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Games like Hellish Quart

If Hellish Quart is your kind of game, the closest matches are Warrior Beneath Heaven, Gladio Mori and First Cut: Samurai Duel — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its master custom execution animations, challenging and hypnotic. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.

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Hellish Quart is a physics-based action game developed by Kubold that simulates historically accurate HEMA fencing in 17th century Poland. Players face challenging one-on-one sword duels where every strike can be decisive, using mechanics including an auto-block system, custom execution animations, and various historically documented forms. Reviewers highlight how the physics create matches that feel like genuine HEMA fencing sessions, and players describe the combat as both intense and hypnotic. The game features a survival mode alongside solo and local multiplayer options, with a medium-length campaign suited to sit-down play sessions. Hellish Quart received an 88% positive rating from 4462 Steam reviews and runs verified on Steam Deck.

About Hellish Quart: A physics-based, realistic 3D sword-fighting game. Immerse yourself in a cinematic adventure, utilizing real sword-fighting martial arts and a variety of historically accurate weapons to survive brutal duels in 17th century Poland. Featuring single-player modes and a LOCAL 2-player mode.

2021ActionEarly Access17.99 USDDeck VerifiedWindowsby Kubold
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Beating survival records feels like a new highEvery cut can end the fightMaster custom execution animationsChallengingHypnoticImmersive

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  1. Warrior Beneath Heaven

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Hellish Quart fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Hellish Quart.

    3d duel fight support local multiplayer.

    2020ActionIndieSimulation1.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Gladio Mori

    WHY THIS

    Shares physics based combat and an intense mood with Hellish Quart.

    Second-strongest match for Hellish Quart fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Early Access with Hellish Quart.

    Gladio Mori is a physics-driven multiplayer gladiator combat game featuring dismemberment, organ-specific damage, and a fully customizable move editor. Craft your own fighting style or use community created movesets to fight your way to glory.

    2024ActionSimulationEarly Access15.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. First Cut: Samurai Duel

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Hellish Quart.

    Third-strongest match for Hellish Quart fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Hellish Quart.

    Every strike is lethal in this blood-soaked sword fighting game. Slash, clash, parry, dodge and watch limbs fly. Choose your move carefully - the first cut is also the last.

    2024ActionIndie8.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Half Sword

    WHY THIS

    Shares physics based combat and an immersive mood with Hellish Quart.

    Ranked #4 for Hellish Quart fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Hellish Quart.

    Half Sword is a physics-based medieval combat simulator featuring historically accurate XV-century arms and armor. We are not afraid to show the brutal nature of medieval combat with in-depth blood and gore features.

    2026ActionIndieAdventure24.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. SOULCALIBUR VI

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Hellish Quart fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Hellish Quart.

    Bring more than your fists to the fight! Featuring all-new battle mechanics and characters, SOULCALIBUR VI marks a new era of the historic franchise. Welcome back to the stage of history!

    2018Action5.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. DRAGON BALL: Sparking! ZERO

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Hellish Quart.

    Ranked #6 for Hellish Quart fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Hellish Quart.

    DRAGON BALL: Sparking! ZERO takes the legendary gameplay of the Budokai Tenkaichi series and raises it to whole new levels. Make yours the destructive power of the strongest fighters ever to appear in Dragon Ball!

    2024Action69.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. TEKKEN 8

    WHY THIS

    Shares an intense mood with Hellish Quart.

    Ranked #7 for Hellish Quart fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Hellish Quart.

    TEKKEN 8 is the latest addition to the TEKKEN series, the pinnacle of 3D fighting games. Join the fight with over 32 characters and bear witness to the next installment in this epic saga. Get ready for the biggest and best TEKKEN game ever made!

    2024Action39.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Drunken Wrestlers 2

    WHY THIS

    Shares an intense mood with Hellish Quart.

    Ranked #8 for Hellish Quart fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Hellish Quart.

    Drunken Wrestlers 2 is a funny physics-based multiplayer fighting game. Features include character customization and a powerful mod editor integrated with Steam Workshop.

    2019ActionSportsIndie3.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Reviewers mention these as similar to Hellish Quart

Surfaced from review text: when other players write 'if you liked X, try Y', we catch the name and resolve it back to a Steam game.

  1. ARMA: Gold Edition

    WHY THIS

    Shares an immersive mood with Hellish Quart.

    Reviewers of Hellish Quart cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Hellish Quart.

    ARMA: Gold is pack of ARMA: Armed Assault and an expansion pack ARMA: Queen's Gambit. ARMA is a first person tactical military shooter with large elements of realism and simulation. This game features a blend of large-scale military conflict spread over large areas alongside the more closed quarters battle.

    2011ActionStrategySimulation9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Mortal Kombat X

    WHY THIS

    Shares an intense mood with Hellish Quart.

    Reviewers of Hellish Quart cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Hellish Quart.

    Experience the Next Generation of the #1 Fighting Franchise. Mortal Kombat X combines unparalleled, cinematic presentation with all new gameplay.

    2015Action3.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Street Fighter V

    WHY THIS

    Shares an intense mood with Hellish Quart.

    Reviewers of Hellish Quart cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Hellish Quart.

    Experience the intensity of head-to-head battles with Street Fighter® V! Choose from 16 iconic characters, then battle against friends online or offline with a robust variety of match options.

