Fit check
Is Hero Legends worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- Players who prefer open-ended RPGs over games with a compulsory storyline
- Fans of martial-arts settings who want adventures involving other characters
- Players interested in character needs and aging alongside martial-arts activities
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players who want a directed story with a compulsory sequence of events
- Players seeking a focused martial-arts RPG without hunger, thirst, aging, and money needs
- Players looking for a game centered solely on puzzles
Our take on Hero Legends
The defining choice is the absence of a compulsory storyline: players decide how their character spends life in the world.
What is Hero Legends?
This RPG begins with a 14-year-old character appearing in Ping An Town, at the heart of a virtual continent.
Character setup includes preferences for gender and attributes. Over time, the character grows older, becomes hungry and thirsty, and needs money to live. Players can practice martial arts, punish wrongdoing, help martial-arts characters solve problems, pursue adventures, or simply wander. The game combines role-playing, war chess, and puzzles. It has no compulsory storyline, leaving players to decide how to spend their character’s life and whether to become a warrior, a feared figure, or something else.
How Hero Legends plays
- 01Character needs
- The character ages and experiences hunger and thirst, while also needing money to live.
- 02Open-ended choices
- Players can practice martial arts, confront wrongdoing, help characters, pursue adventures, or wander without a compulsory storyline.
- 03Combined game formats
- The game brings role-playing together with war chess and puzzles.
Hero Legends compared to similar games
Hero Legends combines role-playing, war chess, and puzzles in a world where players choose how to spend their character’s life. Planescape: Torment: Enhanced Edition is described as an RPG centered on an unconventional story and exploration of a strange, dangerous city. Back to the Dawn focuses on surviving and escaping a maximum-security facility.
Hero Legends: platforms & release
Is Hero Legends worth it?
It is worth it if: players who prefer open-ended RPGs over games with a compulsory storyline. Skip it if: players who want a directed story with a compulsory sequence of events.
Where can I download Hero Legends?
Use the Download Now button on this page: it opens Hero Legends's store page, where you can choose how to get it.
What platforms is Hero Legends on?
Windows only.
