HellSign
Skip · Roguelike · 2021
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 19, under the fair line, at $19.99.
- Length
- 13.9h 24.2h to 100%
- Value
- $1.44/hr
- Reviews
- 67% of 2,285 positive
Watch this gameOne alert at a price you pick.
Buy now or wait
Discounted in 7 of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last cut ended 11 days ago.
- Next sale
- Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
What drives the score
How to read this
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About the game
HellSign is an investigative action RPG that pits you against the horrors of the afterlife, let loose on a small town. As a hunter, you’ll plan, hunt, and kill to pay the bills and piece together the fragments to your past. Just remember - a smart hunter is always prepared.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 8 GB of memory, Mid Range Graphics Card, 2 GB of storage. Windows only.
The value story
68 discounts in the 8 years on record, a median of 50 percent off across all of them, roughly 6 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 11 days ago.
It is pricier than 87 percent of its genre, and less well reviewed than 87 percent. Labyrinth Of The Demon King ($19.99, scores 63) outscores it, and so does At Dead Of Night ($15.99, scores 71). Both sit among its closest neighbours.
More about HellSign
This site sampled 800 of its Steam-purchase reviews; 11 were written by buyers who refunded it, sampled from reviews written June 2020 to September 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 45 percent of the 344 reviews written there were positive, against 67 percent overall, and those are 16 percent of everything written about it.
The drop-off
90% start to 2% rarestNo achievement in this game marks the ending, so there is no finish rate. The curve runs from the most-unlocked achievement to the rarest, and its shape is where players stop. Steam global achievements
What players say
This game is unique, that is why i got it. There are not alot of supernatural horror investigation games out there, and the ones you get are mostly about ghost hunting. I got this game because i wanted a game similar to buffy the vampire slayer, angel and supernatural and still to this day its hard to find a descent game on this genre. If you are looking for something like the ttrpgs hunter: the vigil or hunter: the...
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
General Impression Buried in this mess of a game is a winning formula-one that balances combat, sleuthing, deduction, and preparation all into a congruent experience. Each activity feeds into another and ultimately leads you to the climactic showdown with the boss. HellSign leaves a strong impression and comes very close to pulling it all off, but, unfortunately, doesn't quite make it. The general flow of the game...
The game has a ton of bugs, and is not extremely well optimised... I still had a ton of fun with the latest version; damn even made a Romanian translation for it... but it is still not the way to go. The devs themselves removed a ton of stuff from the Early Access, and it is simply a worse product. I recommend downpatching the game through Steam's console (you need the Early Access Depot, look for it at SteamDB) The...
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).
Cite this score
HellSign scores 19/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/606500/hellsignReviews set the ceiling, and the size of the player base moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Sep 26, price as of Oct 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.