Released Mar 1, 2022 $17.99 Mostly Positive Counts toward your Steam games

Hero's Hour

By Benjamin "ThingOnItsOwn" Hauer · published by Goblinz Publishing

Turn-Based Pixel Graphics Strategy Auto Battler Turn-Based Strategy Singleplayer Fantasy Strategy RPG Turn-Based TacticsLevel EditorMultiplayerRPG

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Reviews 4,658 Mostly Positive

Players yesterday 82 at the busiest moment

Owners 500K–1M estimated

Hero's Hour is a game tagged Turn-Based, Pixel Graphics and Strategy by Benjamin "ThingOnItsOwn" Hauer, released Mar 1, 2022. It has 4,658 Steam reviews (Mostly Positive). It has an estimated 500K–1M owners on Steam. The Steam games most like it include Winter Falling: Battle Tactics, Primal Fray and Powers Downtown.

A fast turn-based strategy RPG with real-time combat. Develop your cities and armies, level up your heroes to gain new, powerful spells and skills, and explore the wonders and dangers of the procedurally generated maps as you aim to conquer your enemies before they do the same to you.

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Winter Falling: Battle Tactics 76% match · Turn-Based, Strategy, Auto Battler
Primal Fray 68% match · Turn-Based, Pixel Graphics, Strategy
Powers Downtown 67% match · Turn-Based, Pixel Graphics, Strategy
Heroes, Warlords and Ruin 66% match · Pixel Graphics, Strategy, Turn-Based Strategy
The Last Spell 65% match · Turn-Based, Pixel Graphics, Strategy
Heroes of Abyss 65% match · Pixel Graphics, Strategy, Auto Battler
Eldertrail 65% match · Strategy, Turn-Based Strategy, Singleplayer
Mystical Tactics 64% match · Turn-Based, Pixel Graphics, Strategy
Heroes of Might & Magic V: Tribes of the East 64% match · Turn-Based, Strategy, Turn-Based Strategy
Summoner Arise! 64% match · Strategy, Turn-Based Strategy, Fantasy

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Everything Steam lists for Hero's Hour · record updated 1 day ago

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Overview

App ID1656780

Release dateMar 1, 2022

Last change number39230492

Last record update1 day ago

App type: Game
Developer: Benjamin "ThingOnItsOwn" Hauer
Publisher: Goblinz Publishing, Maple Whispering Limited
Steam profile: Counts toward game count and achievement totals · checked Nov 1, 2025
Franchise: Goblinz Publishing
Metacritic: 82
Website: goblinzstudio.com

Windows 64-bit

Steam Deck: Verified

Single-playerShared/split screen PvPShared/split screen co-opShared/split screenSteam AchievementsRemote Play TogetherMulti-playerPvPCo-opSteam CloudStatsIncludes level editorSteam WorkshopFamily Sharing

Patches

Build	Branch	Updated
21161460	public	Dec 12, 2025
19654797	public_beta	Aug 19, 2025
17811201	previous-update-v2.7.2	Mar 21, 2025
15507918	previous-update-v2.6.3	Aug 27, 2024

Packages & DLC

ID	Name	Price (US)
1783690	Not on the store yet	—
2007040	Not on the store yet	—

Depots

ID	Name	Systems	Size	Download	Manifest
1656781	—	Windows	380.5 MB	296.7 MB	7053866949315247971
1656783	—	Linux	—	—	—
1783690	— DLC 1783690	All	1.40 GB	1.20 GB	3512273515017943855

Branch	Build	Updated	Access
public	21161460	Dec 12, 2025	Open
public_beta Early bug fixes	19654797	Aug 19, 2025	Open
previous-update-v2.7.2 This branch holds the previous update for use in case of compatibility issues	17811201	Mar 21, 2025	Open
previous-update-v2.6.3 This branch holds the previous update for use in case of compatibility issues	15507918	Aug 27, 2024	Open

Configuration

Install foldersteamapps/common/Hero's Hour

Executable	Arguments	Systems	Description
Hero's Hour.exe		All

Space per player9.5 MB

Filesup to 10,000

Save locations1

Root	Path	Pattern	Systems
WinAppDataLocal	\Hero_s_Hour	*	All

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