Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice VR Edition

Buy84%

Very Positive · 2k player reviews · Medium confidence

Likely worth it. Reviews lean strongly positive.

Steam Deck Unsupported
  • Windows

Ninja Theory · Action · Jul 31, 2018

Player review score
84%
Very Positive
Price
Not sold
Playing right now
All-time peak
Not charted

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

Achievements
14
total to unlock
Steam does not publish achievement rarity.
Languages
20
Full audio1 of 20
Subtitles20 of 20

Should I buy Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice VR Edition?

Buy it if you like
  • Story: 101 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 69 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Combat: 65 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Controls: 70 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Gameplay: 59 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Performance: 13 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
50% of themes are praise17% are divided33% are complaints
Story
Players who bring up Story mostly praise it.
101 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Everything about this medium that can tell a story was above average to amazing.
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
69 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
An almost constant 90 frames per second in any environment while maintaining crisp visuals and increased presence.
Combat
Players who bring up Combat mostly praise it.
65 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
For example, the shield bearers can be confronted efficiently mainly by breaking their defense through a kick (the melee button).
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
30 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
The voice acting is good, but is marred by the quality of a VR headset headphone.
Difficulty
Players who bring up Difficulty mostly praise it.
13 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
In addition to a great combat cam they've added more difficulty levels!
Optimization
Players who bring up Optimization mostly praise it.
9 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
With RTX 2080 super I can say it's well optimized, rarely getting fps drops for like 1 sec.

Theme by theme

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

Players love
Story101 reviews
Graphics69 reviews
Combat65 reviews
Audio30 reviews
Difficulty13 reviews
Optimization9 reviews
Divided opinion
Bugs
71% still recommend
Characters
100% still recommend
Players complain
Controls
69% still recommend
Gameplay
85% still recommend
Performance
69% still recommend
Interface
82% 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

  • Family Sharing
  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Cloud
  • VR Only

Platforms

  • Windows

Valve device support

Steam DeckUnsupported

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