Penny Blood: Hellbound

Penny Blood: Hellbound

Steam Deck Playable

NatsumeAtari · Action Roguelike · Dec 17, 2024

Reviews look positive, but there are only a few so far.

At $24.99. It has been as low as $12.49.

89%
Very Positive
116 player reviews
Low confidence · few reviews
Buy it if you like
  • Story and characters: 37 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 21 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Difficulty: 10 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Combat: 14 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Bugs: 5 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 116 player reviews · updated 5 days ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 81 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
60% of themes are praise20% are divided20% are caveats
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
Game's fun, music is fantastic, the writing is great (occasional typo's notwithstanding) PLEASE buy this and give the Shadow Hearts people more money while they settle the suit against their kickstarter manager who embezzled their development funds for the Pennyblood RPG coming out later TwT
37 of 81 sampled reviews raised it
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
- Lots of replayability
21 of 81 sampled reviews raised it
Difficulty
Players who bring up Difficulty mostly praise it.
The difficulty is just right to provide a challenge without becoming frustrating, and if you prefer something more casual, you can also lower it.
10 of 81 sampled reviews raised it
Steam Deck
Players who bring up Steam Deck mostly praise it.
Needs better japanese support for steamdeck (some menu item text becomes blocks possibly due to font used)
4 of 81 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
The visuals have a nice dark,eerie vibe and the characters certainly feel like they crawled out of some back ally from the 20's.
3 of 81 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
my first review because this game only has 7 at the moment....came here as a shadow hearts fan and have not been disappointed. feels like Hades with more options and grinding, yes, the difficulty is there. soundtrack, art, story are all fantastic. great content so far for an early access, all in all makes me very excited for future updates to this title and the IP. fans of rogue-lites or shadow hearts should be happy
3 of 81 sampled reviews raised it

Theme by theme

Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.

LovedMixedComplained about
Players love6 themes
Story and characters37 reviews
Gameplay21 reviews
Difficulty10 reviews
Steam Deck4 reviews
Graphics3 reviews
Audio3 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Multiplayer4 reviews
50%
Co-op3 reviews
67%
Players complain% still recommend
Combat14 reviews
71%
Bugs5 reviews
100%

Ranked by how many sampled reviews mention each topic. A topic sits in a column by what reviewers said about that topic; the percentage beside it is how many of them recommended the game anyway.

Should you buy it now?

Crit’s read on the price, from Steam price history.

Prices have been lower

Currently $24.99. The lowest we've tracked is $12.49.

3 points recordedtoday · $24.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
89%
Very Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
39
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

We’ll surface hours-played once playtime ingestion ships.