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Steam app 2513240 · updated 12 Sep 2026, 20:37 UTC

Hero Tale

A relaxing auto-battler running in the background. Watch your combat experience grow and occasionally develop the massive skill tree and upgrade your equipment to explore secrets of the island.

Hero Tale Steam header artwork
Weird Johnny StudioWeird Johnny Studio
54playing now
5624-hour peak
684all-time peak
42average, last 30 days

The last 30 days

+0.8Gain+1.96%% gain70Peak

719 hourly samples, with the daily peak drawn over them. Weekends are shaded.

01938577613 Aug18 Aug23 Aug28 Aug02 Sep07 Sep12 SepThursday 13 August 202652 peakFriday 14 August 202656 peakSaturday 15 August 202656 peakSunday 16 August 202670 peakMonday 17 August 202656 peakTuesday 18 August 202651 peakWednesday 19 August 202655 peakThursday 20 August 202644 peakFriday 21 August 202658 peakSaturday 22 August 202660 peakSunday 23 August 202656 peakMonday 24 August 202652 peakTuesday 25 August 202652 peakWednesday 26 August 202647 peakThursday 27 August 202651 peakFriday 28 August 202653 peakSaturday 29 August 202647 peakSunday 30 August 202659 peakMonday 31 August 202647 peakTuesday 01 September 202647 peakWednesday 02 September 202653 peakThursday 03 September 202653 peakFriday 04 September 202651 peakSaturday 05 September 202654 peakSunday 06 September 202652 peakMonday 07 September 202657 peakTuesday 08 September 202658 peakWednesday 09 September 202657 peakThursday 10 September 202655 peakFriday 11 September 202652 peakSaturday 12 September 202656 peak
Daily peakEvery hourly sample

All time

32 months, February 2024 to September 2026. The highest number of people in the game at once, each month, on a time axis -- a gap in the record stays a gap.

0185369554739Feb 2024Jul 2024Dec 2024May 2025Oct 2025Mar 2026Aug 2026February 2024574 monthly peakMarch 2024684 monthly peakApril 2024659 monthly peakMay 2024305 monthly peakJune 2024230 monthly peakJuly 2024168 monthly peakAugust 2024150 monthly peakSeptember 2024121 monthly peakOctober 2024105 monthly peakNovember 2024215 monthly peakDecember 2024261 monthly peakJanuary 2025259 monthly peakFebruary 2025371 monthly peakMarch 2025210 monthly peakApril 2025146 monthly peakMay 2025120 monthly peakJune 2025109 monthly peakJuly 2025162 monthly peakAugust 2025111 monthly peakSeptember 202597 monthly peakOctober 2025118 monthly peakNovember 202577 monthly peakDecember 202583 monthly peakJanuary 202690 monthly peakFebruary 202681 monthly peakMarch 202679 monthly peakApril 202687 monthly peakMay 202683 monthly peakJune 202673 monthly peakJuly 202666 monthly peakAugust 202670 monthly peakSeptember 202658 monthly peak
Monthly peak

The last four months

Show:

The highest number of people in the game at once, each month. Four, because four is as far back as the source keeps anything finer than one figure a month.

019385776July 2026August 2026September 2026October 2026July 202666 peak — daily detail belowAugust 202670 peak — hourly detail belowSeptember 202658 peak — hourly detail below
Monthly peakHas finer data

July 2026

31 days, each one the highest figure that day. The source keeps no hourly detail this far back. Weekends are shaded.

01836537101 Jul06 Jul11 Jul16 Jul21 Jul26 Jul31 JulWednesday 01 July 202653 peakThursday 02 July 202659 peakFriday 03 July 202653 peakSaturday 04 July 202661 peakSunday 05 July 202666 peakMonday 06 July 202655 peakTuesday 07 July 202658 peakWednesday 08 July 202657 peakThursday 09 July 202661 peakFriday 10 July 202652 peakSaturday 11 July 202655 peakSunday 12 July 202662 peakMonday 13 July 202658 peakTuesday 14 July 202656 peakWednesday 15 July 202655 peakThursday 16 July 202656 peakFriday 17 July 202654 peakSaturday 18 July 202660 peakSunday 19 July 202660 peakMonday 20 July 202658 peakTuesday 21 July 202655 peakWednesday 22 July 202665 peakThursday 23 July 202660 peakFriday 24 July 202655 peakSaturday 25 July 202661 peakSunday 26 July 202663 peakMonday 27 July 202662 peakTuesday 28 July 202663 peakWednesday 29 July 202658 peakThursday 30 July 202665 peakFriday 31 July 202661 peak

August 2026

31 days as the curve, each the highest figure that day. Behind it, 435 hourly samples from 13 Aug, which is as far back as the source keeps every hour. Weekends are shaded.

