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HellSign

Ballistic Interactive · 2021-02-24

Steam

ActionAdventureIndieRPG

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Feb 24, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Feb 24, 2021 (Mac)

HellSign is an investigative action RPG that pits you against the horrors of the afterlife, let loose on a small town. As a hunter, you’ll plan, hunt, and kill to pay the bills and piece together the fragments to your past. Just remember - a smart hunter is always prepared.

HellSign is an Action, Adventure, Indie, and RPG game released in 2021 for $19.99, with an estimated 200,000 to 500,000 owners and a Mixed review sentiment (68% of 2285 reviews).

1
playing now
67%
positive of 2.3k reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
65/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
52/100
IGDB user rating (4 ratings)
2
Nexus mods (243 downloads)
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 13:00 UTC (census sample)

You're a Hunter, the last line of defense between our world and the savage creatures that lurk just outside. By investigating the world around you and reading the evidence you’ll learn more about what you’re hunting and how to kill it. Use your wits, your experience and your arsenal of monster-hunting tools to rid the world of ghouls, ghosts, demons and everything that goes bump in the night - for the right price of course. Woken up with the vague memory of having died the night before in a drug-induced state of delirium while on a dangerous job. There is a fresh brand upon your skin, a brand(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 48 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~6/week).
  • · Review velocity down 31% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (219 reviews).
  • · Top 10% of 27,656 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 46k–103k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,286 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $1.19 at Steam (2025-10-27)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 10 of 20 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
18518520182026Week of 2018-11-01: 185 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

502026-09-14 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 07:00 — 1 players2026-09-17 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 22:00 — 1 players2026-09-20 05:00 — 1 players2026-09-21 13:00 — 1 players2026-09-22 20:00 — 1 players2026-09-24 04:00 — 1 players2026-09-25 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 19:00 — 3 players2026-09-28 02:00 — 1 players2026-09-29 10:00 — 1 players2026-09-30 17:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 01:00 — 4 players2026-10-03 08:00 — 5 players2026-10-04 17:00 — 2 players2026-10-06 00:00 — 3 players2026-10-07 08:00 — 1 players2026-10-08 15:00 — 2 players2026-10-09 23:00 — 1 players2026-10-11 06:00 — 2 players2026-10-12 14:00 — 2 players2026-10-13 21:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$1.192018-11-102026-08-242018-11-10 — best price $14.992019-02-11 — best price $14.992019-09-25 — best price $14.992019-12-03 — best price $14.992020-01-27 — best price $14.992020-05-10 — best price $14.992020-10-09 — best price $14.992021-02-09 — best price $19.992021-04-25 — best price $19.992021-08-30 — best price $19.992022-01-05 — best price $19.992022-04-04 — best price $19.992022-10-31 — best price $19.992023-01-05 — best price $19.992023-03-23 — best price $19.992023-06-12 — best price $19.992023-08-07 — best price $19.992023-11-02 — best price $19.992023-12-18 — best price $19.992024-01-22 — best price $19.992024-03-21 — best price $19.992024-05-27 — best price $19.992024-07-29 — best price $19.992024-11-04 — best price $19.992024-12-16 — best price $19.992025-01-27 — best price $19.992025-03-31 — best price $19.992025-06-23 — best price $19.992025-08-04 — best price $19.992025-10-06 — best price $19.992025-12-15 — best price $19.992026-01-26 — best price $19.992026-03-26 — best price $19.992026-06-01 — best price $19.992026-08-24 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

16
achievements tracked
89.8%
earned "DETECTIVE"
13.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFamily Sharing

4 supported languages: English, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)2,0543%16

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

RPGDemonsHorrorHuntingShooterViolentDetectiveDifficultAction RPGRogue-like

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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