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Dawn of Heroes

66% positive of 15 Steam reviews

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Released
2026
Steam Deck
Not tested
Platforms
Steam

Made by Hosted Games.

About the game

By day, you're just another citizen. By night, you defend the city. But don’t quit your day job, hero. A text-based superhero novel, 450,000 words and hundreds of choices, without graphics or sound effects.

Tagged by players

  • Text-Based
  • Choose Your Own Adventure
  • RPG
  • Superhero
  • Character Customization
  • Interactive Fiction
  • Choices Matter
  • Multiple Endings
  • Adventure

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What players say

  • Recommended
    Dawn of Heroes from Hosted Games is a text-driven superhero role-playing experience that places nearly all of its weight on narrative depth and player choice rather than traditional gameplay systems. It invites players into a world where ordinary individuals suddenly gain extraordinary powers, and instead of guiding you through that premise with visuals or action mechanics, it relies entirely on written storytelling…

    8.9 h played when written. 1 found it helpful.

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  • Recommended
    Edited to change to a tentative thumbs up after finishing a play through. Well, I slogged through after using the mode that lets you build a custom character. The game is playable. Not preachy. Nothing great here either though. Buy it on sale if you like superhero origin stories. Not worth full price unless you just have stupid money and nothing else to do with it. ~~~~ Original thumbs down review after 7 hours in…

    16 h played when written. 0 found it helpful.

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  • Not recommended
    I like the premise, as I do with a lot of stories of this genre, as well as the detail that was put into background machinations such as statistics, karma, and personality/morality specifications. Worldbuilding is one of the most important parts of linear stories to me, so this was huge. I also appreciate the effort that I presume this author applied in making distinct choice options; most notable is the fact that…

    39 min played when written. 27 found it helpful.

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