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Green Hell

Green Hell delivers a unique experience in the survival genre and adds a strong storyline on top. The impressive sound design immerses players in the rainforest through soft sounds and terrifying predators.
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85% User Score Based on 33,418 reviews
Critic Score 67%Based on 6 reviews

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Green Hell is a single player and multiplayer open world simulation game with a horror theme. It was developed by Creepy Jar and was released on September 5, 2019. It received mostly positive reviews from critics and positive reviews from players.

Green Hell is a sweltering struggle for survival in the Amazonian rainforest. Clinging to life, the player is set on a journey of durability as the effects of solitude wear heavy not only on the body but also the mind. How long can you survive against the dangers of the unknown?

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  • Green Hell offers a deep, emotionally engaging and unique survival story with genuine mystery, psychological complexity, and multiple endings that enrich the gameplay experience.
  • The survival mechanics are realistic, immersive, and rewarding, requiring careful management of nutrition, wounds, infections, and mental health, creating challenging and intense gameplay.
  • The game features stunning, highly detailed and atmospheric Amazon jungle graphics, realistic sound design, and an immersive environment that strongly enhances tension and immersion.
  • The gameplay can feel overly grindy, tedious, and micromanaged, especially with crafting, resource gathering, and inventory management, which may hinder exploration and fun.
  • Green Hell suffers from numerous bugs, glitches, crashes, poor optimization, and technical issues—particularly in multiplayer and co-op modes—that significantly impact stability and immersion.
  • The story pacing and character development receive mixed feedback, with some players finding the narrative slow, confusing, or underutilized; additionally, UI and control issues can be unintuitive and frustrating.
  • story
    9,643 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    Green Hell features a surprisingly deep and emotionally engaging story that unfolds gradually through environmental storytelling, dialogue, and psychedelic sequences, providing a compelling narrative of survival and psychological struggle. While the story is praised for its depth, atmosphere, and plot twists, it can feel slow-paced and is at times overshadowed by the demanding survival mechanics and occasional bugs, with some players finding the narrative confusing or less polished. Overall, the story enriches the survival experience, offering multiple endings and an immersive journey that stands out in the genre, though it may require patience and guidance to fully appreciate.

    • “Unlike many sandbox survival games, Green Hell features a story with genuine mystery and emotional depth.”
    • “The story truly captured my attention from the very beginning. Through its many details, flashbacks, and plot twists, I always wanted to find out what would happen next and how everything connects.”
    • “Green Hell is not just a challenging survival game, but also an outstanding story-driven experience that stayed with me long after I finished playing.”
    • “The amount of different healing procedures required for all kinds of specific wounds is also very harsh to deal with and hard to memorize, meaning that you happen to spend the whole day dying of wounds, dehydration, lack of fats etc. completely taking any chance to actually explore the game's story/map.”
    • “Game was good at first like all other games like this but after you find out how easy and that there's nothing left to do it's done did whole story in like an hour or two and playing to just build is no more the tossing money in the trash don't buy unless you like building for nothing.”
    • “God forbid you die while doing story, because the game will get bugged even more than it already is and you won't make any more progress in the story unless you do a new save.”
  • gameplay
    3,937 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    Green Hell offers deep, realistic, and immersive survival mechanics that require careful management of nutrition, wounds, infections, and mental health, creating a challenging but rewarding gameplay experience. The steep learning curve and complex crafting and building systems may frustrate new players initially, but mastery leads to satisfying and intense gameplay, especially when combined with its compelling story. However, some find the mechanics overly punishing or tedious, with bugs and UI issues occasionally detracting from immersion and flow.

    • “The survival mechanics are deep and realistic — hunger, hydration, wounds, and mental health all affect gameplay.”
    • “The gameplay systems are extremely well thought out, requiring careful resource management, attention to health, and smart decision-making in order to survive in the harsh jungle environment.”
    • “The survival mechanics are rewarding and reasonably fair.”
    • “Inventory management feels unnecessarily frustrating, and technical issues can break immersion or disrupt gameplay entirely.”
    • “The gameplay mechanics are confusing and unintuitive, often leaving me wondering how to proceed or accomplish basic tasks without looking for external help and YouTube tutorials.”
    • “Gameplay loop ends a bit early, and once you've built a giant mud mansion, it gets boring.”
  • graphics
    2,124 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    Green Hell features stunning, realistic graphics that vividly bring the Amazon jungle to life with detailed environments, flora, and fauna, contributing greatly to immersion. While the visuals are widely praised for their quality and atmospheric effects, some users report occasional graphical glitches, limited graphics settings, and performance optimization issues on lower-end or mid-range PCs. Overall, the graphics are considered a major strength of the game, enhancing the intense survival experience despite some technical drawbacks.

