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Helheim Hassle

Perfectly Paranormal · Yogscast Games · 2020-08-18

SteamPlayStation StoreEpic Games StoreMicrosoft Store

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Aug 18, 2020 (Linux), Aug 18, 2020 (Mac), Aug 18, 2020 (Nintendo Switch), Aug 18, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jan 20, 2021 (PlayStation 4), Aug 18, 2020 (Xbox One)

Helheim Hassle is a narrative adventure game with puzzle platforming elements. Play as Bjørn, a pacifist Viking that can detach and combine limbs at will to solve challenging puzzles and get out of uncomfortable situations involving desperate Norse Gods, Goblins, Dragons, and angry skeletons.

91%
positive of 452 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
4.51★
PlayStation Store rating (35 ratings)
8h
to beat · rushed 7h
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$1.19
steam price (US)

From the same universe (and set on the same Tuesday in fact) as previous hit Manual Samuel, comes this macabre adventure where you play as Bjørn, a pacifist Viking who hates the idea of dying and going to Valhalla… who then ends up dying and getting taken to Valhalla. When Bjørn is resurrected to assist with a task for the mysterious Pesto, he sees a way to negotiate his way out. Using Bjørn’s undying corpse with its ability to detach and combine limbs at will, players must solve challenging puzzles and navigate tricky levels in order to retrieve a certain magical item... In return, Pesto will(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 38 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~5/week).
  • · Review velocity down 34% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 21% of 27,468 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 9.0k–20k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 452 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GameBillet$0.88-96%
Fanatical$0.89-96%
Gamesplanet$1.09-95%
IndieGala$1.19-94%
Steam$1.19-94%
GamersGate$1.20-94%
GreenManGaming$1.20-94%
Microsoft Store$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

12-month high $1.20 · on sale 39 of 56 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
282820202026Week of 2020-08-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 3 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$1.20$0.762026-08-062026-10-112026-08-06 — best price $0.992026-08-08 — best price $0.992026-08-10 — best price $0.992026-08-12 — best price $0.992026-08-15 — best price $1.192026-08-17 — best price $1.192026-08-19 — best price $1.192026-08-21 — best price $1.192026-08-23 — best price $1.192026-08-25 — best price $0.762026-08-27 — best price $0.762026-08-29 — best price $0.762026-08-31 — best price $0.762026-09-02 — best price $0.762026-09-13 — best price $1.192026-09-15 — best price $0.992026-09-17 — best price $0.992026-09-19 — best price $1.192026-09-21 — best price $0.922026-09-23 — best price $0.792026-09-25 — best price $0.792026-09-27 — best price $0.792026-09-29 — best price $1.202026-10-01 — best price $1.092026-10-03 — best price $0.882026-10-05 — best price $0.882026-10-07 — best price $0.882026-10-10 — best price $0.882026-10-11 — best price $0.88
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

41
achievements tracked
63%
earned "Bad Everything Age"
6.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

7 supported languages: English, German, Norwegian, Russian, Simplified Chinese, French, Turkish

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2020-08-24 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)6047%41
Xbox One (Xbox)1255%41
PS4 (PlayStation)9517%41
Switch (Nintendo)40%0

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

2DFunnyIndiePuzzleCartoonCartoonyAdventureControllerStory RichDark Comedy

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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