Games published by Hawthorn Games
35 census-tracked games, ranked by total Steam reviews.
Hawthorn Games has published 35 games tracked by The Game Census, with 15k Steam reviews between them and an overall 84% positive rating. The most reviewed is Death and Taxes (8.6k reviews, 86% positive). Releases span 2020 to 2026. 2 are free to play.
At the latest census sample, 49 people were playing its 2 games that report a live player count. Census health tiers across the catalog: 1 healthy, 1 cooling, 30 quiet.
Genres across the catalog: Strategy (23), Indie (22), Adventure (13), Simulation (11), RPG (10). Most common player tags: Strategy, Rogue-like, Singleplayer, Puzzle, Action, RPG.
Games
35
Steam reviews
15k
Positive
84%
Players now
49
| # | Game | Reviews | Rating | Players | Health | Price | Released |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Death and Taxes In this 2D, short narrative-based game, you assume the role of the Grim Reaper... on an office job. Your job is to decide which people are going to live or die. The consequences of your choices are yours to bear, while the mystery of your incarnation awaits revelation! | 8.6k | 86% | 46 | Healthy | $1.68 | 2020-02-20 |
| 2 | Do No Harm Lovecraftian Doctor Simulator. Diagnose patients by analyzing unsettling symptoms and treat them using your Book of Medicine. Make moral choices — decide who to save or kill, discover whom to trust, and unlock multiple endings! Can you endure 30 days of perilous decisions? | 947 | 75% | — | Quiet | $15.99 | 2025-03-06 |
| 3 | Torn Away Torn Away is an award winning interactive story with a unique blend of adventure games, side-scrollers, and cinematic first-person levels. Help little Asya find her way home in the middle of war. | 701 | 93% | — | Quiet | $14.99 | 2023-09-29 |
| 4 | CraftCraft: Fantasy Merchant Simulator CraftCraft is a narrative-heavy RPG sim with hands on forging and jewelry making! Create a pretty tiara for a mermaid or a sword made of dragon blood! Be a Moth or a Cat and express your creativity in your cozy crafting studio and change the lives of locals in the mysterious port town of Windspell. | 607 | 83% | — | Quiet | $11.19 | 2025-05-29 |
| 5 | The Ouroboros King The Ouroboros King combines the strategic depth of chess with the build variety and replayability of roguelikes. Assemble a formidable army, discover powerful relics, and buy surprising gadgets to defeat the Coven. | 578 | 80% | — | Quiet | $9.99 | 2023-02-27 |
| 6 | Warlords Under Siege Warlords Under Siege is a mix of RTS and Roguelike genre, where you build a small city and defend it against continuous waves of enemies. Improve your assortment of weapons with each playthrough, unlocking new possibilities to beat the ever-increasing threat. | 479 | 78% | — | Quiet | $9.99 | 2025-01-20 |
| 7 | Let's! Revolution! Let’s! Revolution! is a colorful roguelite puzzle mashup about stopping a narcissistic King from ruining your world. Flip tiles to uncover the hidden path to the King. Use deductive reasoning to avoid his cronies or take them all down in strategic turn-based combat. | 401 | 92% | 3 | Quiet | $19.99 | 2023-07-19 |
| 8 | 皇帝与社稷 The Emperor and State The Emperor and State is a turn-based strategy game that simulates the rule of an ancient feudal monarch. It involves the administration, policy adjustment, diplomatic checks and balances, national wars, as well as the emperor's self-cultivation, the cultivation of successors and so on. | 343 | 57% | — | Quiet | $14.99 | 2024-07-26 |
| 9 | GROSS GROSS is a unique twist on the classic tower defense genre. After building your defenses, you will jump into the action to take on enemies head-on. Make sure to collect as much cash as possible to upgrade your defenses and stay ahead of the game. Can you outlast the waves of enemies? | 310 | 79% | — | Quiet | $12.99 | 2023-01-11 |
| 10 | A Game Called Paako It’s a game. It’s called Paako. It’s A Game Called Paako. It’s a game called A Game Called Paako. It’s about Paako, but also about A Game Called Paako. It’s only about Paako, but it’s not only about Paako. You’ll finish A Game Called Paako, but you won’t finish A Game Called Paako. | 243 | 77% | — | Quiet | Free | 2024-03-22 |
