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Hellsinker. cover art

Hellsinker.

Ruminant’s Whimper · Henteko Doujin · 2019-07-19

Steam

ActionCasualIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Aug 01, 2007 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

A legendary SHMUP influential to the best makers in the genre, Hellsinker is now available on steam in its most advanced form! Gameplay, story, graphics, and even music all united into one cohesive and highly dimensional Shoot-em-up!

90%
positive of 280 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (3 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$9.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 22 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity up 38% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 26% of 27,780 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 7.0k–17k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 280 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$9.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $4.99 at Steam (2021-06-24) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 11 of 22 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
333320192026Week of 2019-07-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$9.99$4.992019-07-202026-10-082019-07-20 — best price $8.992019-10-28 — best price $7.992019-12-19 — best price $7.492020-02-08 — best price $7.492020-05-28 — best price $6.992020-08-07 — best price $6.992020-11-07 — best price $6.992020-12-22 — best price $5.992021-02-11 — best price $6.992021-04-29 — best price $5.992021-06-24 — best price $4.992021-10-28 — best price $5.992021-11-24 — best price $5.992022-01-14 — best price $4.992022-04-28 — best price $5.992022-06-23 — best price $4.992022-10-06 — best price $5.992022-11-23 — best price $4.992023-03-02 — best price $4.992023-04-11 — best price $5.992023-06-30 — best price $4.992023-09-25 — best price $4.992023-11-21 — best price $5.992024-01-12 — best price $5.992024-03-14 — best price $4.992024-06-10 — best price $5.992024-08-07 — best price $4.992024-10-28 — best price $5.992024-12-07 — best price $4.992025-01-15 — best price $5.992025-03-13 — best price $4.992025-06-12 — best price $5.992025-08-02 — best price $4.992025-09-29 — best price $4.992025-12-03 — best price $5.992026-01-09 — best price $5.992026-03-19 — best price $4.992026-06-08 — best price $4.992026-07-23 — best price $4.992026-10-08 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

58
achievements tracked
53.3%
earned "Self Control"
7.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsPartial Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

4 supported languages: Simplified Chinese, Japanese, English, Traditional Chinese

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2019-07-19 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)6052%58

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

Player tags

2DCuteAnimeIndieActionArcadeCasualFantasyDifficultLore-Rich

Census log

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

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