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The Dark Heart of Balor cover art

The Dark Heart of Balor

Game Artists, LLC · 2026-01-02

Steam

ActionAdventureIndieRPG

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jan 02, 2026 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Archdemon Balor has opened the Gate of Hell into the human realm and hordes of demons and monsters have flooded into your world destroying everything in their path. You must protect those who are still alive and ultimately destroy Balor to close the Gate.

The Dark Heart of Balor is an Action, Adventure, Indie, RPG game released in 2026, priced at $14.99, with an estimated 20,000 .. 50,000 owners and a Mostly Positive sentiment (75% of 24 reviews).

0
playing now
75%
positive of 24 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
$14.99
steam price (US)

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

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 16 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Top 71% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-02

All-time low: $2.99 at Steam (2026-06-25)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 5 of 11 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
4420222026Week of 2022-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

002026-09-15 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 18:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 13:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 21:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 10:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$14.99$2.992022-08-042026-08-012022-08-04 — best price $12.742022-08-11 — best price $14.992022-11-22 — best price $7.492022-11-29 — best price $14.992022-12-22 — best price $7.492023-01-05 — best price $14.992023-03-16 — best price $3.742023-03-23 — best price $14.992023-06-29 — best price $7.492023-07-13 — best price $14.992023-11-21 — best price $7.492023-11-28 — best price $14.992023-12-22 — best price $7.492024-01-04 — best price $14.992024-06-27 — best price $3.742024-07-11 — best price $14.992024-11-27 — best price $3.742024-12-04 — best price $14.992026-01-03 — best price $12.742026-01-06 — best price $14.992026-01-09 — best price $14.992026-03-19 — best price $3.742026-03-26 — best price $14.992026-06-01 — best price $3.742026-06-08 — best price $14.992026-06-25 — best price $2.992026-07-09 — best price $14.992026-07-25 — best price $7.492026-08-01 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerFull controller supportFamily Sharing

4 supported languages: English, Russian, French, Spanish - Spain

Player tags

3DRPG2.5DActionStylizedAction RPGControllerPlatformerEarly AccessMetroidvania

Census log

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

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