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Terror of Hemasaurus

Loren Lemcke · 2022-10-17

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ActionAdventure

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Oct 17, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Dec 07, 2022 (Xbox Series X|S), Dec 07, 2022 (Xbox One), Dec 05, 2022 (PlayStation 5), Dec 05, 2022 (PlayStation 4), Jan 12, 2023 (Nintendo Switch)

A retro city smash 'em up with satisfying destruction physics. Play as a Giant Monster unleashing terror upon mankind in this modern arcade experience with the action turned up to eleven.

Terror of Hemasaurus is an Action, Adventure game released in 2022, priced at $14.99, with an estimated 100,000 to 200,000 owners and Very Positive (91% of 1045 reviews) sentiment.

3
playing now
91%
positive of 1.0k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
62/100
IGDB user rating (10 ratings)
2
Nexus mods (6 downloads)
4.59★
PlayStation Store rating (154 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$14.99
steam price (US)

3 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 15:00 UTC (census sample)

Earth is on the brink of a climate catastrophe! The Church of the Holy Lizard hatches a dubious plan to save humanity from its own reckless disregard of the planet – unleash a monster to kill, destroy, and inflict terror!(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 3 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 43 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~5/week).
  • · Review velocity down 9% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (230 reviews).
  • · Top 15% of 27,808 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 21k–47k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,045 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$14.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $5.84 at Steam (2024-09-02) · bundled 6×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 10 of 25 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
21821820222026Week of 2022-10-01: 218 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

902026-09-15 16:00 — 2 players2026-09-17 00:00 — 3 players2026-09-18 08:00 — 2 players2026-09-19 15:00 — 3 players2026-09-20 23:00 — 3 players2026-09-22 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 14:00 — 3 players2026-09-24 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 05:00 — 3 players2026-09-27 13:00 — 2 players2026-09-28 20:00 — 2 players2026-09-30 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 11:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 19:00 — 4 players2026-10-04 03:00 — 2 players2026-10-05 10:00 — 2 players2026-10-06 18:00 — 6 players2026-10-08 01:00 — 5 players2026-10-09 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 16:00 — 3 players2026-10-12 00:00 — 4 players2026-10-13 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 15:00 — 3 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$14.99$5.842022-10-132026-10-102022-10-13 — best price $12.992022-11-10 — best price $12.992022-11-27 — best price $9.632022-12-06 — best price $9.632022-12-21 — best price $9.742023-01-07 — best price $10.282023-01-24 — best price $10.282023-02-15 — best price $9.542023-02-27 — best price $9.092023-03-16 — best price $8.442023-04-06 — best price $8.442023-05-05 — best price $8.442023-05-23 — best price $12.992023-06-03 — best price $12.992023-06-15 — best price $12.992023-07-20 — best price $7.792023-08-25 — best price $10.282023-11-11 — best price $12.992023-12-21 — best price $7.142024-01-31 — best price $12.992024-03-21 — best price $12.992024-06-27 — best price $7.142024-09-09 — best price $12.992024-12-09 — best price $5.842025-02-17 — best price $12.992025-05-19 — best price $5.842025-07-21 — best price $12.992025-10-06 — best price $6.592025-12-18 — best price $5.992026-03-26 — best price $14.992026-06-25 — best price $5.992026-09-05 — best price $5.992026-10-03 — best price $14.992026-10-10 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

30
achievements tracked
72.5%
earned "Jalopy Poppy"
10.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPShared/Split Screen PvPCo-opShared/Split Screen Co-opShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading Cards1 DLC

8 supported languages: English, Simplified Chinese, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Spanish - Latin America, Traditional Chinese

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2023-01-12 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,6726%30
Xbox One (Xbox)36411%30
PS4 (PlayStation)17522%31
PS4 (PlayStation)9330%31
Switch (Nintendo)160%0
PS4 (PlayStation)933%31

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

Player tags

2DBloodCo-opActionArcadeComedySci-fiPhysicsAdventureDinosaurs

Census log

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

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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