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Heroes of Hammerwatch II
A rogue-lite action-rpg that offers extensive persistent progression. Build your town, upgrade and equip your heroes, before taking on the ever-changing Dark Citadel - either solo or with a team of friends.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-02 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-12.
What reviewers agree on
80 of the 102 reviews raise this.
“Heroes of Hammerwatch II is a well made classic dungeon crawler with some RPG element. There is many different class to choice from and you can make lots of different builds with each character and there is a simple…”
“I absolutely love this game, but it has a glaring issue with the save files - Please, get it sorted, it is incredibly frustrating to suddenly lose all of the progress on a character and having to start from scratch -…”
“For what it is, it's good, not perfect, but for the price it's a good incremental town upgrader, meta progression, action rpg-lite. Cozy pixel art and what I consider "chill" gameplay with several classic RPG classes to…”
17 of the 102 reviews raise this.
“For what it is, it's good, not perfect, but for the price it's a good incremental town upgrader, meta progression, action rpg-lite. Cozy pixel art and what I consider "chill" gameplay with several classic RPG classes to…”
“Really fun, in-depth rogue lite with lots of engaging gameplay loops. Many mechanics to unlock, I'm still discovering some after 16h of gameplay. Feels much more cohesive than HoH 1 where some mechanics felt a bit…”
“not something id play solo for hours but its extremly fun with friends in our 1st play through with 3 of us was a straight 10 hours”
14 of the 102 reviews raise this.
“If you have a history of addiciton, probably walk away now. We picked this up because it was $5, and were planning to just kill a little time on it while we waited for another release. That was close to 200hrs of game…”
“[h3]EDIT:--------------------------------------------------------------------------[/h3] An edit in the "What I didn't like" section.…”
“A fun game. A bit slow to start initially, but then it gets going quite well. I really like how the classes provide bonuses for all of your characters, so there's a nice bit of metaprogression there. Runs well on my…”
10 of the 102 reviews raise this.
“Heroes of Hammerwatch II is a well made classic dungeon crawler with some RPG element. There is many different class to choice from and you can make lots of different builds with each character and there is a simple…”
“For what it is, it's good, not perfect, but for the price it's a good incremental town upgrader, meta progression, action rpg-lite. Cozy pixel art and what I consider "chill" gameplay with several classic RPG classes to…”
“I found this game to be surprisingly unsatisfying to play. I thought I would love it considering I'm a fan of both ARPG and roguelike games. In addition, the pixel art is gorgeous and combat feels snappy, so why did I…”
9 of the 102 reviews raise this.
“Heroes of Hammerwatch II is a well made classic dungeon crawler with some RPG element. There is many different class to choice from and you can make lots of different builds with each character and there is a simple…”
“If you have a history of addiciton, probably walk away now. We picked this up because it was $5, and were planning to just kill a little time on it while we waited for another release. That was close to 200hrs of game…”
“Really fun, in-depth rogue lite with lots of engaging gameplay loops. Many mechanics to unlock, I'm still discovering some after 16h of gameplay. Feels much more cohesive than HoH 1 where some mechanics felt a bit…”
19 of the 102 reviews raise this · 7 of them still recommend the game.
“The game is okay. Once you hit end game, you realize the customization and build flexibility is rather small.”
“Pros: 1. It works (0 bugs found, it doesnt crash, at least for me) Cons: 1. Instead of looting few meaningful items that actualy make each run feel different, you loot a billion meaningless tiny items ehich you can't…”
“It's good but way more grindy than I'd prefer. when I start a run, I normally enjoy it for the first 30 minutes and then the back 30 minutes is just me kiting a mob of the same type of enemies out of rooms x100 knowing…”
11 of the 102 reviews raise this · 4 of them still recommend the game.
“The game is okay. Once you hit end game, you realize the customization and build flexibility is rather small.”
“Heroes of Hammerwatch II is a well made classic dungeon crawler with some RPG element. There is many different class to choice from and you can make lots of different builds with each character and there is a simple…”
“It's good but way more grindy than I'd prefer. when I start a run, I normally enjoy it for the first 30 minutes and then the back 30 minutes is just me kiting a mob of the same type of enemies out of rooms x100 knowing…”
7 of the 102 reviews raise this · 5 of them still recommend the game.
“Pros: 1. It works (0 bugs found, it doesnt crash, at least for me) Cons: 1. Instead of looting few meaningful items that actualy make each run feel different, you loot a billion meaningless tiny items ehich you can't…”
“There is a single map for the entire game. It will repeat itself every session, you also cannot win the game unless you die 6000 times and level up your guy. Its so repetitive and boring. I tried to like it...”
“While yes, it's technically a rouge-ish, it's on the easier side of the genre. It's shorter than I'd like, but what's here is pretty good. I suppose it could also be described as an incremental in a very roundabout way,…”
4 of the 102 reviews raise this · 2 of them still recommend the game.
“wtf am I high? just started heroes of hammerwatch 2 and I deal literally no damage to even normal mobs, it takes like 10 shots just to kill 1 mob early game. ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ retarded balancing. I didn't buy a game just to get…”
“If you like Roguelike games, this is for you. Play the same forest and caves until you can upgrade your hero so that you can god-run the level. It's the only way to beat the final boss. Pixel graphics are very good.…”
“While yes, it's technically a rouge-ish, it's on the easier side of the genre. It's shorter than I'd like, but what's here is pretty good. I suppose it could also be described as an incremental in a very roundabout way,…”
4 of the 102 reviews raise this · 2 of them still recommend the game.
“I liked the previous games and enjoyed them with friends, just like this one, but sadly I am missing something in this one. The world feels hardly copy&pasted in most parts. There is no real innovation to the previous…”
“For very casual play, this can be somewhat fun but I think there are better options out there. The skills and trinkets you acquire are very simple and uninteresting. This game is quite mind-numbingly boring if you're…”
Counted across 102 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 82.3% positive rating · as of 2026-05-12
“Fantastic co-op action RPG. The game does a good job of encouraging you to play all of the classes by giving you account-wide buffs for each classes level. The gameplay loops are satisfying and it's definitely more of a slow burn that reminds me of the old Gauntlet games, but…”
— a player, Steam review · 91 hrs played“- HoH2 is my first Hammerwatch game. - I've played 246+ hours. 90% Steam Deck, 5% Computer, 5% TV with Steam Deck - I've played 99.9% with controller (Steam Deck, Xbox and Stadia controller) - I've played 95% solo, 5% multiplayer with one other player I highly recommend this…”
— a player, Steam review · 246 hrs played“If you dont enjoy the first hour of the game just refund it because the gameplay does not change. Every class has basically fixed abilities so there is nothing to try out and the roguelike mechanics do not matter either. Its just trinkets and baubles making you take less damage…”
— a player, Steam review · 8 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-06 via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-05.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
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Screenshots
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Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-12.
| Genres | Action, Indie, RPG |
| Player tags | RPG · Action RPG · Action Roguelike · Action · Rogue-like · Dungeon Crawler · Adventure · Rogue-lite · Procedural Generation · Hack and Slash · Pixel Graphics · 2D (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Multi-player · Co-op · Online Co-op · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Trading Cards · Steam Cloud |
| Languages | English * , French, German, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese * |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 37 |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Windows 7 or later Processor: Intel Core™ Duo or faster Memory: 3 GB RAM Graphics: OpenGL 3.2+ / DirectX 11+ Storage: 1 GB available space