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TBH: Task Bar Hero cover art

TBH: Task Bar Hero

Nugem Studio · 2026-05-27

Steam

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Modes: Single player

Releases: May 27, 2026 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

The ultimate tiny idle RPG! Adorable pixel heroes are waiting to join your adventure — from your taskbar. Fight off the boredom of work and daily life with diverse classes, skills, items, and builds!

TBH: Task Bar Hero is a 2026 Casual, Indie, RPG, and Free To Play game priced at free-to-play, with a Mixed review sentiment (53% of 44,021 reviews).

89,208
playing now
54%
positive of 45k reviews
Mixed
steam rating
68
twitch viewers (latest)
80/100
IGDB user rating (8 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Free
steam price (US)

89,208 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 15:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Thriving
  • · 89,208 players in-game right now — a Steam top-100 title.
  • · 24,697 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3,087/week).
  • · Review velocity up 24% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 1% of 9,503 Casual games in the census by review count.

12-month high $0.00 · on sale 1 of 1 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
7.9k7.9k20262026Week of 2026-05-27: 4,000 positiveWeek of 2026-05-27: 3,720 negativeWeek of 2026-06-03: 4,296 positiveWeek of 2026-06-03: 7,930 negativeWeek of 2026-06-10: 3,923 positiveWeek of 2026-06-10: 3,337 negativeWeek of 2026-06-17: 3,494 positiveWeek of 2026-06-17: 1,661 negativeWeek of 2026-06-24: 2,464 positiveWeek of 2026-06-24: 1,129 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 2,011 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1,468 negativeWeek of 2026-07-08: 1,261 positiveWeek of 2026-07-08: 605 negativeWeek of 2026-07-15: 857 positiveWeek of 2026-07-15: 418 negativeWeek of 2026-07-22: 741 positiveWeek of 2026-07-22: 580 negativeWeek of 2026-07-29: 490 positiveWeek of 2026-07-29: 258 negativeWeek of 2026-08-05: 233 positiveWeek of 2026-08-05: 136 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

127k41k2026-08-12 02:00 — 103,379 players2026-08-12 14:00 — 127,266 players2026-08-13 02:00 — 100,119 players2026-08-13 14:00 — 124,065 players2026-08-14 02:00 — 96,794 players2026-08-14 14:00 — 119,745 players2026-08-15 02:00 — 94,039 players2026-08-15 14:00 — 116,723 players2026-08-16 02:00 — 93,204 players2026-08-16 14:00 — 117,186 players2026-08-17 02:00 — 88,504 players2026-08-17 14:00 — 115,215 players2026-08-18 02:00 — 88,345 players2026-08-18 14:00 — 114,953 players2026-08-19 02:00 — 84,228 players2026-08-19 14:00 — 111,111 players2026-08-20 02:00 — 85,756 players2026-08-20 14:00 — 111,717 players2026-08-21 02:00 — 84,318 players2026-08-21 14:00 — 108,299 players2026-08-22 02:00 — 83,347 players2026-08-22 14:00 — 104,698 players2026-08-23 02:00 — 80,391 players2026-08-23 14:00 — 104,171 players2026-08-24 02:00 — 77,600 players2026-08-24 14:00 — 103,160 players2026-08-25 02:00 — 76,079 players2026-08-25 14:00 — 100,608 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 74,850 players2026-08-26 14:00 — 98,607 players2026-08-27 03:00 — 74,890 players2026-08-27 15:00 — 92,014 players2026-08-28 03:00 — 71,749 players2026-08-28 15:00 — 91,428 players2026-08-29 03:00 — 74,385 players2026-08-29 15:00 — 90,375 players2026-08-30 03:00 — 73,905 players2026-08-30 15:00 — 89,208 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Chart history

#33#472026-08-122026-08-302026-08-12 — #332026-08-13 — #332026-08-14 — #342026-08-15 — #362026-08-16 — #372026-08-17 — #412026-08-18 — #382026-08-19 — #372026-08-20 — #372026-08-21 — #372026-08-22 — #372026-08-23 — #422026-08-24 — #442026-08-25 — #402026-08-26 — #402026-08-27 — #402026-08-28 — #392026-08-29 — #392026-08-30 — #47
Best Steam most-played rank per day (census top-100 snapshots).
PositiveNegative
1581582026-08-122026-08-292026-08-12: 158 new positive2026-08-12: 133 new negative2026-08-13: 46 new positive2026-08-13: 34 new negative2026-08-14: 52 new positive2026-08-14: 31 new negative2026-08-15: 35 new positive2026-08-15: 28 new negative2026-08-16: 38 new positive2026-08-16: 32 new negative2026-08-17: 39 new positive2026-08-17: 36 new negative2026-08-18: 26 new positive2026-08-18: 40 new negative2026-08-19: 47 new positive2026-08-19: 38 new negative2026-08-20: 32 new positive2026-08-20: 29 new negative2026-08-21: 39 new positive2026-08-21: 24 new negative2026-08-22: 30 new positive2026-08-22: 20 new negative2026-08-23: 46 new positive2026-08-23: 13 new negative2026-08-24: 48 new positive2026-08-24: 22 new negative2026-08-25: 39 new positive2026-08-25: 5 new negative2026-08-26: 42 new positive2026-08-26: 20 new negative2026-08-27: 42 new positive2026-08-27: 14 new negative2026-08-28: 33 new positive2026-08-28: 22 new negative2026-08-29: 24 new positive2026-08-29: 21 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Twitch viewers

488262026-08-26 19:15 — 32 viewers2026-08-26 21:34 — 35 viewers2026-08-27 01:34 — 30 viewers2026-08-27 04:34 — 53 viewers2026-08-27 07:33 — 161 viewers2026-08-27 10:34 — 281 viewers2026-08-27 13:34 — 385 viewers2026-08-27 16:34 — 392 viewers2026-08-27 19:34 — 344 viewers2026-08-27 23:34 — 326 viewers2026-08-28 02:34 — 156 viewers2026-08-28 05:34 — 164 viewers2026-08-28 08:34 — 158 viewers2026-08-28 11:34 — 55 viewers2026-08-28 14:34 — 167 viewers2026-08-28 17:34 — 55 viewers2026-08-28 20:34 — 34 viewers2026-08-28 23:34 — 34 viewers2026-08-29 02:34 — 45 viewers2026-08-29 05:34 — 50 viewers2026-08-29 08:34 — 35 viewers2026-08-29 11:34 — 37 viewers2026-08-29 14:34 — 151 viewers2026-08-29 17:34 — 33 viewers2026-08-29 20:34 — 53 viewers2026-08-29 23:34 — 28 viewers2026-08-30 02:34 — 52 viewers2026-08-30 05:34 — 50 viewers2026-08-30 08:34 — 37 viewers2026-08-30 12:34 — 48 viewers2026-08-30 15:34 — 68 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

56
achievements tracked
100%
earned "Hero's First Awakening"
64.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsCustom Volume ControlsMouse Only Option#category_playable_at_your_own_pacePlayable without Timed InputSteam CloudStatsFamily Sharing7 DLC

16 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Russian, Ukrainian, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Turkish, Portuguese - Brazil, Polish…

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)19,3350%56

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.

Census log

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

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