Hellblade II: Senua’s Saga

Buy87%

Very Positive · 10k player reviews · High confidence

Yes, worth buying.

Ninja Theory · Action-Adventure · May 21, 2024

Player review score
87%
Very Positive
Price
$49.99
Playing right now
All-time peak
Not charted

Steam only charts its most-played games, and this one isn’t among them.

Achievements
12
total to unlock
Steam does not publish achievement rarity.
Languages
27
Full audio1 of 27
Subtitles27 of 27

Should I buy Hellblade II: Senua’s Saga?

Buy it if you like
  • Story: 193 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 144 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Combat: 131 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Gameplay: 126 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Performance: 22 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Interface: 10 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 10k player reviews · updated

What players think

The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
42% of themes are praise25% are divided33% are complaints
Story
Players who bring up Story mostly praise it.
193 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Story was good but it was little dropping in quality in later stages of game
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
144 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
No pop-in thanks to Nanite, photo-realistic scenery thanks to photogrammetry and beautiful art and lighting realized through Lumen.
Combat
Players who bring up Combat mostly praise it.
131 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
After my first playthrough, I always set the combat difficulty to "hard" and it was so much fun to fight against multiple enemies at once.
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
68 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Sound design is also some of the best in the industry, but I think that should have become clear in my section about headphones.
Difficulty
Players who bring up Difficulty mostly praise it.
20 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
To its benefit, the game gives a lot of control over difficulty to the player.

Theme by theme

Scored on what reviews say about each topic, not the thumbs.

Players love
Story193 reviews
Graphics144 reviews
Combat131 reviews
Audio68 reviews
Difficulty20 reviews
Divided opinion
Characters
100% still recommend
Controls
50% still recommend
Crashes
25% still recommend
Players complain
Gameplay
73% still recommend
Performance
82% still recommend
Interface
80% still recommend
Optimization
89% still recommend

What you get

Can you play it alone, does a controller work, does it run on your machine.

Play modes

  • Single-player

Controller

  • Full controller support

Store features

  • Captions available
  • Family Sharing
  • HDR available
  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Cloud
  • Steam Trading Cards

Platforms

  • Windows

Valve device support

Steam DeckVerified
SteamOSPlayable
Steam MachineVerified

Should I buy it now?

Based on Steam price history.

Prices have been lower
$49.99

The lowest we've tracked is $12.49.

6 points recordedtoday · $49.99

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