Hell Survivors: Prologue

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Hell Survivors: Prologue is a single player shooter game with horror, fantasy, medieval, historical and others themes. It was developed by Aerilon and was released on June 7, 2024. It received mostly positive reviews from players.

WARNING: This is a demo version of Hell Survivors, make sure to check out the main game page! Face an onslaught of demonic hordes and survive through inferno in Hell Survivors. Create powerful builds from a variety of heroes, weapons, and special abilities in order to survive for 20 minutes. Are you strong enough to come back from purgatory, or will you allow the nightmare creatures to consume…

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64%

Audience ScoreBased on 25 reviews

graphics3 positive mentions

monetization11 negative mentions

Offers challenging difficulty that requires careful play and strategy.
Fun gameplay with neat upgrade systems and potential for engaging synergies.
Good aesthetic presentation with smooth performance and promising environment.

Heavily criticized as a near-direct ripoff of '20 Minutes Till Dawn' with minimal originality.
Slow movement speed and some frustrating gameplay mechanics detract from enjoyment.
Currently limited content and features, making the prologue feel half-baked and repetitive.

monetization
11 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
The monetization is criticized for essentially being an advertisement disguised as a game, misleading players into paying $8 for what is described as a low-effort ripoff. This approach is seen as exploitative and harmful to both gamers and genuine developers, offering no real value despite its price.
- “While it might seem like an innocuous mistake, publishing demos and advertisements as if they are full games is misleading and in some ways harmful.”
- “Often developers may choose to incorrectly publish demo/advertisements as separate games as a cheap way to bypass paying Valve for marketing presence on the Steam front page, which may seem clever to them, but it's harmful behaviour and it's not good for gamers.”
- “This advertisement is taking up marketing space and visibility that would be better made available to a developer that's done the right thing and created a full game.”
music
9 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
67%
33%
The game's music is widely criticized as generic and boring, particularly for a wave survival game, with some players turning it off early to avoid fatigue. Although slightly better than music from similar titles like Halls of Torment, it fails to enhance the gameplay experience and is recommended to be replaced by personal playlists.
- “Beside the music at least is somewhat better than the ones from Halls of Torment, it's not good music for a waves survival game, unless the developers are trying to fatigue the players into dying because of how boring the music is.”
- “In case you start to feel like the game is getting dull, turn off the game music, and play some music on your media player or Spotify, or whatever you use.”
- “It's a very generic gothic music that even features a chorus.”
graphics
6 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
50%
50%
Users generally appreciate the game's cell-shaded, visually appealing graphics and aesthetics, noting that the visual style is a key differentiator. However, some feel that aside from the graphics, other elements remain largely unchanged. Overall, the graphics are well-received for their style and presentation.
- “The very 'feel' of the game is almost identical aside from the aesthetics.”
- “With the only things that are different being the graphics, the music, and the name.”
- “The graphics and aesthetics are nice, sure.”
story
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
Users feel the story aspect needs more depth, suggesting added character backstories, a wider cast, and enhanced gameplay features like more weapons, upgrades, and modes to enrich the narrative experience.
gameplay
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
The gameplay is criticized for being unoriginal and repetitive, largely due to heavily borrowing its core mechanics from another game, resulting in a stale experience.
- “Because this game pretty much cribbed its entire gameplay loop from 20mtd, it feels ultimately stale as a result.”

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Hell Survivors: Prologue is a shooter game with horror, fantasy, medieval, historical and others themes.

Hell Survivors: Prologue is available on PC and Windows.

Hell Survivors: Prologue was released on June 7, 2024.

Hell Survivors: Prologue was developed by Aerilon.

Hell Survivors: Prologue has received mostly positive reviews from players. Most players liked this game for its graphics but disliked it for its monetization.

Hell Survivors: Prologue is a single player game.

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