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Sliding Hero

Silent Chicken · 2025-11-20

Steam

ActionAdventureIndie

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

Releases: Nov 20, 2025 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Sliding Hero is a top-down puzzle Metroidvania where movement is key—think carefully, as once you start sliding you won’t stop until you hit something! Imprisoned in a sinister 1700s Venetian villa, explore a world of Carnival mystery, solve devious puzzles, uncover secrets, and unmask your fate.

Sliding Hero is an Action, Adventure, Indie game released in 2025, priced at $9.74, with a Very Positive review sentiment (91% of 53 reviews).

91%
positive of 55 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$9.74
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 8 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 14% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 49% of 27,841 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-02

Estimated sales: 1.1k–2.5k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 55 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $9.74 at Steam (2026-06-25)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 7 of 15 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
5520252026Week of 2025-11-20: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-11-20: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-11-27: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-27: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-04: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-18: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-25: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-08: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-15: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-22: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-29: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-12: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-19: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-05: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-12: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-16: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-14: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-04: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-11: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-18: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-25: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-02: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-09: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-23: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$14.99$9.742025-11-202026-08-242025-11-20 — best price $13.492025-12-04 — best price $14.992026-01-05 — best price $11.992026-01-19 — best price $14.992026-03-02 — best price $11.242026-03-09 — best price $14.992026-03-19 — best price $11.242026-03-26 — best price $14.992026-04-20 — best price $10.492026-04-27 — best price $14.992026-05-28 — best price $10.492026-06-04 — best price $14.992026-06-25 — best price $9.742026-07-23 — best price $14.992026-08-24 — best price $9.74
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportCustom Volume ControlsKeyboard Only OptionPlayable without Timed InputDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportStereo SoundSteam Cloud

8 supported languages: English, French, Italian, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese

Census log

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

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