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Three Heroes is a single player arcade hack and slash game with fantasy and comedy themes. It was developed by Cats Who Play and was released on September 16, 2015. It received neutral reviews from players.

The homeland is being besieged by enemies on all sides, now it is up to three heroes to take up their sword, spear, and bow to cleanse the land of the evil invaders. This game features exciting combat, polished graphics, and hilarious humor; Three Heroes is the action adventure game that has something for everyone.

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46%Audience ScoreBased on 207 reviews
story23 positive mentions
gameplay9 negative mentions

  • Colorful and appealing art style with bright, cartoonish visuals that create a unique atmosphere.
  • Interesting cultural theme based on Slavic mythology and folklore, providing a distinct narrative premise.
  • Three distinct playable characters with unique skills and abilities add some tactical variety.
  • Controls are clunky, unresponsive, and frustrating, with particularly poor aiming mechanics.
  • Numerous bugs, crashes, and technical issues severely impact gameplay and progression.
  • Combat system is simplistic, awkward, and often unbalanced, leading to repetitive and unenjoyable fights.
  • story

    84 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    27% positive mentions, 63% neutral mentions, 10% negative mentions

    The story is generally simple, humorous, and charming, often drawing from Slavic fairy tale inspirations, with well-voiced characters and a cinematic feel that many found enjoyable despite some awkward dialogue. However, it is also criticized for being buggy, occasionally dull, and hindered by frustrating quest design and poor translations, which disrupt immersion. Overall, while not groundbreaking, the narrative provides enough engagement for players interested in its cultural and light-hearted approach.

    • “The cartoony charm works, the story is better than you’d expect, and by the time I was grinding out the last few achievements, I realized I wasn’t just doing it for bragging rights—I kinda wanted to see these three goons finish their ridiculous quest.”
    • “Honestly the concept of heroes as it’s used in this game is just so great and I’d have read through the whole story as a visual novel, never mind (an honestly) fun beat ’em up!”
    • “The story is simple but has lots of humor, with a lot of Russian accents in the dialogues.”
    • “Control one of three characters with different abilities and do a variety of somewhat garbage quests with bad writing and worse gameplay.”
    • “The graphics are cute, gameplay is ok but the story is below decent, dialogs are unnatural and the biggest issue I had - character movement and combat feels sluggish and limiting.”
    • “Really bad written story and worse still voice acting.”
  • graphics

    46 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    46% positive mentions, 47% neutral mentions, 7% negative mentions

    The graphics are generally praised for their bright, colorful, and cartoonish art style that effectively complements the game's folklore theme, creating a charming visual experience. While some highlight the appealing use of low-poly, hand-drawn, or cell-shaded aesthetics, others find the graphics underwhelming or overly simplistic. Overall, the visuals are considered a strong point even when other aspects like controls and gameplay fall short.

    • “The art style is a satisfying use of low poly high color assets, well chosen and used to great effect.”
    • “The graphics in particular are pretty and colorful, really bringing alive this Russian folk lore theme they seem to be going for.”
    • “Graphics are bright, colourful and well drawn.”
    • “Disgusting graphics, boring gameplay, unresponsive controls.”
    • “Graphics are less than I expected after seeing the trailer and yes - I played a few hours only but I won't play more - that is for sure.”
    • “If you can get it for 50 cents like I did, it's probably worth it; otherwise avoid. The targeting is horrid, it's like a very basic Sacred with fewer skills and cartoon visuals and little to no loot.”
  • gameplay

    43 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    14% positive mentions, 65% neutral mentions, 21% negative mentions

    Gameplay in the game is widely regarded as sluggish, unpolished, and frustrating, with many citing poor controls, clunky combat mechanics, and broken or repetitive quests that detract from the experience. While some appreciate the unique skills of each hero and find certain moments enjoyable, the overall consensus highlights basic, uninspired gameplay hindered by technical issues and lack of refinement.

