Stress relief and mindless carnage
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 positive reviews
“This is a game that's perfect for when you want to de-stress after a hard day.”
Steam review · 2.1 h played ↗
Hatred
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Very Positive · 85%Very Positive · 85%Destructive Creations2015Shooter · Twin Stick Shooter · Action
$5.99
Open on Steam ↗US Steam price, checked 5 h ago
The verdict
A brutal, edgy Postal-style top-down shooter with great destruction and cathartic carnage, but repetitive, clunky and punishing. Skip it if you hate the camera or cringe dialogue.
Great for
Postal fans wanting cheap, mindless, destructive stress relief, ideally with the first-person mod
Main risk
Gameplay gets repetitive fast, with a bad camera and unfair swarms of enemies
What players love
First/third-person mods transform it
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 positive reviews
“I can't recommend using the Hatred 1.666 mod enough. First person + color makes the experience so much better.”
Steam review · 36.3 h played ↗
Fun Postal-like with dark humor
Mentioned in ~1 in 13 positive reviews
“Fans of the Postal series will 100% like it, I know from experience.”
Steam review · translated · 13.9 h played ↗
Great destructible environments
Mentioned in ~1 in 13 positive reviews
“some of the finest destruction physics I have ever had the pleasure of witnessing”
Steam review · 6.5 h played ↗
Cheap and challenging
Mentioned in ~1 in 25 positive reviews
“Fun game for its price, especially with the First Person mod.”
Steam review · 4 h played ↗
Striking noir black-and-white style
Mentioned in ~1 in 25 positive reviews
“Cool noir visuals — a black-and-white picture with rare bright flashes.”
Steam review · translated · 4.1 h played ↗
What players complain about
Repetitive and boring gameplay
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews
“After 1 hour it just got boring. Same gameplay, same executions, same everything.”
Steam review · 0.8 h played ↗
Cringe edgy tone and no story
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“the whole game just feels like it was written by a 12 year old trying to be edgy and cool to his friends”
Steam review · 0.8 h played ↗
Bad camera and dark, hard-to-see visuals
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“The grey palette and camera in this game drive me nuts, you can't see who's where in this grey mess.”
Steam review · translated · 34.7 h played ↗
Unfair difficulty and enemy swarms
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“This game's idea of difficulty is spawning dozens of soldiers with automatic weapons and body armor just off screen to surround and gank you.”
Steam review · 4.2 h played ↗
Clunky, janky controls
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 negative reviews
“It feels so ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ slugish and clanky, that it's impossible to enjoy.”
Steam review · 3.5 h played ↗
Crashes and poor optimization
Mentioned in ~1 in 17 negative reviews
“crashed like 80 times throughout my playthrough and is so poorly optimized that you need mods for the game to function at all.”
Steam review · 4.4 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: UnknownController support5 GB
Minimum
OSMicrosoft Windows Vista (SP2) with DirectX 11 update (KB971512-x64), Windows® 7 (Service Pack 1) , Windows 8.1 and Windows 10 - (64-bit only).
Processor2.6 GHz Intel® Core™ i5-750 or 3.2 GHz AMD Phenom™ II X4 955
Memory4 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 or AMD Radeon HD5850 (1 GB VRAM)
Storage5 GB available space
Recommended
OSWindows® 7 (Service Pack 1) / Windows® 8 / Windows® 8.1 / Windows® 10 / (64-bit only)
ProcessorAMD Octa-Core / Intel Quad-Core processor running at 3.4 GHz (AMD FX X8 8350 or Intel Core i5 3570 or newer architectures are recommended)
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsAMD/NVIDIA dedicated with at least 2048MB of dedicated VRAM and with at least DirectX 11 and Shader Model 5.0 support. AMD Radeon R9 285 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670 and above are recommended graphic cards.
Storage5 GB available space
OSMicrosoft Windows Vista (SP2) with DirectX 11 update (KB971512-x64), Windows® 7 (Service Pack 1) , Windows 8.1 and Windows 10 - (64-bit only).
Processor2.6 GHz Intel® Core™ i5-750 or 3.2 GHz AMD Phenom™ II X4 955
Memory4 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 or AMD Radeon HD5850 (1 GB VRAM)
Storage5 GB available space
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