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Hell Let Loose
Join the ever expanding experience of Hell Let Loose - a hardcore World War Two first person shooter with epic battles of 100 players with infantry, tanks, artillery, a dynamically shifting front line and a unique resource based RTS-inspired meta-game.
In short, Steam reviewers most often praise “realistic tactical team-based combat” (62 of 103 reviews) and “rewarding coordinated squad teamwork” (21); the most common complaint is “steep and punishing learning curve” (25). What reviewers agree on ↓
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-27 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-12.
What reviewers agree on
62 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“Great PTSD Simulator, Great gameplay (if you get a good team/squad)”
“Gameplay is fun, some maps are not. Biggest issue is UE4 randomly crashing and useless server browser.”
“Quite the learning curve, but get into a good squad with comms on and it soon clicks. This is a brilliantly atmospheric battle sim with tons of depth and variety, with numerous roles to play and lots of variety as the…”
21 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“Great PTSD Simulator, Great gameplay (if you get a good team/squad)”
“Quite the learning curve, but get into a good squad with comms on and it soon clicks. This is a brilliantly atmospheric battle sim with tons of depth and variety, with numerous roles to play and lots of variety as the…”
“It's a game you really can't play without a mic. Once you learn how to play it's reward but challenging at the beginning. Well worth trying.”
14 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“Being a main competitor of Squad 44 it was worth giving this a try, and despite strong player numbers and wide variety of maps, the game is considerably more shallow than it might seem at first. "Being a…”
“I am terrible at this game, AND I LOVE IT. Community is solid and supportive, you'll without a doubt make friends. And please, USE A MIC. Enhances the gaming experience and you'll actually do better by communicating.…”
“It's okay, I guess. I can recommend it if you get it extra cheap. The same bugs are still in the game from a few years ago (like the grenade-throwing bug); the game also still stutters from time to time. The community…”
11 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“theres something beautifully unhinged about spawinging in, taking three confident steps and immediatley getting turned into red mist by artillery you never herd or seen and will never emotionally recover from”
“I was really looking forward to playing HLL after reading reviews and that its supposed to be a great WW2 simulator. The game looks nice enough and I like the overall idea of playing as a squad/team/command to…”
“Being a main competitor of Squad 44 it was worth giving this a try, and despite strong player numbers and wide variety of maps, the game is considerably more shallow than it might seem at first. "Being a…”
6 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“Quite the learning curve, but get into a good squad with comms on and it soon clicks. This is a brilliantly atmospheric battle sim with tons of depth and variety, with numerous roles to play and lots of variety as the…”
“Being a main competitor of Squad 44 it was worth giving this a try, and despite strong player numbers and wide variety of maps, the game is considerably more shallow than it might seem at first. "Being a…”
“I have tried to love this game. It's beautifully rendered, good movement and weapon mechanics, and varied maps and environments to play in. It's one of the only active WWII shooters still out there. But before you get…”
25 of the 103 reviews raise this · 22 of them still recommend the game.
“An odd game, very little training on how-to-play without resorting to third parties (YouTube etc) and the servers are particularily elitist. If you are a new player it's extremely difficult to find a server, they are…”
“Quite the learning curve, but get into a good squad with comms on and it soon clicks. This is a brilliantly atmospheric battle sim with tons of depth and variety, with numerous roles to play and lots of variety as the…”
“It's a game you really can't play without a mic. Once you learn how to play it's reward but challenging at the beginning. Well worth trying.”
14 of the 103 reviews raise this · 5 of them still recommend the game.
“Gameplay is fun, some maps are not. Biggest issue is UE4 randomly crashing and useless server browser.”
“An odd game, very little training on how-to-play without resorting to third parties (YouTube etc) and the servers are particularily elitist. If you are a new player it's extremely difficult to find a server, they are…”
“UE slop. far from realistic, not even playable with lowest settings possible, issues with voice. ♥♥♥♥ game.”
11 of the 103 reviews raise this · 1 of them still recommend the game.
“The private server system is absolute ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥. You can get kicked at any moment if the admin doesn't like something. I got permanently banned just because of my nickname, all because some black metal artist goes by the…”
“An odd game, very little training on how-to-play without resorting to third parties (YouTube etc) and the servers are particularily elitist. If you are a new player it's extremely difficult to find a server, they are…”
“Can't even join a game without being immediately kicked for breaking the rules, saying I'm not high enough level. When I manage to make it into a match, I'm blasted with 'You're breaking the rules' with things like…”
9 of the 103 reviews raise this · 5 of them still recommend the game.
“The private server system is absolute ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥. You can get kicked at any moment if the admin doesn't like something. I got permanently banned just because of my nickname, all because some black metal artist goes by the…”
“Can't even join a game without being immediately kicked for breaking the rules, saying I'm not high enough level. When I manage to make it into a match, I'm blasted with 'You're breaking the rules' with things like…”
“Pra quem curte um joguinho fps, sem ficar parado em um lugar pequeno, esse é o lugar. OBS tirando o pessoal forcando RP pra cima é paia, joguinho nota 10!”
8 of the 103 reviews raise this · 5 of them still recommend the game.
“so after 3 years of owning this game let me get started by saying the optimization is non exsistent every map runs terribly and ive always had a good computer throughout the years i had a 7800xt whern this game came out…”
“UE slop. far from realistic, not even playable with lowest settings possible, issues with voice. ♥♥♥♥ game.”
“as much as I like this game, I get horrible performance; none of the fixes I've looked into worked and I have don't have a ♥♥♥♥ PC so idk why this game runs as bad as it does, I get better performance playing squad or…”
Counted across 103 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 81.8% positive rating · as of 2026-05-12
“I keep coming back to this game. Yes, it will consume you. It helped saved my sanity as I went through a divorce. No, it wasn't the cause. Rounds are long and full of action. There are some clan servers that are friendly both to new comers and veterans. There is a Vietnam…”
— a player, Steam review · 396 hrs played“New player here. Although the realism is very impressive I was starting to get a bit bored with walking then suddenly dying. But the last game I found a friend and I followed him around till he was blown up by a tank meters ahead of me. His severed head flew into the air and…”
— a player, Steam review · 5 hrs played“Great Gameplay. Terrible community and community servers especially the admins on the community servers who have never spoken to a woman before besides their mother and treat their role like a full time job. I shouldnt be forced to play on a community server just because the…”
— a player, Steam review · 37 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-06 via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-10-22.
Price tracking
US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.
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Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-12.
| Genres | Action, Indie, Massively Multiplayer, Simulation, Strategy |
| Player tags | Shooter · Realistic · World War II · Multiplayer · FPS · Singleplayer · War · Action · Military · Tactical · Simulation · First-Person (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Multi-player · PvP · Online PvP · Steam Achievements · Partial Controller Support · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Traditional Chinese, Korean, Japanese |
| Achievements | 195 |
| Official site | https://www.hellletloose.com/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10 64bit Processor: Intel Core i5-6600/AMD Ryzen 3 1300X Memory: 12 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 4GB/AMD Radeon R9 380 4GB DirectX: Version 11 Network: Broadband Internet connection Storage: 60 GB available space