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Hellish Quart cover art

Hellish Quart

Kubold · 2021-02-16

SteamGOG

ActionEarly Access

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer · Perspectives: Side view

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.

Hellish Quart is an Action, Early Access game released in 2021, priced at $17.99, with an owner estimate of 500,000 .. 1,000,000 and a Very Positive review sentiment (88% of 8501 reviews).— census verdict as of 2026-09-20

26
playing now
88%
positive of 8.5k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
114
Nexus mods (42k downloads)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$17.99
steam price (US)

26 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 11:00 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.

Trailer

Hellish Quart trailer thumbnail

Hellish Quart - Cinematic Trailer 2

≈268,959 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 26 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 5% of 27,727 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 170k–383k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 8,501 total reviews — how this is computed.

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

12-month high $17.99 · on sale 8 of 17 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

96182026-09-15 12:00 — 55 players2026-09-16 21:00 — 74 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 53 players2026-09-19 12:00 — 75 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 96 players2026-09-22 03:00 — 55 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 26 players2026-09-24 18:00 — 58 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 40 players2026-09-27 09:00 — 40 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 42 players2026-09-30 00:00 — 32 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 26 players2026-10-02 15:00 — 60 players2026-10-03 23:00 — 80 players2026-10-05 07:00 — 35 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 55 players2026-10-07 22:00 — 48 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 39 players2026-10-10 13:00 — 48 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 47 players2026-10-13 04:00 — 27 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 26 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
28828Feb 2021Aug 2026Feb 2021 — avg 288 · peak 484Apr 2021 — avg 54 · peak 119Jun 2021 — avg 34 · peak 108Aug 2021 — avg 29 · peak 53Oct 2021 — avg 38 · peak 123Dec 2021 — avg 52 · peak 109Feb 2022 — avg 40 · peak 88Apr 2022 — avg 42 · peak 109Jun 2022 — avg 32 · peak 77Aug 2022 — avg 35 · peak 84Oct 2022 — avg 41 · peak 95Dec 2022 — avg 134 · peak 326Feb 2023 — avg 47 · peak 89Apr 2023 — avg 44 · peak 92Jun 2023 — avg 35 · peak 70Aug 2023 — avg 31 · peak 57Oct 2023 — avg 28 · peak 61Dec 2023 — avg 48 · peak 113Feb 2024 — avg 38 · peak 88Apr 2024 — avg 44 · peak 93Jun 2024 — avg 46 · peak 114Aug 2024 — avg 47 · peak 97Oct 2024 — avg 38 · peak 83Dec 2024 — avg 48 · peak 104Feb 2025 — avg 53 · peak 151Apr 2025 — avg 69 · peak 178Jun 2025 — avg 46 · peak 106Aug 2025 — avg 41 · peak 111Oct 2025 — avg 47 · peak 116Dec 2025 — avg 137 · peak 318Feb 2026 — avg 113 · peak 292Apr 2026 — avg 64 · peak 129Jun 2026 — avg 50 · peak 117Aug 2026 — avg 46 · peak 112
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

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

78212026-05-28 — 35 pageviews2026-06-01 — 78 pageviews2026-06-05 — 21 pageviews2026-06-09 — 59 pageviews2026-06-13 — 47 pageviews2026-06-17 — 53 pageviews2026-06-21 — 37 pageviews2026-06-25 — 33 pageviews2026-06-29 — 46 pageviews2026-07-03 — 49 pageviews2026-07-07 — 44 pageviews2026-07-11 — 21 pageviews2026-07-15 — 34 pageviews2026-07-19 — 38 pageviews2026-07-23 — 49 pageviews2026-07-27 — 46 pageviews2026-07-31 — 44 pageviews2026-08-04 — 50 pageviews2026-08-08 — 41 pageviews2026-08-12 — 37 pageviews2026-08-16 — 60 pageviews2026-08-20 — 49 pageviews2026-08-24 — 33 pageviews2026-08-28 — 39 pageviews2026-09-01 — 37 pageviews2026-09-05 — 33 pageviews2026-09-09 — 36 pageviews2026-09-13 — 41 pageviews2026-09-17 — 31 pageviews2026-09-21 — 38 pageviews2026-09-25 — 30 pageviews2026-09-29 — 29 pageviews2026-10-03 — 32 pageviews2026-10-07 — 33 pageviews2026-10-11 — 27 pageviews2026-10-13 — 35 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

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

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2024-04-19 (Steam store data)

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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Similarity via IGDB.

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