Adventure · November 14, 2023

Backpack Hero (2023)

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The inventory management roguelike! Collect rare items, organize your backpack, and vanquish your foes! Backpack Hero is a twist on your standard deck-building roguelike. It isn't just about what you carry, but how you organize the items within your bag! Placement has a huge impact on your items – find the right spot in your backpack to increase their power! Explore ancient dungeons, caves, swamps, and more! Meet colorful friends and fight deadly foes! Don't get lost! When you aren't putting your life in danger, you can make good use of the resources you have gathered and rebuild your hometown of Haversack Hill! Turn it into a charming and efficient hamlet to attract new residents. Buy and sell items, conduct research, and unlock heroes, challenges, and quests. By organizing the perfect village, you will restore the world of Orderia and rescue the animals who live there! Experiment with your strategy and create game-breaking solutions Collect 800+ distinct items , with ingenious powers and synergies to harness Battle with over 100+ enemies. Learn their attack patterns and vanquish your foes Dive into the endless dungeons! Start every run with randomly generated levels and discover unpredictable items, unique layouts, events, and challenges Explore 5 unique play styles by selecting different heroes Play standalone runs or experience the full adventure and meta progression in Story Mode Rebuild Haversack Hill and help its inhabitants Turn the village into an appealing and efficient hamlet to attract new residents. Buy and sell items, conduct research, and unlock heroes, challenges, and quests Enrich your game with mods created by the community Enjoy the game on PC or Steam Deck Play with full controller support Join our Discord and share your feedback - we're here every day!

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Peer Adventure titles

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Community Tag Signals

Tag weights reflect how many Steam users voted each descriptor — larger pills = stronger consensus.

  • Replay Value · 1.6k
  • Turn-Based · 1.6k
  • Inventory Management · 1.6k
  • Roguelike Deckbuilder · 1.6k
  • Deckbuilding · 1.6k
  • 2D · 1.5k
  • Fantasy · 1.4k
  • Rogue-like · 1.4k
  • Strategy · 1.4k
  • Building · 1.4k
  • Choices Matter · 1.4k
  • Turn-Based Strategy · 1.4k
  • Casual · 1.4k
  • Rogue-lite · 1.4k
  • Procedural Generation · 1.4k

Position in Adventure

MetricThis titleGenre position
Review volume7.7k Steam reviewsTop 30% in Adventure
Positive rating88% positiveGenre average: 87% — this title sits in top 61%
Metacritic76/100Genre average 77 — top 64% of Adventure titles
Concurrent peak248 playersTop 12% in Adventure by live player count
Engagement hours22 h averageTop 15% for session depth among Adventure

Localization Coverage

Interface / Subtitles (12)

  • English
  • German
  • Czech
  • Dutch
  • Polish
  • Portuguese - Brazil
  • Romanian
  • Russian
  • Simplified Chinese
  • Spanish - Latin America
  • Turkish
  • Japanese

Reception Metrics

Steam community

88%Very Positive · 7.7k reviews

6.8k positive · 923 negative

Metacritic

76/100 critic aggregate

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Curator recommendations

7.1k

Peak concurrent players

248

Press Quotes

“The Next Big Dungeon Crawling Roguelike” Splattercat “There are so many items, and weapons, and synergies I'm really looking forward to using” Aliensrock “It's a great game, it is absolutely wonderful” The Spiffing Brit

Engagement Profile

All-time avg

22h

moderate (15–40 hours)

Median

10h

Typical completion time

Achievements

35

Steam unlocks available

Release & Availability

Release dateNov 14, 2023
DeveloperJaspel
PublisherPretty Soon, IndieArk
Base price$9.99 -50%
DLC / Add-ons1 released
PlatformsWindows, macOS, Linux
Estimated owners1M–10M
External linksMetacritic page · [email protected]

Features & Capabilities

Community

  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Workshop
  • Steam Cloud

Input & Comfort

  • Full controller support

Other

  • Single-player
  • Family Sharing

Editions & Packages

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