- 70/100
- Players35 ratings
- 70/100
- Critics1 review
More scores
- Metacritic5 critic reviews
- 72/100
- Metacritic usersuser score
- 74/100
- GameFAQsTough
- 3.59/5
- Player reviews
- 88% positive3,669 reviews
- Steam Deck
- Playable
- Runs on
- Windows, Mac, Linux
- Price
- US$9.99
Where to get it
2013 · Crackshell · Adventure · Beat 'em up
Hammerwatch
Hammerwatch is an hack and slash action adventure, set in a fantasy pixel art environment! Play solo or co-op in this adventure from bottom to top of Castle Hammerwatch! Kill hordes of enemies with varied looks and features through four unique environments with traps, hidden secrets and puzzles!
- Released
- 12 August 2013
- Platforms
- LinuxNintendo SwitchPlayStation 4WindowsXbox OnemacOS
- Genres
- AdventureBeat 'em upHack and slashIndieRole-playing
- Developers
- Crackshell
- Publishers
- Crackshell
- Series
- Hammerwatch
- Modes
- Co-opMultiplayerSingle-player
- Perspective
- Bird view / Isometric
- Themes
- ActionFantasy
- Country
- Sweden
- Age ratings
- ACB PGPEGI 7ESRB TGRAC 12+
- Languages
- English
- Time to beat
- 22hmain story40hwith extras
About
Hammerwatch is a 2013 hack and slash and action-adventure game by Swedish studio Crackshell. It was released for Linux, Microsoft Windows and OS X in August 2013, followed by released for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One in December 2017. It was followed by Heroes of Hammerwatch and Hammerwatch 2.
Players say
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Gameplay
The gameplay of the game is similar to Diablo and other hack and slash video games. The player is in a castle and must kill hundreds of enemies. Like in the first edition of Diablo, there are no skill trees in Hammerwatch. The player buys skills from traders across the maps. Hammerwatch has six character classes: paladin, wizard, ranger, thief, warlock and priest.
Development
The game was developed by Jochum Skoglund and Niklas Myrberg. It was mainly inspired by the Gauntlet games.
The game was put on Steam Greenlight and was accepted on 17 April 2013. A first beta was released in February 2013.
Reception
Hammerwatch received a score of 75/100 on GameFront and a score of 7/10 on Destructoid. Hammerwatch has an average rating of 72 out of 100 at Metacritic, based on 5 critic reviews. It had 2,500 pre-orders and sold 12,000 units on the first 24 hours on Steam.
The game was in the top 30 of the most anticipated indie games of 2013 on Destructoid.
Releases by platformdates and regions as published
Editions and related releases
- Included in
- Hammerwatch: Heroic Bundle
- Followed by
- Heroes of Hammerwatch
- Remastered as
- Hammerwatch: Anniversary Edition
- Built on it
- Hammerwatch Anniversary Edition
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