Hydra Slayer overview

Overview

Hydra Slayer comes from Zeno Rogue and is published by Zeno Rogue. It arrived on Steam on Mar 24, 2016, and it sits naturally among Single-player, Steam Achievements, Steam Trading Cards, Steam Cloud, Steam Leaderboards, and Family Sharing. SteamPulse tracks it across Windows, macOS, Linux, and Steam so readers get a quick useful snapshot, not just a wall of numbers.

Players and reviews

Hydra Slayer's latest SteamPulse observation recorded 0 players at 4 October 2026 - 20:09:50 UTC, with a tracked peak near 2. This peak is the highest value in the available SteamPulse record and may not include activity before tracking began. Player reaction is 91% positive across 47 reviews.

Language and system requirements

Hydra Slayer is available in 1 languages including:

3 regional rating boards including dejus, steam germany, and igrs

Sales, recommendations, and streams

Hydra Slayer has sold up to 3,391 units and has recommendation data pending. The estimated VGI revenue is $13,980. On Twitch, 0 streamers are live with around 0 total watchers.

Hydra Slayer overview details

Hydra Slayer combines live player counts with reviews, pricing, platform support, Store metadata, dated player history, media, recent news, and related games.

Steam Store description

You are facing a nine-headed hydra. Your flaming longsword cuts five heads in each swipe (no more, no less), which will kill a five-headed hydra, but a larger one will regrow two heads after each swipe. Your storm scythe cuts exactly seven heads, but it makes ten heads grow back if the hydra is not dead. Is it possible to kill the hydra? What if you also had a silver dagger, which cuts just one head, but makes five heads grow back? Solution: [spoiler]It is impossible without the silver dagger (the number of heads always stays divisible by 3), but possible with the silver dagger, for example: 9 -> longsword -> 6 -> longsword -> 3 -> dagger -> 7 -> scythe -> 0.[/spoiler] If you liked this puzzle, and you also like dungeon crawling, Hydra Slayer is for you! The unique combat mechanics of Hydra Slayer are based on the puzzle above. It is challenging both at a short term tactical level (each hydra is a unique challenge, bumping into it with your weapon almost never works), and at a long term strategy level (you have to build a set of weapons which slays hydras effectively). While the early levels could be used to teach arithmetic and tactical planning in a fun way, building an effective set of weapons for late levels is a challenge even for expert number theorists! Hydra Slayer predates the "roguelike deckbuilder" phenomenon by focusing less on traditional roguelike grid-tactics and more on constructing complex synergies inside a limited inventory of weapons. Not really a deckbuilder, but still fully a roguelike, so this tag is more accurate than usual! Hydra Slayer curren…

SteamPulse editorial summary

Hydra Slayer is listed as a game with $2.99 (50% off from $5.99). It supports Windows, macOS, and Linux, belongs to Single-player, Steam Achievements, Steam Trading Cards, Steam Cloud, Steam Leaderboards, and Family Sharing, and is associated with RPG and Strategy. SteamPulse's latest observation records 0 players at 4 October 2026 - 20:09:50 UTC, a tracked peak of 2, and 91% positive reviews.

Overview tags

Traditional RoguelikePuzzleEducationInventory ManagementMythologyTurn-BasedScienceProcedural GenerationStrategyFantasyPixel GraphicsDungeon CrawlerGrid-Based MovementRPGTurn-Based Tactics

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