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Random Heroes

While Random Heroes may make a decent mobile game, the updated version—Random Heroes: Gold Edition—isn’t really up to par, especially for the asking price of $4.99. It is an excellent example of why some games should stay on mobile devices.
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63%Game Brain Score
Most mentioned positive aspects:monetization, optimization
Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, graphics
69% User Score Based on 61 reviews
Critic Score 48%Based on 3 reviews

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About Random Heroes

Random Heroes is a single player casual platformer game with a science fiction theme. It was developed by Somepx and was released on April 10, 2020. It received neutral reviews from critics and mostly positive reviews from players.

Random Heroes, a free online Action game brought to you by Armor Games. Shoot your way through alien invaders in this action platformer! Collect coins and upgrade your weapons to become stronger.

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Reviews

69%Audience ScoreBased on 61 reviews
monetization2 positive mentions
grinding6 negative mentions
  • Simple, fun, and accessible 2D run-and-gun platformer with responsive controls and straightforward gameplay.
  • Large variety of unlockable heroes, weapons, and levels providing casual replayability and progression incentives.
  • Nostalgic pixel art style and upbeat soundtrack that appeals to fans of retro gaming and original mobile versions.
  • Gameplay can feel repetitive, grindy, and lacking in depth or challenge, leading to boredom over time.
  • The PC port has technical issues such as unintuitive controls, bugs with fullscreen and screenshots, and missing features from the mobile original.
  • Limited innovation or variety in level and enemy design, with many stages feeling similar and characters/weapons having minimal impact on strategy.

  • gameplay

    11 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    27% positive mentions, 46% neutral mentions, 27% negative mentions

    Gameplay offers a decent variety of levels, heroes, and guns, with unique character stats and boss battles adding some variety. However, the core mechanics remain largely repetitive and accessible, which may limit long-term engagement for players seeking deeper or more complex challenges. While some appreciate the fun platforming and challenges, the grindy gun/money system can feel tedious.

    • “Different characters with unique stats can mix and match with a large arsenal of guns to fight a grand roster of enemies with different mechanics and attack patterns, followed by boss battles at the end of each chapter.”
    • “Boss encounters appear at the end of each chapter and offer a brief change in rhythm, usually relying on pattern recognition rather than complex mechanics.”
    • “This is a fun platformer that gives you some fun challenges and has great mechanics overall.”
    • “While this variety adds personality and visual charm, the differences between heroes are generally subtle, and most players will find that the overall gameplay experience remains largely the same regardless of which character is selected.”
    • “However, this accessibility also limits long-term engagement for players seeking deeper mechanics or escalating difficulty, as the core loop remains largely unchanged from start to finish.”
    • “The gun/money mechanic felt overly grindy and led to just replaying a boss battle over and over to get money faster.”

  • graphics

    8 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    38% positive mentions, 24% neutral mentions, 38% negative mentions

    The game's graphics feature a colorful, nostalgic pixel art style reminiscent of retro games, which some may find charming but others see as outdated. Visual variety is limited, with levels feeling similar despite aesthetic changes, and there are no options to adjust resolution or customize graphics settings. Overall, the pixel art is neat but intentionally low-quality compared to contemporary standards.

    • “Visually, Random Heroes: Gold Edition embraces a colorful pixel art style that clearly aims to evoke nostalgia.”
    • “It's a pixel graphic shooter platformer with subtle RPG elements.”
    • “Neat graphics.”
    • “A choice was made to use obsolete, decades old retro pixel art as a substitute for contemporary PC graphics.”
    • “There's no options to change the resolution for the game or customise the graphics settings.”
    • “There's no way for gamers to try to improve the low quality graphics.”

  • music

    7 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    43% positive mentions, 14% neutral mentions, 43% negative mentions

    The music is generally praised for its upbeat and enjoyable soundtrack that complements the gameplay well, though some users find the track variety limited and the background music repetitive. Additionally, there is a desire for more volume control options beyond just on or off.

