HERO.EXE: Top Hat Studios Showcase Trailer

During the Top Hat Showcase yesterday, Top Hat Studios made several announcements: new games, releases dates, new trailers, and more. One of them is about HERO.EXE (developed by Mystery Egg Games), which is coming to Nintendo Switch in the future.

Here’s the latest trailer for the game:

Hero.EXE is a strategic action RPG focused on grid based combat, visual novel style decisions, and deck building. Explore the vast digital landscape of another world’s internet. Battle glitches and other pilots to become even stronger.

And here’s some additional details about the game:

Hero.EXE is a strategic action RPG focused on grid based combat, visual novel style decisions, and deck building. Explore the vast digital landscape of another world’s internet. Battle glitches and other pilots to become even stronger. Choose your partner wisely as you become part of the story.

It all starts with you and your Ava (Artificial Virtual Assistant). Each Ava has their own goals and it will be up to you on how to best manage and work with your Ava. You and your Ava must discover the secret origins of the server worlds and fight your way through an ever expanding conspiracy to discover the truth.

At its core Hero.EXE is a card collecting action RPG. It will be up to you on how to build your deck to best compliment your Ava. Each Ava has their own unique abilities that can be further customized within the game. Along with customizing your Ava you need to also manage your relationship with them. During the game you’ll be presented with choices and decisions and your Ava will take notice of each one. As you make decisions your Ava will gain effects representing their opinion of your choices.

• Card collecting
• Deck building
• Character customization
• Visual novel scenes
• Story choices
• Real time combat

HERO.EXE (Switch – eShop) does not have a release date yet.

Source: Top Hat Studios PR (22/04/2025) / Top Hat Studios (Steam)