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Underhero cover art

Underhero

Paper Castle Games · 2018-09-19

SteamGOGPlayStation Store

AdventureIndieRPG

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Feb 27, 2020 (Nintendo Switch), Sep 19, 2018 (Mac), Sep 19, 2018 (Linux), Sep 19, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Feb 14, 2020 (Xbox One), Feb 10, 2020 (PlayStation 4)

Underhero is an RPG-platformer where the chosen hero has failed, and an underling of the evil king takes his place as the new hero. Use timing-based combat to defeat enemies as you venture across the land, face off against quirky bosses, and save the kingdom from your own evil boss, Mr Stitches!

87%
positive of 1.2k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
84/100
IGDB user rating (5 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$14.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 16 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity down 16% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (77 reviews).
  • · Top 20% of 16,780 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 29k–69k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,158 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$14.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.99 at Steam (2026-06-25) · bundled 5×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 23 of 39 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
707020182026Week of 2018-09-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$14.99$2.992018-09-202026-09-102018-09-20 — best price $14.992019-02-11 — best price $14.992019-09-26 — best price $14.992019-12-20 — best price $8.992020-01-27 — best price $14.992020-05-27 — best price $7.492020-09-19 — best price $8.992020-12-01 — best price $14.992021-02-15 — best price $14.992021-05-03 — best price $14.992021-07-12 — best price $14.992021-10-28 — best price $7.492021-12-01 — best price $14.992022-01-31 — best price $14.992022-04-25 — best price $8.992022-06-28 — best price $14.992022-12-22 — best price $4.492023-06-11 — best price $4.492023-08-28 — best price $4.492023-11-02 — best price $14.992024-01-04 — best price $14.992024-02-14 — best price $7.492024-04-10 — best price $4.492024-06-27 — best price $4.492024-08-26 — best price $4.492024-10-15 — best price $4.492024-12-04 — best price $14.992025-02-05 — best price $14.992025-03-13 — best price $4.492025-06-14 — best price $14.992025-09-19 — best price $3.742025-10-08 — best price $14.992025-12-18 — best price $3.742026-03-03 — best price $3.742026-04-14 — best price $3.892026-06-25 — best price $2.992026-08-14 — best price $2.992026-09-10 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

44
achievements tracked
90%
earned "Heroes and villains"
19.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsPartial Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

1 supported languages: English

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2021-03-31 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)3,2585%44
PS4 (PlayStation)28517%44
Xbox One (Xbox)1855%44
Switch (Nintendo)220%0

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

Player tags

2DRPGCuteJRPGFunnyIndieLinearColorfulAdventurePlatformer

Census log

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

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