Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice

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From the makers of Heavenly Sword, Enslaved: Odyssey to the West, and DmC: Devil May Cry, comes a warrior’s brutal journey into myth and madness. 2021 Update: Return to Helheim and experience Senua’s world through new eyes with enriched visuals and new features.

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Developer:
Ninja Theory
Engine:
Unreal Engine 4
Release date:
07 August 2017
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All Steam reviews:
Very Positive (33830)

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Description

From the makers of Heavenly Sword, Enslaved: Odyssey to the West, and DmC: Devil May Cry, comes a warrior’s brutal journey into myth and madness.

2021 Update:
Return to Helheim and experience Senua’s world through new eyes with enriched visuals and new features. Upgraded materials, particles and LOD, DirectX Raytracing and optimised performance with NVIDIA DLSS and AMD FSR support. We have also used this opportunity to include some key accessibility improvements, including full controller remapping and colour blindness settings.

Set in the Viking age, a broken Celtic warrior embarks on a haunting vision quest into Viking Hell to fight for the soul of her dead lover.

Created in collaboration with neuroscientists and people who experience psychosis, Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice will pull you deep into Senua’s mind.

Accessibility Features:

GAMEPLAY
- Accessibility options available on launch within the first-boot options menu.
- Adjustable combat difficulty between dynamically-adjusted 'Auto' mode, or manually-selected 'Easy', 'Medium', or 'Hard' modes.
- Game can be paused both during gameplay and cinematics.

AUDIO
- Custom volume controls can be adjusted for Master, Music, SFX, Voices, and Menu audio.
- Audio output can be adjusted between Stereo and Mono sound modes.

VISUAL
- Color blind modes, and correction intensities can be adjusted for the included Deuteranopia, Protanopia, and Tritanopia filters.
- Subtitles for spoken content can be set to On or Off.
- Subtitle text size can be adjusted between 'Standard' or 'Large'.
- Subtitle text color can be adjusted between White, Orange, Green, or Blue.
- Subtitle backgrounds can be adjusted between Transparent or 'Solid' black.
- Text contrast for menu backgrounds can be adjusted between 'Half-Transparent' or 'Solid' black.

INPUT
- Adjustable input sensitivity for controller joystick and mouse axes, and ability to invert camera axis.
- Input remapping for keyboard keys and controller buttons (camera control and menu navigation keys excluded).
- Full keyboard support allowing the game to be entirely played with a keyboard (arrow keys replace mouse/right stick movement).
- Controller vibration can be set to On or Off.
- Running modifier can be set to be activated on key/button Toggle or Hold.

Note that the listed accessibility options apply to the Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice Enhanced on PC version of the game.

Recommended system requirements

minimum*

OS *:
Windows 7, 8, 10
Processor:
Intel i5 3570K / AMD FX-8350
Memory:
8 GB RAM
Graphics:
GTX 770 with 2GB VRAM / Radeon R9 280X 3GB
DirectX:
Version 11
Storage:
30 GB available space
Additional Notes:
Minimum spec screen resolution: 1280x720

recommended*

Not specified

User reviews

Jenny
Recommended | 20 May 2026
11.8h played

Incredible game. I enjoyed every minute that I played. The plot is mesmerizing, audio design and voice acting are amazing. I would recommend this game to everyone, I've just complete it and can't wait to play second

Helpful: 3
FranMontas
Recommended | 31 May 2026
15.9h played

I first played Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice about five years ago on Xbox Game Pass. Since I no longer have the service, I recently bought it on Steam and replayed it. I’m glad I did, because it reminded me why this is

Helpful: 1
amin sandik
Recommended | 24 May 2026
12.9h played

beautiful game. nice puzzles, nice graphics, nice combat, marvelous sounds, great level designs and so on. it does fall to repetition midway through the game but i'd say it fixes itself before reaching the final.

Helpful: 1
blackmum
Recommended | 29 May 2026
18.1h played

this isn’t really a game in the usual sense of the word - it’s pure art about love and acceptance. don't rush through it and don't expect constant action or intense gameplay. this is a game that needs to be experienced

Helpful: 0
Kuяo♡
Recommended | 18 May 2026
15.3h played

Absolutely stellar acting throughout this game. Even better if you watch the behind the scenes, especially of the voice actors and how they film the "voices in the head". Great story telling, some nice challenges,

Helpful: 0
Illusion1648
Recommended | 22 May 2026
13.7h played

I just love this game!!! It doesn’t need a very powerful PC and is still worth the money. Overall, the combat and puzzle style are very exciting and made me want the second part (Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II). And not to

Helpful: 0