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HellSign

HellSign is an investigative action RPG that pits you against the horrors of the afterlife, let loose on a small town. As a hunter, you’ll plan, hunt, and kill to pay the bills and piece together the fragments…

65 24 February 2021

HellSign is an adventure developed by Ballistic Interactive, released 24 February 2021 on Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What HellSign is

HellSign is an adventure game developed by Ballistic Interactive and released in 2021. It is available on Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unity.

The premise, in the publisher's words

You're a Hunter, the last line of defense between our world and the savage creatures that lurk just outside. By investigating the world around you and reading the evidence you’ll learn more about what you’re hunting and how to kill it. Use your wits, your experience and your arsenal of monster-hunting tools to rid the world of ghouls, ghosts, demons and everything that goes bump in the night - for the right price of course. Woken up with the vague memory of having died the night before in a drug-induced state of delirium while on a dangerous job. There is a fresh brand upon your skin, a brand you do not remember but which causes you great unease. You find yourself following a bloody track…
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How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action and horror. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 16 achievements to unlock.

How it was received

HellSign holds a critic score of 65 out of 100. That places it above 24% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2021 averaged 74, so it scored 9 points below the year average.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for Intel Core i5 2.4ghz (or equivelant AMD), 8 GB RAM and Mid Range Graphics Card. An 8GB memory requirement is modest by current standards; most machines sold in the last five years clear it. Install size is roughly 2GB.

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What it launched against

HellSign launched on 24 February 2021, within three weeks of Little Nightmares II, Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury, Loop Hero and The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: Little Nightmares II, Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury, Loop Hero, The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante.

Official trailer

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Quick answers

HellSign — frequently asked questions

When did HellSign come out?
HellSign was released on 24 February 2021 for Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What are the minimum PC requirements for HellSign?
At minimum, HellSign needs Intel Core i5 2.4ghz (or equivelant AMD), 8 GB RAM, Mid Range Graphics Card graphics, 2 GB available space of storage.
How many GB is HellSign?
The PC version needs about 2 GB of storage, going by the storage line in the system requirements ("2 GB available space"). Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

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