Action · January 29, 2014
Hero Siege (2014)
Step into Tarethiel, a world under siege by the Forces of Hell. Face Demon Lords, ancient monstrosities and fallen angels as you hack and slash your path through endless hordes of the undead. Hero Siege is a fast paced Pixel Art ARPG featuring an expansive roster of unique classes, deep build experimentation, and a player driven economy. Craft your hero through two main skill trees and individual sub-skill trees that reshape how every active ability works. Combined with a massive item pool and powerful crafting options, the game offers limitless build possibilities; from blood hungry melee bruisers and bow wielding archers to gun slinging demon slayers, sentry engineers, summoners, spell casting mages and everything in between. Hero Siege evolves in seasonal cycles every four months, delivering fresh content, new systems, items, events, and quality of life improvements. As a small, experienced team, we work closely with our community to improve the game based directly on valuable player feedback. Key Features 23 Playable Character classes Every class offers its own unique play style and skill set. Sub-skills and item based modifiers allow you to push your build in unique and creative directions. 1000+ Unique Items Loot ranges from randomized magic items all the way to handcrafted Satanic, Set, Heroic, Angelic and Unholy items. Runewords can be created using white bases with sockets. Items can be buffed, crafted and modified in various ways through the crafting system. Tarethiel Market Travel to Village of Mos'Arathim to List your items for sale or buy gear from other players in real time. Trading is a core part of character progression and build crafting. Adventure Journal A fully integrated in game encyclopedia containing mechanics, unique items, runewords, prospecting recipes, crafting recipes and augments. Endless Replayablity Designed for seasonal play. Each season adds new content such as: items, bosses, gimmicks and surprises from our development team. Wormholes Push your character as high as possible and earn seasonal cosmetic rewards such as skins, wings, portraits and more. BIG NO-NO for Pay to Win We never sell game play advantages. Fair competition is a core value for us.
Action releases from 2014
146 Action titles launched in 2014 — top 6 by review volume.
Position in Action
| Metric | This title | Genre position |
|---|---|---|
| Review volume | 43.5k Steam reviews | Top 14% in Action |
| Positive rating | 69% positive | Genre average: 83% — this title sits in top 88% |
| Concurrent peak | 369 players | Top 18% in Action by live player count |
| Engagement hours | 23 h average | Top 21% for session depth among Action |
Peer Action titles
Comparable titles in the same genre and review-volume band — ranked by Steam positive percentage.
Community Tag Signals
Tag weights reflect how many Steam users voted each descriptor — larger pills = stronger consensus.
- Action RPG · 722
- Pixel Graphics · 709
- Hack and Slash · 708
- Action Roguelike · 693
- RPG · 682
- Multiplayer · 522
- Co-op · 485
- Action · 469
- Indie · 467
- Adventure · 464
- Rogue-like · 462
- 2D · 460
- Top-Down · 458
- Local Co-Op · 454
- Rogue-lite · 451
Features & Capabilities
Multiplayer
- Multi-player
- Co-op
- Online Co-op
- Shared/Split Screen Co-op
- Shared/Split Screen
- Cross-Platform Multiplayer
Community
- Steam Achievements
- Steam Trading Cards
- Steam Cloud
Input & Comfort
- Full controller support
Other
- Single-player
- In-App Purchases
Localization Coverage
Interface / Subtitles (8)
- English volume_up
- Finnish
- Portuguese - Brazil
- Russian
- Simplified Chinese
- Japanese
- Korean
- German volume_up
Full audio (2)
- English
- German
Reception Metrics
Steam community
69%Mixed · 43.5k reviews
30.0k positive · 13.5k negative
Curator recommendations
34.3k
Peak concurrent players
369
Press Quotes
“Fun and addictive gameplay, great graphics and sound” 95/100 – Cub Like Foot “THE HERO SIEGE EXPERIENCE IS AN IMPRESSIVE ONE.” 100/100 – Game Maker Blog “Hack'N'Slash at its best!!” 87/100 – IGN
Engagement Profile
All-time avg
23h
moderate (15–40 hours)
Median
4h
Typical completion time
2-week avg
0h
Current engagement
Achievements
112
Steam unlocks available
Release & Availability
| Release date | Jan 29, 2014 |
|---|---|
| Developer | Panic Art Studios Ltd |
| Base price | $1.59 -80% |
| DLC / Add-ons | 5 released |
| Platforms | Windows, Linux |
| Estimated owners | 1M–10M |
| External links | Support · [email protected] |
Editions & Packages
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