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SteamWorld Heist II

Thunderful Development · Thunderful Publishing · 2024-08-08

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IndieRPGStrategy

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

Releases: Aug 08, 2024 (Nintendo Switch), Aug 08, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Aug 08, 2024 (PlayStation 4), Aug 08, 2024 (PlayStation 5), Aug 08, 2024 (Xbox One), Aug 08, 2024 (Xbox Series X|S)

Skill-based gunplay meets turn-based tactics in SteamWorld Heist 2! Aim carefully, bounce bullets, and pull off trick shots in high-stakes heists. Choose your crew and utilize 150+ items to navigate real-time naval battles and daring missions in this 30+ hour adventure to stop a deadly water crisis.

SteamWorld Heist II is a 2024 Indie, RPG, Strategy title priced at $29.99, with an estimated 50,000 .. 100,000 owners and Very Positive (93% of 2482 reviews).

25
playing now
93%
positive of 2.5k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
87/100
critic score (7 outlets, IGDB)
74/100
IGDB user rating (6 ratings)
4.71★
PlayStation Store rating (593 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$29.99
steam price (US)

25 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 17:00 UTC (census sample)

SteamWorld Heist II is a 2024 turn-based tactics shooter video game developed and published by Thunderful. As the seventh installment in the SteamWorld series and the sequel to SteamWorld Heist (2015), the game was released for Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X and Series S in August 2024.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 25 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 238 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~30/week).
  • · Review velocity down 37% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 6% of 49,353 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 50k–112k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,482 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Fanatical$5.84-81%
Gamesplanet$6.14-80%
GOG$7.49-75%
Humble Store$7.49-75%
Microsoft Store$29.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $5.99 at Fanatical (2025-11-04) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $29.99 · on sale 110 of 149 observed days · $1.50 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
62262220242026Week of 2024-08-01: 622 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 149 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 176 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 118 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 202 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 111 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 20 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

68252026-09-15 02:00 — 39 players2026-09-16 10:00 — 41 players2026-09-17 18:00 — 53 players2026-09-19 01:00 — 37 players2026-09-20 09:00 — 50 players2026-09-21 17:00 — 48 players2026-09-23 00:00 — 41 players2026-09-24 08:00 — 26 players2026-09-25 15:00 — 50 players2026-09-26 23:00 — 43 players2026-09-28 06:00 — 27 players2026-09-29 14:00 — 38 players2026-09-30 21:00 — 33 players2026-10-02 05:00 — 29 players2026-10-03 12:00 — 46 players2026-10-04 20:00 — 58 players2026-10-06 04:00 — 31 players2026-10-07 11:00 — 27 players2026-10-08 19:00 — 41 players2026-10-10 02:00 — 28 players2026-10-11 10:00 — 43 players2026-10-12 18:00 — 39 players2026-10-14 01:00 — 30 players2026-10-14 17:00 — 25 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
51524Aug 2024Aug 2026Aug 2024 — avg 515 · peak 1,276Sep 2024 — avg 162 · peak 438Oct 2024 — avg 188 · peak 453Nov 2024 — avg 69 · peak 226Dec 2024 — avg 239 · peak 553Jan 2025 — avg 132 · peak 343Feb 2025 — avg 97 · peak 249Mar 2025 — avg 63 · peak 144Apr 2025 — avg 59 · peak 139May 2025 — avg 44 · peak 96Jun 2025 — avg 64 · peak 134Jul 2025 — avg 87 · peak 275Aug 2025 — avg 82 · peak 202Sep 2025 — avg 43 · peak 89Oct 2025 — avg 32 · peak 69Nov 2025 — avg 40 · peak 98Dec 2025 — avg 56 · peak 107Jan 2026 — avg 49 · peak 90Feb 2026 — avg 31 · peak 73Mar 2026 — avg 41 · peak 82Apr 2026 — avg 37 · peak 78May 2026 — avg 28 · peak 61Jun 2026 — avg 35 · peak 68Jul 2026 — avg 37 · peak 79Aug 2026 — avg 24 · peak 45
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$29.99$5.162024-08-082026-10-142024-08-08 — best price $21.242024-09-25 — best price $20.992024-10-18 — best price $19.492024-11-12 — best price $19.792024-11-26 — best price $17.992024-12-13 — best price $17.992025-01-10 — best price $14.532025-02-03 — best price $29.992025-02-24 — best price $29.992025-03-11 — best price $14.992025-04-10 — best price $14.992025-05-13 — best price $14.992025-05-29 — best price $11.092025-06-16 — best price $22.492025-07-11 — best price $29.992025-08-07 — best price $11.992025-09-08 — best price $11.992025-09-27 — best price $29.992025-10-13 — best price $9.292025-10-28 — best price $9.892025-11-20 — best price $9.892025-12-05 — best price $29.992026-01-03 — best price $9.902026-01-23 — best price $7.492026-02-12 — best price $7.492026-03-05 — best price $29.992026-03-26 — best price $29.992026-04-13 — best price $29.992026-05-14 — best price $7.492026-06-04 — best price $8.992026-07-16 — best price $7.492026-08-10 — best price $7.492026-08-18 — best price $29.992026-09-03 — best price $7.502026-09-17 — best price $7.112026-09-27 — best price $7.492026-10-09 — best price $29.992026-10-14 — best price $7.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

7182026-05-29 — 20 pageviews2026-06-02 — 25 pageviews2026-06-06 — 29 pageviews2026-06-10 — 16 pageviews2026-06-14 — 29 pageviews2026-06-18 — 24 pageviews2026-06-22 — 28 pageviews2026-06-26 — 25 pageviews2026-06-30 — 31 pageviews2026-07-04 — 28 pageviews2026-07-08 — 19 pageviews2026-07-12 — 37 pageviews2026-07-16 — 15 pageviews2026-07-20 — 71 pageviews2026-07-24 — 29 pageviews2026-07-28 — 24 pageviews2026-08-01 — 28 pageviews2026-08-05 — 30 pageviews2026-08-09 — 15 pageviews2026-08-13 — 25 pageviews2026-08-17 — 26 pageviews2026-08-21 — 31 pageviews2026-08-25 — 25 pageviews2026-08-29 — 28 pageviews2026-09-02 — 29 pageviews2026-09-06 — 18 pageviews2026-09-10 — 17 pageviews2026-09-14 — 18 pageviews2026-09-18 — 8 pageviews2026-09-22 — 30 pageviews2026-09-26 — 15 pageviews2026-09-30 — 23 pageviews2026-10-04 — 23 pageviews2026-10-08 — 18 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

34
achievements tracked
88.5%
earned "Sub-Optimal"
25.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

11 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Polish

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2024-08-08 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)2,1273%34
PS5 (PlayStation)57210%35
Xbox Series, Xbox One (Xbox)2422%34
Switch (Nintendo)1220%0
PS4 (PlayStation)6123%35

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

2DRPGFunnyHeistActionPuzzleStrategyAdventureStory RichTurn-Based

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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