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Weird Johnny Studio · Published by Weird Johnny Studio · Official site ↗
Mixed — 69% positive (429 reviews) · 34 achievements
Last updated 27 Sept 2026
A relaxing auto-battler running in the background. Watch your combat experience grow and occasionally develop the massive skill tree and upgrade your equipment to explore secrets of the island.
£4.29
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Indie, RPG, Free To Play, Casual · 2024 · More under £5 games
Discover a relaxing auto-battler experience where you develop skills and upgrade equipment to uncover the mysteries of the island. Join Hero Tale for free, an indie RPG from Weird Johnny Studio set to release in 2024.
About this game

Hero Tale is a modern idle RPG inspired by classic idle games, designed to be your perfect background companion. Start the game, let it run, tackle other tasks. Return to find your hero stronger and ready for the next battle with new rare rewards looted. With high-quality graphics and immersive storytelling, each enemy presents a new challenge as you journey forward, bringing nostalgic mechanics to life.

Gain experience to unlock unique abilities! Upgrade massive skill tree with almost 300 nodes. You want to regenerate faster than your enemies can hurt you? Strike them down before they can even reach you? Or maybe be so tough they barely can make a scrach on you? You decide how you want to progress!

Explore unique island set in medieval fantasy with beautifully hand painted backgrounds. Can't defeat enemies on one tile? Try different one to get around!

Use loot that suits your fighting strategy the best. Decide which statistics will be your priority and which ones you will have to sacrifice for efficiency.

Train your skill with each hit dealt to enemies. Use meele weapons, ranged or magic to level up every skill to become faster and more powerful.

Get to know the entire cast of characters, in story filled with humorous dialogues. Talk to them, help them with quests and they will help you to grow stronger.
And when it looks like you are getting stuck, remember, practice makes perfect!

When meeting the Fairy for the first time, she will lend you some of her powers,
to help you on your way to become a Hero. All Houskeeper Fairy benefits are included in the purchase of the game.
Housekeeper Fairy unlock includes:
housekeeper Fairy Skin
50% More Experience Points
Additional skill point to use in the skill tree
Autoconsumable sliders for health and mana consumable items
System Requirements
Will my PC run this? →Minimum
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS *: Windows 7 (SP1+), Windows 10 and Windows 11
- Processor: x64 architecture with SSE2 instruction set support
- Memory: 2 GB RAM
- Graphics: DX10, DX11, DX12 capable
- Storage: 700 MB available space
Recommended
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
Supported Languages
Latest news
Patch NotesOfficial
1.4.12 Release notes
FIXES Fixed visibility of some items in handRead full article on Community Announcements (niezorawski.kamil)Patch NotesOfficial
1.4.10 Release notes
FEATURES New Solitude map 4 new enemies 11 new items FIXES Fixed reminder dot staying active, even after tapping on restart button to check notification OTHER Added double click on map tile to travel thereRead full article on Community Announcements (niezorawski.kamil)Community & EventsOfficial
Hero Tale at the Idler Fest sale
Hero Tale at Idler Fest We're happy to announce that Hero Tale is participating in Idler Fest! Check out 23% off price and get a heroic background companion for your everyday tasks! https://clan.fastly.steamstatic.com/images/44696603/d47f3067f9df4353cc809370a7108e307e48383a.png Patch notes 1.4 NEW FEATURES New Solitude map 4 new enemies 11 new items FIXES Fixed reminder dot staying active, even after tapping on restart button to check notification OTHER Added double click on map tile to travel thereRead full article on Community Announcements (punki)Patch NotesOfficial
1.3.4 Release notes
FEATURES Added Storage Box in Town Center map, after Edward leaves for the City FIXES Fixed “You’re here” icon freezing if you left map window while animation was still playingRead full article on Community Announcements (niezorawski.kamil)Patch NotesOfficial
1.2.6 Release notes
FEATURES Reworked block mechanics: when block is used, it stays up as a barrier until the enemy's next physical attack. It blocks damage once and then disappears. No need to time it to animation anymore! UI Added marker indicating new map available FIXES Fixed being able to sell consumable items after they were autoconsumed, if sales window was open during this time Fixed discrepancy between calculated attack time on higher levels and actual speedRead full article on Community Announcements (niezorawski.kamil)