    • “One of the most realistic games I have ever played, the graphics are insanely good; the features are very accurate to the real world, same with the wildlife.”
    • “✔ Stunning visuals and environmental design — feels like a real jungle.”
    • “The graphics are absolutely beautiful even before I poked around in reshade; never have I seen such detail in textures in a game — it's simply beautiful.”
    • “Sure, it's cheap but that shouldn't be an excuse for bad game design, not to mention the optimization that is just god awful, the graphics options are terrible so to speak, trash SMAA that leaves jagged edges all around, draw distance that sucks (possibly to hide the game deliberately spawning enemies to mess with you).”
    • “First of all, there is a ring around the player that limits the render distance and makes all the graphics outside the ring look like clay, even on max graphics you can see the texture popping and you can see items disappear and reappear 10ft in front of you.”
    • “The graphics are grainy even at the highest settings.”
  • grinding
    804 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    Grinding in this game is frequently described as tedious, slow, and overly time-consuming, especially regarding resource gathering, crafting, and base building. Many players find the survival mechanics—such as managing food, water, injuries, and inventory—excessively micromanaged and repetitive, which can hinder the fun and lead to frustration. While some appreciate the realistic challenge and rewarding moments, the heavy grind often feels like busywork, making progression a chore that requires patience and dedication.

    • “The game isn't grindy in the sense that most people understand when you say a game is 'grindy.' However, this is a grindy survival game.”
    • “Not that grindy if you just want to enjoy the story even on survival mode.”
    • “Resource gathering is not that grindy while building takes time, a good balance in my opinion.”
    • “The crafting is a drawn out tedious process with far too many steps and the controls are not intuitive.”
    • “The exaggerated quest for realism of the developers ended up having the opposite effect, because the game is not realistic at all, just unnecessarily tedious.”
    • “The game requires a lot of grinding to the point where it’s no longer fun because you end up doing the same things over and over again without being rewarded for it.”
  • stability
    606 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    Green Hell is riddled with numerous bugs and glitches that significantly impact stability, especially in multiplayer and co-op modes, where freezes, crashes, save corruptions, and various gameplay issues are common. While some players report a playable and enjoyable experience in single-player with minor annoyances, the overall consensus highlights persistent technical problems that detract from the game's potential and frustrate many users. Despite ongoing developer efforts, these stability issues remain a major concern.

    • “Great game with a lot to do and good detail. I play on a low-end PC and it runs great on highest settings.”
    • “Game seems to be stable and bug free (at least up to where I am in the story) and has plenty of options so you can play however you want (survival difficulty wise), so I would still say game is good.”
    • “The story mode was extremely fun and I encountered no glitches even while playing with my friends.”
    • “After only 18 minutes of playtime, I encountered severe issues: spawning directly into the void, constant freezes, and the game becoming completely unresponsive.”
    • “Game is a buggy mess, our saves in coop got corrupted several times, stuff disappears from the chests, people phase through floors and fall breaking their limbs, constructions that aren't finished yet disappear completely with the materials invested in them, using escalator crashes the game and many more.”
    • “The building system is intuitive, but buggy as hell.”
  • optimization
    474 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The game's optimization is widely criticized, with many users reporting frequent stutters, frame drops, crashes, and poor performance even on high-end hardware, especially in multiplayer and DLC modes. While some find it playable on medium settings or less demanding systems, the lack of fine-tuning options, inconsistent performance across different areas, and clunky graphics settings negatively impact the experience. Despite its compelling gameplay and visuals, the optimization issues remain a significant drawback, with hopes for future patches to improve stability and performance.

