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Hellish Quart cover art

Hellish Quart

Kubold · 2021-02-16

SteamGOG

ActionEarly Access

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer

Releases: Feb 16, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

A physics-based, realistic 3D sword-fighting game. Immerse yourself in a cinematic adventure, utilizing real sword-fighting martial arts and a variety of historically accurate weapons to survive brutal duels in 17th century Poland. Featuring single-player modes and a LOCAL 2-player mode.

56
playing now
88%
positive of 8.5k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$17.99
steam price (US)

56 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 17:00 UTC (census sample)

Hellish Quart is an early access sword fighting video game by Polish developer Kubold. The game features duels of two sword wielding players or NPCs who fight until the opposing player or enemy is severely injured or killed.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 56 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 853 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~107/week).
  • · Review velocity up 40% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 12% of 10,903 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 170k–382k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 8,486 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $8.49 at GOG (2023-11-21)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 10 of 21 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1.1k1.1k20212026Week of 2021-02-01: 1,142 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 455 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 186 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 163 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 122 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 127 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 362 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 170 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 115 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 124 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 112 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 293 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 203 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 103 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 112 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 105 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 135 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 117 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 6 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

66282026-08-06 22:00 — 60 players2026-08-07 06:00 — 34 players2026-08-07 14:00 — 51 players2026-08-07 22:00 — 46 players2026-08-08 06:00 — 41 players2026-08-08 14:00 — 55 players2026-08-08 22:00 — 63 players2026-08-09 06:00 — 40 players2026-08-09 14:00 — 51 players2026-08-09 22:00 — 51 players2026-08-10 06:00 — 30 players2026-08-10 14:00 — 51 players2026-08-10 22:00 — 41 players2026-08-11 06:00 — 31 players2026-08-11 14:00 — 51 players2026-08-12 22:00 — 43 players2026-08-14 06:00 — 30 players2026-08-15 13:00 — 51 players2026-08-16 21:00 — 58 players2026-08-18 05:00 — 30 players2026-08-19 12:00 — 40 players2026-08-20 20:00 — 56 players2026-08-22 03:00 — 37 players2026-08-23 11:00 — 49 players2026-08-24 19:00 — 48 players2026-08-26 03:00 — 28 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 33 players2026-08-28 18:00 — 40 players2026-08-30 02:00 — 40 players2026-08-30 17:00 — 56 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$8.492021-02-162026-08-032021-02-16 — best price $14.442021-06-28 — best price $16.992021-10-27 — best price $14.442021-11-24 — best price $13.252021-12-13 — best price $12.742022-02-03 — best price $16.992022-03-28 — best price $12.742022-06-23 — best price $12.742022-08-22 — best price $12.742022-11-22 — best price $13.252023-03-16 — best price $11.892023-05-15 — best price $11.892023-08-07 — best price $13.592023-09-12 — best price $16.992023-10-17 — best price $16.992023-11-16 — best price $16.992023-12-13 — best price $8.492024-01-25 — best price $8.492024-03-14 — best price $11.042024-05-13 — best price $11.892024-07-15 — best price $9.342024-11-27 — best price $9.342025-01-03 — best price $19.992025-03-20 — best price $19.992025-05-26 — best price $19.992025-07-21 — best price $19.992025-10-06 — best price $8.992025-12-15 — best price $17.992026-02-16 — best price $17.992026-04-20 — best price $17.992026-07-09 — best price $17.992026-08-03 — best price $17.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

134132026-05-28 — 35 pageviews2026-05-31 — 43 pageviews2026-06-03 — 30 pageviews2026-06-06 — 40 pageviews2026-06-09 — 59 pageviews2026-06-12 — 46 pageviews2026-06-15 — 29 pageviews2026-06-18 — 22 pageviews2026-06-21 — 37 pageviews2026-06-24 — 42 pageviews2026-06-27 — 43 pageviews2026-06-30 — 30 pageviews2026-07-03 — 49 pageviews2026-07-06 — 43 pageviews2026-07-09 — 36 pageviews2026-07-12 — 31 pageviews2026-07-15 — 34 pageviews2026-07-18 — 46 pageviews2026-07-21 — 43 pageviews2026-07-24 — 41 pageviews2026-07-27 — 46 pageviews2026-07-30 — 64 pageviews2026-08-02 — 38 pageviews2026-08-05 — 47 pageviews2026-08-08 — 41 pageviews2026-08-11 — 31 pageviews2026-08-14 — 33 pageviews2026-08-17 — 45 pageviews2026-08-20 — 49 pageviews2026-08-23 — 40 pageviews2026-08-25 — 40 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

202026-08-26 20:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-26 21:34 — 2 viewers2026-08-26 22:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-26 23:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 02:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 04:34 — 0 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

27
achievements tracked
44.1%
earned "First Win"
3.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPShared/Split Screen PvPShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsFull controller supportVR SupportedSteam Trading CardsCustom Volume Controls1 DLC

6 supported languages: English, Simplified Chinese, Polish, French, German, Spanish - Spain

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)2,0060%27

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

3DActionArcadePhysicsFightingMedievalRealisticSwordplay3D FighterController

Census log

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

Recent updates

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