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Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice

Ninja Theory · 2017-08-07

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ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Aug 12, 2025 (PlayStation 5), Aug 09, 2021 (Xbox Series X|S), Apr 11, 2019 (Nintendo Switch), Aug 07, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Aug 08, 2017 (PlayStation 4), Apr 10, 2018 (Xbox One)

From the makers of Heavenly Sword, Enslaved: Odyssey to the West, and DmC: Devil May Cry, comes a warrior’s brutal journey into myth and madness. Set in the Viking age, a broken Celtic warrior embarks on a haunting vision quest into Viking Hell to fight for the soul of her dead lover.

Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice is a $29.99 Action, Adventure, and Indie game released in 2017, with an estimated 2,000,000 .. 5,000,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (90% of 76587 reviews).

33
playing now
90%
positive of 77k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
2,000,000–5,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
84/100
critic score (22 outlets, IGDB)
84/100
IGDB user rating (1079 ratings)
28
Nexus mods (33k downloads)
4.56★
PlayStation Store rating (3,340 ratings)
84/100
opencritic · mighty · 81% recommend · from 156 critics
7.9h
to beat · rushed 5.5h · completionist 10h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$29.99
steam price (US)

33 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 02:00 UTC (census sample)

Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice is a 2017 action-adventure game developed and published by Ninja Theory. It is the first installment in the Hellblade series. It was released for PlayStation 4 and Windows in August 2017, Xbox One in April 2018, Nintendo Switch in April 2019, Xbox Series X/S in August 2021, and PlayStation 5 in August 2025. Hellblade features support for virtual reality, which was added in a 2018 update.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 33 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 1,756 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~220/week).
  • · Review velocity down 5% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 1% of 27,841 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 1.9M–4.6M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 76,587 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$29.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.99 at Steam (2024-01-18) · bundled 5×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $29.99 · on sale 14 of 28 observed days · $27.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
2.2k2.2k20182026Week of 2018-03-01: 472 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 336 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 701 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 94 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 611 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 61 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 594 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 61 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 320 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 857 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 114 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 278 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 1,369 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 514 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 401 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 309 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 200 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 147 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 406 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 516 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 523 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 162 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 113 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 149 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 473 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 2,037 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 159 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 1,225 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 94 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 581 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 60 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 1,039 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 92 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 1,317 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 117 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 670 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 647 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 58 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 1,157 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 106 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 536 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 55 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 395 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 369 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 862 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 806 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 67 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 756 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 64 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 512 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 399 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 985 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 113 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 524 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 438 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 639 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 80 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 397 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 289 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 287 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 602 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 890 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 93 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 677 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 68 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 411 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 63 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 222 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 413 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 229 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 305 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 360 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 230 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 290 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 261 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 375 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 332 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 399 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 63 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 258 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 282 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 389 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 384 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 364 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 71 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 647 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 92 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 315 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 55 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 245 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 281 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 560 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 770 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 103 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 2,157 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 344 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1,176 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 187 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 859 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 139 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 976 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 150 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 1,484 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 185 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1,151 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 211 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 871 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 139 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 510 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 80 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 417 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 69 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 329 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 58 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 301 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 61 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 388 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 61 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 382 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 267 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 274 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 261 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 218 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 192 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 183 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 167 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 173 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 193 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 165 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 248 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 235 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 182 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 152 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 181 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 171 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 255 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 223 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 157 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 140 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2026-10-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2026-10-01: 9 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

