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Helltaker

Helltaker

May 11, 2020

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3.57 average rating based on 593 ratings

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Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.
Release Dates
May 11, 2020 Full Release (Worldwide)
PC (Microsoft Windows)
May 20, 2020 Full Release (Worldwide)
Mac
May 22, 2020 Full Release (Worldwide)
Linux
User Stats
2095
In Collection
70
Wish Listed
17
Playing
769
Backlogged
How Long Is Helltaker?
Main story: 1.2 hours
Main + extras: 1.7 hours
100% completion: 2.3 hours
Total completions: 36
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KevLooney
KevLooney gave Jun 15, 2021
KevLooney gave Jun 15, 2021
KevLooney's review of Helltaker
This review is for the PC (Microsoft Windows) version

The game is simple enough, enjoyable music, I only had trouble with level 7, level 9, and the last section.

Mazinkaiser
Mazinkaiser gave Oct 16, 2025
Mazinkaiser gave Oct 16, 2025
Helltaker: A Sweet Bite of Hell
This review is for the PC (Microsoft Windows) version

For a free game, Helltaker takes the cake with short but challenging puzzles paired with hilarious hijinks and charming ladies that feels like it should 1000% be made into a longer game.

The player is a mysterious human known as the "Helltaker", descending into hell to invite a variety of demon women to his harem. Each stage is a short Sokoban-esque puzzle where the player has a specific amount of moves till death. Various obstacles can be beaten back or destroyed and some panels alternate damage to reduce turns further. The difficulty isn't insane but the challenge can be tricky, forcing the player to make the most of every turn.

At the end of every puzzle, the player encounters a demon (or angel) woman and must say the correct line to gain them in the harem. The bad ends simply restart the puzzle so the penalty for losing is some additional humor and a quick retry. Said women have a variety of charming (and malicious) personalities that the player is encouraged to find absolutely captivating. The end features a more action-oriented boss but it's more exciting than frustrating as a turn from the more patient puzzle fare.

Luckily the art …

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For a free game, Helltaker takes the cake with short but challenging puzzles paired with hilarious hijinks and charming ladies that feels like it should 1000% be made into a longer game.

The player is a mysterious human known as the "Helltaker", descending into hell to invite a variety of demon women to his harem. Each stage is a short Sokoban-esque puzzle where the player has a specific amount of moves till death. Various obstacles can be beaten back or destroyed and some panels alternate damage to reduce turns further. The difficulty isn't insane but the challenge can be tricky, forcing the player to make the most of every turn.

At the end of every puzzle, the player encounters a demon (or angel) woman and must say the correct line to gain them in the harem. The bad ends simply restart the puzzle so the penalty for losing is some additional humor and a quick retry. Said women have a variety of charming (and malicious) personalities that the player is encouraged to find absolutely captivating. The end features a more action-oriented boss but it's more exciting than frustrating as a turn from the more patient puzzle fare.

Luckily the art and music are captivating as the ladies, as the art style is chock full of sinister, sharply dressed characters and the puzzle stages have kinetic, cutely drawn depictions of hell and the demons within. The music has a VERY strong beat, and really pushes the player to keep moving throughout.

There isn't a whole lot that needs to be said about Helltaker given its length and fetish that it speaks to but it's an incredibly fun and finely crafted bite that begs to be played. If a gay man can get won over by a sadistic harem of goblin-esque ladies, so can you!

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Jevnation
Jevnation gave May 14, 2020
Jevnation gave May 14, 2020
How pick up a demon girl 101

The puzzle game takes you to the abyss as your character has to solve rooms within a set amount of moves in order to pick up different yet cute female demons for your harem. Although short, this puzzle game (with brief visual novel elements) is enjoyable for its manga art style, infectious soundtrack and characters with each their own charms. Some additional achievement challenges await and can even unlock a bonus artbook for you, even if it's available for purchase. Plus, the game is temptingly free. (pun intended)

PangEr97
PangEr97 updated their status Dec 15, 2023
PangEr97 updated their status Dec 15, 2023

Played through it for the first time, just now, albeit with some skips, because some of those puzzles are pretty hard ngl, but glad that a skip button exists. will for sure revisit

Lolvide
Lolvide updated their status Mar 9, 2023
Lolvide updated their status Mar 9, 2023

Finished it today. This cute little game is the three hundreth game i've finished, i think i'm going out to touch some grass (jk, i started a 50 hour long jrpg right away)

Reset_Tears
Reset_Tears updated their status Aug 10, 2020
Reset_Tears updated their status Aug 10, 2020

I saw Helltaker was a short game, so I decided to solve all its block-pushing puzzles on my own -- no Youtube, no GameFAQs, no in-game hints. Nearly decided to off myself on stage 9, but I persevered damn it. Victory is DELICIOUS! I got my sweet sweet harem of lovely demon ladies, and my sweet sweet pancakes.

But are those even pancakes?! The (pan)cake is a lie, those are crepes!

(Lucifer best waifu.)

trayson
trayson updated their status Aug 6, 2020
trayson updated their status Aug 6, 2020

turned based puzzle visual novel -- elements i like that i haven't seen mixed together.
really polished and cute, feeling self-aware enough to not cross a line of cringe.
short and sweet, with each new level increasing in difficulty noticeably rather than slightly.

a couple typos, one i just assumed was a character's poor grammar lol, but that's trivial since the rest of the game feels rich in its quality that I'll probably come back to it for the achievements. very uniquely crafted experience with good art. loved it.

(also malina is best demon)

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DucksOnQuack
DucksOnQuack updated their status May 31, 2020
DucksOnQuack updated their status May 31, 2020

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