    2016Action19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. TEKKEN 7

    WHY THIS

    Shares an intense mood with Hellish Quart.

    Reviewers of Hellish Quart cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Hellish Quart.

    Discover the epic conclusion of the long-time clan warfare between members of the Mishima family. Powered by Unreal Engine 4, the legendary fighting game franchise fights back with stunning story-driven cinematic battles and intense duels that can be enjoyed with friends and rivals.

    2017ActionSports9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Dad by the Sword

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of Hellish Quart cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Hellish Quart.

    Dad by the Sword is a First Person Swordfighting game with a heavy focus on tactical dismemberment, player creativity, giant spraying fountains of purple blood, and dad jokes. Play as YOUR DAD in his quest to fight evil glizzhounds, Wizzards, things hatched from eggs, and other vile Anti-Dads.

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  6. Mortal Kombat 1

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of Hellish Quart cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Hellish Quart.

    Discover a reborn Mortal Kombat™ Universe created by the Fire God Liu Kang. Mortal Kombat™ 1 ushers in a new era of the iconic franchise with a new fighting system, game modes, and fatalities!

    2023Action9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Hellish Quart at current Steam store prices.

  1. Terraria

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~44% under Hellish Quart on Steam right now. Shares Action with Hellish Quart.

    Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!

    2011ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Lethal Company

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~44% under Hellish Quart on Steam right now. Shares Action and Early Access with Hellish Quart.

    A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.

    2023ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Left 4 Dead 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~44% under Hellish Quart on Steam right now. Shares Action with Hellish Quart.

    Set in the zombie apocalypse, Left 4 Dead 2 is a co-operative action horror FPS takes you and your friends through the cities, swamps and cemeteries of the Deep South, from Savannah to New Orleans across five expansive campaigns.

    2009Action9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. People Playground

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~44% under Hellish Quart on Steam right now. Shares Action with Hellish Quart.

    Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.

    2019ActionIndieSimulation9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Portal 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~44% under Hellish Quart on Steam right now. Shares Action with Hellish Quart.

    The "Perpetual Testing Initiative" has been expanded to allow you to design co-op puzzles for you and your friends!

    2011ActionAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Fallout: New Vegas

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~44% under Hellish Quart on Steam right now. Shares Action with Hellish Quart.

    Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!

    2010ActionRPG9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~72% under Hellish Quart on Steam right now. Shares Action with Hellish Quart.

    Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!

    2022ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. R.E.P.O.

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~61% under Hellish Quart on Steam right now. Shares Action and Early Access with Hellish Quart.

    An online co-op horror game with up to 6 players. Locate valuable, fully physics-based objects and handle them with care as you retrieve and extract to satisfy your creator's desires.

    2025ActionEarly Access6.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. Iron Snout

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Hellish Quart.

    Iron Snout is a fast, colorful and brutal fighting game in which you will be helping a piglet fight for its life against hordes of wolves.

    2016ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. UNBEATABLE [white label]

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Hellish Quart.

    A young girl learns a song. An exclusive side-story set in the world of D-CELL GAMES' upcoming rhythm-adventure.

    2021ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. 93, Kuindzhi

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    Kuindzhi, 93 is an atmospheric first-person narrative vignette about an 18-year-old boy from Donbas. The story takes us to March 2022, when the world changed forever — into a space where the past, fears, and doubts find their voice.

    2026IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  4. Landfall Archives

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Hellish Quart.

    Break into the Landfall Archives to steal and play previously unreleased games, demos, interactive slide shows, and even an unreleased version of Totally Accurate Battle Simulator from 2017!

    2023ActionStrategyIndieFreeSteam ↗
  5. SuchArt: Creative Space

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Hellish Quart.

    Paint on any surfaces with numerous tools in Creative Space — a free sandbox version of SuchArt: Genius Artist Simulator. Create masterpieces, complete commissions, and decorate your studio in the most advanced artist sim!

    2021ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Wires And Whiskers

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Hellish Quart.

    Wires and Whiskers is a local co-op action-puzzle game where two players control a lab-engineered gerbil and its magnetic exosuit. Work together to fight mutated enemies, solve magnetic puzzles, and survive in a ruined, post-apocalyptic trench world.

    2025ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Crab Game

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Hellish Quart.

    Crab Game is a First-Person Multiplayer game where you play through several different minigames based on children's games, until only one player stands victorious.

    2021ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Where Winds Meet

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Hellish Quart.

    Step into an open-world action-adventure RPG set in ancient China. Uncover the secrets of your own identity as you rise from a humble village wanderer to the sword master of the imperial capital. Learn martial arts and build your reputation as a hero or a bringer of chaos in this free wuxia world.

    2025ActionAdventureRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Hellish Quart

Is Hellish Quart verified for Steam Deck?
Yes — Hellish Quart is Steam Deck Verified, meaning Valve has confirmed it runs well on the Deck with full controller, text legibility, and default configuration support.
How much does Hellish Quart cost?
Hellish Quart is listed on Steam at 17.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
Does Hellish Quart have multiplayer or co-op?
Yes — Hellish Quart supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Shared/Split Screen PvP, PvP).
What games are most similar to Hellish Quart?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Hellish Quart are Warrior Beneath Heaven, Gladio Mori, First Cut: Samurai Duel.
Who developed Hellish Quart?
Hellish Quart was developed by Kubold.

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