The Game Census
Pixel Heroes: Byte & Magic cover art

Pixel Heroes: Byte & Magic

The Bitfather · Headup · 2015-02-06

SteamPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

AdventureIndieRPG

Modes: Single player

Releases: Feb 06, 2015 (Mac), Mar 04, 2015 (Android), Feb 06, 2015 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Feb 06, 2015 (Linux), Jun 15, 2017 (PlayStation 4), Feb 03, 2017 (Xbox One)

Enter the world of PIXEL HEROES and prepare yourself for a thrilling RPG/Roguelike experience like you have never seen before!

2
playing now
76%
positive of 599 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$0.99
steam price (US)

2 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 08:00 UTC (census sample)

"Listen! The end is nigh!! Hear my words and prepare! An ancient cult has set foot in our lands! They call themselves -The Sons of Dawn- and pray to some dark elder god. They have started recruiting people for their cause all over the country. I fear that they want to try to awaken something which should be left sleeping. Something dangerous and sinister! Something that might destroy us all. Spend your last of days wisely..."(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 38% of 11,312 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 15k–36k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 599 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$0.99-90%
Microsoft Store$9.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.64 at Fanatical (2025-11-03) · bundled 13×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 48 of 77 observed days · $9.35 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Players online

302026-08-11 20:00 — 0 players2026-08-12 12:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 04:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 19:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 11:00 — 1 players2026-08-15 03:00 — 1 players2026-08-15 19:00 — 1 players2026-08-16 11:00 — 3 players2026-08-17 03:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 19:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 11:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 02:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 18:00 — 2 players2026-08-20 10:00 — 1 players2026-08-21 02:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 17:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 17:00 — 1 players2026-08-24 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 09:00 — 2 players2026-08-27 01:00 — 2 players2026-08-27 17:00 — 3 players2026-08-28 09:00 — 2 players2026-08-29 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 16:00 — 2 players2026-08-30 08:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$9.99$0.002015-01-012026-08-282015-01-01 — best price $0.002015-05-22 — best price $7.492015-09-15 — best price $9.992016-01-18 — best price $3.392016-06-03 — best price $2.492016-10-07 — best price $2.492017-02-06 — best price $5.992017-07-06 — best price $9.992017-11-29 — best price $9.992018-05-10 — best price $4.992018-08-21 — best price $9.992018-12-01 — best price $9.992019-03-18 — best price $9.992019-07-01 — best price $2.992019-11-12 — best price $9.992020-02-16 — best price $8.652020-05-21 — best price $9.992020-07-24 — best price $9.992020-10-04 — best price $7.892020-12-07 — best price $2.112021-02-15 — best price $9.992021-04-13 — best price $7.892021-06-06 — best price $7.892021-08-27 — best price $2.242021-11-20 — best price $9.992022-02-11 — best price $7.342022-07-15 — best price $8.592022-12-22 — best price $1.492023-05-11 — best price $7.022023-09-18 — best price $0.792024-02-08 — best price $0.992024-07-22 — best price $1.992024-11-21 — best price $0.992025-04-08 — best price $9.992025-09-06 — best price $9.992026-02-19 — best price $9.992026-08-03 — best price $0.792026-08-28 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

2 supported languages: English, German

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)3,4391%55
Xbox One (Xbox)4171%55

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

Player tags

2DRPGDwarfIndieRetroComedyFantasyAdventureRogue-likeRogue-lite

Census log

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

Players also track

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Similarity via IGDB.

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