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Hero Academy

Hero Academy

Test your skills in this light-hearted battle between friends! Heroic teams have gathered to engage in friendly contests on the Academy playfields. Will your team emerge triumphant?

Developer Robot Entertainment Platforms Windows · Mac · Linux StrategyIndieTurn-BasedMultiplayerAsynchronous Multiplayer
View on Steam ↗ Free (US · as of 2026-07-26)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.

68.3%positive753 reviews
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“when it first came out in the app store it was my go to.”

— a player, Steam review · 11 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-23 23:41 UTC · history via SteamCharts.

0playing at last check
1,756all-time peak
0 500 1k 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 615 avg · Aug 2012

Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-07-25.

69achievements
11.4%median completion
2.6%rarest: I Like Vanilla
66.3% of players 54.9% of players 54.4% of players 54.1% of players 53.2% of players 39.5% of players 36.9% of players 31.0% of players 27.3% of players 27.1% of players 26.5% of players 26.4% of players 23.1% of players 22.6% of players 22.0% of players 21.8% of players 21.5% of players 20.0% of players 19.8% of players 18.1% of players 17.9% of players 17.3% of players 17.0% of players 16.1% of players 16.0% of players 15.7% of players 15.2% of players 14.8% of players 14.7% of players 13.2% of players 12.9% of players 12.6% of players 11.9% of players 11.8% of players 11.4% of players 11.0% of players 10.9% of players 10.4% of players 9.5% of players 9.1% of players 9.1% of players 8.9% of players 8.9% of players 8.9% of players 8.8% of players 8.0% of players 8.0% of players 7.4% of players 7.2% of players 5.9% of players 5.9% of players 5.7% of players 5.2% of players 5.0% of players 4.8% of players 4.5% of players 4.2% of players 4.1% of players 3.9% of players 3.8% of players 66.3% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
66.3%Learned Something — Complete the Tutorial.
54.9%Frozen Lake — Submit a turn less than three minutes after your opponent moves.
54.4%Matrix Glitch — Use the undo feature and try something new.
Rarest badges of honor
2.6%I Like Vanilla — Removed an enemy hero's buff and a friendly hero's debuff in the same turn with a Taoist.
2.7%So Many Victories — Win 50 games with the Shaolin Team.
3.1%Strangelove — Knock out three enemies at once with an Annihilator shot.

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-25. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

Freecurrent · sampled 2026-07-26 08:39 UTC
Freelowest since tracking began2026-07-25

Latest official news

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

Jan 07, 2019
Hero Academy Ceasing Operations

Hi all, It's painful to even write this. We are sorry to say that we will be closing down Orcs Must Die! Unchained, Hero Academy, and Hero Academy 2. Making and supporting a game is a long and challen

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Screenshots

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Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.

GenresIndie, Strategy
Player tagsStrategy · Indie · Turn-Based · Multiplayer · Asynchronous Multiplayer · Casual · Turn-Based Strategy (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Multi-player · Cross-Platform Multiplayer · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish * , German * , French * , Korean * , Spanish - Spain * , Russian * , Japanese * *
Achievements69
Estimated owners100,000 – 200,000 (SteamSpy)
Official sitehttp://www.robotentertainment.com/games/heroacademy
Minimum system requirements (PC)

OS: Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7 Processor: 2GHz Dual Core Memory: 2GB RAM Hard Disk Space: 300MB Video Card: Graphics: DX11 & DX10 video cards, minimum resolution 1280 x 800 DirectX®: 10 Hero Academy does not officially support Windows Surface