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Metal: Hellsinger

The Outsiders · Funcom · 2022-09-15

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

ActionAdventure

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Sep 15, 2022 (Xbox Series X|S), Sep 15, 2022 (PlayStation 5), Sep 15, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Dec 08, 2022 (PlayStation 4), Dec 08, 2022 (Xbox One)

Slay to the rhythm of metal and vengeance on an infernal journey through the eight Hells. Make them fear the beat. Metal: Hellsinger is a rhythm FPS bursting with demons, badass weapons, and heavy metal music.

Metal: Hellsinger is a $29.99 Action and Adventure game released in 2022, estimated to have 1,000,000 to 2,000,000 owners and an Overwhelmingly Positive review score of 96% from 16,991 reviews.

14
playing now
96%
positive of 17k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam's rating (official)
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
86/100
critic score (6 outlets, IGDB)
77/100
IGDB user rating (87 ratings)
38
Nexus mods (14k downloads)
4.33★
PlayStation Store rating (3,263 ratings)
78/100
opencritic · strong · 75% recommend · from 93 critics
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$29.99
steam price (US)

14 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 11:00 UTC (census sample)

Metal: Hellsinger is a rhythmic first-person shooter video game developed by Swedish developer The Outsiders for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S. It is published by Funcom and was released on September 15, 2022.

Trailer

Metal: Hellsinger trailer thumbnail

Metal: Hellsinger - Official Gameplay Trailer | Game Awards 2021

≈349,149 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 14 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 510 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~64/week).
  • · Review velocity down 35% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (3,584 reviews).
  • · Top 4% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 341k–768k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 17,068 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$0.00
GOG$29.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $4.50 at PlanetPlay (2026-04-28) · bundled 4×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $29.99 · on sale 89 of 148 observed days · $25.49 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
3.5k3.5k20222026Week of 2022-09-01: 3,509 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 75 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 777 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 2,010 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 626 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 592 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 203 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 433 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 341 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 138 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 190 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 396 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 286 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 208 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 156 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 305 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 490 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 305 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 129 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 155 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 179 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 154 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 151 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 167 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 109 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 112 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 166 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 184 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 117 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 150 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 99 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 148 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 5 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

4362026-09-15 12:00 — 28 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 43 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 27 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 25 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 37 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 28 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 6 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 32 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 20 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 12 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 17 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 15 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 10 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 25 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 33 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 7 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 23 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 27 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 15 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 20 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 37 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 14 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 14 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
76419Sep 2022Aug 2026Sep 2022 — avg 764 · peak 2,682Nov 2022 — avg 165 · peak 523Jan 2023 — avg 117 · peak 299Mar 2023 — avg 89 · peak 321May 2023 — avg 41 · peak 85Jul 2023 — avg 91 · peak 268Sep 2023 — avg 53 · peak 161Nov 2023 — avg 109 · peak 268Jan 2024 — avg 164 · peak 358Mar 2024 — avg 80 · peak 201May 2024 — avg 59 · peak 143Jul 2024 — avg 63 · peak 149Sep 2024 — avg 45 · peak 119Nov 2024 — avg 61 · peak 184Jan 2025 — avg 49 · peak 111Mar 2025 — avg 57 · peak 163May 2025 — avg 55 · peak 148Jul 2025 — avg 40 · peak 100Sep 2025 — avg 29 · peak 108Nov 2025 — avg 35 · peak 89Jan 2026 — avg 31 · peak 74Mar 2026 — avg 31 · peak 91May 2026 — avg 28 · peak 65Jul 2026 — avg 26 · peak 62Aug 2026 — avg 19 · peak 50
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$29.99$0.002022-09-152026-10-142022-09-15 — best price $29.992023-03-23 — best price $29.992023-09-25 — best price $29.992023-11-20 — best price $10.192023-12-21 — best price $11.992024-02-26 — best price $12.002024-04-01 — best price $11.992024-05-03 — best price $11.992024-06-03 — best price $12.002024-07-11 — best price $29.992024-08-15 — best price $11.992024-10-10 — best price $29.992024-11-21 — best price $9.892024-12-13 — best price $9.902025-02-03 — best price $12.002025-03-31 — best price $9.902025-05-24 — best price $29.992025-07-11 — best price $29.992025-08-09 — best price $29.992025-09-23 — best price $7.492025-10-24 — best price $22.672025-11-19 — best price $12.002025-12-06 — best price $29.992026-01-05 — best price $22.672026-01-26 — best price $11.992026-03-05 — best price $6.152026-03-26 — best price $29.992026-04-10 — best price $7.992026-04-29 — best price $29.992026-05-31 — best price $29.992026-07-01 — best price $29.992026-07-31 — best price $7.992026-08-20 — best price $29.992026-09-02 — best price $8.992026-09-10 — best price $29.992026-09-18 — best price $0.002026-09-26 — best price $29.992026-10-04 — best price $29.992026-10-12 — best price $29.992026-10-14 — best price $29.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

80322026-05-30 — 51 pageviews2026-06-03 — 47 pageviews2026-06-07 — 62 pageviews2026-06-11 — 45 pageviews2026-06-15 — 57 pageviews2026-06-19 — 54 pageviews2026-06-23 — 46 pageviews2026-06-27 — 65 pageviews2026-07-01 — 66 pageviews2026-07-05 — 77 pageviews2026-07-09 — 62 pageviews2026-07-13 — 63 pageviews2026-07-17 — 48 pageviews2026-07-21 — 67 pageviews2026-07-25 — 32 pageviews2026-07-29 — 52 pageviews2026-08-02 — 57 pageviews2026-08-06 — 56 pageviews2026-08-10 — 38 pageviews2026-08-14 — 65 pageviews2026-08-18 — 50 pageviews2026-08-22 — 51 pageviews2026-08-26 — 53 pageviews2026-08-30 — 48 pageviews2026-09-03 — 53 pageviews2026-09-07 — 34 pageviews2026-09-11 — 48 pageviews2026-09-15 — 67 pageviews2026-09-19 — 56 pageviews2026-09-23 — 57 pageviews2026-09-27 — 49 pageviews2026-10-01 — 42 pageviews2026-10-05 — 41 pageviews2026-10-09 — 58 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

28
achievements tracked
92.9%
earned "Kill Your Demons"
38.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsPartial Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing3 DLC

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

Post-launch support: 3 DLC released, first 2023-03-29, latest 2023-12-07 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Xbox Series, Windows (Xbox)25,0718%28
Steam (Steam)16,26212%28
PS5 (PlayStation)12,71537%29
Xbox One (Xbox)5,59821%28
PS4 (PlayStation)3,77229%29
PS4 (PlayStation)2,73245%29

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

3DFPSMusicActionCombatDemonsRhythmShooterAdventureAtmospheric

Census log

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

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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