The Hero Project: Redemption Season
Released Apr 2016
America's #1 reality show for heroes is back for another season! Harness your superpowers to steal the spotlight, win votes, and save your sister!
64% positive · 106 reviews
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
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Steam $2.99 $4.99 −40%
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Evaluation
The Hero Project: Redemption Season is a text-based interactive novel that launched on April 8, 2016. It received two DLC releases: the MeChip Warning System on April 8, 2016 (day one), and The YouPower Project on September 14, 2017. Both DLC items are fully released. The store description frames this as "the first installment in a new series," which refers to the broader Heroes Rise universe continuation rather than promising additional content for this specific game. There have been no developer announcements of further DLC, expansions, or updates for this title beyond what has already shipped, and no news posts indicate ongoing development activity. The game appears to have launched as a complete interactive novel with its accompanying DLC content, with the final piece shipping on September 14, 2017.
Evidence
The YouPower Project DLC released — the most recent content addition to the game, and both DLC items are now fully released with no unreleased items remaining
MeChip Warning System DLC released on launch day
Content
2 of 2 released · no outstanding content
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Achievements
73
Platform
Windows, macOS, Linux
Controller
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Steam Deck
Not rated
Players
Single-player
About this game
America's #1 reality show for heroes is back for another season! Harness your superpowers to steal the spotlight, win votes, and save your sister!
"The Hero Project: Redemption Season" is the first installment in a new series of interactive novels by Zachary Sergi set in the "Heroes Rise" universe. Your choices control the story. It's entirely text-based--129,000 words, without graphics or sound effects--and fueled by the vast, unstoppable power of your imagination.
In a contest where everyone has superpowers, your opponents can cause earthquakes and explosions, but you're an average Ani-Powered who wakes up with different animal attributes every day. Will your hawk eyes or canine claws take you far enough in the competition to satisfy the only person who can help your sister? And what happens if winning isn't enough?
As you advance, the decisions you make will transform viewers' ideas of what it means to be a hero. Will you fight for your own goals, or make sacrifices for the good of society? Strive for what you believe is right by following the rules, or take down the whole system with more radical methods? Would you take wealth and fame over changing the world?
"The Hero Project: Redemption Season" is the first installment in a new series of interactive novels by Zachary Sergi set in the "Heroes Rise" universe. Your choices control the story. It's entirely text-based--129,000 words, without graphics or sound effects--and fueled by the vast, unstoppable power of your imagination.
In a contest where everyone has superpowers, your opponents can cause earthquakes and explosions, but you're an average Ani-Powered who wakes up with different animal attributes every day. Will your hawk eyes or canine claws take you far enough in the competition to satisfy the only person who can help your sister? And what happens if winning isn't enough?
As you advance, the decisions you make will transform viewers' ideas of what it means to be a hero. Will you fight for your own goals, or make sacrifices for the good of society? Strive for what you believe is right by following the rules, or take down the whole system with more radical methods? Would you take wealth and fame over changing the world?
Choose Wisely. It's Redemption Season.
- Play as male, female, trans, or nonbinary; gay, straight, or bi.
- Begin a new story in Millennia City, influenced by your actions in the "Heroes Rise" trilogy.
- Play as a new hero, in a new season of The Hero Project!
Are these done yet?
Last evaluated Jun 27, 2026
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