SHMUP INDEX

Running the index costs money. If you want to collaborate:

Buy me a coffee Support on Ko-fi

If you have any question, contact us.

Corrections and missing games are welcome too.

Index › 2010s › Iro Hero
Iro Hero cover art

Iro Hero

AKA: イロ・ヒーロー, IRO HERO.exe
Wishlist

ADD TO LIST

Iro Hero

Steam $9.99 PlayStation Store Xbox

In a world where humans are used as power supplies, only one man has the will to change it all! Iro Hero is a vertical shoot ’em up with beautiful pixel art graphics inspired by many old-school classics. Staged across 9 action-packed levels, Iro Hero features a unique and fresh four-color polarity system, with interactive elements, puzzles, color zones, weapon upgrades and special skills to unlock.

Year
2018
Developer
Artax Games
Publisher
Artax Games

SCREENSHOTS

PHYSICAL

STORY

Iro Hero’s story is set in the year 2306, a century after humans learned how to harness their energy to produce electricity. In the intervening years, nefarious enterprises have turned this gift into a curse, with humans reduced to little more than batteries. Following the death of his mother, a teenager named Iro learns that he may be the key to mankind’s freedom.

TRAILERS

STORES

Store
Price
Discount
Lowest ever
$9.99
Lowest: $2.99
No price published
No price published

Prices are cached from each storefront and may be out of date. Last checked 22 Sept 2026. We do not track prices at PlayStation Store or Xbox, so we link there without quoting one.

PRICE HISTORY

Every price change we know of, per shop. Flat means the price held; PC shops reach back through IsThereAnyDeal's archive, console shops start when this site started watching.

$0$5$102019202120232025Steam $9.99

Steam low: $2.99 (30 Mar 2020)

SCORES

Source
Audience
Score
Reviews
Critics
48 / 100
2
Users
6 / 10
1

RELEASES 6 systems

System
Platform
Year
Notes
PC
Windows
2018
Original release
MAC
macOS
2018
Original release
LIN
Linux
2018
Original release
NSW
Nintendo Switch
2018
Original release
PS4
PlayStation 4
2019
XONE
Xbox One
2019

GAME DATA

Wanted by
100 on ITAD waitlists

SOURCES

Something wrong or missing? .

Suggest a correction