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False Hero

False Hero

False Hero is a fast-paced soulslike adventure where you steal your enemies’ attacks and chain them into deadly combos. Explore the corrupted Land of the Gods and put your combat skills to the true test in challenging boss fights. Will you fight for the Gods or become an apostle of Death?

Released Sep 22, 2026 Developer Torchlight Games Publisher Ytopia Platforms Windows Souls-likeDark FantasySingleplayerDifficultRetro
View on Steam ↗ $17.99 (US · as of 2026-09-26)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-26.

93.0%positive143 reviews
Recommended · 39 found this helpful

“I played the demo and now currently playing the full game and the movement of the characters is smooth, gameplay is just incredible, the bosses is well designed. I like how the dev understand how to make enemies annoying and fun in the same time like OMG it has new mechanics I…”

— a player, Steam review · 14 hrs played
Recommended · 20 found this helpful

“I saw Iron Pineapple play the demo and heard the game was made by a single person. This single dev's work rivals the work of studios in so many aspects. The atmosphere and music is so amazing. The lore and world-building is also great while also being pretty coherent. The…”

— a player, Steam review · 20 hrs played
Recommended · 25 found this helpful

“Meticulous False Hero has a dragon fight. To even have a chance at it, you first have to pierce its heart with a comically massive bolt fired from a comically massive ballista from atop a huge temple. This'll ring some bells; it's all very Hawkeye Gough and Kalameet, but it's a…”

— a player, Steam review · 19 hrs played
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Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-26.

33achievements
4.3%median completion
0.1%rarest: Hero of Prophecy
94.3% of players 89.2% of players 82.3% of players 64.5% of players 59.3% of players 43.1% of players 33.2% of players 21.8% of players 17.4% of players 7.8% of players 7.6% of players 7.5% of players 5.9% of players 5.6% of players 5.2% of players 4.4% of players 4.3% of players 3.9% of players 3.4% of players 3.2% of players 2.7% of players 1.6% of players 1.4% of players 1.2% of players 0.7% of players 0.7% of players 0.4% of players 0.3% of players 0.3% of players 0.3% of players 0.2% of players 0.1% of players 0.1% of players 94.3% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
94.3%Martial Novice — Perform a Combat Art
89.2%Martial Student — Upgrade a Combat Art
82.3%Ignorance — Hidden achievement
Rarest badges of honor
0.1%Hero of Prophecy — Obtain all achievements
0.1%Labyrinth of Death — Complete the Room Randomizer
0.2%Gauntlet of Death — Hidden achievement

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

Sep 26, 2026
Patchnotes v26.9.15

Hi everyone! First of all I want to start of with a big thank you! I'm quite overwhelmed by both the insane amount of positivity and also the incredibly constructive and helpful feedback! Over the las

Sep 22, 2026
False Hero is out now!

It's hard to wrap my head around it. I've been working towards this moment for so many years and I'm super excited to finally get the game into your hands! To celebrate the release I wanted to talk a

Sep 10, 2026
Thank you for 60,000 Wishlists!

60,000 Wishlists, I can't believe it! I'm working really hard on fixing the final bugs, balancing all the abilities and bosses, and most importantly doing a lot of testing. I can't wait to get the gam

Aug 31, 2026
Good news! False Hero is coming one week earlier!

Since development is going really well, Ytopia and I have decided to move the release date one week earlier. This will give False Hero a bit more space regarding other releases and sales, and get the

Aug 27, 2026
Demo Patchnotes v26.8.15

Hi everyone! Only one more month until release! I'm super excited and working hard to get everything finalized and ready for release. I have been adding and changing a few things, so I wanted to relea

Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-26.

GenresAction, Adventure, Indie, RPG
Player tagsSouls-like · Dark Fantasy · Singleplayer · Difficult · Retro · Action-Adventure · Exploration · Action · PvE · Violent · 3D · Third Person (Steam store community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · DualShock Controller Support · DualShock Controller Support · DualSense Controller Support · DualSense Controller Support · Steam Cloud
LanguagesEnglish * , German, French, Italian, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America *
ControllerFull support
Achievements33
Official sitehttps://torchlight-games.com/
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10 64-bit Processor: Intel Core i5-8400 / AMD Ryzen 5 2600 Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 DirectX: Version 10 Storage: 12 GB available space Sound Card: Windows Compatible Audio Device