Is Helltaker free to play?

Yes. Helltaker is free to play, so indielist reports its Steam reviews and catalog data without publishing paid-copy or revenue estimates.

Who developed Helltaker?

Helltaker was developed by vanripper and published by vanripper.

Who published Helltaker?

Helltaker was published by vanripper, developed by vanripper. See vanripper's full catalogue and submission status on indielist.

When was Helltaker released?

Helltaker was released in 2020.

How many reviews does Helltaker have on Steam?

Helltaker has 406 Steam reviews, of which 98% are positive.

Is Helltaker worth playing?

Steam players rate Helltaker 98% positive across 406 reviews. indielist doesn't score games editorially; it surfaces public review sentiment and catalog facts so you can judge reception and reach yourself.

Helltaker

May 11, 2020 Adventure Free to play

Developer vanripper Publisher vanripper

Profile updated Jul 2026

Adventure indie game Helltaker has no listed tags, so its store signals center on the adventure category. Released in 2020 by vanripper, listed as both developer and publisher, it shows 406 Steam reviews with a mixed label and 0% positive.

Helltaker is a 2020 Adventure game developed by vanripper and published by vanripper. On Steam it has gathered 406 player reviews, 98% of them positive, which counts as a overwhelmingly positive reception among indie titles in the Adventure category. The game is available on linux, mac, windows, and is free to play. The pairing of developer vanripper with publisher vanripper is one of the studio-publisher relationships indielist tracks, letting players find comparable games and letting developers and investors study how Adventure projects reach the market. Because Helltaker is free to play, indielist does not convert its review count into paid copies or revenue; this page reports reception and catalog facts instead. Within indielist's catalog of indie games mapped to their studios, publishers, and funding, Helltaker can be compared against similar Adventure titles and benchmarked on review counts and public reception.

Reviews

406

Positive

98%

Steam appid

1289310

Engine

Unknown

Players (snapshot)

Unavailable

Paid sales estimate unavailable

This game is free to play. Steam reviews measure reception, not paid copies, so indielist does not publish unit-sales or revenue estimates for it.

Platforms

linuxmacwindows

Genres

AdventureFree To PlayIndie

Frequently asked questions

Is Helltaker free to play?: Yes. Helltaker is free to play, so indielist reports its Steam reviews and catalog data without publishing paid-copy or revenue estimates.
Who developed Helltaker?: Helltaker was developed by vanripper and published by vanripper.
Who published Helltaker?: Helltaker was published by vanripper, developed by vanripper. See vanripper's full catalogue and submission status on indielist.
When was Helltaker released?: Helltaker was released in 2020.
How many reviews does Helltaker have on Steam?: Helltaker has 406 Steam reviews, of which 98% are positive.
Is Helltaker worth playing?: Steam players rate Helltaker 98% positive across 406 reviews. indielist doesn't score games editorially; it surfaces public review sentiment and catalog facts so you can judge reception and reach yourself.

Players looking for games like Helltaker can compare it on indielist against semantically similar Adventure titles such as Subnautica, Raft, Satisfactory, Human Fall Flat, ranked by shared tags and genre rather than by ad spend. On the developer side, vanripper's other releases and vanripper's wider catalog are one click away, letting developers benchmark where Helltaker sits among a studio's body of work and how its publisher's portfolio performs. Because indielist maps studios, publishers, games, and funding into one connected graph, the same Helltaker page serves three audiences at once: players hunting their next Adventure game, developers studying how comparable projects were positioned and received, and investors tracing which teams and labels are active in the space. A machine-readable markdown mirror of this page is published at the same path with a .md suffix for AI assistants, and its review, price, and catalog figures are refreshed on a schedule rather than frozen at launch.

Matched from shared Steam tags and primary genre. Review count breaks ties; it is not a personal recommendation score.