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- $19.99 (Price checked Nov 6)
- Deck Playable
- 2016
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- Released: 2014
- Developer: Double Fine Productions
- Price: $13.37checked Oct 31
- Steam Deck: Deck Verified
- 56% of 447 reviews
- Genres: Indie, Adventure, Casual
- Metacritic 73
- Platforms: Windows, macOS, Linux
Players highlight
- Encourages creative rule breaking
- Freeform hacking with unintended consequences
- Princess rescues herself through coding
- Mysterious
- Stressful
- Tense
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Cheaper alternatives
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Why this: Same mysterious mood as Hack 'n' Slash.
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More from Double Fine Productions
Other recommendable Steam games by Double Fine Productions, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Psychonauts
Why this: Same whimsical mood as Hack 'n' Slash.
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Why this: Shares puzzle solving with Hack 'n' Slash.
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Why this: Same stressful mood as Hack 'n' Slash.
About Hack 'n' Slash
The closest matches to Hack 'n' Slash: Quadrilateral Cowboy, Uplink, hackmud, Mages of Mystralia, and Midnight Protocol. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
If Hack 'n' Slash is your kind of game, the closest matches are Quadrilateral Cowboy, Uplink and hackmud — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers describe it as mysterious, stressful and tense, and single out its autosave branching and code reprogramming. 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.
About Hack 'n' Slash: Hack ‘n’ Slash is a puzzle action game about hacking -- reprogram object properties, hijack global variables, hack creature behavior, and even rewrite the game’s code. The only way to win is not to play...by the rules!
Is Hack 'n' Slash worth buying?
Players are split
A summary of what players say, not a promise you'll like it. Every signal is listed below.
- 56% of 447 Steam reviews are positive.
- We don't track this game's daily reviews yet, so this is the all-time picture.
- Price: $13.37 (checked Nov 7).
- People who recommend it had played a median of 8 h when they wrote their review.
- Critics had played a median of 8 h before their negative review.
- Steam Deck Verified.
What fans praise · Themes mined from positive reviews
- Encourages creative rule breaking
- Freeform hacking with unintended consequences
- Princess rescues herself through coding
- Reprogram the game youre playing
Top critical reviews
The most up-voted negative English reviews in our sample, quoted as written.
“Clever mechanic, but the game is terribly short and the gimmick never really goes into the depths of what editing code should be able to do. More of a proof-of-concept than a fun game.”
“I loved the idea of this game. BUT it has alot of sequence breaks and further than that alot of stuff that is VERY VERY important that you can just miss. Because of this it is very frustrating”
People who play it also play: Quadrilateral Cowboy, Uplink, hackmud
Frequently asked about Hack 'n' Slash
Can I run it?
Is Hack 'n' Slash verified for Steam Deck?
Yes — Hack 'n' Slash 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 Hack 'n' Slash cost?
Hack 'n' Slash is listed on Steam at 13.37 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Hack 'n' Slash?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Hack 'n' Slash are Quadrilateral Cowboy, Uplink, hackmud.
Who developed Hack 'n' Slash?
Hack 'n' Slash was developed by Double Fine Productions and published by Double Fine Productions, Xbox Game Studios.