Helltaker

Helltaker

Steam Deck Playable

vanripper · Free to Play · May 11, 2020

Yes, worth playing.

It's free to play.

98%
Overwhelmingly Positive
128k player reviews
High confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Story and characters: 120 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 54 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 38 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • No recurring complaint surfaced in 300 sampled reviews

Based on 128k player reviews · updated 3 days ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
83% of themes are praise17% are divided0% are caveats
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
And if you find the puzzles too hard, theres a "skip puzzle" option in the pause menu, which is a nice addition if you dont care about gameplay and jjst care about characters, or if youre trying to go for some of the achievements.
120 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
Fun and engaging gameplay, great atmosphere, and solid optimization.
54 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
The game's art style is quite unique, featuring a comic book-inspired aesthetic with bold outlines and expressive character sprites.
38 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
Yup, imho artstyle came like, solid classic nowadays (esp for nsfw content xd), and the OST still brings true self-isolation in the demon harem during covid vibe when shows in my playlist.
36 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Interface
Players who bring up Interface mostly praise it.
And if you find the puzzles too hard, theres a "skip puzzle" option in the pause menu, which is a nice addition if you dont care about gameplay and jjst care about characters, or if youre trying to go for some of the achievements.
8 of 300 sampled reviews raised it

Theme by theme

Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.

LovedMixedComplained about
Players love5 themes
Story and characters120 reviews
Gameplay54 reviews
Graphics38 reviews
Audio36 reviews
Interface8 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Difficulty38 reviews
95%
Players complain% still recommend

No recurring complaints surfaced in this sample.

Ranked by how many sampled reviews mention each topic. A topic sits in a column by what reviewers said about that topic; the percentage beside it is how many of them recommended the game anyway. One more theme was raised by fewer than 6 sampled reviews and is not shown.

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
98%
Overwhelmingly Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
10
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

We’ll surface hours-played once playtime ingestion ships.