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Hero's Hour

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App ID 1656780
App Type Game
Developer
Publisher Goblinz Publishing, Maple Whispering Limited
Franchise Goblinz Publishing
Supported Systems Windows
Technologies GameMaker Engine
Last Changenumber 29444165
Last Record Update 8 June 2025 – 09:05:13 UTC ()
Release Date 1 March 2022 – 17:48:52 UTC ()
😏 77.62%
5k reviews
83
In-Game

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.

Additional Information

Developer Benjamin "ThingOnItsOwn" Hauer
metacritic_name Hero's Hour
metacritic_score 82
metacritic_fullurl https://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/heros-hour?ftag=MCD-06-10aaa1f
community_visible_stats Yes
workshop_visible Yes
DLCAvailableOnStore Yes
ReleaseState released
Publisher Goblinz Publishing
Store Release Date 1 March 2022 – 17:49:14 UTC ()
osarch 64
community_hub_visible Yes
Social Media https://x.com/ThingOnItsOwn
https://www.youtube.com/goblinzpublishing/
Primary Genre Strategy (2)
Store Genres RPG (3), Strategy (2)
Steam Release Date 1 March 2022 – 17:48:52 UTC ()
Store Asset Modification Time 21 March 2025 – 15:44:22 UTC () (1742571862)
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schinese英雄之时
tchinese英雄之時
japaneseヒーローズアワー
koreana히어로즈 아워
review_score 6
review_percentage 79
Detected Technologies (?) GameMaker Engine
Steam Deck Compatibility
  • Steam Deck:
  • All functionality is accessible when using the default controller configuration
  • In-game interface text is legible on Steam Deck
  • This game's default graphics configuration performs well on Steam Deck
  •  
  • SteamOS:
  • This game runs successfully on SteamOS
  •  
  • category: Verified
  • steamos_compatibility: Compatible
  • test_timestamp: 28 April 2022 – 00:00:00 UTC
  • tested_build_id: 8329664
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    gamescope_frame_limiter_not_supported0
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First seen on SteamDB 2 June 2021 – 05:50:08 UTC (), in changelist #11643607

Supported Languages

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

Tags

🎲 Turn-Based 👾 Pixel Graphics 💡 Strategy 👤 Singleplayer 🎲 Turn-Based Strategy 🎭 Fantasy 🧼 Auto Battler 🧠 Strategy RPG 🎲 Turn-Based Tactics 📖 Level Editor 🕹️ Multiplayer 🔀 Procedural Generation 🎲 RPG 🕹️ Old School 🏽 2D 🤔 Tactical 🥊 PvP 👥 Local Co-Op 🌫 Atmospheric 🗺️ 4X

Categories

Single-player Shared/Split Screen PvP Shared/Split Screen Co-op Steam Achievements Steam Workshop Steam Cloud Stats Includes level editor Remote Play Together Family Sharing Shared/Split Screen Multi-player PvP Co-op Cloud Gaming Cloud Gaming (NVIDIA)

Assets

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timestamp21 March 2025 – 15:44:29 UTC
Trailers
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Depots

ID Configuration Size DL.
1656781 Windows Hero's Hour Content 369.86 MiB 285.08 MiB
1783690 DLC 1783690Hero's Hour - Supporter Pack (1783690) Depot 1.40 GiB 1.20 GiB
1656783 Linux Unused No size

Total size on disk is 1.76 GiB and total download size is 1.48 GiB.

Total size on disk is 369.86 MiB and total download size is 285.08 MiB, when filtered to Windows, English, no DLC depots.

Branches

Name Description Build ID Time Updated
public 18178741 21 April 2025 – 08:33:31 UTC
previous-update-v2.6.3 This branch holds the previous update for use in case of compatibility issues 15507918 27 August 2024 – 16:30:27 UTC
previous-update-v2.7.2 This branch holds the previous update for use in case of compatibility issues 17811201 21 March 2025 – 15:40:28 UTC
public_beta Early bug fixes 18783335 8 June 2025 – 09:05:11 UTC

Other

Name Value
workshopdepot Hero's Hour (1656780)
privatebranches 1
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