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Halls of Torment: Prelude
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?
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-26.
“Fun enough, something to play while waiting for other more interesting games to release. Would recommend to just buy the complete game if you are going to play it. Easy achievement points. I would like shorter runs though.”
— a player, Steam review · 3 hrs played“This game is pretty cool. The demo is beefy, let's you go deep. A Diablo styled Survivor game mix, I'm doing the Prelude before the full game and it's good.”
— a player, Steam review · 34 hrs played“Halls of Torment: Prelude is a strong example of how a compact standalone experience can successfully capture the essence of a larger game. Developed and published by Chasing Carrots, this dark fantasy roguelite delivers a satisfying blend of old-school action RPG atmosphere and…”
— a player, Steam review · 11 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. History through 2026-08 via SteamCharts; self-collected from the Steam API since Aug 2026.
Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
HoT 1.0 | Final Stage & End Game
Hello Adventurers! If you have been following the game, waiting for the 1.0 version - we have great news! Halls of Torment 1.0 is now available! (News) Get Halls of Torment now! https://store.steampow
HoT Language Update: 2024-06-14
Guten Tag, Abenteurer! That was German, just one of the newly added languages. From this day onwards Halls of Torment will be available in these languages: Chinese (Simplified), Czech, English, French
Halls of Torment is in Early Access NOW!
Hello Adventurers! We’re proud to announce that Halls of Torment is now available on Steam Early Access! Choose one of (currently!) seven unlockable characters and descend into the dark depths where d
HoT EA Content Preview (2023-05-24)
Hello Adventurers! In just one week, Halls of Torment will enter Early Access! Later today we’ll stream a bit of gameplay, answer any of your questions, and respond to your feedback. Join us on Twitch
Halls of Torment is launching into EA on 24th May!
Hello Adventurers! We’re happy to announce that Halls or Torment will launch into Early Access on 24th May with a price tag of $4.99 | €4.99! During the next couple of days you might see a bit more ac
Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-26.
| Genres | Action, Casual, Indie, RPG |
| Player tags | Bullet Hell · Dark Fantasy · Retro · Atmospheric · Character Customization · Isometric · Dungeon Crawler · Hack and Slash · Inventory Management · Demons · Action RPG · Roguelite (Steam store community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Full controller support · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * , French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Czech, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Portuguese - Portugal, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America, Ukrainian * |
| Controller | Full support |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Windows 7 or newer Processor: 2 Cores / 3GHz Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: Intel Iris Xe / AMD RX 480 Storage: 1 GB available space