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Vertical Drop Heroes HD cover art

Vertical Drop Heroes HD

Nerdook Productions · 2014-07-25

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

ActionRPG

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Split screen · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Oct 04, 2018 (Nintendo Switch), Jul 25, 2014 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jul 25, 2014 (Mac), Feb 14, 2017 (PlayStation 4), Feb 15, 2017 (PlayStation Vita), Feb 17, 2017 (Xbox One)

Vertical Drop Heroes is a procedural platformer RPG hybrid with roguelike elements, where your hero adventures through randomly generated stages. Armed with a variety of skills and traits, you must use your cunning and reflexes to survive the dangers of each stage.

Vertical Drop Heroes HD is an Action, RPG game released in 2014, priced at $6.99, with a Very Positive review sentiment (80% of 741 reviews) and an estimated 100,000 to 200,000 owners.

0
playing now
80%
positive of 741 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
69/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
70/100
IGDB user rating (5 ratings)
4.07★
PlayStation Store rating (96 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$6.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 07:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 8 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 100% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 17% of 28,061 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 19k–44k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 741 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$1.25-75%
GOG$1.25-75%
Microsoft Store$9.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.39 at GreenManGaming (2019-12-13) · bundled 13×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $6.99 · on sale 84 of 90 observed days · $0.86 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
5520152026Week of 2015-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2015-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2015-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2015-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2015-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2015-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

202026-09-15 16:00 — 1 players2026-09-17 01:00 — 2 players2026-09-18 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 14:00 — 2 players2026-09-24 22:00 — 1 players2026-09-26 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 13:00 — 1 players2026-09-28 20:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 11:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 19:00 — 2 players2026-10-04 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 11:00 — 1 players2026-10-06 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 02:00 — 1 players2026-10-09 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 00:00 — 1 players2026-10-13 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 15:00 — 0 players2026-10-15 07:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$6.99$0.742015-01-012026-10-152015-01-01 — best price $2.792015-03-13 — best price $1.742015-04-24 — best price $1.992015-06-18 — best price $5.072015-08-10 — best price $6.992015-10-29 — best price $2.372015-12-22 — best price $2.372016-03-15 — best price $6.992016-06-14 — best price $0.992016-08-20 — best price $6.992016-11-10 — best price $1.752017-01-30 — best price $6.992017-05-04 — best price $6.992017-09-18 — best price $1.292018-01-11 — best price $1.042018-05-15 — best price $2.372018-10-27 — best price $2.372019-03-27 — best price $6.992019-09-06 — best price $6.992020-01-17 — best price $0.992020-04-20 — best price $1.782020-07-16 — best price $1.402021-01-08 — best price $6.992021-07-10 — best price $6.992021-12-02 — best price $6.992022-03-01 — best price $1.752022-05-09 — best price $1.742022-08-08 — best price $1.042022-12-07 — best price $6.992023-06-11 — best price $0.742024-03-21 — best price $4.992024-09-02 — best price $6.992025-08-08 — best price $4.992025-11-06 — best price $1.392026-05-21 — best price $1.252026-09-01 — best price $1.252026-09-21 — best price $4.992026-10-11 — best price $1.252026-10-15 — best price $1.25
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

30
achievements tracked
76%
earned "Beam Me Up!"
25.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsPartial Controller SupportStatsSteam LeaderboardsRemote Play TogetherFamily Sharing1 DLC

5 supported languages: English, Portuguese - Brazil, German, Spanish - Spain, French

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2014-10-30 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)6,7065%30
Xbox One (Xbox)1,09318%12
PS4, PS Vita (PlayStation)55316%12
Switch (Nintendo)10%0

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

Player tags

2DRPGCo-opIndieActionCasualPlatformerRogue-likeRogue-liteLocal Co-Op

Census log

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

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