Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice
2017 • Ninja Theory • ESRB M
Genres
Franchises
Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice is a single-player action-adventure game set in a dark fantasy world inspired by Norse mythology and Celtic culture. Players control Senua, a Pict warrior who journeys into the Norse underworld to rescue the soul of her dead lover from the goddess Hela. The game blends melee combat, puzzle solving, and psychological horror, with Senua's psychosis shaping how the world is perceived, including voices that provide guidance or attempt to mislead the player.
The game was developed by a team of around twenty people and features no heads-up display or tutorials. Instead, audio cues from voices in Senua's head guide the player through combat and environmental challenges. The portrayal of psychosis was developed in collaboration with neuroscientists and people who experience the condition.
- Critics22 critic reviews
- Players1,090 IGDB players
- To finish the story
- 8h
- Your rating
Should You Play It?
Great fit if you want
Crowds to cut through
Systems to tinker with
A story that leads you somewhere
Something smaller and stranger
Think twice if you want
To be told exactly what to do next
A long game to sink weeks into
- Main journey
- 8h
- Completionist
- 10h
Short. An evening or two.
Rated
ESRB MPEGI 18USK 16ACB MA 15+GRAC 19+ClassInd 16
ESRB: Blood and Gore, Strong Language, Intense Violence
Trailers
Announcement Trailer
Trailer
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Launch Trailer
Accolades Trailer
Watch Gameplay Videos
4:55Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice - Fenrir Boss Fight - The Beast
4:58Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice - Surt Boss Fight - God of Fire
6:37Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice - Valravn Boss Fight - God of Illusion
4:38:57Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice - Full Gameplay Walkthrough
30:00Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice - First 30 Minutes Gameplay
How Long It Takes
- Rushing it
- 6 hours
- Normally
- 8 hours
- Completionist
- 10 hours
Wallpapers
Story
Set in the late 8th century, Senua is a Pict warrior from Orkney who embarks on a journey into Helheim, the Norse underworld, to rescue the soul of her dead lover Dillion from the goddess Hela. Carrying his severed head as a vessel for his soul, she must overcome trials, defeat mythological beings, and survive the influence of the Darkness, a malevolent entity that haunts her.
Senua suffers from psychosis, hearing voices she calls "Furies" and experiencing hallucinations that blur the line between reality and delusion. Guided by memories of her friend Druth, a former slave of the Norsemen who taught her their legends, Senua pushes deeper into a hostile world shaped as much by her fractured mind as by the myths she believes in.
Details
- Release date
- 7 August 2017
- Developer
- Ninja Theory
- Engine
- Unreal Engine 4
- Game modes
- Single player
- Perspective
- Third person
- Themes
- Action, Fantasy, Historical
- Genres
- Simulator, Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure, Indie
- Platforms
- Series X|S, PS4, PC, PS5, XONE, Switch
- Critic score
- Player score
- Combined score
- Series
- Hellblade
- Anticipated by
- 18 people before release
- Type
- Main Game
- Rated for (ESRB)
- Blood and Gore, Strong Language, Intense Violence
- Rated for (PEGI)
- Violence
- Rated for (GRAC)
- Violence
- Rated for (ClassInd)
- Linguagem Imprópria (Inappropriate Language), Violência (Violence)
- Also released as
- The Hellblade Bundle (Bundle)
- Companies
- Ninja Theory (Developer, Publisher), Xbox Game Studios (Publisher)
- Also known as
- Hellblade, Hell Blade, HellbladeGame.exe
Release Dates
- PS5
- Aug 12, 2025
- Series X|S
- Aug 09, 2021
- Switch
- Apr 11, 2019
- PC
- Aug 07, 2017
- PS4
- Aug 08, 2017
- XONE
- Apr 10, 2018
Platforms and Makers
Xbox Series X|S • gen 9
PlayStation 4 • gen 8
PC (Microsoft Windows)
PlayStation 5 • gen 9
Xbox One • gen 8
Nintendo Switch • gen 8
Unreal Engine 4
Ninja Theory • Developer, Publisher
Xbox Game Studios • Publisher
Engine
Unreal Engine 4
Unreal Engine 4 (UE4) is the fourth-generation game engine developed by Epic Games. Development began in 2003 under Tim Sweeney’s direction, and the engine was publicly unveiled at GDC 2012. UE4 was officially released on March 19, 2014, with full C++ source access and a new subscription model.
Popularity
- Playing
- 0.001
- Played
- 0.001
- Want to Play
- 0.001
- Total Reviews
- 0.001
- 24hr Peak Players
- 0.000
- Negative Reviews
- 0.000
- Postitive Reviews
- 0.001
- 24hr Hours Watched
- 0.000
- Visits
- 0.000
Languages
- Subtitles
- Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Russian, Chinese (Simplified), English, German, Korean, Norwegian, Swedish, Chinese (Traditional), Portuguese (Portugal), French, Italian, Spanish (Spain), Arabic, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Japanese, Turkish, Spanish (Mexico), English (UK)
- Interface
- Russian, Chinese (Simplified), Swedish, English, Polish, Spanish (Spain), Norwegian, Chinese (Traditional), Turkish, Italian, French, German, Danish, Arabic, Dutch, Finnish, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese (Portugal), Portuguese (Brazil), English (UK), Spanish (Mexico)
- Audio
- English, English (UK)
Tags
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Characters
7 characters IGDB has catalogued for Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice.
Dillion
Druth
Fury
Galena
Narrator
Senua
Shadow/Zynbel
