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The Hero We Need

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App ID 1584820
App Type Game
Developer
Publisher VoDoo Studios
Supported Systems Windows
Technologies Unreal Engine
Last Changenumber 28650406
Last Record Update 24 April 2025 – 18:02:06 UTC ()
Release Date 23 February 2024 – 10:28:59 UTC ()
❓ 60.95%
19 reviews
0
In-Game

Create your own distinctive towers, enhance only the necessary components, and experiment with them in quick battle mode. THWN enables you to craft each tower individually using runes that determine the projectile and its effects, giving you the freedom to adopt strategies that suit your play style.

Additional Information

Developer VoDoo Studios
community_visible_stats Yes
ReleaseState released
Publisher VoDoo Studios
eulas
0 ↴
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nameThe Hero We Need EULA
urlhttps://store.steampowered.com//eula/1584820_eula_0
version3
Store Release Date 23 February 2024 – 10:29:03 UTC ()
osarch 64
community_hub_visible Yes
Social Media https://discord.gg/bYFWVj5Wf8
https://x.com/HeroWeNeedGame
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjo5ddsOFV6B6i4Wtcj67Bg/
Primary Genre Strategy (2)
Store Genres Casual (4), Indie (23), Strategy (2)
Steam Release Date 23 February 2024 – 10:28:59 UTC ()
Store Asset Modification Time 24 April 2025 – 18:01:52 UTC () (1745517712)
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review_score 5
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Detected Technologies (?) Unreal Engine, CEF SDK, Intel_OID SDK, Intel_oneTBB SDK, NVIDIA_APEX SDK, NVIDIA_GeForce_Now SDK, NVIDIA_Nsight_Aftermath SDK, NVIDIA_PhysX SDK, NvCloth SDK, Ogg SDK, Vorbis SDK, XAudio2 SDK
Early Access Release Date 21 February 2023 – 00:00:00 UTC ()
First seen on SteamDB 22 March 2021 – 12:53:58 UTC (), in changelist #11030728

Supported Languages

1 Languages Interface Full Audio Subtitles
English Yes Yes Yes

Tags

🏰 Tower Defense 💡 Strategy 🌐 RTS ▶️ Real Time Tactics 🌲 Survival 🗺️ Top-Down 🏠 Building 😃 Funny 🎨 Colorful 🎨 Stylized 🛡️ Hack and Slash 🎭 Fantasy 💼 Management 🤔 Tactical 🔋 Physics ⚔️ Combat 👤 Singleplayer 🌲 PvE 💥 Action RTS 🧊 3D

Categories

Single-player Steam Achievements Steam Cloud Steam Leaderboards Family Sharing Profile Features Limited Cloud Gaming Cloud Gaming (NVIDIA)

Assets

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timestamp24 April 2025 – 18:02:01 UTC
Trailers
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Depots

ID Configuration Size DL.
228988 Windows Shared InstallDepot from 228980VC 2019 Redist No size
228990 Windows Shared InstallDepot from 228980DirectX Jun 2010 Redist No size
1584821 Windows 64-bitThe Hero We Need Content 6.04 GiB 5.55 GiB

Total size on disk is 6.04 GiB and total download size is 5.55 GiB.

Branches

Name Description Build ID Time Updated
public 10882905 29 March 2023 – 12:33:45 UTC
experimental Beta Testing 10882905 29 March 2023 – 12:06:44 UTC
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