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HeXen II

Raven Software · id Software · 2007-08-03

SteamGOGMicrosoft Store

Action

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Jul 17, 2002 (Mac), Sep 11, 1997 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse lurk in the shadows before you. They are Death, Pestilence, Famine, and War. They are the root of all that is evil, but the least of your worries. The last of the three Serpent Riders yet lives.

1
playing now
78%
positive of 618 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
69/100
IGDB user rating (34 ratings)
bronze
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$4.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 06:00 UTC (census sample)

Hexen II is a 1997 first-person shooter game developed by Raven Software and published by id Software for Windows. It is the third game in the Hexen/Heretic series, and the last in the Serpent Riders trilogy. Using a modified Quake engine, it features single-player and multiplayer game modes, as well as four character classes to choose from, each with different abilities. These include the "offensive" Paladin, the "defensive" Crusader, the spell-casting Necromancer, and the stealthy Assassin.

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  • · Top 42% of 10,936 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 25k–49k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 618 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$4.99
Microsoft Store$4.99

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12-month high $4.99 · on sale 0 of 1 observed days (census price snapshots)

Players online

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Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opLAN Co-opSteam CloudFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

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