| 11 | Citizens: Far Lands Citizens is a blend between turn based city builder and a puzzler for strategy masterminds. Build a thriving settlement, extract and process resources and manage your population by catering to their needs, thus allowing you to build bigger and better! | 136 | 79% | — | Quiet | $5.99 | 2022-07-14 |
| 12 | Metroplex Zero: Sci-Fi Card Battler Neo-cyberpunk roguelike card battler. Strategically construct your decks, gain powerful cybernetic upgrades, and vanquish sinister MegaCorps in challenging card combat. Dive into a replayable single-player experience that blends RPG progression, deck-building strategy, and a futuristic sci-fi world. | 128 | 97% | — | Cooling | $19.99 | 2023-08-28 |
| 13 | Citizens: Far Lands - Prologue Build, strategize, and conquer with Citizens: Prologue - the free city-building and puzzler game for strategy masterminds! Extract resources, manage your population, and build the ultimate settlement. Ready to take on the challenge? Download now and discover the magic of Citizens: Prologue! | 120 | 88% | — | Quiet | Free | 2023-03-07 |
| 14 | Core Devourer Hunt down huge hordes of droids, absorb their cores and become the strongest cybernetic being. In this sci-fi action-packed roguelite, you unlock weapons with unique effects, craft powerful gear and create endless combinations of upgrades for your character. Make your choice and break the game. | 113 | 75% | — | Quiet | $5.99 | 2024-01-25 |
| 15 | Death or Treat The Halloween spirit is missing! Play as Scary and help him save HallowTown. "Death or Treat" is a 2D action-roguelite and hack & slash, with handpainted environments and traditional animation. Explore all the worlds and defeat hordes of enemies using different weapons and skills. | 108 | 74% | — | Quiet | $6.90 | 2023-05-11 |
| 16 | EndCycle VS EndCycle VS is a grid-battle adventure that challenges you to create the ultimate deck. Battle against the oncoming Noise or prove yourself in epic online battles - now with ROLLBACK NETCODE! | 103 | 89% | — | Quiet | $4.99 | 2022-04-20 |
| 17 | Wéko The Mask Gatherer Wéko the Mask Gatherer is a 3D action-adventure game where you step into the shoes of Wéko, a mysterious adventurer on a quest to collect the seven powerful Primordial Masks in a mesmerizing world full of exploration, puzzles, and combat. | 100 | 91% | — | Quiet | $19.99 | 2024-07-26 |
| 18 | SpaceKraft! Gather crystals, repair/run crafting facilities, upgrade your spaceship, build machines, explore the open world, find your way back to mother earth. | 97 | 91% | — | Quiet | $11.99 | 2024-05-27 |
| 19 | Business Heroes: Street Grub A food truck tycoon and street-food strategy game. Think you have founder instincts? Prove it with a burger bike, limited cash, and a market that punishes bad decisions. Set prices, tune recipes, manage stock, hire staff, outplay rivals, and see if your burger business grows or goes broke. | 86 | 92% | — | Quiet | $19.99 | 2025-12-02 |
| 20 | Dwarves & Dungeons Dwarves & Dungeons is a game that combines the three-match gameplay with roguelike elements. Move on the game board, earn gold coins, acquire weapons, and engage in battles against unique monsters. Brave the dungeons and take on extreme challenges! | 72 | 65% | — | Quiet | $3.99 | 2024-02-06 |
| 21 | Threads of Karma Lin Yue'an embarks on a journey home, but unsettling events soon disrupt her ordinary life. Strange dreams, lost memories, and eerie occurrences lead her to uncover hidden truths. Can she trace everything back to its true origin and escape the net of fate that has already been woven around her? | 70 | 54% | — | — | $5.99 | 2025-04-02 |
| 22 | Warlords Battle Simulator Test your mettle as a commander in a Tactical Roguelike Auto Battler where positioning and unit combinations are key! Write your own story in Roguelike mode, try out over 100 unique challenges or create interesting battles with the Sandbox tool! | 69 | 72% | — | Quiet | $5.99 | 2024-11-05 |
| 23 | Broken Alliance From the makers of Death & Taxes comes a turn-based adventure-strategy game, an indie love letter to pixel art, old-school adventure games, mythical creatures and fantasy storytelling. Choose your faction and harness the vast power of magic to save your dying world, shaping your personal storyline. | 63 | 87% | — | Quiet | $11.99 | 2025-01-15 |
