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Hellslave

Ars Goetia · Dear Villagers · 2022-05-26

SteamGOGEpic Games Store

AdventureIndieRPGStrategy

Modes: Single player

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.

72
playing now
85%
positive of 3.4k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
63/100
IGDB user rating (5 ratings)
10h
to beat · rushed 8h · completionist 12h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)

72 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 07:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 72 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 16% of 11,312 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 68k–152k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 3,376 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$2.99-85%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$2.99-85%

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 130 of 175 observed days · $1.49 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

72262026-08-11 23:00 — 28 players2026-08-12 14:00 — 61 players2026-08-13 06:00 — 43 players2026-08-13 22:00 — 26 players2026-08-14 14:00 — 46 players2026-08-15 06:00 — 49 players2026-08-15 21:00 — 30 players2026-08-16 13:00 — 61 players2026-08-17 05:00 — 36 players2026-08-17 21:00 — 29 players2026-08-18 13:00 — 48 players2026-08-19 05:00 — 31 players2026-08-19 20:00 — 43 players2026-08-20 12:00 — 59 players2026-08-21 04:00 — 40 players2026-08-21 20:00 — 32 players2026-08-22 11:00 — 47 players2026-08-23 03:00 — 34 players2026-08-23 19:00 — 48 players2026-08-24 11:00 — 38 players2026-08-25 03:00 — 49 players2026-08-25 18:00 — 39 players2026-08-26 11:00 — 44 players2026-08-27 03:00 — 33 players2026-08-27 19:00 — 48 players2026-08-28 07:00 — 58 players2026-08-28 23:00 — 44 players2026-08-29 15:00 — 65 players2026-08-30 07:00 — 72 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$1.352022-05-262026-08-302022-05-26 — best price $13.272022-07-11 — best price $15.992022-08-14 — best price $12.132022-09-17 — best price $19.992022-11-21 — best price $9.592023-01-03 — best price $19.992023-02-16 — best price $11.992023-03-27 — best price $17.062023-05-04 — best price $8.992023-06-16 — best price $19.992023-07-20 — best price $9.992023-08-18 — best price $9.992023-09-22 — best price $7.612023-10-25 — best price $7.992023-12-02 — best price $19.992024-01-05 — best price $19.992024-02-12 — best price $19.992024-03-21 — best price $19.992024-04-26 — best price $16.992024-06-27 — best price $3.992024-08-12 — best price $13.942024-09-23 — best price $1.992024-11-09 — best price $15.892024-12-18 — best price $19.992025-02-03 — best price $1.702025-03-27 — best price $19.992025-05-05 — best price $1.352025-07-17 — best price $3.992025-09-02 — best price $13.942025-10-06 — best price $2.552025-11-14 — best price $3.002025-12-11 — best price $2.492026-01-19 — best price $2.492026-02-19 — best price $2.762026-03-25 — best price $19.992026-04-20 — best price $13.942026-05-21 — best price $2.802026-07-09 — best price $1.992026-08-03 — best price $2.592026-08-30 — best price $2.99
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

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.

Player tags

2DRPGDarkGoreLootIndieDemonsAdventureHand-drawnDark Fantasy

Census log

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

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