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One Way Heroics

Smoking WOLF · PLAYISM · 2014-02-28

Steam

IndieRPG

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Feb 28, 2014 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Across all dimensions, the only constant is Darkness! A procedurally generated RPG-roguelike journey across the multiverse! In One Way Heroics, you take on the role of an intrepid adventurer who must travel across the land and face the Demon Lord before a mysterious darkness engulfs everything.

One Way Heroics is an Indie and RPG game released in 2014, priced at $3.49, with an estimated 500,000 .. 1,000,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (94% of 4147 reviews).

18
playing now
94%
positive of 4.1k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (9 ratings)
2
Nexus mods (1.4k downloads)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$3.49
steam price (US)

18 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 03:00 UTC (census sample)

Trailer

One Way Heroics trailer thumbnail

One Way Heroics Plus - Nintendo Switch Trailer

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

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 18 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 49 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~6/week).
  • · Review velocity down 8% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 4% of 50,336 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 104k–249k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 4,147 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.69 at Steam (2015-06-17) · bundled 4×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $3.49 · on sale 6 of 12 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
424220182026Week of 2018-01-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 6 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

61102026-09-16 05:00 — 22 players2026-09-17 13:00 — 34 players2026-09-18 20:00 — 25 players2026-09-20 04:00 — 51 players2026-09-21 11:00 — 61 players2026-09-22 19:00 — 28 players2026-09-24 02:00 — 19 players2026-09-25 10:00 — 30 players2026-09-26 17:00 — 34 players2026-09-28 01:00 — 26 players2026-09-29 08:00 — 27 players2026-09-30 16:00 — 16 players2026-10-01 23:00 — 11 players2026-10-03 07:00 — 24 players2026-10-04 15:00 — 29 players2026-10-05 23:00 — 17 players2026-10-07 06:00 — 11 players2026-10-08 14:00 — 28 players2026-10-09 21:00 — 10 players2026-10-11 05:00 — 23 players2026-10-12 12:00 — 29 players2026-10-13 20:00 — 16 players2026-10-15 03:00 — 18 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
15910Mar 2014Aug 2026Mar 2014 — avg 159 · peak 775Jul 2014 — avg 65 · peak 286Nov 2014 — avg 41 · peak 168Mar 2015 — avg 80 · peak 233Jul 2015 — avg 43 · peak 83Nov 2015 — avg 74 · peak 249Mar 2016 — avg 55 · peak 168Jul 2016 — avg 55 · peak 129Nov 2016 — avg 42 · peak 102Mar 2017 — avg 32 · peak 76Jul 2017 — avg 31 · peak 57Nov 2017 — avg 36 · peak 73Mar 2018 — avg 25 · peak 66Jul 2018 — avg 28 · peak 55Nov 2018 — avg 25 · peak 64Mar 2019 — avg 17 · peak 38Jul 2019 — avg 19 · peak 45Nov 2019 — avg 23 · peak 51Mar 2020 — avg 23 · peak 54Jul 2020 — avg 41 · peak 111Nov 2020 — avg 20 · peak 43Mar 2021 — avg 19 · peak 54Jul 2021 — avg 19 · peak 41Nov 2021 — avg 20 · peak 43Mar 2022 — avg 20 · peak 63Jul 2022 — avg 17 · peak 43Nov 2022 — avg 15 · peak 36Mar 2023 — avg 25 · peak 75Jul 2023 — avg 17 · peak 37Nov 2023 — avg 16 · peak 38Mar 2024 — avg 17 · peak 43Jul 2024 — avg 20 · peak 51Nov 2024 — avg 10 · peak 24Mar 2025 — avg 12 · peak 33Jul 2025 — avg 14 · peak 29Nov 2025 — avg 11 · peak 24Mar 2026 — avg 12 · peak 28Jul 2026 — avg 10 · peak 29Aug 2026 — avg 10 · peak 22
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$3.49$0.802015-01-012026-08-062015-01-01 — best price $0.872015-05-13 — best price $0.872015-10-19 — best price $0.872016-02-05 — best price $0.872016-05-19 — best price $0.872016-11-07 — best price $1.742017-01-16 — best price $2.442017-05-05 — best price $3.492017-07-10 — best price $3.492017-11-13 — best price $3.492018-01-25 — best price $3.492018-05-28 — best price $1.742018-09-19 — best price $1.742019-01-03 — best price $3.492019-02-25 — best price $1.992019-05-27 — best price $1.392019-08-29 — best price $1.392019-11-12 — best price $3.492020-01-16 — best price $1.042020-03-16 — best price $1.042020-05-21 — best price $3.492020-11-07 — best price $1.042021-03-01 — best price $1.042021-06-24 — best price $1.042021-11-06 — best price $1.042022-05-02 — best price $1.042022-12-03 — best price $1.042023-03-09 — best price $1.042023-09-10 — best price $3.072024-03-14 — best price $1.082024-09-18 — best price $1.082025-01-22 — best price $1.082025-06-27 — best price $1.082026-01-17 — best price $1.742026-07-23 — best price $1.082026-08-06 — best price $3.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

59
achievements tracked
68.7%
earned "License on life"
10.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsPartial Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

2 supported languages: English, Japanese

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2015-08-17 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)14,5961%59

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

2DRPGCuteJRPGAnimeRogue-likeRogue-liteTurn-BasedPerma DeathSide Scroller

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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