    • “Gameplaywise it went rather smooth and fun for the most part, escort quests need a serious fix though because sometimes the NPC will just stop and won't keep going unless you load back.”
    • “Fairy Tales: Three Heroes is an action-adventure game featuring cartoon-styled visuals and easy-to-learn gameplay.”
    • “The world and object design is above par and deserves a better combat mechanic, at least with the archer you start off as.”
    • “Control one of three characters with different abilities and do a variety of somewhat garbage quests with bad writing and worse gameplay.”
    • “It's janky and unsatisfying to play, and any experienced gamer will tell you the handling, responsiveness, and general gameplay feel of the control scheme must be well polished for this kind of game to succeed.”
    • “From the movement to rubberband AI to lock-on and shooting mechanics (with arrow and bow) – it does not get worse.”
  • humor

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

    The game's humor is a major highlight, delivering a mix of Russian-accented jokes, quirky dialogue, and amusing voice acting that many find genuinely funny and entertaining. While some players appreciate its playful, lighthearted comedy and charm, others see the humor as cheap or awkward, often tied to clumsy voice acting and low production quality. Overall, the humor is hit-or-miss but can provide a laugh, especially if you enjoy offbeat or intentionally silly comedy.

    • “The story is simple but has lots of humor, with a lot of Russian accents in the dialogues.”
    • “Beatiful cartoon graphics, nice sounds and music, great funny voices and really funny dialogues!”
    • “It's fun, funny, and the plot is fairly interesting (based on a Russian fairy tale) with casual gameplay so you can play for 15 minutes or 5 hours at a time.”
  • music

    27 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    26% positive mentions, 52% neutral mentions, 22% negative mentions

    The game's music generally receives mixed feedback: many find the soundtrack enjoyable, cheerful, and fitting for the game's tone, with some praising its quality and cultural alignment. However, several users note that the music becomes repetitive over time, leading some to turn it off, and a few criticize its upbeat style as mismatched for the action RPG genre. Overall, while the music is often seen as a positive aspect, repetitiveness and limited variety temper its reception.

    • “The game has really nice graphics, amazing storytelling, decent dubbing but really good soundtracks.”
    • “I relaxed for 5 minutes listening to this music, long enough to realize that I would be okay.”
    • “The music is on cue with the different culture and enjoyable, and the graphic art style is well artsy.”
    • “The soundtrack plays the same few songs the entire game, making it repetitive.”
    • “The music is awful.”
    • “The soundtrack gets boring after 15 minutes.”
  • stability

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

    The game's stability is inconsistent, with frequent crashes, glitches, and bugs negatively impacting the experience for many players. While some report stable performance without major issues, the prevalent technical problems, including AI bugs and mission-breaking glitches, significantly detract from overall enjoyment.

    • “And yet… in between the crashes, glitches, and my newfound compulsive saving disorder, I actually had a blast.”
    • “Sadly, it does not work that way. As soon as the player switches here, the action and targets of the last hero played are wiped and it goes back to the kinda buggy follow and attack AI.”
    • “The second mission is not obvious on what to do and after getting to a checkmark and falling through the ground after a cutscene and having to restart the mission, I'd say it's too buggy and not worth playing...”
  • grinding

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

    Grinding in the game feels rewarding beyond just achieving accomplishments, as players become invested in the characters' journey. While controls can be somewhat tedious during grinding, the overall experience remains engaging and worthwhile.

  • optimization

    2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    50% positive mentions, 50% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    The game features colorful graphics and runs smoothly, indicating good optimization. However, its upbeat music and cheerful design suggest it targets a younger audience rather than typical action RPG fans.

  • atmosphere

    2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    50% positive mentions, 50% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    The atmosphere is enhanced by good graphics, which contribute a special and immersive feel to the game.

    • “Graphics are good; they add that special atmosphere to this game.”
  • monetization

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

    The monetization of Three Heroes is widely criticized for its high price of around $4 USD, which users feel is unjustified given the game's flaws and shortcomings.

    • “Three heroes have the completely unrealistic cash grab price of around $4 USD. It's not worth it given the defects and shortcomings of the product.”
  • character development

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

    Character development is solid but not exceptional, effectively contributing to world-building. The cell-shaded character designs are particularly appreciated for their visual appeal.

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3h Median play time
3h Average play time
3-3h Spent by most gamers
*Based on 1 analyzed playthroughs
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Three Heroes is a arcade hack and slash game with fantasy and comedy themes. Common tags for Three Heroes include indie, trading, exploration, family friendly, stylized and others.

Three Heroes is available on PC and Windows.

On average players spend around 3 hours playing Three Heroes.

Three Heroes was released on September 16, 2015.

Three Heroes was developed by Cats Who Play.

Three Heroes has received neutral reviews from players. Most players liked Three Heroes for its story but disliked it for its gameplay.

Three Heroes is a single player game.

Similar games include Eternity: The Last Unicorn, Blood Knights, Enclave, Everreach: Project Eden, Lords of the Fallen and others.