Fit check
Is High Hell worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- Arcade shooter fans who want a short single-player campaign
- Speedrunners who want score and completion-time leaderboards
- Players who enjoy absurd missions, secrets, and unconventional objectives
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players seeking a long campaign or extensive character progression
- Players who prefer a measured pace, substantial storytelling, or gamepad-focused controls
- Players looking for cooperative or multiplayer shooting
Our take on High Hell
Rather than building toward a long campaign or elaborate narrative, this shooter compresses its structure into a 1–2 hour run of absurd missions. Its focus on speed, score chasing, hidden shortcuts, and deliberately sparse cutscenes replaces the genre’s usual emphasis on extended progression.
What is High Hell?
High Hell is a neon arcade first-person shooter built around a 1–2 hour single-player campaign.
Players enter over 20 missions involving criminal operations, including rescuing goats, destroying drug labs, defacing corporate figures, and fighting unusual bosses. Combat combines a pump-action shotgun with quick movement, drop kicks, and optional approaches: find a tactical position or enter rooms directly. Handcrafted levels contain shortcuts, strategies, secrets, and cigarette butts to discover. Interactive cutscenes provide little narrative and focus on absurdity. A full-length soundtrack comes from doseone. Steam Leaderboards track high scores and fastest completion times, while the controls are tailored for keyboard and mouse play.
How High Hell plays
- 01Mission Variety
- Objectives include rescuing sacrificial goats, destroying drug labs, damaging corporate figures, and confronting bosses.
- 02Alternative Approaches
- Players can seek advantageous positions or force entry and attack every enemy in a room.
- 03Handcrafted Secrets
- Levels include shortcuts, hidden strategies, secrets, and placed cigarette butts to find.
- 04Speedrun Leaderboards
- Steam Leaderboards record high scores and fastest completion times.
- 05Keyboard And Mouse
- The fast shooter controls are tailored for keyboard and mouse.
High Hell compared to similar games
High Hell is a short, single-player first-person shooter centered on over 20 handcrafted missions, speedrun times, and score chasing. Abyssus focuses on multiplayer shooting through handcrafted levels in a roguelite structure, with brine-powered weapons that can be refitted using ancient technologies.
High Hell: platforms & release
Is High Hell worth it?
It is worth it if: arcade shooter fans who want a short single-player campaign. Skip it if: players seeking a long campaign or extensive character progression.
Where can I download High Hell?
Use the Download Now button on this page: it opens High Hell's store page, where you can choose how to get it.
What platforms is High Hell on?
Windows and macOS.
