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Heretic's Fork

85% positive · 4,085 Steam reviews · released Sep 13, 2023 · by 9FingerGames

DeckbuildingTower DefenseArcadeStrategyCard GameActionRoguelike Deckbuilder2D

What it likely sold — estimate, stated as a range on purpose

Lifetime units: ~155,026 (P10–P90: 62,010 – 341,057)

Gross revenue: ~$1,269,942 ($507,974 – $2,793,871)

Estimate, method v1.0 — before Steam's ~30% share, refunds and VAT. The band means: we'd be surprised if the truth sat outside it. How we estimate

Player voice — measured shares of Steam thumbs, never a model

Last 90 days: 78% positive across 41 stored reviews. Action games with 100+ reviews typically sit around 84% (median of 3353 games).

Visuals & audio81% positive · 98 mentions
“Since I see more negative reviews than I expected I will leave this positive one. It's a fun little game with lots of unlocks. The vibes are great: good music, great style, lots of little interactions in your in-game desktop. It has a lot…”Recommended · Steam review · Feb 2026 · 6 h played
Gameplay & mechanics65% positive · 75 mentions
“Since I see more negative reviews than I expected I will leave this positive one. It's a fun little game with lots of unlocks. The vibes are great: good music, great style, lots of little interactions in your in-game desktop. It has a lot…”Recommended · Steam review · Feb 2026 · 6 h played
Content & longevity65% positive · 55 mentions
“Since I see more negative reviews than I expected I will leave this positive one. It's a fun little game with lots of unlocks. The vibes are great: good music, great style, lots of little interactions in your in-game desktop. It has a lot…”Recommended · Steam review · Feb 2026 · 6 h played
Story & writing69% positive · 51 mentions
“Important Tip! Under the game's settings, make sure to turn off the Visual FX before beginning play. This will resolve the crippling framerates and crash issues introduced in an update. Overview Heretic's Fork is a fun tower defense…”Recommended · Steam review · Jun 2026 · 100 h played
Difficulty & balance63% positive · 38 mentions
“Since I see more negative reviews than I expected I will leave this positive one. It's a fun little game with lots of unlocks. The vibes are great: good music, great style, lots of little interactions in your in-game desktop. It has a lot…”Recommended · Steam review · Feb 2026 · 6 h played
Price & value72% positive · 36 mentions
“Short review: (+) pretty unique game menu (+) good music (-) gets repetitive pretty quickly Long review: ---{ Graphics }--- ☐ You forget what reality is ☐ Beautiful ☐ Good ☑ Decent ☐ Bad ☐ Don‘t look too long at it ☐ MS-DOS ---{ Gameplay…”Recommended · Steam review · Jun 2025 · 3 h played
Controls & UI67% positive · 36 mentions
“There's a good game here, but it's really hampered by a identity issue that makes repeat runs start to drag. Worldbuilding is great, the entire formatting of the game as a skeumorphic operating system is fantastic, the story and dialogue…”Recommended · Steam review · Aug 2025 · 16 h played
Performance & stability61% positive · 23 mentions
“Important Tip! Under the game's settings, make sure to turn off the Visual FX before beginning play. This will resolve the crippling framerates and crash issues introduced in an update. Overview Heretic's Fork is a fun tower defense…”Recommended · Steam review · Jun 2026 · 100 h played

299 recent English reviews stored · topics keyword-matched · topics under 12 mentions stay hidden · methodology

Game DNA — store facts, community tag votes, labeled AI inference

Perspective

Top-down

Technology

2D

Art style

Pixel art

How you play together

Single-player

Platform features

AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Cloud

Business model

Buy to play

Sources: Valve store fields · community tag votes · AI-inferred values are marked and drawn from a fixed vocabulary.

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