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Loop Hero

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Loop Hero
Loop Hero cover
Developers
Four Quarters
Publishers
Devolver Digital
Engines
GameMaker[1]
Release dates
Windows March 4, 2021
macOS (OS X) March 4, 2021
Linux March 4, 2021
Reception
Metacritic 82
OpenCritic 84
IGDB 85
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase
Microtransactions None
Modes Singleplayer
Pacing Continuous turn-based
Perspectives Top-down view
Controls Menu-based, Point and select
Genres RPG, Strategy, Roguelike, Idle, CCG
Art styles Pixel art
Themes Fantasy
Loop Hero on HowLongToBeat
Loop Hero on IGDB
Loop Hero on MobyGames
Loop Hero on Wikipedia

Loop Hero is a singleplayer top-down view RPG, strategy, roguelike, idle and CCG game.

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions
GOG.com Support Page
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Epic Games Store
DRM-free after installation through Epic Games Launcher (notes may include more details)
Windows
macOS (OS X)
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
GOG.com
DRM-free
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Humble Store
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Microsoft Store
Microsoft Store
Xbox Play Anywhere. Included with Xbox Game Pass for PC.
Windows
Steam
DRM-free after installation through Steam client (notes may include more details)
Can be run without Steam.[2]
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows %LOCALAPPDATA%\Loop_hero\<user-id>\loop_config
%LOCALAPPDATA%\Loop_Hero\loop_config
Microsoft Store
macOS (OS X)
Linux $HOME/.config/Loop_hero
This game does not follow the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux.

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %LOCALAPPDATA%\Loop_hero\<user-id>\loop_save*
%LOCALAPPDATA%\Loop_Hero\loop_save*
Microsoft Store
macOS (OS X)
Linux $HOME/.config/Loop_hero

Save game cloud syncing

Video

Settings menu
Settings menu

Adjust frame rate

Modifying the game variables[4]
Speeds up all game animations, but not time-based events e.g. per-second health regeneration.
Switches to the new frame rate only after starting an expedition.
  1. Go to <path-to-game>.
  2. Open variables.ini with Notepad or any other text editor.
  3. Search for game_speed. There will be exactly one entry.
  4. Replace the default value of 60 to the desired frame rate.
  5. Save the file.
  6. Launch the game.

Input

Audio

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Master, Effects, Music
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Belarusian
Fan translation, download
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
Dutch
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Polish
Fan translation, download
Brazilian Portuguese
Russian
Spanish
Turkish

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 11
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)
[5]
Linux

Middleware

No middleware information; you can edit this page to add it.

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 7, 8.1, 10
Processor (CPU) Intel Core 2 Duo E4500 2.2 GHz
AMD Athlon 64 X2 3600+ 1.91 GHz
System memory (RAM) 2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 200 MB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce 7300 GT
ATI Radeon X1300 Pro
512 MB (Nvidia), 256 MB (ATI) of VRAM
A 64-bit operating system is required.
macOS (OS X)
Minimum
Operating system (OS) 10.11
Processor (CPU)
System memory (RAM) 2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 200 MB
Linux
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) Ubuntu 18.04
Processor (CPU) Intel Core 2 Duo E4500 2.2 GHz
AMD Athlon 64 X2 3600+ 1.91 GHz
System memory (RAM) 2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 200 MB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce 7300 GT
ATI Radeon X1300 Pro
512 MB (Nvidia), 256 MB (ATI) of VRAM
A 64-bit operating system is required.


References

  1. Verified by User:Bob Page on January 14, 2021
  2. Verified by User:Bob Page on March 5, 2021
  3. Verified by User:Baronsmoki on 2021-03-11
    Tested at 50 Hz, 60 Hz.
  4. Tutorial - Speed up the game - last accessed on March 7, 2021
  5. Catalina 64-bit Compatibility - Google Docs - last accessed on 5 May 2023