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Heroes of Hammerwatch is a rogue-lite action-adventure. Explore and battle your way through procedurally generated levels on your own or with up to 3 friends.

Release DateMar 1, 2018
Price$ 11.99  Top 25%
Steam Rating (Steam Purchases / All)87.7% (very positive) / 87.7%  Top 30%
Steam DB Rating (Steam Purchases / All)85.1% Top 10% / 85.2%  Top 10%
Reviews (Steam Purchases / All)6.8K  Top 4% / 8.6K  Top 3%
Curators108 reviews  Top 5%
Median Play Time49.8 hours  Top 2%
Play Time per Dollar4.2 hours  Top 3%
Followers35K  Top 4%
Owners± 757.9K  Top 4%
Copies Sold± 549.7K  Top 3%
Gross Revenue ($)± 4.2M  Top 4%

Rating and Reviews (Monthly)
  

Chart showing the monthly evolution of Heroes of Hammerwatch steam rating, positive and negative reviews.

This graph shows Heroes of Hammerwatch's Steam rating and reviews between March 2018 and December 2023. Steam's rating is varying from 79.6% (October 2018) to 89.4% (October 2021).

With 8.6K reviews Top 3%, Heroes of Hammerwatch is an AAA level success. There is a peak in July 2019 that suggests a major update or discount.

Review Languages
 

Donut graph showing review languages for Heroes of Hammerwatch and the proportion of players they represent.

This donut graph displays the languages of Heroes of Hammerwatch's Steam reviews. The most popular language is English (63%), followed by Simplified Chinese (10%). There is a healthy diversity in the review languages, with 26 different languages represented. The game has 3 translations (English, Simplified Chinese and Traditional Chinese), it's always good to have more translations to access other markets.

Time Played

Chart displaying Heroes of Hammerwatch percentiles of time played for positive, negative, and early access reviews.

This chart displays the time played in Heroes of Hammerwatch, comparing positive and negative reviews. You'll notice that the time played is very impressive, reaching 131 hours in the 80th percentile.

The median play time for the negative reviews is 4.2 times less than the median for positive reviews. Some Heroes of Hammerwatch players left negative reviews after playing for a long time (more than 67 hours for the top 20%), it can be a sign that a part of the fanbase was displeased about the evolution of the game and decided to review bomb it. The Players' feedback section might help understanding the issue.

Players' Feedback

Game's StrengthsGame's Weaknesses
  • Fun and addictive
  • Great soundtrack
  • Endless replayability
  • Tons of skills, passive, equipment, etc, to upgrade
  • Extensive skill tree that changes how the character feels completely
  • Easy to pick up and put down (saves anywhere)
  • A lot of content in the main game + loads more in the DLCs
  • Good keyboard controls
  • Classes give passive account buffs when you defeat the floor boss
  • Silky smooth controls with wonderful 16-bit aesthetic
  • Very, very, very grindy
  • Taxes is a feature that shouldn’t exist, as it makes the game even grindier
  • No local multiplayer
  • Not much depth to be had here
  • Weak core mechanics combined with the procedurally generated levels
  • Ore grind is EverQuest-level grinding
  • Extremely steep learning AND an extremely steep progression curve
  • Pacing issues
  • Numeric character growth
  • Amount of novel content also decreases sharply

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 score of 87.7% should be considered while evaluating them.

Take into account that list was generated using AI on a small sample of Heroes of Hammerwatch's Steam review data, it is not meant to be exhaustive. Additionally, remember that not all issues need to be fixed, sometimes the best approach is to communicate better to manage the player's expectations.

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