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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

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.

173
playing now
93%
positive of 37k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
85/100
critic score (7 outlets, IGDB)
76/100
IGDB user rating (156 ratings)
26h
to beat · rushed 20h · completionist 40h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$14.99
steam price (US)

173 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 01:00 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.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 173 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 2% of 17,990 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 730k–1.6M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 36,510 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Fanatical$2.99-80%
Gamesplanet$2.99-80%
Humble Store$3.74-75%
GOG$3.75-75%
GOG$3.75-75%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$3.75-75%
Microsoft Store$14.99

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 86 of 130 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

224962026-08-06 21:00 — 161 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 117 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 176 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 164 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 129 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 183 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 189 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 160 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 205 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 175 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 107 players2026-08-10 14:00 — 170 players2026-08-10 22:00 — 165 players2026-08-11 06:00 — 119 players2026-08-11 14:00 — 164 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 158 players2026-08-14 05:00 — 120 players2026-08-15 13:00 — 141 players2026-08-16 21:00 — 224 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 141 players2026-08-19 12:00 — 160 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 192 players2026-08-22 03:00 — 128 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 159 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 198 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 125 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 102 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 165 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 173 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$16.25$0.002021-02-042026-08-302021-02-04 — best price $12.742021-07-06 — best price $14.992021-09-29 — best price $9.892021-12-06 — best price $8.992022-01-31 — best price $14.992022-03-21 — best price $7.492022-05-05 — best price $4.942022-07-06 — best price $14.992022-09-06 — best price $14.992022-12-01 — best price $12.592023-01-26 — best price $7.492023-04-07 — best price $14.992023-06-05 — best price $12.592023-07-20 — best price $7.492023-09-01 — best price $6.742023-11-29 — best price $14.992024-02-12 — best price $14.992024-04-08 — best price $4.942024-05-30 — best price $14.992024-07-25 — best price $4.942024-10-08 — best price $3.742024-11-27 — best price $3.742025-01-25 — best price $4.992025-03-13 — best price $3.202025-04-26 — best price $14.992025-06-27 — best price $3.742025-09-04 — best price $14.992025-10-09 — best price $12.792025-12-17 — best price $14.992026-03-05 — best price $2.992026-04-29 — best price $3.342026-05-28 — best price $14.992026-08-08 — best price $2.992026-08-28 — best price $2.992026-08-30 — best price $2.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

89302026-05-30 — 41 pageviews2026-06-02 — 50 pageviews2026-06-05 — 89 pageviews2026-06-08 — 57 pageviews2026-06-11 — 70 pageviews2026-06-14 — 65 pageviews2026-06-17 — 64 pageviews2026-06-20 — 48 pageviews2026-06-23 — 47 pageviews2026-06-26 — 58 pageviews2026-06-29 — 72 pageviews2026-07-02 — 49 pageviews2026-07-05 — 54 pageviews2026-07-08 — 35 pageviews2026-07-11 — 51 pageviews2026-07-14 — 42 pageviews2026-07-17 — 38 pageviews2026-07-20 — 35 pageviews2026-07-23 — 66 pageviews2026-07-26 — 49 pageviews2026-07-29 — 38 pageviews2026-08-01 — 39 pageviews2026-08-04 — 43 pageviews2026-08-07 — 62 pageviews2026-08-10 — 55 pageviews2026-08-13 — 45 pageviews2026-08-16 — 45 pageviews2026-08-19 — 51 pageviews2026-08-22 — 45 pageviews2026-08-25 — 56 pageviews2026-08-27 — 57 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

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…

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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