Superb metal soundtrack with famous vocalists
Mentioned in ~3 in 5 positive reviews
“It's a fun game with a GODLY soundtrack - appearances by Mikael Stanne (Dark Tranquillity)”
Steam review · 25.4 h played ↗
Metal: Hellsinger
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Overwhelmingly PositiveOverwhelmingly Positive · 96%The Outsiders2022Rhythm · FPS · Shooter
The verdict
A short, stylish Doom-meets-Guitar-Hero rhythm shooter with a superb metal soundtrack and satisfying combat. Skip it if you want long, varied content or dislike keeping a beat while aiming.
Great for
Metal fans and Doom-style shooter fans who want a short, rhythm-driven adrenaline hit
Main risk
Short, repetitive campaign with recycled bosses that feels pricey at full cost
What players love
Doom-like shooting synced to the beat feels great
Mentioned in ~1 in 2 positive reviews
“It's like if Doom Eternal was a rhythm game.”
Steam review · 15.4 h played ↗
Great for non-rhythm players, addictive and replayable
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews
“By far the best rhythm game I've ever played and i don't like rhythm games all that much”
Steam review · 10.4 h played ↗
Stylish art, weapons and narration
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 positive reviews
“the weapons have weight”
Steam review · 1.2 h played ↗
Accessibility options let you turn off the rhythm
Mentioned in ~1 in 19 positive reviews
“If you want to turn off the rhythm go to accessibility under settings and scroll to the bottom.”
Steam review · 5.9 h played ↗
Runs well and is good value on sale
Mentioned in ~1 in 25 positive reviews
“It's short. It's sweet. Runs well.”
Steam review · 7 h played ↗
What players complain about
Repetitive, copy-pasted bosses
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“Fighting the same boss at the end of each level. Same music, same boss.”
Steam review · 3.5 h played ↗
Short and low on content, enemy variety
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“Only a handful of levels, super repetitive design, barely any enemy variety”
Steam review · 4.7 h played ↗
Rhythm mechanic is hard to follow while shooting
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 negative reviews
“a fast-paced movement shooter and a rhythm game do not blend well”
Steam review · 7.5 h played ↗
Crashes, softlocks and level loading bugs
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews
“Game randomly crashes on Acheron, the second to last level.”
Steam review · 5.8 h played ↗
Latency and beat sync problems
Mentioned in ~1 in 14 negative reviews
“The music just does not sync to the actual beat, my audio latency is 0ms”
Steam review · 0.3 h played ↗
No checkpoints, frustrating final boss
Mentioned in ~1 in 15 negative reviews
“lack of mid-mission saves saps joy from decent gameplay.”
Steam review · 3.7 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: Playable12 GB
Minimum
OSWindows 10
ProcessorIntel® Core™ i5-3450 / AMD equivalent
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1050 / AMD Radeon™ RX 550
Storage12 GB available space
Recommended
OSWindows 10
ProcessorIntel® Core™ i7-6700K / AMD Ryzen™ 5 1500X
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1060 / AMD Radeon™ RX 5700
Storage15 GB available space
OSWindows 10
ProcessorIntel® Core™ i5-3450 / AMD equivalent
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1050 / AMD Radeon™ RX 550
Storage12 GB available space
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