2026-07-05 — 54 pageviews2026-07-09 — 43 pageviews2026-07-13 — 39 pageviews2026-07-17 — 38 pageviews2026-07-21 — 47 pageviews2026-07-25 — 37 pageviews2026-07-29 — 38 pageviews2026-08-02 — 41 pageviews2026-08-06 — 43 pageviews2026-08-10 — 55 pageviews2026-08-14 — 49 pageviews2026-08-18 — 44 pageviews2026-08-22 — 45 pageviews2026-08-26 — 49 pageviews2026-08-30 — 64 pageviews2026-09-03 — 40 pageviews2026-09-07 — 45 pageviews2026-09-11 — 56 pageviews2026-09-15 — 63 pageviews2026-09-19 — 58 pageviews2026-09-23 — 51 pageviews2026-09-27 — 62 pageviews2026-10-01 — 50 pageviews2026-10-05 — 55 pageviews2026-10-09 — 64 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

402026-10-06 14:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-08 13:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-08 14:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-13 19:34 — 4 viewers2026-10-13 20:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-13 21:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-13 22:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 06:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-14 07:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-14 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 09:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 10:34 — 0 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

50
achievements tracked
96.6%
earned "New beginning"
26.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

13 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Portuguese - Brazil, Italian, Dutch…

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2021-03-04 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)41,1005%50
Xbox Series, Xbox One, Windows (Xbox)9,4883%50
Switch (Nintendo)3500%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

2DIndieFantasyTacticalCard GameOld SchoolRogue-likeRogue-liteStory RichDark Fantasy

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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