Home / Games / Heads Will Roll
Heads Will Roll
Hardcore survival RPG with non-linear story that lets you taste the life of a medieval soldier.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-27.
“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“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“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 playedAchievement 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.
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.
Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.
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.
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
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
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
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
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
Games like Heads Will Roll
From our knowledge graph — ranked by shared traits, not a black box. Each card says why it's here.
Swords and Sandals Immortals
84.1% · 743 reviews
shares CRPG, Strategy RPG, Turn Based Tactics, Medieval
Pathfinder: Kingmaker — Enhanced Plus Edition
76.5% · 22,062 reviews
shares CRPG, Strategy RPG, Sexual Content, Medieval
Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader
86.8% · 24,444 reviews
shares CRPG, Romance, Turn Based Tactics, Turn Based Strategy
Baldur's Gate 3
96.8% · 494,437 reviews
shares CRPG, Romance, Sexual Content, Choices Matter
Expeditions: Conquistador
79.4% · 964 reviews
shares CRPG, Turn Based Strategy, Multiple Endings, Choices Matter
Shadows Over Loathing
96.0% · 3,050 reviews
shares CRPG, Turn Based Strategy, Multiple Endings, Choices Matter
Those Who Rule
90.0% · 789 reviews
shares CRPG, Strategy RPG, Turn Based Tactics, Medieval
Inkbound
87.7% · 3,066 reviews
shares Loot, Strategy RPG, Turn Based Tactics, Turn Based Strategy
Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-27.
| Genres | Adventure, Indie, RPG |
| Player tags | RPG · Adventure · Choices Matter · Strategy RPG · Multiple Endings · Medieval · Story Rich · Swordplay · Turn-Based Tactics · 2D · Romance · CRPG (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English, Russian |
| Achievements | 34 |
| Official site | https://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