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Next Hero

LINE Games Corporation · 2018-03-16

Steam

ActionAdventureCasualIndieRPG

Modes: Single player

Releases: Mar 16, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

'Next Hero' is a Roguelike-shooting action RPG that explores dungeons, acquires weapons and equipment, and kills monsters. Find a girlfriend kidnapped by the dragon and rebuild the destroyed village to become a hero in the village!

Next Hero is a 2018 Action, Adventure, Casual, and Indie game priced at $9.99, with an estimated owner base of 50,000 to 100,000 and a Mixed review sentiment (57% of 46 reviews).

0
playing now
57%
positive of 46 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
$9.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 19:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 2 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~0/week).
  • · Review velocity down 67% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (16 reviews).
  • · Top 53% of 27,701 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-02

All-time low: $1.99 at Steam (2022-03-31) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 2 of 4 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
131320182025Week of 2018-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

002026-09-15 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 20:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 19:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 18:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 16:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 15:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 14:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 21:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 19:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
20Mar 2018Aug 2020Mar 2018 — avg 2 · peak 10Apr 2018 — avg 2 · peak 8May 2018 — avg 2 · peak 8Jun 2018 — avg 1 · peak 4Jul 2018 — avg 1 · peak 4Aug 2018 — avg 0 · peak 3Sep 2018 — avg 0 · peak 3Oct 2018 — avg 0 · peak 3Nov 2018 — avg 0 · peak 2Dec 2018 — avg 0 · peak 2Jan 2019 — avg 0 · peak 3Feb 2019 — avg 0 · peak 2Mar 2019 — avg 0 · peak 2Apr 2019 — avg 0 · peak 2May 2019 — avg 0 · peak 2Jun 2019 — avg 0 · peak 2Jul 2019 — avg 0 · peak 2Aug 2019 — avg 0 · peak 2Sep 2019 — avg 1 · peak 5Nov 2019 — avg 1 · peak 6Dec 2019 — avg 1 · peak 4Jan 2020 — avg 1 · peak 3Feb 2020 — avg 0 · peak 3May 2020 — avg 1 · peak 3Aug 2020 — avg 0 · peak 2

▼ −1 avg players (−65.4%) vs prior month — Aug 2020

Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$9.99$1.992018-03-172026-01-052018-03-17 — best price $8.492018-06-22 — best price $5.992019-09-16 — best price $2.992019-10-28 — best price $2.992019-11-14 — best price $9.992020-01-20 — best price $9.992020-01-27 — best price $9.992020-03-31 — best price $9.992020-05-11 — best price $3.992020-05-18 — best price $9.992020-06-25 — best price $2.992020-10-29 — best price $2.992020-11-25 — best price $2.992020-12-22 — best price $2.992022-03-31 — best price $1.992022-06-23 — best price $1.992022-11-22 — best price $2.992022-12-22 — best price $2.992025-04-21 — best price $4.992025-09-15 — best price $3.992025-09-29 — best price $2.492025-11-10 — best price $2.992025-12-18 — best price $1.992026-01-05 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
69.8%
earned "Destroyer"
15.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam CloudFamily Sharing

6 supported languages: English, French, German, Korean, Traditional Chinese, Russian

Player tags

2DRPGCuteActionColorfulTop-DownRogue-likeRogue-liteBase-BuildingPixel Graphics

Census log

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

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