    • “Nowadays and on PC, its greatest strength is probably its soundtrack.”
    • “The audio design follows a similar approach, with upbeat background music and straightforward sound effects that complement the action without drawing much attention to themselves.”
    • “There's an amazing soundtrack, fun looking characters, weapon variety, and fun levels and bosses.”
    • “Not enough music tracks.”
    • “I wish there were options to turn down the volume of sounds and music, instead of just on and off.”
    • “Background music is so repetitive.”

  • grinding

    6 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    0% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 100% negative mentions

    The game features a grind-heavy progression system, particularly in acquiring better guns, which many players find tedious and repetitive. Grinding often involves replaying boss battles for currency, leading to boredom rather than challenge. Overall, the grinding aspect is viewed as a monotonous chore rather than engaging gameplay.

    • “The gun/money mechanic felt overly grindy and led to just replaying a boss battle over and over to get money faster.”
    • “Too grindy with not much of a challenge.”
    • “Involves grinding for cash to get better guns, which can be very tedious and frankly just boring.”

  • story

    4 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    25% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 75% negative mentions

    The game features a minimal story centered around an alien invasion, with little depth or development. It is primarily a level-based experience rather than one focused on narrative.

    • “True story.”
    • “There is no story to speak of apart from 'aliens invade Earth' (by the way, those sprites are clearly zombie designs).”
    • “No story.”
    • “This is a level-based game, not a story-based game that you play through.”

  • monetization

    3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    67% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 33% negative mentions

    The monetization approach in this title replaces the original microtransactions with a traditional progression system, removing in-game purchases present in the mobile version. However, some users criticize the PC port as a potential cash grab, questioning the ethics of re-releasing mobile content with removed levels. Overall, monetization is simplified but controversial due to its release strategy.

    • “Turns out it was Random Heroes 1 and 2 recompiled into a PC port with certain levels removed because, according to the new developers, the rights to those levels belonged to other companies, but everything else is here from what I can tell with any and all microtransactions replaced with a more traditional progression system.”
    • “In comparison to the mobile version, I've heard there might have been microtransactions, but there's none in the Gold Edition.”
    • “Random Heroes: Gold Edition is a mobile app that's been dumped on Steam as a cash grab by morally void mobile devs trying to scam PC gamers.”

  • optimization

    2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    100% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    The game's optimization integrates progression with performance and collection, rewarding players with stars that unlock new playable heroes. This system encourages replaying levels to improve skills and achieve better results.

    • “Progression is tied to both performance and collection.”
    • “These stars unlock new playable heroes, adding an incentive to replay levels and refine performance.”

  • humor

    2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    100% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    Users find the humor light and amusing, particularly enjoying the unexpected joke that the water gun is the best weapon in the game. The comedic tone adds a playful and entertaining element to the experience.

    • “I do think it's funny that the water gun is the best gun. Lol.”
    • “Lol... funny.”

  • stability

    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    100% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    The game demonstrates excellent stability, with no bugs, glitches, or crashes reported. Controls are responsive, contributing to a smooth and reliable gameplay experience.

    • “No bugs, no glitches, no crashes, nice art, controls are responsive”
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48%Critics’ scoreBased on 3 critic reviews
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Random Heroes is a casual platformer game with science fiction theme. Common tags for Random Heroes include free to play, indie, 2d, pixel graphics, atmospheric and others.

Random Heroes is available on Nintendo Switch, Xbox Series X|S, PC, Web Browser and others.

On average players spend around 10 hours playing Random Heroes.

Random Heroes was released on April 10, 2020.

Random Heroes was developed by Somepx.

Random Heroes has received neutral reviews from players and neutral reviews from critics. Most players liked Random Heroes for its monetization but disliked it for its gameplay.

Random Heroes is a single player game.

Similar games include Devious Dungeon, Xeodrifter, Riddled Corpses, 1993 Space Machine, Halo: Spartan Assault and others.