| 24 | The Territory of Egg The Territory of Egg is a unique twist on tower defense game. You need to build defense lines with egg warriors to protect the Holy Egg, the core of all eggs. Remember to upgrade your Tech Tree with the resources you've collected and unlock more skills to fight against the evil monsters. | 59 | 95% | — | Quiet | $2.99 | 2023-09-07 |
| 25 | 一百单九将 The 109th Hero is a story-driven RPG set in the world of Water Margin. As the fated 109th hero, forge alliances, collect Hero Cards, and master the spirit of Liangshan. Navigate the webs of Mount Liang, make your stand—and rewrite the destiny of the outlaw heroes. | 57 | 61% | — | — | $7.99 | 2026-07-29 |
| 26 | Balling Up Immerse yourself in a colorful journey through universes that does not forgive any mistakes. Jump well in the ball parkour game, where falling can cost you everything! | 55 | 85% | — | Quiet | $3.99 | 2024-09-25 |
| 27 | Desert Revenant Desert Revenant is a strategic Roguelike Deck Building RPG packing a huge variety of cards to do battle with. Think about your every move and make careful decisions in hand-crafted encounters as you cut deals with Jinn and humans alike in your adventures amongst the dunes of Elmyr. | 50 | 82% | — | Quiet | $14.99 | 2022-09-22 |
| 28 | Iron Roads Optimise and grow your railways in this challenging train management game. Instead of waiting for money to arrive, earn resource tokens by refining your network until your towns are thriving. Avoid queues, jams, or angry passengers to be recognised as the unsung train hero you know you are. | 49 | 84% | — | Quiet | $8.79 | 2025-01-20 |
| 29 | Seekers of Eclipse A turn-based roguelike combining city-building and deckbuilding. Build thriving towns as you forge a path towards the eclipse. Strategically produce resources to appease the gods and unleash their divine wrath upon your enemies. | 48 | 94% | — | Quiet | $10.99 | 2025-06-02 |
| 30 | Dethroned Lead an army of mythical creatures through a dark fantasy world. In this genre-defying mix of tactics, adventure, and more, you'll level up your hero, blast monsters with spells, loot and recruit. Explore an unpredictable, non-linear world, where you'll face Dragons, Titans, Hydras, and... crabs?! | 46 | 74% | — | Quiet | $19.99 | 2024-05-26 |
| 31 | Devil Slot Machine On a cursed slot machine, you engage in a deadly game of souls with the demons. Devil Slot Machine is a roguelike pinball tower defense game. Purchase chips as defensive towers and release elemental bullets to destroy your enemies. Enjoy the exhilarating feeling of annihilating demons! | 42 | 74% | — | Quiet | $0.77 | 2024-10-24 |
| 32 | Sacrifice Your Friends Succumb to madness and come Sacrifice Your Friends! Dangerous arenas, eldritch weapons, lovecraftian creatures, and a lot of fun await you. | 39 | 82% | — | Quiet | $14.99 | 2022-10-25 |
| 33 | Conflict of Lords Conflict of Lords is an Roguelite Anti-TD game. You will act as the Lord of Foe in Game Development Council, who decided to go his separate way due to a conflict. Invade the newly released game Village Guardian. Summon the Predators to destroy villages. Try your best to overthrow the Overlord! | 23 | 70% | — | Quiet | $0.79 | 2024-06-17 |
| 34 | Slay The Abyss Slay The Abyss is a deck-building roguelike game where you choose the events you will encounter, step by step, to regain lost power. Time waits for no one — Try your best in the Action Time Battles. Seize every opportunity, make quick decisions, and slaughter hordes of enemies in the abyss. | 20 | 80% | — | Quiet | $0.74 | 2024-04-25 |
| 35 | The Territory of Egg 2 The Territory of Egg 2 is an unique tower defense indie game. Place Egg Towers, choose evolution branches, combine skills and build defenses. The souls of Heroic Eggs await your awakening! Explore and gather resources in the dark forest, unlock the technology tree, and defeat even stronger enemies! | 14 | 79% | — | — | $0.79 | 2024-10-30 |
Reviews and ratings are Steam totals at the latest census snapshot. Players is the most recent concurrent-player sample recorded by the census and is blank where Steam exposes no count. Health is the census verdict for each game; the tiers are explained in the methodology. Game blurbs, genres and tags are the Steam store's own.