Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice

Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice

Steam Deck Verified

Ninja Theory · Atmospheric · Aug 8, 2017

Yes, worth buying.

At $29.99. It has been as low as $7.49.

90%
Very Positive
76k player reviews
High confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Story and characters: 206 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 104 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Audio: 86 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Performance: 17 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Difficulty: 15 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Bugs: 12 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 76k player reviews · updated 3 days ago

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
46% of themes are praise27% are divided27% are caveats
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
If I had to give a few tags to this particular game, they would be: heavy psychological (not necessary horror but close, especially for someone who experienced stuff like this before), story focused, puzzles, light action fighting and atmospheric asf.
206 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
Music, graphics and sound are excellent.
104 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
And of course, the sound design is absolutely the best in any game ever made.
86 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Optimization
Players who bring up Optimization mostly praise it.
The optimization is also pretty bad.
11 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Steam Deck
Players who bring up Steam Deck mostly praise it.
** I played on Steam Deck and PC, and my progress didn't sync.
7 of 300 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 love5 themes
Story and characters206 reviews
Graphics104 reviews
Audio86 reviews
Optimization11 reviews
Steam Deck7 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Combat155 reviews
87%
Gameplay89 reviews
79%
Interface17 reviews
88%
Players complain% still recommend
Performance17 reviews
65%
Difficulty15 reviews
73%
Bugs12 reviews
75%

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. One more theme was raised by fewer than 6 sampled reviews and is not shown.

Should you buy it now?

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

Prices have been lower

Currently $29.99. The lowest we've tracked is $7.49.

4 points recordedtoday · $29.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
90%
Very Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
14
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

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