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Helltaker

Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

Developer
vanripper
Publisher
vanripper
Franchise
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Release date
May 11, 2020
Store page updated
May 11, 2021
Price
Free · Steam store ↗

Review Analysis Score

89.3/ 100

Based on 409 reviews from the past 1 year

Steam User Rating
Recent 😄 Very Positive 96% of 403
All time 🤩 Overwhelmingly Positive 98% of 128,167
“spent a very long time on boss to 100% the game, indicating strong engagement”

How it holds up

−50+5
Gameplay
+1.96
Difficulty +0.88
“intense boss fights created genuine tension and engagement” (44)

🔒 5 more indicators

Story & World
+3.03
Characters +3.57
“characters are ridiculously entertaining with completely different personalities” (22)

🔒 2 more indicators

Content Volume
-0.65
Volume -1.34
“game is over in two hours, reviewer wishes it was longer” (58)

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Visuals & Sound
+4.11
Visuals +4.01
“animations are smooth and polished” (114)
作为免费游戏非常有趣，Boss战难度很高，ex关开始硬耗我一小时。 动画流畅，总之是精品，好评。 如果你需要，BOSS战第三阶段躲避顺序是： 先站到第一个空位上，后接：左上右右上下上左左下下 左左 上上上 下下下 上上上 下下下 右右左左 上上 下上下上下上

🔒 1 more indicators

Multiplayer
+3.00

Not enough data — only 1% of reviews mention this.

Community +3.00

🔒 1 more indicators

Fairness
+0.50
Monetization +4.00

🔒 3 more indicators

Tech & Ops
+1.41

Not enough data — only 4% of reviews mention this.

Developer support -0.10
“localization needs improvement, separate download required” (4)
+ Интересные загадки и крутые файты с боссами + Приятная графика и саунд дизайн + Куча демониц на хате + Нож в спине и пара сломаных пальцев + Блинчики - Нервы - Нужно качать локализацию отдельно +- Не показывайте Пандемонику Егору...

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Scores are the average of reviews that mention each category (−5 to +5). Fainter bars were mentioned by fewer reviews; grey means too few to trust. Tap a category ▾ to see what drives it.

Steam review activity

% positive over time
since launch, by month · major update
90%92%94%96%98%100%
May 2020Sep 2026
Reviews
per day · 396 reviews, peak 26/day
02550
Aug 19Sep 16

Steam only gives daily counts for the last 30 days; longer ranges are by month. Months with fewer than 10 reviews are left out of % positive. "Show updates" marks major updates and DLC the developer posted on Steam (since about 2020) — hover a column to see % positive the month before and after.

Review languages

Languages of the 409 reviews we analyzed from the past year — not all Steam reviews.

  • English41%
  • Russian15%
  • Chinese13%
  • Portuguese12%
  • Spanish11%
  • French2%
  • Other6%

🔒 Scores broken down by language — how Russian or Chinese players rate each category — are in the paid dashboard.

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