Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice

From the makers of Heavenly Sword, Enslaved: Odyssey to the West, and DmC: Devil May Cry, comes a warrior’s brutal journey into myth and madness. Set in the Viking age, a broken Celtic warrior embarks on a haunting vision quest into Viking Hell to fight for the soul of her dead lover.

Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice is a atmospheric, psychological and story rich game developed and published by Ninja Theory.
Released on August 07th 2017 is available only on Windows in 20 languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Arabic, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese - Portugal, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Swedish, Traditional Chinese and Turkish.

It has received 72,230 reviews of which 65,145 were positive and 7,085 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.9 out of 10. 😎

The game is currently priced at 8.99€ on Steam and has a 70% discount.

The Steam community has classified Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice into these genres:

Atmospheric Psychological Story Rich Female Protagonist Mythology Singleplayer Dark Adventure Horror Third Person Dark Fantasy Action Violent Indie Walking Simulator Hack and Slash Action-Adventure Fantasy Realistic Blood

Media & Screenshots

Get an in-depth look at Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice through various videos and screenshots.

screenshot_ss_c873e1a5f9e9218d6d3b2038b7063489879d315d.1920x1080.jpg

screenshot_ss_6d653f7215d5a60330a85c27116f07a0c5dbc670.1920x1080.jpg

screenshot_ss_e028a26ea54438d898a574ebe73d1c633c7cc8eb.1920x1080.jpg

screenshot_ss_f5c08e784ff587ad38d775c59ca6ad4bf6166ac9.1920x1080.jpg

screenshot_ss_1d4bdcff22d37c9607beda20bf2d5bb2989b55f6.1920x1080.jpg

screenshot_ss_1b594712d6bb9c5701692cb4f53d4072bd8feae0.1920x1080.jpg

screenshot_ss_3d5d9400db904c5c9a94f0b36f52e9d3dab20eb2.1920x1080.jpg

screenshot_ss_01a81f3bd0e4e9586cdd5289449417614a1c8e5c.1920x1080.jpg

screenshot_ss_4b1defc3237b654c8baaa2161c9622eda4e38dfa.1920x1080.jpg

screenshot_ss_dabe173084173e66bc9d493d94f2b3b951214658.1920x1080.jpg

screenshot_ss_0161d2915ff43136bc79ec3ae3c91c00eb2551c7.1920x1080.jpg

Requirements

These are the minimum specifications needed to play the game. For the best experience, we recommend that you verify them.

Windows

OS *: Windows 7, 8, 10
Processor: Intel i5 3570K / AMD FX-8350
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Graphics: GTX 770 with 2GB VRAM / Radeon R9 280X 3GB
DirectX: Version 11
Storage: 30 GB available space
Additional Notes: Minimum spec screen resolution: 1280x720

Reviews

Explore reviews from Steam users sharing their experiences and what they love about the game.

Nov. 2024

It really isn't combat focused - the fights are awesome though. The puzzles were a bit tedious at times. The psychosis aspect was wild and i truly feel for those that suffer from it in real life, that must be very difficult. Great game overall. Play with headphones for the best experience, the audio is epic. ---{ Graphics }--- ☐ You forget what reality is ☑ Beautiful ☐ Good ☐ Decent ☐ Bad ☐ Don‘t look too long at it ☐ MS-DOS ---{ Gameplay }--- ☐ Very good ☑ Good ☐ It's just gameplay ☐ Mehh ☐ Watch paint dry instead ☐ Just don't ---{ Audio }--- ☑ Eargasm ☐ Very good ☐ Good ☐ Not too bad ☐ Bad ☐ I'm now deaf ---{ Audience }--- ☐ Kids ☐ Teens ☑ Adults ☐ Grandma ---{ PC Requirements }--- ☐ Check if you can run paint ☐ Potato ☑ Decent ☐ Fast ☐ Rich boi ☐ Ask NASA if they have a spare computer ---{ Game Size }--- ☐ Floppy Disk ☐ Old Fashioned ☑ Workable ☐ Big ☐ Will eat 10% of your 1TB hard drive ☐ You will want an entire hard drive to hold it ☐ You will need to invest in a black hole to hold all the data ---{ Difficulty }--- ☐ Just press 'W' ☑ Easy ☐ Easy to learn / Hard to master ☐ Significant brain usage ☐ Difficult ☐ Dark Souls ---{ Grind }--- ☑ Nothing to grind ☐ Only if u care about leaderboards/ranks ☐ Isn't necessary to progress ☐ Average grind level ☐ Too much grind ☐ You'll need a second life for grinding ---{ Story }--- ☐ No Story ☐ Some lore ☐ Average ☐ Good ☑ Lovely ☐ It'll replace your life ---{ Game Time }--- ☐ Long enough for a cup of coffee ☑ Short ☐ Average ☐ Long ☐ To infinity and beyond ---{ Price }--- ☐ It's free! ☑ Worth the price ☐ If it's on sale ☐ If u have some spare money left ☐ Not recommended ☐ You could also just burn your money ---{ Bugs }--- ☑ Never heard of ☐ Minor bugs ☐ Can get annoying ☐ ARK: Survival Evolved ☐ The game itself is a big terrarium for bugs ---{ ? / 10 }--- ☐ 1 ☐ 2 ☐ 3 ☐ 4 ☐ 5 ☐ 6 ☐ 7 ☐ 8 ☑ 9 ☐ 10

Sept. 2024

This game is unique. It deals with serious, difficult and unfortunately all too often ignored topics about mental illnesses such as depression and schizophrenia. In doing so, hallucinations, traumas, fears, psychoses and delusions are portrayed well and realistically, for which the developers have also brought many experts on board. For this reason alone, you should definitely play it.

