Jotunnslayer: Hordes of Hel

Buy82%

Very Positive · 8k player reviews · High confidence

Yes, worth buying.

Games Farm · Action Roguelike · Sep 3, 2025

Player review score
82%
Very Positive
Price
$8.84−53%
Lowest ever
Playing right now
All-time peak
Not charted

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

Achievements
38
total to unlock
Steam does not publish achievement rarity.
Languages
12
Full audio0 of 12
Subtitles12 of 12

Should I buy Jotunnslayer: Hordes of Hel?

Buy it if you like
  • Gameplay: 139 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 75 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Difficulty: 54 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Performance: 8 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Optimization: 8 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 8k 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
75% of themes are praise8% are divided17% are complaints
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
139 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Quality graphics, music, and smooth gameplay made this an easy 60+ hours.
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
75 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
The graphics are nice but get stale fast, enemy design varies between generic boring and "eh".
Difficulty
Players who bring up Difficulty mostly praise it.
54 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Once you hit the highest difficulty, just cannot just build anything, you really to have optimize your synergies and it is very rewarding in the end.
Characters
Players who bring up Characters mostly praise it.
45 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
I like the Norse mythology in the game and I like all the playable characters too.
Combat
Players who bring up Combat mostly praise it.
30 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
After more than 70 hours and unlocking every single achievement, I can confidently say this game delivers relentless combat, meaningful progression, and exceptional replayability without ever overstaying its welcome.
Story
Players who bring up Story mostly praise it.
17 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
The lore and story telling are superb, it really drew me into the mythos behind the game.

+3 more players loved

Theme by theme

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

Players love
Gameplay139 reviews
Graphics75 reviews
Difficulty54 reviews
Characters45 reviews
Combat30 reviews
Story17 reviews
Co-op16 reviews
Audio15 reviews
Steam Deck9 reviews
Divided opinion
Multiplayer
86% still recommend
Players complain
Performance
63% still recommend
Optimization
50% still recommend

What you get

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

Play modes

  • Co-op
  • Multi-player
  • Shared/Split Screen
  • Shared/Split Screen Co-op
  • Single-player

Controller

  • Full controller support

Store features

  • Family Sharing
  • Remote Play Together
  • 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.

Lowest ever recorded
$8.84$18.88−53%

That's the lowest price we've ever recorded.

9 points recordedtoday · $8.84

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