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Who Needs a Hero? cover art

Who Needs a Hero?

Henrique Faitta Chitolina · Baby Stone Studios · 2021-01-21

SteamPlayStation Store

AdventureCasualIndieRPGSimulation

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person, Text

Releases: Jan 21, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Nov 15, 2024 (Nintendo Switch), Nov 15, 2024 (PlayStation 4), Nov 15, 2024 (PlayStation 5)

A stick and a dream: that's all you need in an RPG. Make choices that shape your destiny, build relationships, face epic monsters, and choose between being a feared villain or a legend.

91%
positive of 1.5k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
3.63★
PlayStation Store rating (54 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$19.99
steam price (US)

A weak and dumb warrior, venturing into the world of Grimar, seeking for fame, lots of gold and power! The journey begins in Grimar, a Kingdom that has lived in peace for years. Peaceful and wealthy, travellers all around the world pass by there every single day. Until one day someone with incredible magical powers began to control monsters around the Kingdom, forcing them to attack and destroy the city. Now you must find out who's behind these attacks and start writing your own story about the greatest, wealthy and famous warrior they've ever seen!(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 37 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~5/week).
  • · Review velocity down 14% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (124 reviews).
  • · Top 11% of 28,158 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 29k–66k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,467 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.59 at Steam (2023-06-30)via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
11711720212026Week of 2021-01-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 102 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 117 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 5 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Completion

40
achievements tracked
84.2%
earned "Am I a hero?"
59.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

3 supported languages: English, Portuguese - Brazil, Spanish - Spain

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2021-05-31 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,1804%40
PS5 (PlayStation)10577%23
PS4 (PlayStation)8386%23
Switch (Nintendo)20%0

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

Player tags

2DRPGCuteFunnyCasualComedyCartoonFantasyMedievalTabletop

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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