    • “Performance is better than I expected, and I didn’t think my hardware could handle it this well.”
    • “It's a good survival game and it's really well optimized; I don't have the best of computers so I was really surprised that it runs so smoothly!”
    • “Game runs smoothly at 60fps with 8GB RAM and GTX 1060 on the highest graphics settings.”
    • “Sure, it's cheap but that shouldn't be an excuse for bad game design, not to mention the optimization that is just god awful, the graphics options are terrible, trash SMAA that leaves jagged edges all around, draw distance that sucks (possibly to hide the game deliberately spawning enemies to mess with you).”
    • “The game is nice, but terribly optimized; I can't even play with my partner, it gets frozen every time I try to enter any coop game. We tried everything, he enters my game, I enter his; nothing works, or he doesn't see me when I'm inside or just can't get in, frozen loading the game.”
    • “It’s extremely poorly optimized (I'm pretty sure it's what's been making my PC crash so often lately), very irritating, kinda gross, somehow still mildly addicting. There's not been one moment in the last 45 hours of gameplay that I haven't been furious with it; I'll almost certainly continue to play, but I'll definitely continue to be mad about it.”
  • atmosphere
    298 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The atmosphere of "Green Hell" is widely praised for its stunning, immersive, and authentic portrayal of the Amazon jungle, combining dense visuals, realistic sound design, and intense survival tension. Players consistently highlight the game's ability to evoke feelings of isolation, danger, and raw nature, creating a gripping and often suffocating mood that enhances immersion. While some find the challenging difficulty and occasional bugs detract slightly, the overall atmosphere is considered a standout feature that deeply engages survival fans.

    • “The atmosphere is insanely immersive: the sounds, the visuals, the constant feeling that nature itself is watching you.”
    • “From the very first minutes, I was hooked by the atmosphere – beautifully crafted rainforest, dense vegetation, realistic beaches, and that deep sense of isolation.”
    • “The atmosphere of the game is brilliant, be it the poisonous creatures hiding in the grass only to suddenly hiss or rattle at you out of nowhere or the distant chanting of a tribal warrior, Green Hell manages to keep you on your toes at all times; there is no simple walk through the woods in this game and you'd do well to remember that!”
    • “The game did a terrible job of establishing any mood or atmosphere, due to a combination of awful graphics, mediocre voice acting, and the extreme jankiness of all animations.”
    • “The atmosphere is horrible, I played this on hard mode.”
    • “Looks awful... no atmosphere and lousy animations.”
  • emotional
    216 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    Green Hell delivers a uniquely emotional experience within the survival genre, featuring a deeply engaging and heart-wrenching narrative that evolves from straightforward survival to a psychologically complex story of guilt, love, and human struggle. Players frequently report being moved to tears by its poignant moments and immersive storytelling, with the emotional depth enhancing the tension and realism of the harsh jungle environment. Despite some criticisms of pacing or technical issues, the game's emotional impact and strong voice acting are widely praised, making it a memorable and affecting journey beyond typical survival challenges.

    • “Unlike many sandbox survival games, Green Hell features a story with genuine mystery and emotional depth.”
    • “The game blends harsh realism with deep emotional storytelling, creating a tense, immersive atmosphere that keeps you hooked from start to the very end.”
    • “What begins as a straightforward survival story transforms into something far more emotional and complex—a psychological journey of our beloved Jake that dives into guilt, love, and the human mind under pressure.”
    • “Boring story, not very well written.”
  • humor
    193 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The humor in the game is largely derived from chaotic, often unexpected survival mishaps, amusing glitches, and the protagonist’s over-the-top reactions, which create many hilarious moments, especially in multiplayer sessions with friends. While some find the protagonist’s whining voice annoying over time, the blend of absurd situations, buggy physics, and cooperative unpredictability contributes to a consistently funny and entertaining experience that balances challenge with lightheartedness.

    • “A brutal, immersive, and often hilarious survival horror experience where nature is merciless, your own character is a little clumsy, and every small mistake can spiral into absurd chaos.”
    • “There's a really funny feature where most of the plants you find start out just being called 'unknown', prompting you to give them an in-game name yourself, which immediately becomes even funnier when you realize everyone in your group has named them different things and nobody knows what each other is asking for until they explain.”
    • “From homing capybaras, killing them because you forgot to clean their poop, to running across the rainforest desperately trying to figure out how all the maps connect, this game is the most half-hazard, difficult, yet hilarious survival game I have ever played.”
    • “The unfunny kind of hard.”
    • “But at the end of the road, we can't deny the reality and what happened: they lied to us, and are now saying goodbye with a big smile on their face, like if nothing happened, with answers that could be written as jokes, but not funny ones.”
    • “There is so much potential for this game, it's not funny.”
  • music
    187 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The music in the game is sparse but highly atmospheric, effectively enhancing immersion by blending subtle tribal and cinematic tracks with rich ambient jungle sounds. While some players praise its quality and emotional impact during key moments, others find the limited soundtrack or occasional music bugs detract from the experience, often preferring to play with music off to better appreciate natural sound effects. Overall, the soundtrack is well-crafted and complements the game's intense survival theme without overwhelming the naturalistic ambiance.

