Backpack Hero
The inventory management roguelike! Collect rare items, organize your backpack, and vanquish your foes!
- Price:$19.99
- Release Date:11/14/2023
- Franchise:Pretty Soon 1
- Developer:Jaspel
- Publishers:
- Last Updated:1/4/2025
- Steam App Id:1970580
Backpack Hero
- Windows
- Mac
- Linux
- Steam Deck (Verified)
Steam Charts, Stats, and Live Player Count
At the moment, Backpack Hero has 306 concurrent players online and in-game. This is 92% lower than its previous all-time peak of 3,733 players achieved on 11/19/2023.
Review History Chart
Track historical review trends and overall ratings for Backpack Hero. It has received a total of 7,310 reviews on the Steam store and achieved a Player Score of 85 (Very Positive).
Community Hub Members & Followers Chart
Explore the cumulative breakdown of Steam community hub members for Backpack Hero and its growth over time. It currently has 32,273 followers on its community page.
Backpack Hero Price
Backpack Hero costs $19.99 in the Steam store as of 1/4/2025. It can be purchased as a standlone game or through a bundle like Roguelike FUN, Different Tales ✨Very Positive✨, Slay the Spire + Backpack Hero, Backpack Hero + Peglin, Backpack Battles + Backpack Hero, Backpack Hero + Railroads & Catacombs, Moonlighter + Backpack Hero, Dungeon Clawler & Backpack Hero, Same Depraved, Genre-Muddling Devs, Dome Keeper + Backpack Hero, or Inventory Management Roguelike which offer a discount off the game's base price.
Explore the price history chart below to track historical price changes and other pricing stats for Backpack Hero.
About Backpack Hero
Backpack Hero is a RPG, Indie, Casual, Adventure, Strategy, and Early Access game developed by Jaspel. On 11/14/2023, it was released on the Steam Store by Different Tales, Jaspel, Pretty Soon, and IndieArk.
Players have rated Backpack Hero as "Very Positive" out of 7,310 total reviews on the Steam Store. These are split between 6,440 positive reviews and 870 negative reviews — an overall 88% positive review rating. Additionally, Backpack Hero has earned a metascore of 76 on Metacritic.
It can be played and ran on Windows, Mac, and Linux systems. It is verified by Valve as playable on the Steam Deck and will run well.
It also supports 17 languanges in-game including English, German, Czech, Dutch, and Polish. Each language comes with varying levels of support for the in-game interface, audio, and fully translated subtitles.
According to Steam’s category system, Backpack Hero supports the following features:
- Family Sharing
- Full controller support
- Steam Cloud
- Steam Achievements
- Steam Workshop
- Single-player
From the Steam community, Backpack Hero has been tagged with the following user tags:
- Building
- Mystery Dungeon
- Procedural Generation
- Fantasy
- Cozy
- Turn-Based
- Replay Value
- Cute
- Turn-Based Tactics
- Resource Management
- Strategy
- Indie
- Mouse only
- Adventure
- Moddable
- Female Protagonist
- Singleplayer
- 2D
- Roguelike
- Management
- Loot
- Dungeon Crawler
- Roguelite
- Tactical
- Controller
- Pixel Graphics
- Deckbuilding
- Inventory Management
- Choices Matter
- RPG
- Roguelike Deckbuilder
- Card Battler
- Early Access
- Casual
- Turn-Based Strategy
- Turn-Based Combat
Media & Sceenshots
Watch the featured video for Backpack Hero and see the latest screenshots from the Steam Store.
DLC & Related Apps
Backpack Hero is referenced by 1 other related app in the Steam Store.
| Image | Name | Type | Release Date | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Backpack Hero Soundtrack | Music | 8/23/2022 | View |
Related Bundles
Backpack Hero is included in 11 bundles in the Steam Store.
| Image | Name | Apps | Packages | Price | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Roguelike FUN | 3 | 3 | $19.78 | View |
 | Different Tales ✨Very Positive✨ | 2 | 2 | $27.52 | View |
 | Slay the Spire + Backpack Hero | 2 | 2 | $23.61 | View |
 | Backpack Hero + Peglin | 2 | 2 | $35.98 | View |
 | Backpack Battles + Backpack Hero | 2 | 2 | $29.68 | View |
 | Backpack Hero + Railroads & Catacombs | 2 | 2 | $33.28 | View |
 | Moonlighter + Backpack Hero | 2 | 2 | $35.98 | View |
 | Dungeon Clawler & Backpack Hero | 2 | 2 | $19.78 | View |
 | Same Depraved, Genre-Muddling Devs | 2 | 2 | $19.78 | View |
 | Dome Keeper + Backpack Hero | 2 | 2 | $18.16 | View |
Related Packages
Backpack Hero is referenced by 1 package in the Steam Store.
| Name | Price | Actions |
|---|---|---|
| Backpack Hero | $13.59 | View |
Supported Languages
Backpack Hero is available in 17 different languages with varying levels of support for the in-game interface, audio, and fully translated subtitles.
| Name | Interface | Audio | Subtitles |
|---|---|---|---|
| English | Yes | No | Yes |
| German | Yes | No | Yes |
| Czech | Yes | No | Yes |
| Dutch | Yes | No | Yes |
| Polish | Yes | No | Yes |
| Portuguese-Brazil | Yes | No | Yes |
| Romanian | Yes | No | Yes |
| Russian | Yes | No | Yes |
| Chinese (Simplified) | Yes | No | Yes |
| Spanish (Latin America) | Yes | No | Yes |
Frequently Asked Questions
Soures & References
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Backpack Hero data has been sourced from:
- Valve Corporation. (2025, January 4). Backpack Hero on Steam. Steam Store. https://store.steampowered.com/app/1970580
- Valve Corporation. (2025, January 4). Backpack Hero. Steam Community Hub. https://steamcommunity.com/app/1970580
- Metacritic. (2025, January 4). Backpack Hero for PC Reviews. Metacritic. https://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/backpack-hero