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Heads Will Roll: Downfall

Heads Will Roll: Downfall

Heads Will Roll: Downfall is a combination of a tactical role-playing game and visual novel, in which you will assume the role of a medieval soldier.

Released Oct 20, 2022 Developer 1917 Studios Publisher Valkyrie Initiative Platforms Windows · Mac · Linux Turn-Based CombatRoguelikeHistoricalRPGReplay Value
View on Steam ↗ Free (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.

67.9%positive418 reviews
Not recommended · 1 found this helpful

“From a historical accuracy point of view this game stands next to Braveheart, which is famous for portraying Scots in garments that were off by few centuries and depicting a Battle of Stirling Bridge without a bridge. When it comes to gameplay it nowhere better - stats and…”

— a player, Steam review · 5 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. History through 2025-09 via SteamCharts; self-collected from the Steam API since Aug 2026.

284all-time peak
0 50 100 2023 2024 2025 No data collected for this period 64 avg · Oct 2022

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.

29achievements
9.6%median completion
3.4%rarest: I use wooden club btw
21.5% of players 20.7% of players 20.5% of players 17.8% of players 15.7% of players 14.5% of players 14.3% of players 13.4% of players 12.9% of players 12.1% of players 10.4% of players 10.3% of players 9.9% of players 9.8% of players 9.6% of players 9.0% of players 8.5% of players 8.0% of players 7.0% of players 6.6% of players 6.4% of players 6.4% of players 5.8% of players 5.6% of players 5.3% of players 5.2% of players 4.8% of players 3.7% of players 3.4% of players 21.5% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
21.5%A True Villain — Lower Virtue to zero.
20.7%Not a Scrub — Prove your worth to the sergeant.
20.5%York Pocket — Survive the encirclement.
Rarest badges of honor
3.4%I use wooden club btw — Hidden achievement
3.7%Soldier, Not a Murderer — Hidden achievement
4.8%Guilty as Charged — 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 11, 2026
Revenge of the Black Prince DLC — Now Available!

Hello everyone! The fifth story DLC for Heads Will Roll: Reforged — Revenge of the Black Prince — is now available! This is the biggest expansion in the game’s history, bringing 19 new chapters, five

Jul 15, 2026
HWR: Reforged — Revenge of the Black Prince. New DLC release date

It's Nikita from 1917 Studios and I am happy to finally announce Heads Will Roll: Reforged's fifth DLC — Revenge of the Black Prince . This DLC is going to be the biggest one we have ever released and

Nov 04, 2025
Blades For Hire invites you into the world of mercenaries - sign up for the playtest.

https://clan.fastly.steamstatic.com/images/35094948/8f1521715110c1334a1e7ad01241440cd14533ec.jpg Hello, dear players! We - the DoubleTap team, in collaboration with publisher Valkyrie Initiative - are

Sep 05, 2025
Sins of the Floating City — Now Available! + Patch 2.6

Hello everyone! We are excited to announce the release of Sins of the Floating City — the fourth DLC for Heads Will Roll: Reforged. What awaits you in the DLC: *No step too far, no measure too despera

Aug 04, 2025
HWR: Reforged — Sins of the Floating City. New DLC announcement and release date

We are happy to finally make an official announcement of Heads Will Roll: Reforged's fourth D LC — Sins of the Floating City . It is scheduled to be released on September 4th 10am PDT and will continu

Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

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

GenresAdventure, RPG
Player tagsTurn-Based Combat · Roguelike · Historical · RPG · Replay Value · War · Choose Your Own Adventure · Perma Death · Difficult · Dark · Turn-Based · Story Rich (Steam store community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Family Sharing
LanguagesRussian, English
Achievements29
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS *: Windows 7 Processor: Any CPU with SSE2 instruction set support: Intel Pentium 4+, AMD Athlon 64+ Memory: 1 GB RAM Graphics: Any graphics card that is not completely obsolete Storage: 1 GB available space Sound Card: DirectX compatible