Halls of Torment

Slay hordes of terrifying monsters in this horde survival roguelite. Descend into the Halls of Torment where the Lords of the underworld await you. Treasures, magical trinkets, and a growing cast of heroes will grant you the power to vanquish these horrors from beyond. How long can you survive?

English voiceActionIndieRPGSeptember 24, 2024

#Action Roguelike #Roguelite #Bullet Hell #Pixel Graphics #Dark Fantasy #Roguelike #Action RPG #Action #RPG #Arcade

Masterpiece

GamePickHub score
95% of 30,908 Steam reviews positive
Metacritic 88

-25%~~$6.66~~$4.99

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At a glance

● Pros

Acclaimed: 95% of 30,908 Steam players recommend it
Metacritic critic score 88
Full English voice acting
Full controller support
Runs on low-end PCs (min. 4GB RAM)
Steam Deck Verified

● Cons

No notable downsides in the data.

Great for

Fans of punchy combat and action
Discovering distinctive indie games
Growing characters and getting lost in a story

Summarized automatically from Steam reviews, Metacritic, language support, price and spec data.

What players talk about

How often each topic comes up in 53 Steam reviews (English, Korean, Japanese, Chinese) · 92% of them recommend the game

Difficulty👍 11
Graphics👍 9 👎 1
Grind & repetition👍 6 👎 1
Amount of content👍 5
Atmosphere👍 5
Price👍 4
Combat & action👍 4
Bugs👍 3
Addictiveness👍 3

Counts how many reviews mention each topic, split by whether the review recommends the game.

“This is a remarkable step up from Vampire Survivors, it's like going from NES to SNES, now you're playing with power!”

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About the game

Halls of Torment is a horde survival game with a pre-rendered retro look reminiscent of RPGs from the late 90s. Choose one of many hero characters and descend into the deadly Halls of Torment. Fight unholy horrors from beyond and survive wave after wave of enemies until you face one of the tormented Lords. Strengthen your hero with character traits, abilities, and items. Create a new powerful build during each run. Explore various underground expanses and find new powerful items that enable you to venture even deeper into the abyss.

Features

Quick and casual 30 minute runs

Old school pre-rendered art style

Quest-based meta progression

Large selection of diverse abilities, traits, and items, all enabling you to create interesting synergies

Diverse bosses featuring unique mechanics and attack patterns

Several distinct characters allowing for many different play styles

Unlock and explore multiple interesting and challenging underground worlds

Unique items can be sent up to the overworld and used to customize future runs

Craft magical tinctures to direct fate in your favor

Unlock the power of each class and combine them with your chosen character

Defeat the Lords of the underworld and explore infinite growth

Find rare item variants to further improve your builds

Put your strategies to the test in the late game against the unbeatable Shrine of Torment

Full Content List

6 stages with unique environments

11 playable characters & character marks

25 blessings that make you stronger for each run

60 unique items to retrieve and unlock

240 higher rarity item variants

74 abilities and ability upgrades

30 artifacts to customize your game experience

35+ unique bosses

70+ unique monsters

500 quests to complete

1000+ traits that upgrade characters and abilities

Source: Steam store page (provided by the developer/publisher)

PC requirements

Minimum

Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
OS: Windows 10 or newer
Processor: 4 Cores / 2.5 GHz+
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Graphics: Intel Iris Xe / Nvidia GTX 970 / AMD RX 570 (Adrenalin 22.1.2)
Storage: 4 GB available space