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Hack 'n' Slash

You play as a young adventurer in a kingdom where a wizard’s laws restrict exploration and control who may carry powerful weapons. Rather than accept those limits, you set out to challenge them and discover why the kingdom has changed. Explore the world and solve puzzles using tools that let you inspect and alter the properties of objects and creatures. A sword can change object values, while magical artifacts let you adjust global variables; other equipment reveals hidden information about the game’s systems. As you gain new abilities, puzzles expand into procedurally generated areas modeled on the game’s code, where you can alter the live-running logic. Puzzles can have multiple solutions, and the game includes a way to roll back changes when your experiments break things.

In a fantasy kingdom under a wizard’s laws, solve puzzles by hacking objects, creatures, and the rules behind the world.

Released 09 Sep 2014

53%positive of
934 player reviews
$13.37
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Change Object Properties

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Reprogram Enemy Behavior

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Tune World Variables

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!

Developed by Double Fine Productions · Published by Double Fine Productions, Xbox Game Studios

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Common Player Critiques

  1. Obscure Puzzle Solutions
  2. Coding Knowledge Assumed
  3. Softlocks and Bugs
  4. Thin Game Content
53%
positive of 934 player reviews
73/100
Metacritic

Awards & Kudos

Hack 'n' Slash award

Back of the Box

Platforms Windows, macOS, Linux
Age ratings
  • ESRB E — Mild Fantasy Violence
  • ClassInd (Brazil) 6 — Violência fantasiosa
  • IGRS (Indonesia) 13 — Kekerasan
  • Steam (Germany) 6 — Fantasy-Gewalt
Controller support Xbox
Controller required No
Content notices
  • Mild Fantasy Violence
  • Age rating for: ESRB
Metacritic 73/100 View on Metacritic
Website Official website

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