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In a realm corrupted by the evil magic of three brothers known as the Serpent Riders, you are a heretic. As one of the last Sidhe elves, and a capable mage, you embark on a quest for vengeance against those who slaughtered your friends, family, and entire race.

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Release DateAug 3, 2007
Price$ 4.99
Steam Rating (Steam Purchases / All)94.2% (very positive) Top 10% / 94.2%  Top 10%
Steam DB Rating (Steam Purchases / All)88.6% Top 5% / 88.6%  Top 5%
Reviews (Steam Purchases / All)920  Top 15% / 977  Top 15%
Curators74 reviews  Top 10%
Median Play Time7 hours  Top 25%
Play Time per Dollar1.4 hour  Top 15%
Followers2K  Top 25%
Owners± 235.7K  Top 10%
Copies Sold± 22.8K  Top 20%
Gross Revenue ($)± 57.5K  Top 30%

Rating and Reviews (Monthly)
  

Chart showing the monthly evolution of Heretic: Shadow of the Serpent Riders steam rating, positive and negative reviews.

This chart shows Heretic: Shadow of the Serpent Riders's Steam rating and reviews from November 2010 to December 2023. Steam's rating oscillates between 84.6% (August 2011) and 96.6% (July 2014).

The 977 reviews Top 15% suggest that Heretic: Shadow of the Serpent Riders might be an indie success or even a small AAA success. The July 2020 peak suggests that there was a major update or discount.

Review Languages
 

Donut graph showing review languages for Heretic: Shadow of the Serpent Riders and the proportion of players they represent.

This doughnut chart shows Heretic: Shadow of the Serpent Riders's review languages. The most popular language is English (67%), followed by Russian (9%). There is a nice diversity in the reviews, with 23 languages represented. The game has only one translation (English), it could have been more popular if it was translated in more languages.

Time Played

Chart displaying Heretic: Shadow of the Serpent Riders percentiles of time played for positive, negative, and early access reviews.

This chart displays the time players have spent in Heretic: Shadow of the Serpent Riders depending if the reviewer left a positive or a negative review. The time in game is not bad at all, with 19 hours in the 80th percentile.

The negative reviews play time is 19 times lower than the positive reviews median play time. A low negative review time (median : 25 minutes) can mean that the game crashes on some systems or that the type of gameplay was not completely clear to the players (Is the game unmistakably explained on the Steam Store ?). It is also possible that players were otherwise displeased by Heretic: Shadow of the Serpent Riders and decided to review it and get a refund under 2 hours. The Players' feedback section might give some insight about that.

Players' Feedback

Game's StrengthsGame's Weaknesses
  • Great level design
  • Cool weapons
  • Well thought out secrets/secret levels
  • Engaging boss fights
  • Wonderful themes
  • Awesome weapons
  • The plot is actually very good
  • Great deal of longevity
  • Variety of weapons
  • Excellent level design
  • Repetitive music
  • Killing enemies not satisfying
  • Last two chapters not special
  • Hard difficulty hurt flow
  • Secrets too easy to find
  • Flow/feel not for everyone
  • Enemies increasingly tanky bullet sponges
  • Could benefit from more enemy variety
  • Lacks DOOM's right tone
  • Inventory does not let carry multiple items

The intention behind these pros & cons isn't to establish a balanced evaluation of the game, but rather to assist developers in identifying enhancement opportunities. The game's 94.2% rating  Top 10% should be factored in during their evaluation.

Please take this list with a grain of salt, as this is an AI generated list based on a small sample of Heretic: Shadow of the Serpent Riders's review data provided by Steam. You don't always need to solve every issue. What some players hate might be what your fanbase loves.

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