Action · September 24, 2024

Halls of Torment (2024)

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Halls of Torment is a horde survival game with a pre-rendered retro look reminiscent of RPGs from the late 90s. Choose one of many hero characters and descend into the deadly Halls of Torment. Fight unholy horrors from beyond and survive wave after wave of enemies until you face one of the tormented Lords. Strengthen your hero with character traits, abilities, and items. Create a new powerful build during each run. Explore various underground expanses and find new powerful items that enable you to venture even deeper into the abyss. Features Quick and casual 30 minute runs Old school pre-rendered art style Quest-based meta progression Large selection of diverse abilities, traits, and items, all enabling you to create interesting synergies Diverse bosses featuring unique mechanics and attack patterns Several distinct characters allowing for many different play styles Unlock and explore multiple interesting and challenging underground worlds Unique items can be sent up to the overworld and used to customize future runs Craft magical tinctures to direct fate in your favor Unlock the power of each class and combine them with your chosen character Defeat the Lords of the underworld and explore infinite growth Find rare item variants to further improve your builds Put your strategies to the test in the late game against the unbeatable Shrine of Torment Full Content List 6 stages with unique environments 11 playable characters & character marks 25 blessings that make you stronger for each run 60 unique items to retrieve and unlock 240 higher rarity item variants 74 abilities and ability upgrades 30 artifacts to customize your game experience 35+ unique bosses 70+ unique monsters 500 quests to complete 1000+ traits that upgrade characters and abilities

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Position in Action

MetricThis titleGenre position
Review volume29.0k Steam reviewsTop 19% in Action
Positive rating96% positiveGenre average: 83% — this title sits in top 9%
Metacritic88/100Genre average 77 — top 9% of Action titles
Concurrent peak361 playersTop 18% in Action by live player count
Engagement hours22 h averageTop 22% for session depth among Action

Community Tag Signals

Tag weights reflect how many Steam users voted each descriptor — larger pills = stronger consensus.

  • Action Roguelike · 678
  • Rogue-lite · 667
  • Bullet Hell · 636
  • Pixel Graphics · 603
  • Action RPG · 595
  • Dark Fantasy · 591
  • Rogue-like · 590
  • Action · 568
  • RPG · 546
  • Arcade · 508
  • Hack and Slash · 476
  • Top-Down · 469
  • 2D · 465
  • Singleplayer · 455
  • Dark · 451

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Localization Coverage

Interface / Subtitles (12)

  • English volume_up
  • French
  • Italian
  • German
  • Spanish - Spain
  • Czech
  • Japanese
  • Korean
  • Polish
  • Portuguese - Brazil
  • Portuguese - Portugal
  • Russian

Full audio (2)

  • English
  • Vietnamese

Reception Metrics

Steam community

96%Overwhelmingly Positive · 29.0k reviews

27.9k positive · 1.2k negative

Metacritic

88/100 critic aggregate

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Curator recommendations

29.7k

Peak concurrent players

361

Features & Capabilities

Community

  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Trading Cards
  • Steam Cloud

Accessibility

  • Playable without Timed Input

Input & Comfort

  • Full controller support
  • Custom Volume Controls

Other

  • Single-player
  • Keyboard Only Option
  • Mouse Only Option
  • Family Sharing

Press Quotes

“Halls of Torment assembles the Frankenstein parts of Diablo and Vampire Survivors into something brilliantly all its own.” 9/10 – PC Gamer “The art style is utterly incredible” Splattercatgaming “… a survivor game absolutely deserving of standout status.” The Jimquisition

Engagement Profile

All-time avg

22h

moderate (15–40 hours)

Median

12h

Typical completion time

2-week avg

3h

Current engagement

Achievements

500

Steam unlocks available

Release & Availability

Release dateSep 24, 2024
DeveloperChasing Carrots
Base price$4.99 -25%
DLC / Add-ons3 released
PlatformsWindows, Linux
Estimated owners1M–10M
External linksMetacritic page · [email protected]

Content Notes

Halls of Torment contains cartoon violence mainly against undead and demonic creatures with some gore from a top down non-detailed perspective.

Editions & Packages

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