Hero Generations
Released Apr 2015
The original roguelike/4X strategy game where every turn is one year of your life. Explore, find a mate, build a home, and raise a child before you die to keep your legacy going. Praised as "the offspring of Sid Meier's Civilization, Passage, and The Legend of Zelda." IndieCade Finalist.
54% positive · 223 reviews
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All announced content has been released
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Where to buy
Steam $5.99
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Evaluation
Hero Generations launched on April 10, 2015 and received several content updates in its first year, including free content packs like "Explorers" (June 2015) and the Halloween-themed "Scare Pack" (October 2015). The developer then shifted focus to a full remake of the game — Hero Generations: ReGen — which launched on August 23, 2016. At that point, the developer explicitly updated the original game's store page to direct new players to ReGen, permanently reduced the price of the original, and framed ReGen as the definitive experience. No further content updates for the original Hero Generations have been posted since August 2016. The store description makes clear this is a legacy product being preserved for existing owners, with all new development having moved to ReGen. The original game is complete as it stood at launch of ReGen on August 23, 2016.
Evidence
Hero Generations: ReGen launched as the ultimate remake. The original game received a permanent price reduction and the store page was updated to direct new players to ReGen, signaling the end of active development on the original.
Store description explicitly tells players this is the original 2015 release, recommends the remake (Hero Generations: ReGen) for new players, and describes the original as preserved for the existing community at a reduced price.
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Developer
Publisher
Heart Shaped Games LLC
Achievements
0
Platform
Windows, macOS
Controller
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Steam Deck
Playable
Players
Single-player
About this game
UPDATE: Looking For The Next Generation Of This Game?
IMPORTANT NOTE: This is the original Hero Generations, released in 2015. We have an all-new ultimate remake available on Steam, which you can find by searching for Hero Generations: ReGen! ReGen is the best experience for new players, so we recommend starting there. The original Hero Generations remains for our existing community. If you would still like to check out the original, we've permanently reduced the retail price. Okay, you've been warned!Every Step Is 1 Year Of Life
An innovative roguelike/4X strategy game about life, legacy & love from the creator of Highgrounds. Praised as "the offspring of Sid Meier's Civilization, Jason Rohrer's Passage, and The Legend of Zelda."In Hero Generations, each step you take is an entire year of your hero's life. You explore a procedurally generated world in search of fame and a mate to have a child with before you die. After your life ends, you take control of your child in the world you left behind, in the hope of continuing your family legacy. Each turn becomes a meaningful life decision: you can focus on building and crafting the world around you, or adventuring to far off lands to make a bigger name for yourself.
Key Features
- Limited Lifespan and Permadeath: Each turn your hero takes = 1 year of their life.
- Generations, Mating, and Having Children: find a mate, start a family, have a child. Then take control of that child in that same world!
- 6 Strategic Paths and Meaningful Choices: grow in Strength, Exploration, Love, Wealth, Fame, and Wisdom.
- City Crafting System: build great towns and morph their cultures.
- Expansive Overworld: explore a connected grid of 6 unique worlds, each with their own unique tileset (Volcano, Desert, Island, to name a few)
- Meaning: a surprising and thought-provoking experience, that explores themes of death, legacy, family, love, and more.
- Gorgeous hand drawn art style.
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Last evaluated Jun 28, 2026
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