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Hell is Other Demons

Cuddle Monster Games · 2019-05-20

SteamPlayStation StoreEpic Games Store

ActionIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: May 20, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), May 20, 2019 (Linux), May 20, 2019 (Mac), Apr 18, 2019 (Nintendo Switch), Oct 29, 2025 (PlayStation 5), Oct 29, 2025 (PlayStation 4)

Hell is Other Demons is an action-platform shooter, with Roguelite elements. Explore a sprawling, hand-crafted world full of demons, insanely over-the-top boss fights, and a heavy synthwave soundtrack.

Hell is Other Demons is a 2019 Action and Indie game priced at $9.99, with an estimated 20,000 to 50,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (93% of 339 reviews).

0
playing now
93%
positive of 339 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
65/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
73/100
IGDB user rating (6 ratings)
4.75★
PlayStation Store rating (8 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
$9.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 06:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 21 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity up 163% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 24% of 27,667 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 8.5k–20k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 339 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $1.99 at Steam (2020-10-29)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 4 of 8 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
282820192026Week of 2019-05-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-15 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 20:00 — 1 players2026-09-27 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 02:00 — 1 players2026-10-06 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 17:00 — 1 players2026-10-09 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 15:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 06:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$9.99$0.002019-05-212026-07-092019-05-21 — best price $9.992019-07-09 — best price $9.992019-11-01 — best price $9.992019-12-03 — best price $9.992020-01-02 — best price $9.992020-01-27 — best price $9.992020-05-12 — best price $9.992020-06-14 — best price $9.992020-07-09 — best price $9.992020-11-02 — best price $9.992020-12-01 — best price $9.992021-01-05 — best price $9.992021-01-28 — best price $9.992021-02-03 — best price $9.992021-02-15 — best price $9.992021-04-08 — best price $3.992021-04-14 — best price $3.992021-06-23 — best price $0.002021-07-08 — best price $9.992021-09-01 — best price $3.992021-10-26 — best price $3.492021-11-01 — best price $9.992021-11-24 — best price $1.992021-12-04 — best price $9.992022-01-05 — best price $9.992022-01-27 — best price $1.992022-02-23 — best price $1.992022-04-13 — best price $1.992022-06-14 — best price $1.992022-06-23 — best price $1.992022-11-22 — best price $4.992022-12-22 — best price $4.992023-12-21 — best price $4.992024-03-14 — best price $4.992025-10-01 — best price $1.992025-12-18 — best price $4.992026-03-19 — best price $6.992026-06-08 — best price $4.992026-06-25 — best price $4.992026-07-09 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

5
achievements tracked
17.3%
earned "Part Time Plumber"
13.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam CloudStatsSteam LeaderboardsFamily Sharing1 DLC

8 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil, Japanese, Korean

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2019-06-21 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)27626%5
Xbox Series, Xbox One (Xbox)40%16
Switch (Nintendo)30%0
PS5 (PlayStation)20%17
PS4 (PlayStation)0—17

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

Player tags

2DIndieRetroActionArcadeShooterDifficultFast-PacedPlatformerRogue-like

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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