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Hellpoint

Cradle Games · tinyBuild · 2020-07-30

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ActionAdventureIndieRPG

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Split screen

Releases: Jul 30, 2020 (Xbox Series X|S), Feb 24, 2021 (Google Stadia), Jul 30, 2020 (Linux), Jul 30, 2020 (Mac), Feb 25, 2021 (Nintendo Switch), Jul 30, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Hellpoint is an intense action RPG taking place on Irid Novo, a derelict space station soaked in an intoxicating dark sci fi atmosphere. Fight dreadful creatures, face the Cosmic Gods and unravel their twisted story. Should the challenge be too great, play with a friend in local or online coop.

5
playing now
73%
positive of 4.5k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
69/100
IGDB user rating (15 ratings)
25h
to beat · rushed 15h · completionist 29h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$34.99
steam price (US)

5 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 03:00 UTC (census sample)

Hellpoint is a 2020 action role-playing game by Canadian developer Cradle Games and published by tinyBuild. It released for Windows, Linux, MacOS, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One on July 30. The player takes on the role of a nameless humanoid stranded on derelict space station Irid Novo, and must battle vicious creatures in order to solve the mystery behind the events that happened there. Irid Novo orbits a massive black hole; the station's position in relation to the black hole affects the strength of enemies. Versions for Stadia and Nintendo Switch were released in February 2021, with PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S versions released in July 2022.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 5 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 74 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~9/week).
  • · Review velocity down 4% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (834 reviews).
  • · Top 17% of 10,903 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 90k–203k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 4,510 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

WinGameStore$6.99-80%
GOG$6.99-80%
GamersGate$7.00-80%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$27.89-20%
Microsoft Store$34.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $3.49 at Fanatical (2026-07-23) · bundled 9×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $34.99 · on sale 115 of 145 observed days · $3.50 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
65865820202026Week of 2020-07-01: 176 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 658 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 176 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 140 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

3052026-08-06 23:00 — 15 players2026-08-07 07:00 — 5 players2026-08-07 15:00 — 12 players2026-08-07 23:00 — 16 players2026-08-08 07:00 — 11 players2026-08-08 15:00 — 22 players2026-08-08 23:00 — 20 players2026-08-09 07:00 — 18 players2026-08-09 15:00 — 30 players2026-08-09 23:00 — 15 players2026-08-10 07:00 — 11 players2026-08-10 16:00 — 19 players2026-08-11 00:00 — 20 players2026-08-11 08:00 — 7 players2026-08-11 16:00 — 16 players2026-08-13 00:00 — 18 players2026-08-14 07:00 — 14 players2026-08-15 15:00 — 28 players2026-08-16 23:00 — 26 players2026-08-18 06:00 — 5 players2026-08-19 14:00 — 22 players2026-08-20 21:00 — 15 players2026-08-22 05:00 — 9 players2026-08-23 12:00 — 10 players2026-08-24 20:00 — 16 players2026-08-26 04:00 — 11 players2026-08-27 12:00 — 6 players2026-08-28 19:00 — 16 players2026-08-30 03:00 — 5 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$34.99$4.932020-07-022026-08-302020-07-02 — best price $27.992020-09-04 — best price $34.992020-10-15 — best price $34.992020-11-22 — best price $34.992021-01-15 — best price $29.642021-03-15 — best price $29.642021-04-29 — best price $34.992021-06-08 — best price $25.102021-09-09 — best price $20.992021-11-05 — best price $29.642022-01-05 — best price $29.742022-04-05 — best price $27.982022-06-23 — best price $10.522022-08-07 — best price $11.232022-10-24 — best price $13.992023-01-02 — best price $10.492023-03-06 — best price $10.492023-05-14 — best price $10.322023-07-16 — best price $34.992023-09-15 — best price $34.992023-11-20 — best price $6.892024-01-25 — best price $6.992024-03-14 — best price $6.992024-05-05 — best price $29.142024-07-03 — best price $4.932024-08-19 — best price $6.152024-10-16 — best price $8.742024-12-10 — best price $6.992025-02-19 — best price $25.712025-04-30 — best price $5.522025-06-28 — best price $5.342025-09-04 — best price $34.992025-11-10 — best price $34.992026-01-19 — best price $6.992026-04-02 — best price $29.992026-05-28 — best price $34.992026-07-24 — best price $6.992026-08-30 — best price $6.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

57152026-05-30 — 40 pageviews2026-06-02 — 35 pageviews2026-06-05 — 43 pageviews2026-06-08 — 29 pageviews2026-06-11 — 30 pageviews2026-06-14 — 20 pageviews2026-06-17 — 24 pageviews2026-06-20 — 23 pageviews2026-06-23 — 23 pageviews2026-06-26 — 22 pageviews2026-06-29 — 36 pageviews2026-07-02 — 24 pageviews2026-07-05 — 28 pageviews2026-07-08 — 18 pageviews2026-07-11 — 27 pageviews2026-07-14 — 17 pageviews2026-07-17 — 30 pageviews2026-07-20 — 30 pageviews2026-07-23 — 40 pageviews2026-07-26 — 27 pageviews2026-07-29 — 28 pageviews2026-08-01 — 27 pageviews2026-08-04 — 37 pageviews2026-08-07 — 37 pageviews2026-08-10 — 28 pageviews2026-08-13 — 21 pageviews2026-08-16 — 27 pageviews2026-08-19 — 28 pageviews2026-08-22 — 41 pageviews2026-08-25 — 30 pageviews2026-08-27 — 52 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

42
achievements tracked
48.7%
earned "Slaver"
9.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPCo-opOnline Co-opShared/Split Screen Co-opShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsFull controller support3 DLC

10 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Italian, Portuguese - Brazil

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)4,2442%42
PS4 (PlayStation)8287%42
PS4 (PlayStation)7855%42
Xbox One (Xbox)7354%42
PS5 (PlayStation)37014%42
PS5 (PlayStation)34511%42
Switch (Nintendo)150%0

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

Player tags

RPGDarkCo-opIndieActionHorrorSci-fiAdventureAction RPGSouls-like

Census log

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

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