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…
Hammerwatch is an adventure developed by Crackshell, released 12 August 2013 on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Linux. It currently starts at $1.84 at Gamesplanet. The main story takes about 40 hrs to finish.
What Hammerwatch is
Hammerwatch is an adventure game developed by Crackshell and released in 2013. It was published by BlitWorks. It is available on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Custom built engine.
The premise, in the publisher's words
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.
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action and fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer, Single player and Split screen. There are 38 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
Hammerwatch holds a critic score of 70 out of 100. That places it above 33% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2013 averaged 70, so it scored about average for its year.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 40 hrs. At its current cheapest price of $1.84, that works out to about $0.05 per hour of the main story.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for 1.8 GHz, 1 GB RAM and OpenGL 1.4 Compatible. At 1GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it costs, and where
The cheapest verified price right now is $1.84 at Gamesplanet, 82% below its usual price.
What it launched against
Hammerwatch launched on 12 August 2013, within three weeks of Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons, Papers, Please, Rayman Legends and Saints Row IV. All of them reviewed better. It was a PlayStation 4 launch-window title.
Released around the same time: Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons, Papers, Please, Rayman Legends, Saints Row IV.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Hammerwatch yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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