01938577601 Aug06 Aug11 Aug16 Aug21 Aug26 Aug31 AugSaturday 01 August 202655 peakSunday 02 August 202657 peakMonday 03 August 202651 peakTuesday 04 August 202653 peakWednesday 05 August 202649 peakThursday 06 August 202648 peakFriday 07 August 202648 peakSaturday 08 August 202650 peakSunday 09 August 202661 peakMonday 10 August 202653 peakTuesday 11 August 202652 peakWednesday 12 August 202653 peakThursday 13 August 202657 peakFriday 14 August 202656 peakSaturday 15 August 202656 peakSunday 16 August 202670 peakMonday 17 August 202656 peakTuesday 18 August 202651 peakWednesday 19 August 202655 peakThursday 20 August 202644 peakFriday 21 August 202658 peakSaturday 22 August 202660 peakSunday 23 August 202656 peakMonday 24 August 202652 peakTuesday 25 August 202652 peakWednesday 26 August 202647 peakThursday 27 August 202651 peakFriday 28 August 202653 peakSaturday 29 August 202647 peakSunday 30 August 202659 peakMonday 31 August 202647 peak

September 2026

12 days as the curve, each the highest figure that day. Behind it, 284 hourly samples. Each dip is a night. Weekends are shaded.

01631476301 Sep03 Sep05 Sep07 Sep09 Sep11 SepTuesday 01 September 202647 peakWednesday 02 September 202653 peakThursday 03 September 202653 peakFriday 04 September 202651 peakSaturday 05 September 202654 peakSunday 06 September 202652 peakMonday 07 September 202657 peakTuesday 08 September 202658 peakWednesday 09 September 202657 peakThursday 10 September 202655 peakFriday 11 September 202652 peakSaturday 12 September 202656 peak

October 2026

Hero Tale was released on 28 Mar, 2024.

Not out yet.There is nothing to draw for this month.
Nothing here is interpolated or estimated; where a sample is missing the line is broken.

Game information

Updated 12 Sep 2026, 20:37 UTC
App ID
2513240
Last updated
20 Oct 2025 build 20322560
Developer
Weird Johnny Studio
Publisher
Weird Johnny Studio
Release date
28 Mar, 2024
Platforms
WindowsmacOS
Download size
191 MB214 MB
Install size
265 MB343 MB
Genres
Casual, Indie, RPG, Free To Play
Game modes
Single-player
Controller support
Unknown
Achievements
34

Features & support

Steam features

Steam AchievementsIn-App PurchasesKeyboard Only OptionMouse Only OptionTouch Only OptionSteam CloudFamily Sharing

Controllers & input

Accessibility

Custom Volume ControlsSave Anytime

Popular tags

Dungeon CrawlerAuto BattlerRPGLootCasualCozyIdlerIndie2DCartoonyColorfulDark FantasyMagicMedievalFantasyEmotionalInventory ManagementSingleplayerTactical RPGReplay Value
About this gameFull description from Steam
Hero Tale is a modern idle RPG inspired by classic idle games, designed to be your perfect background companion. Start the game, let it run, tackle other tasks. Return to find your hero stronger and ready for the next battle with new rare rewards looted. With high-quality graphics and immersive storytelling, each enemy presents a new challenge as you journey forward, bringing nostalgic mechanics to life. Gain experience to unlock unique abilities! Upgrade massive skill tree with almost 300 nodes. You want to regenerate faster than your enemies can hurt you? Strike them down before they can even reach you? Or maybe be so tough they barely can make a scrach on you? You decide how you want to progress! Explore unique island set in medieval fantasy with beautifully hand painted backgrounds. Can't defeat enemies on one tile? Try different one to get around! Use loot that suits your fighting strategy the best. Decide which statistics will be your priority and which ones you will have to sacrifice for efficiency. Train your skill with each hit dealt to enemies. Use meele weapons, ranged or magic to level up every skill to become faster and more powerful. Get to know the entire cast of characters, in story filled with humorous dialogues. Talk to them, help them with quests and they will help you to grow stronger. And when it looks like you are getting stuck, remember, practice makes perfect! When meeting the Fairy for the first time, she will lend you some of her powers, to help you on your way to become a Hero. All Houskeeper Fairy benefits are included in the purchase of the game. Housekeeper Fairy unlock includes: housekeeper Fairy Skin 50% More Experience Points Additional skill point to use in the skill tree Autoconsumable sliders for health and mana consumable items
Content & age ratings2 regional ratings

Regional ratings

DEJUS10Medo
IGRS18Horor · Rokok dan/atau rokok elektronik, minuman beralkohol, narkotika, psikotropika, dan/atau zat adiktif lainnya · Kekerasan
System requirementsMinimum and recommended hardware

