Hero's Hour

Hero's Hour launched on March 1, 2022 and received four major free content updates post-launch: v2.3 "The Magical Update" (December 8, 2022), v2.6 "Great War" (March 4, 2024), v2.7 "The Progression Update" (August 27, 2024), and v2.8 "The Homestead Update" (March 21, 2025). This established a cadence of roughly 6–12 months between major releases. On December 12, 2025, the developer published a [development_status] post announcing Hero's Hour 2. In it, the developer explicitly describes Hero's Hour 1 as having had "some wonderful years of post-launch support" — language that frames the support period as concluded. The same post shipped a minor patch (v2.8.3) covering balance tweaks and sprite additions, but no major content. Critically, the developer states that development time is now being directed toward the sequel: "I am still pooling most of my available development time into something yet invisible and unknown" (from the September 2025 post) was resolved by the December announcement as the sequel. The December 12 post contains no announcement of further Hero's Hour 1 content, expansions, or a roadmap. The outstanding commitment noted in the March 31, 2025 post — 23 new Rogue Realms units planned for v2.8.2 or v2.9 — was addressed in the September 5, 2025 v2.8.2 update, which delivered graphical updates to Rogue Realms units and new heroes. No remaining announced content for Hero's Hour 1 is visible in the record after December 12, 2025. As of October 1, 2026, the last developer communication was the December 12, 2025 post. That is approximately 9.5 months of silence following a post that described post-launch support in the past tense and redirected development effort to a sequel. No new major content, DLC, or roadmap for Hero's Hour 1 has been communicated since then. The established 6–12 month cadence has now been exceeded since the last major update (March 21, 2025 — over 18 months ago), and the developer's own framing in the December 2025 post strongly implies that the support cycle for Hero's Hour 1 is complete. The game launched as a finished product with extensive post-launch additions, and the developer's subsequent energy is now clearly directed at the sequel.