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Helltaker

vanripper · 2020-05-11

Steam

AdventureFree To PlayIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: May 22, 2020 (Linux), May 20, 2020 (Mac), May 11, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

38
playing now
98%
positive of 128k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam rating
2,000,000–5,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
74/100
IGDB user rating (181 ratings)
1.3h
to beat · completionist 1.7h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Free
steam price (US)

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

Helltaker is a 2020 freeware indie puzzle-adventure game with dating-sim elements designed by Polish developer Łukasz Piskorz, also known as "vanripper". It was released in May 2020 for Microsoft Windows, macOS, and Linux, and is described as "a short game about sharply dressed demon girls".

Trailer

Helltaker trailer thumbnail

Helltaker Game Trailer 2020

≈242,539 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 38 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 3,744 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~468/week).
  • · Review velocity down 8% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (24,100 reviews).
  • · Top 1% of 11,252 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
24k24k20202026Week of 2020-05-01: 14,242 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 211 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 23,636 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 464 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 11,049 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 278 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 4,461 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 156 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 2,158 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 78 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 1,876 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 67 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 20,700 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 185 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 3,333 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 79 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 2,234 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 70 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 1,467 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 1,496 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 1,381 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 4,971 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 124 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 1,950 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 56 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 1,410 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 1,277 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 1,025 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 999 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 1,271 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 949 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 1,160 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 1,014 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 920 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 926 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 861 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 892 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 945 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 864 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 664 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 587 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 836 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 734 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 998 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 718 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 751 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 735 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 752 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 802 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 990 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 937 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 726 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 714 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 792 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 778 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 924 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 714 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 779 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 713 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 710 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 743 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 965 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 802 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 780 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 890 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1,181 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 973 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1,935 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 62 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 694 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 627 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 552 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 521 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 572 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 533 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 457 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 378 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 449 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 428 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 446 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 476 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 395 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 407 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 459 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 445 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 416 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 502 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 398 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 25 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

73342026-08-06 21:00 — 44 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 47 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 54 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 40 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 39 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 66 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 46 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 45 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 70 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 40 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 42 players2026-08-10 13:00 — 73 players2026-08-10 21:00 — 40 players2026-08-11 05:00 — 38 players2026-08-11 13:00 — 66 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 50 players2026-08-14 04:00 — 48 players2026-08-15 12:00 — 60 players2026-08-16 20:00 — 58 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 48 players2026-08-19 11:00 — 54 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 44 players2026-08-22 02:00 — 44 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 45 players2026-08-24 17:00 — 61 players2026-08-26 01:00 — 40 players2026-08-27 09:00 — 59 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 62 players2026-08-30 00:00 — 38 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Completion

10
achievements tracked
90.6%
earned "Doomtaker"
40.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsPartial Controller SupportFamily Sharing1 DLC

1 supported languages: English

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)60,13525%10

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

2DCuteAnimeIndieShortComedyDemonsPuzzleAdventureDifficult

Census log

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

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