Minimum

Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Windows 7 (SP1+), Windows 10 and Windows 11 Processor: x64 architecture with SSE2 instruction set support Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: DX10, DX11, DX12 capable Storage: 700 MB available space

Recommended

Recommended: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system

macOS

Minimum: OS: Mojave 10.14+ Processor: Apple Silicon, x64 architecture with SSE2 Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: Metal capable Intel and AMD GPUs Storage: 700 MB available space Recommended:

Linux

Minimum: Recommended:
Supported languages18 languages
LanguageFull audio
English
Polish
French
Italian
German
Spanish - Spain
Portuguese - Brazil
Simplified Chinese
Czech
Spanish - Latin America
Indonesian
Japanese
Korean
Russian
Romanian
Turkish
Ukrainian
Hungarian

A blank audio cell means full audio was not marked in the returned language list.

Screenshots & trailersScreenshots and trailers

Trailers

AchievementsTotal count and selected achievements

34 achievements in total.

Show selected achievements (may contain spoilers)
Scent of AdventureAchievement
DesecrationHidden achievement
Chosen oneAchievement
Gifted oneAchievement
Good sonHidden achievement
Don JuanHidden achievement
Inner DarknessAchievement
Metal DetectorAchievement
Beast HunterAchievement
Winter is comingHidden achievement

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14 developer announcements, Feb 2024 to Feb 2025 · times in UTC

February

  1. 1.4.12 Release notes

    FIXES Fixed visibility of some items in hand

    Patch notes
  2. 1.4.10 Release notes

    FEATURES New Solitude map 4 new enemies 11 new items FIXES Fixed reminder dot staying active, even after tapping on restart button to check notification OTHER Added double click on map tile to travel there

    Patch notes
  3. Hero Tale at the Idler Fest sale

    Hero Tale at Idler Fest We're happy to announce that Hero Tale is participating in Idler Fest! Check out 23% off price and get a heroic background companion for your everyday tasks!…

    punki

August

  1. 1.3.4 Release notes

    FEATURES Added Storage Box in Town Center map, after Edward leaves for the City FIXES Fixed “You’re here” icon freezing if you left map window while animation was still playing

    Patch notes

July

  1. 1.2.6 Release notes

    FEATURES Reworked block mechanics: when block is used, it stays up as a barrier until the enemy's next physical attack. It blocks damage once and then disappears. No need to time it to animation anymore! UI Added marker indicating new map…

    Patch notes

May

  1. Testing offline rewards + Makeship Collaboration

    We wanted to thank everyone for the continuous support and feedback! With the last update we added some minor suggestions to make quality of life better (for the full list of changes, check out latest patch notes) and we continue to work on…

    punki
  2. 1.1.8 Release notes

    FEATURES You can now right click to learn new skills When game window is minimised, you will now get a flash notification on taskbar if you’re out of arrows BALANCE Added drop enhancement for undiscovered loot grass hopper shield 6 ➝ 11…

    Patch notes

March

  1. Hero Tale - Release sale

    Hero Tale is released now on Steam and all other platforms and to celebrate that, Hero Tale and all DLCs are 20% off! Now that Hero Tale is finished, what does that mean for the game? First thing first, we're not abandoning Hero Tale. There…

    punki
  2. 1.0.3 Release notes

    App exit stability fixes

    Patch notes
  3. 1.0.0 Release notes

    BALANCE Small MP regen skill node change 0.05 ➝ 0.08 Seal MP regen skill node change 100% ➝ 20% Master Bloodline crit chance 1 ➝ 4 Always ready perk 1 ➝ 2 defence Initial xp for skills reduced from 30 to 24 Add 5 time thresholds to rewards…

    Patch notes
  4. 0.8.5 Release notes

    Added rewards for buying Fairies before price reduction

    Patch notes

February

  1. 0.7.9 Release notes

    FIXES Fixed map zooming in and out when scrolling map info Fixed next map tile not unlocking if you had 8 or 9 enemies killed on the map before the update 0.7.8 (kill one enemy on the map before and it should unlock now) Price for a quick…

    Patch notes
  2. 0.7.8 Release notes

    BALANCE Reduced quantity of final reward arrows stone arrow: down to 30 per reward cool bolt: down to 30 per reward ice arrow: down to 70 per reward Reduced amount of enemies needed to unlock next tile from 10 to 8 Reduced rebel quest…

    Patch notes
  3. We hear you: dropping DLC prices

    First thing first, we want to thank you becasue WOW we did not expect so many people in the first week of Early Access on Steam! We can't even put into words how thankful we are!! When Hero Tale debuted on the Google Play Store almost 3…

    punki

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