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Songs for a Hero - Definitive Edition

Dumativa · 2016-03-24

Steam

AdventureCasualIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Mar 24, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Oct 26, 2017 (Linux), Oct 26, 2017 (Mac)

A classic platform with a twist: A dynamic soundtrack and funny lyrics that sings the player's actions and responds to what is happening during the adventure.

10
playing now
97%
positive of 4.4k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
66/100
IGDB user rating (10 ratings)
8h
time to beat (IGDB)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$14.99
steam price (US)

10 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 03:00 UTC (census sample)

The player controls a knight who must pass monsters and obstacles to complete a phase and at the end rescue a princess. The song, sung by Matheus Castro and Marcos Castro, follows the player's actions in real time, adapting to the situation on the screen.(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 10 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 136 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~17/week).
  • · Review velocity down 35% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 14% of 11,424 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 111k–266k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 4,430 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$14.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $5.24 at IndieGala Store (2026-07-14) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 26 of 43 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
838320182026Week of 2018-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 12 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2102026-08-06 23:00 — 11 players2026-08-07 07:00 — 1 players2026-08-07 15:00 — 6 players2026-08-07 23:00 — 12 players2026-08-08 07:00 — 3 players2026-08-08 15:00 — 7 players2026-08-08 23:00 — 14 players2026-08-09 07:00 — 1 players2026-08-09 15:00 — 12 players2026-08-09 23:00 — 14 players2026-08-10 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-10 15:00 — 6 players2026-08-10 23:00 — 9 players2026-08-11 07:00 — 1 players2026-08-11 16:00 — 3 players2026-08-12 23:00 — 9 players2026-08-14 07:00 — 1 players2026-08-15 14:00 — 10 players2026-08-16 22:00 — 12 players2026-08-18 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 13:00 — 5 players2026-08-20 21:00 — 6 players2026-08-22 05:00 — 5 players2026-08-23 12:00 — 4 players2026-08-24 20:00 — 5 players2026-08-26 03:00 — 2 players2026-08-27 11:00 — 1 players2026-08-28 19:00 — 14 players2026-08-30 03:00 — 10 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$15.99$4.892016-03-252026-08-242016-03-25 — best price $15.992020-05-01 — best price $12.792020-07-09 — best price $15.992020-11-25 — best price $11.992021-01-05 — best price $15.992021-10-28 — best price $12.792021-12-01 — best price $15.992022-01-27 — best price $11.992022-04-07 — best price $15.992022-06-23 — best price $11.192022-11-29 — best price $15.992023-02-18 — best price $11.992023-03-23 — best price $15.992023-07-13 — best price $14.992023-12-21 — best price $7.492024-03-21 — best price $14.992024-11-27 — best price $7.492025-01-02 — best price $14.992025-03-13 — best price $7.492025-04-26 — best price $14.992025-06-27 — best price $7.492025-09-08 — best price $14.992025-12-18 — best price $7.492026-02-17 — best price $14.992026-03-24 — best price $14.992026-04-06 — best price $6.742026-06-01 — best price $5.912026-06-25 — best price $6.742026-07-08 — best price $6.742026-07-14 — best price $5.242026-07-23 — best price $14.992026-07-28 — best price $13.392026-08-01 — best price $6.322026-08-10 — best price $6.752026-08-17 — best price $6.742026-08-24 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

59
achievements tracked
73.5%
earned "Snake BBQ, Anyone?"
19.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsCaptions availableSteam CloudFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: Portuguese - Brazil

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)2,6576%59
Switch (Nintendo)900%0

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

Player tags

2DRPGFunnyIndieActionAdventureNarrationPlatformerSoundtrackStory Rich

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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