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Choose a hero, survive timed monster waves in dark underground stages, and shape each run with level-ups, gear, and quests.
Released 24 Sep 2024
Recover Gear Mid-Run
Build with Gear and Abilities
Unlock Heroes Through Quests
Slay hordes of terrifying monsters in this horde survival roguelite. Descend into the Halls of Torment where the Lords of the underworld await you. Treasures, magical trinkets, and a growing cast of heroes will grant you the power to vanquish these horrors from beyond. How long can you survive?
Developed by Chasing Carrots · Published by Chasing Carrots
Choose from a roster of heroes and descend into underground stages filled with monster waves. Survive until the stage’s boss arrives, using movement and attacks to stay alive and clear a path through the enemies.
Defeated enemies provide experience, and level-ups let you improve your hero with traits and abilities. Characters have different playstyles, while equipment found during runs can shape your build through its effects and combinations.
Complete quests to unlock more characters, items, and abilities, and retrieve equipment for use in future runs. Between runs, permanent upgrades strengthen your heroes, while artifacts let you modify the challenge.
Reviewers who enjoy the game often point to its dark, retro RPG look and the satisfying loop of clearing enemy hordes, improving a character, and returning for another run. They also praise the range of heroes, equipment, quests, and unlocks as reasons to experiment and keep progressing. Some reviewers, however, find the runs too long or repetitive, and opinions differ on how much variety the builds provide.
Halls of Torment is a horde survival game with a pre-rendered retro look reminiscent of RPGs from the late 90s. Choose one of many hero characters and descend into the deadly Halls of Torment. Fight unholy horrors from beyond and survive wave after wave of enemies until you face one of the tormented Lords. Strengthen your hero with character traits, abilities, and items. Create a new powerful build during each run. Explore various underground expanses and find new powerful items that enable you to venture even deeper into the abyss.
Quick and casual 30 minute runs
Old school pre-rendered art style
Quest-based meta progression
Large selection of diverse abilities, traits, and items, all enabling you to create interesting synergies
Diverse bosses featuring unique mechanics and attack patterns
Several distinct characters allowing for many different play styles
Unlock and explore multiple interesting and challenging underground worlds
Unique items can be sent up to the overworld and used to customize future runs
Craft magical tinctures to direct fate in your favor
Unlock the power of each class and combine them with your chosen character
Defeat the Lords of the underworld and explore infinite growth
Find rare item variants to further improve your builds
Put your strategies to the test in the late game against the unbeatable Shrine of Torment
6 stages with unique environments
11 playable characters & character marks
25 blessings that make you stronger for each run
60 unique items to retrieve and unlock
240 higher rarity item variants
74 abilities and ability upgrades
30 artifacts to customize your game experience
35+ unique bosses
70+ unique monsters
500 quests to complete
1000+ traits that upgrade characters and abilities
| Platforms | Windows, Linux |
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| Achievements | 500 |
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| Controller support | Xbox |
| Controller required | No |
| DLC / extras | 3 listed on Steam |
| Metacritic | 88/100 View on Metacritic |
