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Heroine's Quest: The Herald of Ragnarok

Heroine's Quest: The Herald of Ragnarok

A retro styled adventure/RPG hybrid with atmosphere like the classics. Play as warrior, sorceress, or rogue as you travel through the rich world of Norse mythology to keep it from eternal winter. Each class has different puzzle solutions, making for good replay value. Fully free, no hidden costs.

Released Mar 20, 2014 Developer Crystal Shard Platforms Windows · Mac · Linux AdventureRPGFree to PlayFemale ProtagonistPoint & Click
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.

87.6%positive1,363 reviews
Recommended · 8 found this helpful

“This game made me feel WHEEEE but also WHOOOO but the WHEEEEE balanced out the WHOOOOO”

— a player, Steam review · 5 hrs played
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“LOVE LOVE LOVE. I grew up playing Sierra adventure games. Heroine's Quest is a well crafted and lovingly made tribute to Sierra's style of game development and a bygone era. This game plays and feels like Quest for Glory while maintaining a distinct identity and tone of its own.…”

— a player, Steam review · 48 hrs played
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“It's basically a gender-swapped version of the first Hero's Quest/Quest for Glory game from Sierra online. One might call it a tribute. It has a much smoother interface than the original Sierra game. It's a good game, with charming graphics, nice music and voice acting, logical…”

— a player, Steam review · 33 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 2026-07-25.

46achievements
26.5%median completion
25.9%rarest: Dark and Troubled
33.2% of players 28.4% of players 27.9% of players 27.6% of players 27.4% of players 27.2% of players 27.1% of players 27.0% of players 26.9% of players 26.8% of players 26.8% of players 26.7% of players 26.7% of players 26.7% of players 26.6% of players 26.6% of players 26.6% of players 26.5% of players 26.5% of players 26.5% of players 26.5% of players 26.5% of players 26.5% of players 26.5% of players 26.4% of players 26.4% of players 26.4% of players 26.3% of players 26.3% of players 26.3% of players 26.3% of players 26.2% of players 26.2% of players 26.2% of players 26.2% of players 26.2% of players 26.2% of players 26.2% of players 26.2% of players 26.2% of players 26.1% of players 26.1% of players 26.0% of players 25.9% of players 25.9% of players 25.9% of players 33.2% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
33.2%So You Want To Be A Heroine — Find your first food
28.4%Menace to Society — Spend your life in jail
27.9%Apprentice Warrior — Reach chapter 2 as warrior
Rarest badges of honor
25.9%Dark and Troubled — Hidden achievement
25.9%Another Head Hangs Lowly — Hidden achievement
25.9%Trial by Fire — Defeat Surtr

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.

Dec 19, 2024
Heroine's Quest now available on MacOS

Heroine's Quest is now available on MacOS, thanks to Chad Armstrong. The Mac build uses Adventure Game Studio version 3.6.1.25, and should run on any Mac 64-bit computer running MacOS 10.15 or above.

Sep 29, 2023
Heroine's Quest updated to newest AGS engine

Heroine's Quest: The Herald of Ragnarok has been updated to the latest stable version of Adventure Game Studio, 3.6.0 patch 5. This will improve stability on newer computers and compatibility with new

Jun 19, 2022
Linux build patched

This update should fix the "unresolved import" error that had been occurring in the Linux version of the game. No changes to the Windows version.

Oct 02, 2021
Heroine's Quest v1.2.7 update

Heroine's Quest has been updated to fix bugs reported by Steam players. Furthermore, one of our fans stepped up to create a full Portuguese translation; so a big round of applause to lbatalhacs for th

Dec 11, 2019
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Screenshots

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Facts & details

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

GenresAdventure, Indie, RPG, Free To Play
Player tagsAdventure · RPG · Free to Play · Female Protagonist · Point & Click · Indie · Retro · Singleplayer · Fantasy · Pixel Graphics · Mythology · Magic (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Trading Cards · Captions available · Camera Comfort · Color Alternatives · Custom Volume Controls · Adjustable Difficulty
LanguagesEnglish * , Hungarian, Russian, French, Italian, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Portugal, German *
Achievements46
Estimated owners200,000 – 500,000 (SteamSpy)
Official sitehttp://www.crystalshard.net/?g=16
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS *: Windows 7 or newer Processor: Intel or AMD CPU Memory: 256 MB RAM Graphics: DirectX compatible graphics card DirectX: Version 9.0 Storage: 500 MB available space Sound Card: DirectX compatible sound card Additional Notes: Mouse, keyboard