    • “The soundtrack is minimal, allowing environmental sounds to shine — jungle noises, wildlife, and silence greatly enhance immersion and tension.”
    • “The developers really paid additional attention to the music (when in combat/hunting/relaxing) and the ambiance to make sure this game is as "realistic" and as exciting as possible.”
    • “The dynamic "cutscenes" (where you move around them for lack of better wording) is great and the soundtracks that are within are fantastic, conjuring goosebumps and fully immersing you in the story.”
    • “Being unable to use a firestarter tool, cursor disappearing, crashing during the tutorial in co-op mode, having to redo the entire tutorial in co-op because it crashed (also the fact that the tutorial is mandatory in co-op, even if you've already done it in solo mode) is very frustrating; spears glitching through the floor and being unrecoverable if you miss a throw; combat music glitched on even when you're out of combat.”
    • “I had to turn off the music at a certain point because I threw a spear at an armadillo once and it kept wandering back to my camp in the exact same spot, triggering the hunting music while I was trying to build things.”
    • “Sounds and music are a negative score from me; sound and music set the mood in most games, and this game was lacking music and sounds.”
  • replayability
    146 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    Replayability in the game receives mixed feedback: while modes like survival and co-op offer considerable replay value with challenges, base-building, and different difficulties, the story mode is often seen as having limited replay potential once completed. The static map and lack of procedural generation restrict long-term engagement, though ongoing updates and multiplayer add to replay appeal. Overall, replayability is solid but not extensive, especially compared to other survival games, with many players hoping for more content and variation to enhance longevity.

    • “The choices you make have a real impact on the story, offering infinite replayability.”
    • “With a story mode, survival mode, and co-op, it offers strong replayability.”
    • “Your four-time completion proves that Green Hell offers depth, challenge, and replayability.”
    • “No replay value.”
    • “Limited replay value: once the story is finished, there is little incentive to replay.”
    • “Replayability would probably entice you challenging yourself in different ways/difficulties, but the map itself is not randomly generated so at some point you would've found all mysteries and dangers of the game.”
  • monetization
    17 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The game is praised by some for having no microtransactions, paid DLCs, and offering free updates, presenting a complete experience without aggressive monetization. However, others criticize it as a cash grab with misleading advertising and in-game ads on the main menu, detracting from the overall value. Overall, opinions on monetization are mixed, with appreciation for the absence of microtransactions but concerns over marketing and ad presence.

    • “Additionally, the game has no paid DLCs, offers many free updates, and continues to receive updates with no microtransactions or similar purchases.”
    • “In a world full of microtransactions and numerous DLCs, Green Hell delivers a complete experience that continues to grow for less than half the price of games that require buying fragments for a year.”
    • “It is really great to see a team put so much work into a game and not gouge prices or ask for microtransactions (there aren't any).”
    • “Just came back after years to play the full game and find the main menu contains ads for other games.”
    • “No microtransactions (you can't even buy a different skin for your tools!).”
    • “The roadmap shows it's a cash grab, nothing more will be added.”
  • character development
    6 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    Character development received mixed reviews, with some players praising its intriguing and engaging progression supported by strong voice acting and storytelling, while others felt the main story underutilized the setting and lacked meaningful character growth. Overall, those who appreciated it found the characters compelling and well-developed throughout the game.

    • “The voice acting and the scripting is great, character development starts right away and it gets you invested in the characters and who they are, and why they are there.”
    • “Great environmental story telling, great voice acting, notes that you actually want to read, and a compelling set of characters and character development you can get behind.”
    • “Amazing story, kudos to the creators for making such an original story without sacrificing any plot/character developments”
    • “The character development is by far the worst part of the game.”
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Green Hell is a open world simulation game with horror theme.

Green Hell is available on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Steam Deck and others.

On average players spend around 40 hours playing Green Hell.

Green Hell was released on September 5, 2019.

Green Hell was developed by Creepy Jar.

Green Hell has received mostly positive reviews from players and mostly positive reviews from critics. Most players liked Green Hell for its story but disliked it for its grinding.

Green Hell is a single player game with multiplayer and local co-op support.

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