
- 69/100
- Players15 ratings
- 70/100
- Critics1 review
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- Metacritic25 critic reviews
- 64/100
- Metacritic usersuser score
- 65/100
- GameFAQsTough
- 3.75/5
- Player reviews
- 76% positive2,593 reviews
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- Windows, Mac, Linux
- Price
- US$34.99
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2020 · Cradle Games · Action role-playing · Adventure
Hellpoint
Hellpoint is a dark sci fi action RPG set in the aftermath of a massive quantum cataclysm. Every living being quickly lost their mind as their memories and bodies were merged with alternate versions of themselves from parallel universes. The accident also attracted entities of immense power that should have been left alone, in the depth of other dimensions.
- Released
- 30 July 2020
- Platforms
- LinuxNintendo SwitchPlayStation 4PlayStation 5StadiaWindowsXbox OneXbox Series X/SmacOS
- Genres
- Action role-playingAdventureIndieRole-playingScienceSoulslike
- Developers
- Cradle Games
- Publishers
- —
- Modes
- MultiplayerSingle-player
- Perspective
- Third person
- Themes
- ActionScience fictionHorror
- Country
- Canada
- Age ratings
- PEGI 12ACB MESRB MGRAC 12+
- Languages
- Chinese (Simplified), English, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese (Brazil), Portuguese (Portugal), Russian, Spanish (Spain)
- Time to beat
- 15hmain story25hwith extras29hcompletionist
About
Hellpoint is a 2020 action role-playing game by Canadian developer Cradle Games and published by tinyBuild. It released for Windows, Linux, MacOS, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One on July 30. The player takes on the role of a nameless humanoid stranded on derelict space station Irid Novo, and must battle vicious creatures in order to solve the mystery behind the events that happened there. Irid Novo orbits a massive black hole; the station's position in relation to the black hole affects the strength of enemies. Versions for Stadia and Nintendo Switch were released in February 2021, with PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S versions released in July 2022.
›Story
Once a pinnacle of human achievement, the Irid Novo space station has fallen. Its ruins are now overrun by cruel interdimensional entities acting as puppets of the malevolent Cosmic Gods.
You have been created by the Author, organically printed on Irid Novo and sent on a mission to find out the unholy series of events that led to the catastrophic incident known as the Merge.
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Gameplay
Hellpoint is a third-person action role-playing game. The player has both light and strong attacks in their arsenal, as well as an evade mechanic. The healing gauge is refilled by dealing damage to monsters, and up to two healing injections can be stored. The game relies heavily on exploration, offering a number of secrets to discover. They may be hidden behind secret doors or in seemingly inaccessible places that can be reached by utilizing the jump mechanic.
Hellpoint has been dubbed a "Soulslike" game, due to similarities in gameplay mechanics with the Dark Souls series.
Development
In 2017, Cradle Games initiated a Kickstarter campaign to fund the development of their project. With the initial goal of CA$50,000, they managed to gather CA$64,500 over a span of two years. In 2019, the project was declared funded.
A playable free sequel chapter, Hellpoint: The Thespian Feast, was released on February 20, 2020. The events of this chapter take place half a century after the events of the main game.
Reception
Hellpoint received "mixed or average reviews" from critics, according to review aggregator Metacritic. Fellow review aggregator OpenCritic assessed that the game received weak approval, being recommended by 21% of critics.
Releases by platformdates and regions as published
Editions and related releases
- Downloadable content
- Hellpoint: Blue Sun
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