132182026-09-15 11:00 — 38 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 53 players2026-09-18 03:00 — 39 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 51 players2026-09-20 18:00 — 94 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 31 players2026-09-23 09:00 — 21 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 55 players2026-09-26 00:00 — 66 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 63 players2026-09-28 15:00 — 82 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 60 players2026-10-01 06:00 — 55 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 84 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 97 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 36 players2026-10-06 13:00 — 73 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 70 players2026-10-09 04:00 — 36 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 53 players2026-10-11 19:00 — 126 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 37 players2026-10-14 10:00 — 26 players2026-10-15 02:00 — 33 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
9920Apr 2016Aug 2026Apr 2016 — avg 0 · peak 0Apr 2017 — avg 0 · peak 2Jul 2017 — avg 1 · peak 6Oct 2017 — avg 144 · peak 367Jan 2018 — avg 247 · peak 830Apr 2018 — avg 127 · peak 391Jul 2018 — avg 187 · peak 624Oct 2018 — avg 99 · peak 239Jan 2019 — avg 129 · peak 427Apr 2019 — avg 55 · peak 161Jul 2019 — avg 200 · peak 551Oct 2019 — avg 69 · peak 169Jan 2020 — avg 269 · peak 747Apr 2020 — avg 280 · peak 886Jul 2020 — avg 283 · peak 722Oct 2020 — avg 108 · peak 460Jan 2021 — avg 146 · peak 388Apr 2021 — avg 216 · peak 1,051Jul 2021 — avg 129 · peak 336Oct 2021 — avg 68 · peak 245Jan 2022 — avg 145 · peak 378Apr 2022 — avg 102 · peak 280Jul 2022 — avg 78 · peak 187Oct 2022 — avg 72 · peak 186Jan 2023 — avg 93 · peak 220Apr 2023 — avg 100 · peak 345Jul 2023 — avg 141 · peak 344Oct 2023 — avg 72 · peak 325Jan 2024 — avg 611 · peak 3,347Apr 2024 — avg 257 · peak 866Jul 2024 — avg 205 · peak 496Oct 2024 — avg 89 · peak 194Jan 2025 — avg 97 · peak 208Apr 2025 — avg 75 · peak 173Jul 2025 — avg 55 · peak 114Oct 2025 — avg 62 · peak 162Jan 2026 — avg 81 · peak 204Apr 2026 — avg 68 · peak 213Jul 2026 — avg 67 · peak 159Aug 2026 — avg 49 · peak 114
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$29.99$2.992017-06-062026-10-152017-06-06 — best price $29.992017-12-21 — best price $22.492018-04-12 — best price $26.992018-08-06 — best price $29.992018-11-15 — best price $20.992019-01-28 — best price $29.992019-05-30 — best price $14.992019-09-14 — best price $14.992019-11-21 — best price $14.992020-01-14 — best price $10.192020-03-19 — best price $10.192020-08-13 — best price $10.492020-11-03 — best price $29.992020-12-17 — best price $7.492021-02-11 — best price $7.492021-04-05 — best price $29.992021-06-24 — best price $7.492021-09-21 — best price $29.992021-12-08 — best price $7.492022-01-31 — best price $29.992022-04-11 — best price $29.992022-06-10 — best price $7.492022-09-06 — best price $29.992022-11-23 — best price $7.492023-01-31 — best price $29.992023-06-09 — best price $7.492023-09-22 — best price $4.492023-11-28 — best price $29.992024-03-14 — best price $2.992024-06-23 — best price $29.992024-10-28 — best price $8.992025-01-02 — best price $29.992025-04-15 — best price $6.692026-03-05 — best price $7.492026-08-27 — best price $29.992026-09-30 — best price $7.492026-10-15 — best price $29.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

4.9k2652026-05-30 — 269 pageviews2026-06-03 — 466 pageviews2026-06-07 — 4,944 pageviews2026-06-11 — 968 pageviews2026-06-15 — 2,910 pageviews2026-06-19 — 1,016 pageviews2026-06-23 — 567 pageviews2026-06-27 — 490 pageviews2026-07-01 — 466 pageviews2026-07-05 — 491 pageviews2026-07-09 — 527 pageviews2026-07-13 — 367 pageviews2026-07-17 — 436 pageviews2026-07-21 — 381 pageviews2026-07-25 — 445 pageviews2026-07-29 — 331 pageviews2026-08-02 — 331 pageviews2026-08-06 — 271 pageviews2026-08-10 — 327 pageviews2026-08-14 — 265 pageviews2026-08-18 — 289 pageviews2026-08-22 — 296 pageviews2026-08-26 — 313 pageviews2026-08-30 — 322 pageviews2026-09-03 — 286 pageviews2026-09-07 — 330 pageviews2026-09-11 — 314 pageviews2026-09-15 — 303 pageviews2026-09-19 — 369 pageviews2026-09-23 — 1,755 pageviews2026-09-27 — 589 pageviews2026-10-01 — 302 pageviews2026-10-05 — 732 pageviews2026-10-08 — 295 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

14
achievements tracked
82.9%
earned "The Fight Begins"
31.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudRemote Play on TVFamily Sharing1 DLC

19 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Arabic, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian…

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2018-12-05 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Xbox One (Xbox)70,29014%14
Steam (Steam)49,90619%14
PS4 (PlayStation)27,61548%15
PS4 (PlayStation)19,95244%15
Windows (Xbox)10,07016%14
PS5 (PlayStation)2,98358%15
Switch (Nintendo)1040%0

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

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

DarkIndieActionHorrorViolentAdventureMythologyStory RichAtmosphericDark Fantasy

Census log

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

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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