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Loop Hero
The Lich has thrown the world into a timeless loop and plunged its inhabitants into never ending chaos. Wield an expanding deck of mystical cards to place enemies, buildings, and terrain along each unique expedition loop for the brave hero.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
What reviewers agree on
77 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“Took me a couple runs to actually get what was happening, but once it clicked I lost an entire weekend to this game. The idea of building the world around your hero instead of controlling him directly sounds gimmicky on…”
“Game starts slow but the game is highly interesting and incites curiosity to keep playing. However after eight buildings and three classes unlocked, the progression is still slow. You have to have magically long life…”
“great game to zone out and forget about the brain eating parasites”
16 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“Game starts slow but the game is highly interesting and incites curiosity to keep playing. However after eight buildings and three classes unlocked, the progression is still slow. You have to have magically long life…”
“Loop Hero shouldn't work on paper. You set up your cards, hit play, and then just... watch. Sounds boring. It isn't. There's something deeply satisfying about building a world that's actively trying to kill you, then…”
“The premise is decent enough: you play as both the hero and the dungeon master against yourself but the execution is a randomized cookie clicker numbers go up casino RNG based time waster. Best thing about the game is…”
14 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“Took me a couple runs to actually get what was happening, but once it clicked I lost an entire weekend to this game. The idea of building the world around your hero instead of controlling him directly sounds gimmicky on…”
“Game starts slow but the game is highly interesting and incites curiosity to keep playing. However after eight buildings and three classes unlocked, the progression is still slow. You have to have magically long life…”
“Loop Hero shouldn't work on paper. You set up your cards, hit play, and then just... watch. Sounds boring. It isn't. There's something deeply satisfying about building a world that's actively trying to kill you, then…”
10 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“A really good roguelite with simple mechanic, but yet pretty challenging. It's quite unique, i really loved it.”
“Deceptively simple gameplay, but you really have to plan carefully later in the game. Loved the art and music! (The character design goes ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ crazyyy) Very small/brief/unintrusive plot, but still had some…”
“Great roguelike with runs below half hour. But I could not stop... The game grows surprisingly complex as the tiles have different effects depending on where you put them. And more and more elements get available later…”
9 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“Easily replayable with tons of different playstyles that all feel valid. The story in this game is unique in my opinion and I loved the themes of mortality and what classifies as "good" Such a banger of a game!”
“ótimo jogo, muito viciante e muito relaxante de se jogar, tem uma ótima dificuldade e é um ótimo replay game, porém achei a ultima fase um pouco repetitiva, reciclando bosses e o último boss um pouco fácil demais, porém…”
“This is a pretty unique Rogue-lite game. The main gameplay loop for this game involves placing tiles in strategic locations and combining tiles for specific transformations. You get a limited number of tiles to bring…”
12 of the 103 reviews raise this · 7 of them still recommend the game.
“very repetitive and a weird system where the player is making the game harder by "doing something" most of the grinding content is forced, it just feels not correctly balanced as most of the gear is luck based and…”
“Game starts slow but the game is highly interesting and incites curiosity to keep playing. However after eight buildings and three classes unlocked, the progression is still slow. You have to have magically long life…”
“I would recommend this game, but with reservations. I think it does a good job at packaging the typical modern auto-playing grindfest game in a way that seems novel and very cool. At the same time, the game still has…”
10 of the 103 reviews raise this · 6 of them still recommend the game.
“very repetitive and a weird system where the player is making the game harder by "doing something" most of the grinding content is forced, it just feels not correctly balanced as most of the gear is luck based and…”
“This is well done, but it's barely a game. It's the wrong kind of roguelike, in my mind. It's a game where you have very little influence on the outcome, but the meta progression makes it so that if you pour time into…”
“Usually I write reviews for games I have 100%'d AND had a clear love for, this one was kinda just alright. Even though I like it, I thought I would've liked it a lot more. The gameplay and lore seem interesting…”
6 of the 103 reviews raise this · 5 of them still recommend the game.
“very repetitive and a weird system where the player is making the game harder by "doing something" most of the grinding content is forced, it just feels not correctly balanced as most of the gear is luck based and…”
“To be honest, at first I was just to dumb for that game. Felt it was way too hard and abandoned it after not being able to beat the second Boss. But after returning to it and doing some research how to play the game…”
“Loop hero is a game where you start as a weak piece of garbage and end as an unstoppable god. But the game is getting repetetive rather quick due to the fact that the game has not the most amount of cards and…”
4 of the 103 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“Usually I write reviews for games I have 100%'d AND had a clear love for, this one was kinda just alright. Even though I like it, I thought I would've liked it a lot more. The gameplay and lore seem interesting…”
“As the game's name tells you, you, the Hero are in a loop. A neverending one... the game is actually a philosophical offspring of the so-called "Existentialism". So, if you start feeling at some point that you are…”
“Loop Hero is one of the best games I have played, from my limited understanding of game design, in the past decade. It just hits so hard. The music - collecting tiles to strategically adjust your runs on maps, the…”
3 of the 103 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“Good game. Gets repetitive after 8 hours or so, but good nonetheless”
“Fun enough for a playthrough. Didn't really inspire me to play more, but for the price I suppose its reasonable.”
“Loop hero is a game where you start as a weak piece of garbage and end as an unstoppable god. But the game is getting repetetive rather quick due to the fact that the game has not the most amount of cards and…”
Counted across 103 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 92.9% positive rating · as of 2026-05-20
“Phenomenal game, unfortunately I now have the perfect amount of played hours and all the achievements so I can never play it again, hopefully a bomb ass sequel will occur and I can once again enjoy this game.”
— a player, Steam review · 70 hrs played“interesting and fresh concept but the more you play it, the more tedious it feels”
— a player, Steam review · 28 hrs played“LOOP HERO is a lovely retro autobattler-management RPG, where your character walks around on a randomly generated circular path and autobattles enemies spawning in. While this doesn't sound exciting - well, if you die, it's game over so it should be - the card system should. You…”
— a player, Steam review · 22 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 13:30 UTC · history 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 2026-07-25.
Price tracking
US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.
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Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
Loop Hero is now available on mobile!
Hey heroes! Loop Hero just landed on mobile, which means your world saving efforts no longer need to be limited to the time you spend on your PC. The mobile version comes to you via our friends and pa
Small update v1.155
Patchnote of LoopHero v.1.155: • hide game version string in Intro • if exit the game during boss invasion and return again - boss portal music starts to play • in the first dialog with final boss wro
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.
| Genres | Indie, RPG, Strategy |
| Player tags | Tactical · Rogue-like · Pixel Graphics · Deckbuilding · Rogue-lite · Choices Matter · Indie · Resource Management · Card Game · Strategy RPG · 2D · Dark Fantasy (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Trading Cards · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Portuguese - Brazil, Italian, Dutch, Turkish |
| Achievements | 50 |
| Estimated owners | 1,000,000 – 2,000,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | http://loophero.com |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows 7, 8.1, 10 x64 Processor: Intel Core2 Duo E4500 (2 * 2200) or equivalent, AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3600+ (2 * 1910) or equivalent Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: GeForce 7300 GT (512 MB), Radeon X1300 Pro (256 MB) Storage: 300 MB available space