Hammerfight

Buy73%

Mostly Positive · 2k player reviews · Medium confidence

Worth it for the right player.

Steam Deck Unrated
  • Windows
  • macOS
  • Linux

Konstantin Koshutin · Action · Oct 28, 2009

Player review score
73%
Mostly Positive
Price
Free
Playing right now
All-time peak
Not charted

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

Achievements
0
total to unlock
Steam does not publish achievement rarity.
Languages
1
Full audio0 of 1
Subtitles0 of 1

Should I buy Hammerfight?

Buy it if you like
  • Combat: 85 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 77 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Story: 67 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Difficulty: 21 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Bugs: 16 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Multiplayer: 10 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 2k 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 praise16% are divided42% are complaints
Combat
Players who bring up Combat mostly praise it.
85 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
There are weapons of different weight-class, and personally I found smashing enemies against the wall with the heaviest possible weapon very satisfying!
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
77 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
The story is really text heavy, so I chose to ignore it, but the gameplay is excellent.
Story
Players who bring up Story mostly praise it.
67 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Surprise with this freebie, is not perfect but impress, the story have multiple paths and endings, huge armory of weapons soo you play at your style and skills.
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
19 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
I don't see too many games with photorealistic textures but this game does them well.
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
8 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
The art style, lore and soundtrack are original to this game and well-developed.

Theme by theme

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

Players love
Combat85 reviews
Gameplay77 reviews
Story67 reviews
Graphics19 reviews
Audio8 reviews
Divided opinion
Crashes
40% still recommend
Co-op
100% still recommend
Players complain
Difficulty
86% still recommend
Bugs
69% still recommend
Multiplayer
90% still recommend
Interface
70% still recommend
Controls
40% 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

Steam lists no controller support.

Store features

  • Family Sharing

Platforms

  • Windows
  • macOS
  • Linux

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