Adventure · August 29, 2019

Heave Ho (2019)

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Heave Ho is a riotous multiplayer party game for up to four players in couch co-op and versus play, or online with Steam Remote Play. Reach out, get a grip, and swing to victory — or meet your messy end! Reach out Can your team of up to four players swing to victory? It’s all or nothing — the slightest slip sends your fellow Heavers to their technicolor deaths in the void or on the spikes. It’s a fast-track to ruined friendships. Get a grip It’s simple — grab pals and platforms with your hands, form a wobbly chain, and swing across increasingly devilish maps without letting go or missing your mark. I mean, how hard can it be? Pimp your Swingers Choose your base character and customize them with a range of dashing accessories, none of which do anything to help you avoid the plummet of doom. Heave Versus Ho If you can no longer handle your useless co-op teammates letting you down — literally — then take a swing at the 20 exclusive versus mode levels and teach them a lesson. Camel Farts Distractions come in all shapes and sizes, but this might be the first time impenetrable clouds of camel gas have conspired against you.

Adventure releases from 2019

85 Adventure titles launched in 2019 — top 6 by review volume.

Peer Adventure titles

Comparable titles in the same genre and review-volume band — ranked by Steam positive percentage.

Position in Adventure

MetricThis titleGenre position
Review volume2.4k Steam reviewsTop 85% in Adventure
Positive rating91% positiveGenre average: 87% — this title sits in top 49%
Metacritic76/100Genre average 77 — top 64% of Adventure titles
Engagement hours4 h averageTop 70% for session depth among Adventure

Community Tag Signals

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

  • Indie · 43
  • Adventure · 41
  • Multiplayer · 41
  • Co-op · 39
  • Local Multiplayer · 32
  • Local Co-Op · 30
  • Funny · 30
  • 4 Player Local · 29
  • Platformer · 18
  • Party Game · 14
  • 2D · 10
  • Physics · 9
  • Party · 6

Features & Capabilities

Multiplayer

  • Multi-player
  • PvP
  • Shared/Split Screen PvP
  • Co-op
  • Shared/Split Screen Co-op
  • Shared/Split Screen

Community

  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Trading Cards
  • Steam Cloud
  • Remote Play on TV

Input & Comfort

  • Full controller support

Other

  • Single-player

Reception Metrics

Steam community

91%Very Positive · 2.4k reviews

2.2k positive · 216 negative

Metacritic

76/100 critic aggregate

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Metacritic user score

8.3/10

Curator recommendations

1.9k

Localization Coverage

Interface / Subtitles (11)

  • English
  • French
  • German
  • Spanish - Spain
  • Japanese
  • Korean
  • Russian
  • Simplified Chinese
  • Traditional Chinese
  • Portuguese - Brazil
  • Italian

Press Quotes

“An absolute must-have for any local multiplayer get-together with friends.” 8/10 – Destructoid “Fosters friendships and foe-ships with such unbridled joy.” Screen Rant “Absolutely essential. It really is one of the best local co-op games available.” 8/10 – GameSpew

Engagement Profile

All-time avg

4h

brief (under 5 hours)

Median

3h

Typical completion time

2-week avg

1h

Current engagement

Achievements

23

Steam unlocks available

Release & Availability

Release dateAug 29, 2019
DeveloperLe Cartel Studio
PublisherDevolver Digital
Base price$2.49 -75%
DLC / Add-ons1 released
PlatformsWindows, macOS
Estimated owners100k–1M
External linksOfficial site · Metacritic page · Support

Editions & Packages

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