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Hellslave

Ars Goetia · Dear Villagers · 2022-05-26

SteamGOGEpic Games Store

AdventureIndieRPGStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

Releases: May 26, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Hellslave is a dark fantasy dungeon crawler where you make a pact with the Devil to fight back a demon invasion. Customize your character with powerful demonic abilities, explore a cursed world, and battle nightmarish enemies to save humanity if you can resist the darkness.

Hellslave is an Adventure, Indie, RPG, and Strategy game released in 2022, priced at $19.99, with an estimated 50,000 to 100,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (85% of 3404 reviews).

44
playing now
85%
positive of 3.4k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
63/100
IGDB user rating (5 ratings)
2
Nexus mods (206 downloads)
10h
to beat · rushed 8h · completionist 12h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

44 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 17:00 UTC (census sample)

Trailer

Hellslave trailer thumbnail

Hellslave - Official Trailer

≈4,874 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 44 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 76 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~10/week).
  • · Review velocity up 100% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (252 reviews).
  • · Top 7% of 28,748 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 68k–153k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 3,404 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

IndieGala$1.99-90%
Steam$2.99-85%
GOG$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.50 at GamersGate (2024-12-05) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 142 of 199 observed days · $0.49 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
19619620222026Week of 2022-05-01: 196 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 56 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

51112026-09-15 02:00 — 39 players2026-09-16 10:00 — 21 players2026-09-17 18:00 — 38 players2026-09-19 01:00 — 33 players2026-09-20 09:00 — 38 players2026-09-21 16:00 — 32 players2026-09-23 00:00 — 21 players2026-09-24 07:00 — 11 players2026-09-25 15:00 — 42 players2026-09-26 22:00 — 25 players2026-09-28 06:00 — 21 players2026-09-29 13:00 — 30 players2026-09-30 21:00 — 18 players2026-10-02 04:00 — 28 players2026-10-03 12:00 — 44 players2026-10-04 20:00 — 27 players2026-10-06 04:00 — 22 players2026-10-07 11:00 — 25 players2026-10-08 19:00 — 30 players2026-10-10 02:00 — 19 players2026-10-11 10:00 — 51 players2026-10-12 17:00 — 49 players2026-10-14 01:00 — 30 players2026-10-14 17:00 — 44 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1.1k2Jun 2022Aug 2026Jun 2022 — avg 48 · peak 290Aug 2022 — avg 17 · peak 128Oct 2022 — avg 6 · peak 22Dec 2022 — avg 4 · peak 12Feb 2023 — avg 3 · peak 10Apr 2023 — avg 4 · peak 11Jun 2023 — avg 3 · peak 9Aug 2023 — avg 2 · peak 7Oct 2023 — avg 2 · peak 9Dec 2023 — avg 2 · peak 7Feb 2024 — avg 4 · peak 15Apr 2024 — avg 6 · peak 21Jun 2024 — avg 6 · peak 16Aug 2024 — avg 4 · peak 12Oct 2024 — avg 18 · peak 88Dec 2024 — avg 8 · peak 24Feb 2025 — avg 4 · peak 13Apr 2025 — avg 5 · peak 17Jun 2025 — avg 1,091 · peak 3,763Aug 2025 — avg 110 · peak 192Oct 2025 — avg 65 · peak 246Dec 2025 — avg 54 · peak 99Feb 2026 — avg 42 · peak 75Apr 2026 — avg 38 · peak 80Jun 2026 — avg 41 · peak 89Aug 2026 — avg 50 · peak 102
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$19.99$1.352022-05-262026-10-142022-05-26 — best price $13.272022-07-18 — best price $19.992022-08-27 — best price $19.992022-11-01 — best price $19.992023-01-03 — best price $19.992023-02-27 — best price $19.992023-04-21 — best price $19.992023-06-01 — best price $16.992023-07-20 — best price $9.992023-09-01 — best price $19.992023-10-09 — best price $6.402023-11-27 — best price $19.992024-01-05 — best price $19.992024-02-17 — best price $19.992024-04-11 — best price $5.992024-06-19 — best price $3.992024-08-12 — best price $13.942024-10-08 — best price $2.992024-11-26 — best price $1.992025-01-27 — best price $19.992025-03-27 — best price $19.992025-05-16 — best price $19.992025-08-04 — best price $4.992025-09-26 — best price $19.992025-11-14 — best price $3.002025-12-22 — best price $13.942026-02-04 — best price $1.992026-03-19 — best price $2.762026-04-20 — best price $13.942026-06-01 — best price $2.492026-07-20 — best price $19.992026-08-28 — best price $2.992026-09-17 — best price $19.992026-10-07 — best price $19.992026-10-14 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

43
achievements tracked
25.9%
earned "Simeon the Assiduous"
6.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportFamily Sharing1 DLC

5 supported languages: English, French, German, Simplified Chinese, Polish

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2023-12-14 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,3788%43

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

2DRPGDarkGoreLootIndieDemonsAdventureHand-drawnDark Fantasy

Census log

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

Recent updates

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