July 2024

Okay, so this is a game helps to understand how it feels like when suffering from a mental illness. The constant whispering and illusions are definitely damaging the sanity. The lacking of clues on sealed doors, unexplained portals and broken paths are not helping either. Maybe there are clues in the whispers, but I’ll rather keep them muted. In the end, I have to play a few adult games to lift my spirits before coming back to finish the game. Achievements are not missable except for the Nordic mythology collections. You can select chapter to complete them so no worry. The whole game is less than 10 hours in terms of contents. While the game can run smoothly on steam deck in default setting, the battery drain is significant and the deck can become very hot. It’s better to limit the deck to 30 fps for better overall performance.

May 2024

So on of the first things you'll see when starting the game is a disclaimer about how they worked with psychologist to create a realistic depiction of psychosis and that people who suffer from psychosis may find it disturbing. Don't assume that's just a "We hope nobody is offended" type of statement, like I did. I have psychosis, and just the opening scene, the voices in her head (especially since I had surround sound headphones on) triggered my own psychosis. I had to take a break about 1-2 minutes in, but decided that I was so impressed with the depiction of it that I would calm myself down and keep playing. Her hallucinations are done so well, the live action rotoscoped people she hallucinates are so uncanny and uncomfortable (My own hallucinations don't look anything like that so I can't say how accurate that part is). Now typing it out it sounds like a very backhanded compliment, but I actually really appreciate how much effort was put into depicting her psychosis in a way that was so real to me that it instantly triggered my own. It's not often that we get good/"accurate" (it's different for everyone, so nothing is gonna be accurate to everyone) depictions of something like that and it deserves a lot of praise just for that aspect alone.

April 2024

This game is a work of art, simple as that. This isn't just a video game. It's an interactive panic attack. Play alone in the dark with headphones, and don't feel ashamed if you have to step away and take a break. I would rather name it : Schizophrenia Simulator

Similar games

View all

Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II The sequel to the award winning Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice, Senua returns in a brutal journey of survival through the myth and torment of Viking Iceland. Intent on saving those who have fallen victim to the horrors of tyranny, Senua faces a battle of overcoming the darkness within and without.

Similarity 89%

Price 49.99€

Rating 8.5

Release 21 May 2024

View

Mars: War Logs An Intense Cyberpunk Rpg On the Red Planet! Mars War Logs takes you to Mars, nearly a century after the cataclysm that threw the planet and its colonists into chaos. Water has become the most precious resource on the arid red planet, with a few companies fighting a perpetual war for its control.

Similarity 82%

Price -80% 0.99€

Rating 7.3

Release 26 Apr 2013

View

The Medium Discover a dark mystery only a medium can solve. Travel to an abandoned communist resort and use your unique psychic abilities to uncover its deeply disturbing secrets, solve dual-reality puzzles, survive encounters with sinister spirits, and explore two realities at the same time.

Similarity 80%

Price 49.99€

Rating 8.6

Release 28 Jan 2021

View

Alice: Madness Returns Alice: Madness Returns is a third-person, single-player, action adventure platformer. Visit the grim reality of Victorian London and travel to the beautiful yet ghastly Wonderland to uncover the root of Alice's madness.

Similarity 74%

Price 9.99€

Rating 8.8

Release 17 Jun 2011

View

Through the Woods Through the Woods is a third-person Norse horror adventure set in a forest on the western shores of Norway that tells the story of a mother and her missing son.

Similarity 74%

Price 19.99€

Rating 6.9

Release 27 Oct 2016

View

A Plague Tale: Innocence Follow the grim tale of young Amicia and her little brother Hugo, in a heartrending journey through the darkest hours of history.

Similarity 73%

Price 39.99€

Rating 9.2

Release 14 May 2019

View

The Path There is one rule in the game. And it needs to be broken. There is one goal. And when you attain it, you die.

Similarity 72%

Price 8.49€

Rating 7.4

Release 18 Mar 2009

View

Fran Bow Fran Bow is a creepy adventure game that tells the story of Fran, a young girl struggling with a mental disorder and an unfair destiny.

Similarity 70%

Price 14.99€

Rating 9.5

Release 27 Aug 2015

View

Fragile Get pulled into the nightmares of reality as you play as an abducted girl from the ger district of Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. Uncover a secret organization that deals in human trafficking and other horrendous activities. Try to escape from the scariest place on earth!

Similarity 70%

Price 8.19€

Rating 6.2

Release 11 Nov 2020

View

Darksiders III Return to an apocalyptic Earth in Darksiders III, a hack-n-slash Action Adventure where players assume the role of FURY in her quest to hunt down and dispose of the Seven Deadly Sins. The most enigmatic of the Four Horsemen, FURY must bring balance to the forces that now ravage Earth.

Similarity 70%

Price -87% 5.26€

Rating 7.5

Release 27 Nov 2018

View

INDIKA Play a third-person, story-driven game set in alternative Russia at the turn of the XIX century where religious visions clash with harsh reality. INDIKA tells the story of a young nun who sets off on a journey of self-discovery with the most unusual companion by her side, the devil himself.

Similarity 69%

Price -49% 12.80€

Rating 8.8

Release 02 May 2024

View

Remothered: Tormented Fathers Remothered: Tormented Fathers is the pure and realistic survival horror videogame

Similarity 69%

Price 19.99€

Rating 7.2

Release 30 Jan 2018

View

More games like Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice

Data sources

The information presented on this page is sourced from reliable APIs to ensure accuracy and relevance. We utilize the Steam API to gather data on game details, including titles, descriptions, prices, and user reviews. This allows us to provide you with the most up-to-date information directly from the Steam platform.

Additionally, we incorporate data from the SteamSpy API, which offers insights into game sales and player statistics. This helps us present a comprehensive view of each game's popularity and performance within the gaming community.

Last Updates