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Hordes of Hel is a gripping roguelike horde-survivor game set in the dark realms of Norse Mythology. Fight waves of enemies to earn divine blessings of ancient Viking Deities, explore hostile worlds and face powerful bosses. Become a god-like warrior in this ultimate showdown.
Jotunnslayer: Hordes of Hel is a indie, action roguelike and bullet hell game
developed by Games Farm and ARTillery
and published by Grindstone.
Released on January 21st 2025 is available only on Windows
in 12 languages: English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Slovak, Portuguese - Brazil and Russian.
It has received 3,440 reviews of which 2,831 were positive and 609 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.0 out of 10. 😊
The game is currently priced at 9.99€ on Steam.
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- OS: Windows 10 64bit
- Processor: Intel® Core™ i7-6700 or AMD™ Ryzen 5 2600x
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 960 or Intel® Arc™ A380
- DirectX: Version 11
- Storage: 15 GB available space
- Additional Notes: System Requirements subject to change as development continues
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If you are a busy professional juggling time between work, family, and social life, and yet still trying to make time for games to preserve your identity as a gamer. If you need games to be interesting enough that should you choose to sit for a 2 hour session, you can, but still be reassured in knowing that it is short enough, in case you need to walk away after just 20 minutes. If you need games that are simple enough to pick up quickly, and easy enough on your attention and focus that you can still watch a movie or listen to a podcast on the side while playing, and dynamic enough to keep the loop interesting, and yet still pleasing to your millennial sensibilities that require something nice to look at. I have been looking for something like that for a while. This is the closest I have gotten.
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What a way to start the year! I am very hesitant to recommend early access games, but this is a certified banger. Jotunnslayer takes the Vampire Survivors formula and adds in it's own unique personality to create an experience that will leave players questioning what happened to the last 4 hours of their life. If Vampire Survivors, Hades, and Diablo met at a motel 6 at 3am on klonopin, this would be the result 9 months later. The smart attacking function is so simple, yet satisfying. It feels as if every movement in this game is purposeful. The graphics are some of the best I have seen in this genre. If you're a fan of any of the aforementioned games, don't hesitate to get this now. You will be pleasantly surprised at how addictive this game can be, even in its limited early access offering. With the above praises in mind there are a few things worth considering if you're on the fence. For starters there are only 2 maps and 4 characters available at release. So far this isn't a deal breaker at the initial asking price of $8.99 USD on intro sale, but should be mentioned. Unfortunately the game does run a little shoddy on the steam deck (oled). With low settings, medium textures, medium ambient occlusion, low shadows, and FSR 3 on quality I hit 60fps, but some of the missions throughout the level caused drops into the 30s (game ran flawlessly on my pc 4080S/9900X at 1440p). I am hopeful there is a steam deck preset in the future and that graphics settings will be locked to the device instead of needing to change settings every time you're playing from a different machine. My largest gripe is the notification on each login for data sharing. PLEASE FIX THIS. If I select no today, my mind has likely not changed between the few hours between logins. I say all this to say, the game is fun, beautiful, and worth your time, even with some of the short comings of an early access release. Please Games Farm/ARTillery, do not abandon this game, I truly believe you have struck gold on this one!
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Played on Steam Deck OLED (Updated 1/24 post hotfix) Moving from demo to early access has been a pleasant experience. The game is fun, albeit grindy as one would expect from a roguelite. PROS: Great characters to play, fun level design, great weapon and movement mechanics (albeit quite unbalanced in the current state), decent mob diversity, challenges that spawn are fun and give you options so that every run is not the same, talent trees and perks grow strength/survivability while adding additional challenges. CONS: The music repetitive, Skill balance leaves you cherry-picking the ones that work well which really sticks the RNG in your face leading to reroll hunting from chests. Note: Skill evolutions are not automatic. You will need to put in work to flesh out your skill trees to unlock them. I suggest focusing on the God powers that apply to any character you play before focusing on the character itself. This makes for a much longer grind, but a more enjoyable experience. That said, spent points can be reallocated between runs, so if something doesn't work for you or your play style, just change it. I have removed my comments about the Ice storm event as the issue has been hot-fixed. The speed in which the devs acted to make our experience better on the Steam Deck is exactly what I love to see from a paid early access game. Here are my updated in-game settings for Deck: Vsync: Off FPS Limit: 45 Quality: Medium Textures: Medium Shadows: Low Bloom: On Ambient Occ: Medium AA: SMAA Medium Upscaling: Off Gore: On Interface Option: Damage Numbers OFF This gives me a solid 45fps 99% of the time. Since the 1/24 hotfix, Ice Storm events are no longer an issue.
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Do you ever find yourself wishing Vampire Survivors had better graphics than the 1980s? Or that Diablo IV wasn't a MMO? Or that Path of Exile 2 didn't feel so much like getting waterboarded? This is the game for you. It's got all the pewpews, shiny things, and poorly-described skills that you really need in a game like this. For the cost of 2 beers, it provides hours of gool ol' fashioned thumbstick-twirling, can't-see-anything, pixel-soup-of-doom bullet-Hel fun. Some unique/rare features: * The combination of "god skills" (many of which are cross-class permanent passives) and "class skills" (only applicable when playing that class) makes for some good variety, especially with the free respecs * You can (optionally) choose to control your aim direction and/or your basic attack, which is rare in this type of game. It gives you slightly more control, if you want it. * The simple objectives make running around the map more fun, while still giving you a reason to kill all the things ------ Is it the deepest roguelite out there? No. Should you play it anyway? Absolutely.
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Early Access Release Impression: Jotunnslayer is a good looking Vampire Survivors clone with a balanced progression curve that sticks to the basics of the genre and -for better or worse - does not surprise with any unique or unexpected mechanics. Free-reskilling is a positive aspect that allows you to explore all classes, without being trapped in bad builds. At the current stage I would recommend playing Soulstone Survivors or Nordic Ashes for similar titles with more content; Halls of Torment and Death Must Die for those who want a more Diablo-esque experience, or Crafty Survivors for more unique character design. That being said, Jotunnslayer is a solid game and already offers a fair amount of gameplay, unlockable characters and weapons for its money - so you can't really go wrong with 8,99€ and might even be positively surprised as Early Access progresses. Note that the devs announced price increases as more content will be added, so there is much to win and not much to lose to get it early. If you're unsure whether you should jump in, there's also always the free demo.
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Jotunnslayer: Hordes of Hel is currently priced at 9.99€ on Steam.
Jotunnslayer: Hordes of Hel is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 9.99€ on Steam.
Jotunnslayer: Hordes of Hel received 2,831 positive votes out of a total of 3,440 achieving a rating of 7.95.
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Jotunnslayer: Hordes of Hel was developed by Games Farm and ARTillery and published by Grindstone.
Jotunnslayer: Hordes of Hel is playable and fully supported on Windows.
Jotunnslayer: Hordes of Hel is not playable on MacOS.
Jotunnslayer: Hordes of Hel is not playable on Linux.
Jotunnslayer: Hordes of Hel is a single-player game.
There are 3 DLCs available for Jotunnslayer: Hordes of Hel. Explore additional content available for Jotunnslayer: Hordes of Hel on Steam.
Jotunnslayer: Hordes of Hel does not support mods via Steam Workshop.
Jotunnslayer: Hordes of Hel does not support Steam Remote Play.
Jotunnslayer: Hordes of Hel is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.
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153
Developer
Games Farm,
ARTillery
Publisher
Grindstone
Release
21 Jan 2025
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