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Skul: The Hero Slayer

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App ID 1147560
App Type Game
Developer
Publisher NEOWIZ
Franchise NEOWIZ
Supported Systems Windows macOS Linux
Technologies Unity Engine, EpicOnlineServices SDK
Last Changenumber 29721011
Last Record Update 24 June 2025 – 10:38:47 UTC ()
Release Date 20 January 2021 – 23:34:54 UTC ()
😍 91.69%
55k reviews
1,054
In-Game

Guide 'Skul' on his quest to single-handedly take on the Imperial Army and rescue his King from captivity, in an action-packed rogue-lite 2D platformer for the ages.

Additional Information

Developer SOUTHPAW GAMES
metacritic_name Skul: The Hero Slayer
controller_support full
metacritic_score 80
metacritic_fullurl https://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/skul-the-hero-slayer?ftag=MCD-06-10aaa1f
community_visible_stats Yes
DLCAvailableOnStore Yes
ReleaseState released
Publisher NEOWIZ
eulas
0 ↴
id1147560_eula_0
nameSkul: The Hero Slayer EULA
urlhttps://store.steampowered.com//eula/1147560_eula_0
Store Release Date 20 January 2021 – 23:35:17 UTC ()
osarch empty string
community_hub_visible Yes
Social Media https://discord.com/invite/rbzPURn
https://x.com/HeroSkul
Primary Genre Indie (23)
Store Genres Action (1), Indie (23)
Steam Release Date 20 January 2021 – 23:34:54 UTC ()
Store Asset Modification Time 19 June 2024 – 02:22:57 UTC () (1718763777)
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library_heroen
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logo_position ↴
pinned_positionBottomLeft
width_pct100
height_pct100
osextended macos64
name_localized
schinese小骨：英雄杀手(Skul: The Hero Slayer)
review_score 8
review_percentage 93
Detected Technologies (?) Unity Engine, EpicOnlineServices SDK, Game_Development_Kit SDK, UnityBurst SDK, UnityURP SDK
Steam Deck Compatibility
  • Steam Deck:
  • This game's graphics settings cannot be configured to run well on Steam Deck
  •  
  • SteamOS:
  • This game runs successfully on SteamOS
  •  
  • category: Unsupported
  • steamos_compatibility: Compatible
  • test_timestamp: 26 March 2022 – 00:00:00 UTC
  • tested_build_id: 6984462
  • configuration:
    supported_inputgamepad
    requires_manual_keyboard_invoke0
    requires_non_controller_launcher_nav0
    primary_player_is_controller_slot_00
    non_deck_display_glyphs0
    small_text0
    requires_internet_for_setup0
    requires_internet_for_singleplayer0
    recommended_runtimeproton-stable
    requires_h2640
    requires_voice_files0
    gamescope_frame_limiter_not_supported0
    hdr_support0
Early Access Release Date 18 February 2020 – 00:00:00 UTC ()
First seen on SteamDB 21 August 2019 – 12:10:18 UTC (), in changelist #6759286

Supported Languages

11 Languages Interface Full Audio Subtitles Achievements
English Yes Yes Yes
Japanese Yes Yes Yes
Korean Yes Yes Yes
Simplified Chinese Yes Yes Yes
German Yes Yes Yes
French Yes Yes Yes
Spanish - Spain Yes Yes Yes
Russian Yes Yes Yes
Traditional Chinese Yes Yes Yes
Portuguese - Brazil Yes Yes Yes
Polish Yes Yes Yes

Tags

🌱 Indie 💥 Action 👻 Action Roguelike 👾 Pixel Graphics 👻 Roguelike 🏽 2D 👻 Roguelite 👤 Singleplayer 🏗️ Platformer 💨 Metroidvania 😓 Difficult 📺 Side Scroller 🛡️ Hack and Slash 🗺️ Adventure 😈 Villain Protagonist 🌄 Action-Adventure 🎭 Fantasy 📚 Story Rich 🧸 Cute 🕹️ Multiplayer

Categories

Single-player Steam Cloud Remote Play on Phone Remote Play on Tablet Remote Play on TV Family Sharing

Hardware Categories

Full Controller Support Native Steam Controller

Assets

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Assets
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timestamp19 September 2024 – 02:55:47 UTC
Trailers
256982920 ↴
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256924565 ↴
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Depots

ID Configuration Size DL.
1147566 Windows 32-bitRelease Windows x86 1.84 GiB 1.47 GiB
1147567 Windows 64-bitRelease Windows x64 1.85 GiB 1.47 GiB
1147568 macOS 64-bitRelease Mac OS X 1.85 GiB 1.47 GiB
1147569 Linux 64-bitRelease Linux 1.87 GiB 1.47 GiB
1147565 UnusedSoundtrack No size
1147564 UnusedSoundtrack - High Quality No size
2512790 DLC 2512790Skul: Mythology Pack 0 B 0 B

Total size on disk is 7.41 GiB and total download size is 5.88 GiB.

Total size on disk is 3.69 GiB and total download size is 2.94 GiB, when filtered to Windows, English, no DLC depots.

Branches

Name Description Build ID Time Updated
public 14826880 27 June 2024 – 01:55:01 UTC

Other

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privatebranches 1
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