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Heads Will Roll

Heads Will Roll

Hardcore survival RPG with non-linear story that lets you taste the life of a medieval soldier.

Released Sep 4, 2021 Developer 1917 Studios Platforms Windows · Mac · Linux RPGAdventureChoices MatterStrategy RPGMultiple Endings
View on Steam ↗ $4.99 (US · as of 2026-09-28)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-27.

75.5%positive184 reviews
Recommended · 100 found this helpful

“Really liked the quests and the overall tone. Top lesson learned after some 10 hours in the game - you got to hustle if you want to survive. The world does not revolve around you. Failed to acquire decent gear? You get smacked. Did not make friends? You get smacked. Want to…”

— a player, Steam review · 29 hrs played
Recommended · 27 found this helpful

“You are no hero, you don't have girlfriend and you prolly wont get any. You are lamb in medieval war ready to slaughter. I like it. Let's talk about it. Mostly as i mentioned you are just lowly peasant in england war army. If you get ahead of yourself you die... you take to many…”

— a player, Steam review · 9 hrs played
Not recommended · 54 found this helpful

“I started playing this game during version 1.1 and had a fair bit of fun with it. However, subsequent updates have carved away just about all of the fun-factor I was experiencing. The devs seem more focused on stripping away any hint of meta with heavy-handed gameplay changes in…”

— a player, Steam review · 71 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 2026-09-27.

34achievements
20.4%median completion
3.7%rarest: Burn the Witch
54.7% of players 52.9% of players 46.3% of players 44.5% of players 41.3% of players 41.2% of players 38.3% of players 38.0% of players 37.1% of players 31.6% of players 29.4% of players 28.5% of players 27.6% of players 25.6% of players 23.1% of players 21.7% of players 21.1% of players 20.4% of players 19.8% of players 18.5% of players 18.5% of players 18.4% of players 17.5% of players 17.1% of players 16.9% of players 15.3% of players 7.8% of players 7.7% of players 7.4% of players 6.4% of players 5.9% of players 4.7% of players 4.1% of players 3.7% of players 54.7% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
54.7%Out of Breath — Reach maximum fatigue level in a fight.
52.9%War Scars — Receive an injury.
46.3%War of Attrition — Make an enemy reach maximum fatigue level.
Rarest badges of honor
3.7%Burn the Witch — Hidden achievement
4.1%No Chains Can Hold Me — Hidden achievement
4.7%Heads Will Roll — Beat the game on maximum difficulty.

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-09-28. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

$4.99current · sampled 2026-09-28 23:18 UTC
$4.99lowest since tracking began2026-09-28
US4.99 USD
EU3.99 EUR
UK3.99 GBP
Australia7.50 AUD
Canada5.69 CAD
Japan520 JPY
Brazil10.89 BRL
China22.00 CNY

Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.

Brazil≈$2.1 China Japan Canada EU US Australia UK≈$5.3

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-09-28). Relative comparison only.

Latest official news

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

Dec 19, 2024
Threads of Destiny DLC is out now! + Patch 2.0

Hello, everyone! We are very happy to announce that the third DLC for Heads Will Roll: Reforged — Threads of Destiny — is out and is available for purchase with 15% discount! https://store.steampowere

May 31, 2024
Not A Hero DLC for Heads Will Roll: Reforged is out now + Patch 1.5

Hello, everyone! We are very happy to announce that the second DLC for Heads Will Roll: Reforged — Not a Hero — is out and is available for purchase with 15% discount! This DLC brings three additional

Oct 06, 2023
Patch 1.03, OST and Trading Cards

Hi everyone, The release of Heads Will Roll: Reforged is booming: we are proud to hold the line on the Steam Popular & Trending tab, boasting an impressive 90% Positive Review Score! If you haven't al

Oct 05, 2023
Heads Will Roll: Reforged has been released!

Hello everyone! We're incredibly happy to announce that Heads Will Roll: Reforged has now officially been released. We have been working on the project for an unbelieveably long time and poured all of

Oct 27, 2022
HWR News: Downfall's release, upcoming patch and crowdfunding campaign

Hello guys! I wanted to do a quick announcement in case some of you missed our latest news. Heads Will Roll: Downfall — a free-to-play prologue for HWR: Reforged — is already out and you can play it r

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Screenshots

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Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-27.

GenresAdventure, Indie, RPG
Player tagsRPG · Adventure · Choices Matter · Strategy RPG · Multiple Endings · Medieval · Story Rich · Swordplay · Turn-Based Tactics · 2D · Romance · CRPG (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish, Russian
Achievements34
Official sitehttps://twitter.com/Studios1917
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS *: Windows 7 SP1+ Processor: Any CPU with SSE2 instruction set support: Intel Pentium 4+, AMD Athlon 64+ Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: Any graphics card that is not completely obsolete Storage: 1 GB available space