Striking art, atmosphere and sound
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 positive reviews
“The gameplay loop is great and the aesthetic is incredible. It's like Lynch and Cronenberg decided to make an extraction game”
Steam review · 3.2 h played ↗
Hell is Others
Worth buying? What 246 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 246 Steam reviews actually say.
Mostly Positive · 73%Mostly Positive · 73%Strelka Games, Yonder2022Roguelike · Shooter · Horror
$14.99
Open on Steam ↗US Steam price, checked 2 h ago
The verdict
A stylish, tense top-down Lovecraftian extraction shooter with a great loop and atmosphere, but multiplayer is nearly dead. Play it for single-player; skip it if you want PvP.
Great for
Solo players who like tense extraction looting, noir/Lovecraft atmosphere and pixel art, and accept frequent losses
Main risk
Multiplayer is nearly empty, and what remains is punishing, grindy and unbalanced against high-level players
What players love
Quirky story, writing and world
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“HiO really sets itself apart with its original world, good writing, and fantastic pixel art.”
Steam review · 195.5 h played ↗
Tense, addictive extraction loop
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“Keep at it and you will find that it has been 12 hours and you want to keep doing just one more raid.”
Steam review · 13.7 h played ↗
Single-player mode keeps it playable
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“consider it for singleplayer only, multiplayer is long dead.”
Steam review · 21.7 h played ↗
Apartment, bullet-growing and progression systems
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 positive reviews
“Instead of customizing guns its growing unique ammo. You get a nice comfy apartment that expands as you progress where all items give you small buffs in-game”
Steam review · 38 h played ↗
Great value and a hidden gem
Mentioned in ~1 in 11 positive reviews
“great pricing. For the money they want from you, it's very good value IMO even if you end up playing ~4-6 hours.”
Steam review · 5.2 h played ↗
What players complain about
Unbalanced matchmaking vs high-level players
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews
“You start getting paired with level 16 players and above and you get killed Instantly by them. There is NO balance to the game.”
Steam review · 37.3 h played ↗
Multiplayer is dead
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“Amazing game without the playerbase to function. Current active players is 17 overall”
Steam review · 0.7 h played ↗
Punishing death and unpopular balance changes
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 negative reviews
“Is there any game, in the entire history of video games, that was made a more enjoyable experience with the inclusion of a durability mechanic?”
Steam review · 22.1 h played ↗
Short timer, tiny inventory, grindy design
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews
“With a hard 12 minute timer (or you die), you won't have much time to search, look around, explore, or anything of that sort.”
Steam review · 6.2 h played ↗
Disconnects wipe your inventory
Mentioned in ~1 in 12 negative reviews
“Fun except when you disconnect and lose everything for no reason. Happens every 3 matches or so and makes the game not worth playing.”
Steam review · 2.9 h played ↗
Hackers and weak anti-cheat
Mentioned in ~1 in 16 negative reviews
“cheating by the few that remain is even more rampant than before the introduction of their anti-cheat.”
Steam review · 27.4 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: Playable2 GB
Minimum
OSWindows 10
ProcessorIntel Core i5-7400 / AMD Ryzen 5 2600
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsIntel UHD Graphics 620 / AMD Radeon 530 or equivalent
Storage2 GB available space
Recommended
OSWindows 10
ProcessorIntel Core i5-9400F / AMD Ryzen 5 3600
Memory16 GB RAM
GraphicsNvidia GeForce GTX 1060 / AMD Radeon RX480 or equivalent
Storage2 GB available space
OSWindows 10
ProcessorIntel Core i5-7400 / AMD Ryzen 5 2600
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsIntel UHD Graphics 620 / AMD Radeon 530 or equivalent
Storage2 GB available space
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