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Griefhelm
Griefhelm is an award-winning party game with lethal medieval weaponry. Skewer your friends, deflect their blows, and push your advantage in local and online multiplayer. Find some friends and cut off their heads!
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-02 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-14.
“This game is really fun. It gets really challenging. I wish there was other players on. This would be a really fun online game. Either way, the campaign is fun. Really simple controls, but takes skill to get good at.”
— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs played“The gameplay has potential that is ultimately ruined by the fact that sometimes the game doesn't register any of my button presses at all. For example, sometimes you can dash and attack immediately and sometimes you can't, sometimes you can attack back to back and sometimes you…”
— a player, Steam review · 8 hrs playedAchievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-19.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
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Fixes to lighting and bots
Fixed Lighting bug on Campsite and Crypts Fixed Bots not moving after respawning in Battle Mode
Online Issues Hotfix.
Fixed Server issues caused by Steamworks SDK compatibility Apologies for this oversight, and thank you for reporting the issue. I wanted to release this as quickly as possible, so here it is! Have fun
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Difficulty settings and other fixes
- Added difficulty settings - Added female body selection - Fixed being able to block when knocked down - Fixed spear trace issue
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-14.
| Genres | Action, Casual, Indie, Simulation, Sports |
| Player tags | Co-op Campaign · Local Co-Op · Co-op · Local Multiplayer · Singleplayer · Medieval · Swordplay · Combat · 4 Player Local · Party Game · Indie · Action (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Multi-player · PvP · Online PvP · Shared/Split Screen PvP · Co-op · Shared/Split Screen Co-op · Shared/Split Screen |
| Languages | English |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 5 |
| Official site | https://twitter.com/Griefhelm |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Windows 7 64-bit Processor: Quad-core Intel or AMD processor, 2.5 GHz or faster Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 470 GTX or AMD Radeon 6870 HD series card or higher Storage: 4 GB available space