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High Hell cover art

High Hell

Terri Vellmann · Devolver Digital · 2017-10-23

Steam

ActionIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Oct 23, 2017 (Mac), Oct 23, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

High Hell is a neon-soaked, arcade-action first-person shooter from Terri Vellmann (Heavy Bullets) and Doseone (Enter the Gungeon, Gang Beasts).

High Hell is a 2017 Action, Indie game priced at $9.99, with an owner estimate of 50,000 .. 100,000 and a review sentiment of Very Positive (86% of 1550 reviews).

0
playing now
86%
positive of 1.6k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
51/100
IGDB user rating (11 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$9.99
steam price (US)

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

High Hell is a 2017 first-person shooter video game developed by Terri Vellmann and Adam "Doseone" Drucker and published by Devolver Digital for Windows and macOS. It was released via Steam and itch.io. Both developers had previously collaborated on Heavy Bullets ; they would later collaborate on Sludge Life and Disc Room.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 49 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~6/week).
  • · Review velocity down 18% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 12% of 27,656 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 39k–93k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,550 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Steam$1.99-80%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.69 at Nuuvem (2019-11-27)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 40 of 64 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
666620182026Week of 2018-01-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

302026-09-15 02:00 — 1 players2026-09-16 11:00 — 3 players2026-09-17 18:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 09:00 — 1 players2026-09-21 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 00:00 — 1 players2026-09-24 08:00 — 1 players2026-09-25 15:00 — 2 players2026-09-26 23:00 — 1 players2026-09-28 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 21:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 21:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 19:00 — 1 players2026-10-10 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 10:00 — 1 players2026-10-12 18:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 17:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$9.99$1.892017-10-232026-10-052017-10-23 — best price $8.992018-01-04 — best price $9.992018-04-20 — best price $5.002018-06-22 — best price $5.002018-11-22 — best price $2.392019-02-25 — best price $2.492019-06-10 — best price $2.492019-09-30 — best price $2.492019-12-09 — best price $4.992020-01-22 — best price $4.992020-04-17 — best price $9.992020-09-07 — best price $2.492020-12-01 — best price $9.992021-04-08 — best price $2.492021-06-19 — best price $9.992021-10-25 — best price $2.492022-02-02 — best price $9.992022-05-10 — best price $1.992022-09-17 — best price $9.992022-12-21 — best price $1.992023-03-24 — best price $1.992023-06-09 — best price $2.492023-08-18 — best price $2.492023-11-02 — best price $9.992024-01-04 — best price $9.992024-03-29 — best price $1.992024-06-14 — best price $9.992024-08-06 — best price $1.992024-10-24 — best price $1.992025-01-02 — best price $9.992025-02-28 — best price $1.992025-05-28 — best price $9.992025-08-04 — best price $1.992025-10-13 — best price $1.992025-12-18 — best price $1.992026-03-05 — best price $1.992026-06-11 — best price $1.992026-08-16 — best price $2.492026-09-16 — best price $1.992026-10-05 — best price $1.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1012026-06-01 — 4 pageviews2026-06-05 — 2 pageviews2026-06-09 — 5 pageviews2026-06-13 — 7 pageviews2026-06-17 — 6 pageviews2026-06-21 — 9 pageviews2026-06-25 — 6 pageviews2026-06-29 — 6 pageviews2026-07-03 — 4 pageviews2026-07-07 — 4 pageviews2026-07-11 — 2 pageviews2026-07-15 — 5 pageviews2026-07-19 — 6 pageviews2026-07-23 — 1 pageviews2026-07-27 — 5 pageviews2026-07-31 — 5 pageviews2026-08-04 — 5 pageviews2026-08-08 — 4 pageviews2026-08-12 — 1 pageviews2026-08-16 — 3 pageviews2026-08-20 — 4 pageviews2026-08-24 — 1 pageviews2026-08-28 — 2 pageviews2026-09-01 — 3 pageviews2026-09-05 — 4 pageviews2026-09-09 — 4 pageviews2026-09-13 — 3 pageviews2026-09-17 — 10 pageviews2026-09-21 — 7 pageviews2026-09-25 — 2 pageviews2026-09-29 — 4 pageviews2026-10-03 — 4 pageviews2026-10-07 — 1 pageviews2026-10-11 — 5 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

21
achievements tracked
96.3%
earned "MS. STEAL YOUR GUN"
10.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam LeaderboardsFamily Sharing1 DLC

11 supported languages: English, Portuguese - Brazil, Japanese, Korean, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2017-10-23 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)3,66310%21

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

Player tags

FPSGoreFunnyIndieShortActionNudityShooterViolentStylized

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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