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Mystery Chronicle: One Way Heroics

Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd. · 2016-09-12

SteamPlayStation Store

RPG

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

Releases: 2016 (PlayStation 4), 2016 (PlayStation Vita), Sep 13, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Play your way through the different maps generated with every playthrough, constantly on the move away from the calamity of light, the Shine Raid, to your left and on your final battle with the Fallen Angel Alma. There's no turning back, once this thrilling one-way adventure begins!

Mystery Chronicle: One Way Heroics is a 2016 RPG game priced at $9.99, with a Mixed review sentiment (62% of 427 reviews) and an estimated owner base of 50,000 .. 100,000.

0
playing now
62%
positive of 427 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
85/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
50/100
IGDB user rating (1 ratings)
3
Nexus mods (18 downloads)
4.11★
PlayStation Store rating (930 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$9.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 18:00 UTC (census sample)

Mystery Chronicle: One Way Heroics is a role-playing video game developed by Spike Chunsoft for the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita, released in Japan on July 30, 2015. It is a spin-off of the Mystery Dungeon series, and is based on the indie game One Way Heroics.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 21 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity up 17% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (99 reviews).
  • · Top 26% of 13,891 RPG games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 11k–26k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 427 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.99 at Steam (2017-06-22)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 6 of 12 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
666620162026Week of 2016-09-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2016-09-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2016-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2016-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2016-11-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2016-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2016-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

802026-09-15 03:00 — 2 players2026-09-16 12:00 — 6 players2026-09-17 19:00 — 2 players2026-09-19 03:00 — 4 players2026-09-20 10:00 — 2 players2026-09-21 18:00 — 3 players2026-09-23 01:00 — 4 players2026-09-24 09:00 — 4 players2026-09-25 16:00 — 3 players2026-09-27 00:00 — 2 players2026-09-28 07:00 — 2 players2026-09-29 15:00 — 1 players2026-09-30 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 13:00 — 3 players2026-10-04 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 13:00 — 3 players2026-10-08 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 04:00 — 2 players2026-10-11 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 19:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 02:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 18:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$9.99$0.992016-09-132026-07-092016-09-13 — best price $8.992016-11-23 — best price $5.992016-12-22 — best price $5.992017-07-05 — best price $9.992018-06-22 — best price $2.992018-08-20 — best price $9.992019-01-10 — best price $2.992019-05-06 — best price $9.992019-08-08 — best price $0.992020-01-02 — best price $9.992020-06-25 — best price $1.992020-11-16 — best price $9.992021-04-29 — best price $1.992021-07-08 — best price $9.992021-11-24 — best price $1.492022-01-05 — best price $9.992022-04-28 — best price $0.992022-07-07 — best price $9.992022-11-22 — best price $0.992023-01-05 — best price $9.992023-03-16 — best price $0.992023-05-08 — best price $9.992023-11-21 — best price $3.992024-01-04 — best price $9.992024-04-25 — best price $3.992024-07-11 — best price $9.992024-11-27 — best price $1.992025-01-02 — best price $9.992025-03-13 — best price $0.992025-05-09 — best price $9.992025-06-27 — best price $0.992025-09-08 — best price $9.992025-10-27 — best price $0.992026-01-05 — best price $9.992026-04-21 — best price $0.992026-06-11 — best price $9.992026-07-09 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

9262026-05-30 — 11 pageviews2026-06-03 — 9 pageviews2026-06-07 — 17 pageviews2026-06-11 — 15 pageviews2026-06-15 — 16 pageviews2026-06-19 — 16 pageviews2026-06-23 — 11 pageviews2026-06-27 — 10 pageviews2026-07-01 — 9 pageviews2026-07-05 — 31 pageviews2026-07-09 — 15 pageviews2026-07-13 — 12 pageviews2026-07-17 — 13 pageviews2026-07-21 — 18 pageviews2026-07-25 — 16 pageviews2026-07-29 — 9 pageviews2026-08-02 — 10 pageviews2026-08-06 — 15 pageviews2026-08-10 — 14 pageviews2026-08-14 — 15 pageviews2026-08-18 — 13 pageviews2026-08-22 — 14 pageviews2026-08-26 — 22 pageviews2026-08-30 — 23 pageviews2026-09-03 — 21 pageviews2026-09-07 — 9 pageviews2026-09-11 — 65 pageviews2026-09-15 — 29 pageviews2026-09-19 — 29 pageviews2026-09-23 — 22 pageviews2026-09-27 — 20 pageviews2026-10-01 — 28 pageviews2026-10-05 — 22 pageviews2026-10-09 — 12 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

30
achievements tracked
41.9%
earned "Let's Renovate the Castle"
4.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsDualShock Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)6912%30
PS4, PS Vita (PlayStation)45119%30
PS4, PS Vita (PlayStation)25936%30

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

Player tags

2DRPGJRPGAnimeRPGMakerRogue-likeSingleplayerPixel GraphicsMystery DungeonTraditional Roguelike

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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