Action · August 7, 2017

Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice (2017)

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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. 2021 Update: Return to Helheim and experience Senua’s world through new eyes with enriched visuals and new features. Upgraded materials, particles and LOD, DirectX Raytracing and optimised performance with NVIDIA DLSS and AMD FSR support. We have also used this opportunity to include some key accessibility improvements, including full controller remapping and colour blindness settings. 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. Created in collaboration with neuroscientists and people who experience psychosis, Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice will pull you deep into Senua’s mind. Accessibility Features: GAMEPLAY - Accessibility options available on launch within the first-boot options menu. - Adjustable combat difficulty between dynamically-adjusted 'Auto' mode, or manually-selected 'Easy', 'Medium', or 'Hard' modes. - Game can be paused both during gameplay and cinematics. AUDIO - Custom volume controls can be adjusted for Master, Music, SFX, Voices, and Menu audio. - Audio output can be adjusted between Stereo and Mono sound modes. VISUAL - Color blind modes, and correction intensities can be adjusted for the included Deuteranopia, Protanopia, and Tritanopia filters. - Subtitles for spoken content can be set to On or Off. - Subtitle text size can be adjusted between 'Standard' or 'Large'. - Subtitle text color can be adjusted between White, Orange, Green, or Blue. - Subtitle backgrounds can be adjusted between Transparent or 'Solid' black. - Text contrast for menu backgrounds can be adjusted between 'Half-Transparent' or 'Solid' black. INPUT - Adjustable input sensitivity for controller joystick and mouse axes, and ability to invert camera axis. - Input remapping for keyboard keys and controller buttons (camera control and menu navigation keys excluded). - Full keyboard support allowing the game to be entirely played with a keyboard (arrow keys replace mouse/right stick movement). - Controller vibration can be set to On or Off. - Running modifier can be set to be activated on key/button Toggle or Hold. Note that the listed accessibility options apply to the Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice Enhanced on PC version of the game.

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180 Action titles launched in 2017 — top 6 by review volume.

Position in Action

MetricThis titleGenre position
Review volume73.5k Steam reviewsTop 9% in Action
Positive rating90% positiveGenre average: 83% — this title sits in top 37%
Metacritic83/100Genre average 77 — top 27% of Action titles
Engagement hours6 h averageTop 67% for session depth among Action

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Community Tag Signals

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

  • Atmospheric · 969
  • Psychological · 947
  • Story Rich · 918
  • Female Protagonist · 917
  • Mythology · 727
  • Singleplayer · 671
  • Dark · 651
  • Adventure · 584
  • Horror · 564
  • Third Person · 548
  • Dark Fantasy · 488
  • Action · 453
  • Violent · 383
  • Indie · 336
  • Walking Simulator · 307

Localization Coverage

Interface / Subtitles (12)

  • English volume_up
  • French
  • Italian
  • German
  • Spanish - Spain
  • Arabic
  • Danish
  • Dutch
  • Finnish
  • Japanese
  • Korean
  • Norwegian

Full audio (2)

  • English
  • Turkish

Reception Metrics

Steam community

90%Very Positive · 73.5k reviews

66.1k positive · 7.3k negative

Metacritic

83/100 critic aggregate

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Metacritic user score

7.9/10

Curator recommendations

65.2k

Press Quotes

“masterclass of atmosphere, storytelling, and the marriage of mechanical and conceptual design.” 90 – IGN “Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice is both great and terrifying, taking the player on a journey into madness.” 95 – GamesBeat “Ninja Theory crafts a highly competent action game and a nuanced, powerful exploration of mental health.” Essential – Eurogamer

Engagement Profile

All-time avg

6h

short (5–15 hours)

Median

3h

Typical completion time

2-week avg

4h

Current engagement

Achievements

14

Steam unlocks available

Features & Capabilities

Community

  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Trading Cards
  • Steam Cloud
  • Remote Play on TV

Input & Comfort

  • Full controller support

Other

  • Single-player
  • Family Sharing

Release & Availability

Release dateAug 7, 2017
DeveloperNinja Theory
Base price$7.49 -75%
Required age17+
DLC / Add-ons1 released
PlatformsWindows
Estimated owners1M–10M
External linksOfficial site · Metacritic page · Support · [email protected]

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