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Hellish Quart

Hellish Quart

A physics-based, realistic 3D sword-fighting game. Immerse yourself in a cinematic adventure, utilizing real sword-fighting martial arts and a variety of historically accurate weapons to survive brutal duels in 17th century Poland. Featuring single-player modes and a LOCAL 2-player mode.

In short, Steam reviewers most often praise “Realistic, skill-based historical sword dueling” (73 of 102 reviews); the most common complaint is “Sluggish movement, unresponsive inputs” (5). What reviewers agree on ↓

Released Feb 16, 2021 Developer Kubold Platforms Windows Early AccessFightingSwordplayPhysicsArcade
View on Steam ↗ $17.99 (US · as of 2026-10-25)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-28 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-12.

88.4%positive8,533 reviews

What reviewers agree on

Praised
Criticised
Bar length = how many of the 102 reviews raise the point On criticised points, the pale part = reviewers who still recommend the game Select a point to see the exact counts and what reviewers wrote.

Counted across 102 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 88.4% positive rating · as of 2026-05-12

Recommended · 17 found this helpful

“I recommend it to those who enjoy losing nerve cells because of tension duels. Best fighting ever”

— a player, Steam review · 15 hrs played
Recommended · 15 found this helpful

“Definitely a labore of love. The only game that's been able to satisfy the Bushido Blade hunger in like what? 20 years? It's gotten so much better since day one, and it's getting better and better every time i play it.”

— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs played
Recommended · 16 found this helpful

“I absolutely LOVE this game, this game helped me get into HEMA and other forms of fencing and it's very historically accurate.”

— a player, Steam review · 6 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-06 via SteamCharts.

484all-time peak
0 250 500 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 No data collected for this period 288 avg · Feb 2021

Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-10-21.

27achievements
3.3%median completion
0.1%rarest: Survive
44.8% of players 14.8% of players 9.2% of players 9.0% of players 7.1% of players 6.7% of players 6.3% of players 5.2% of players 5.2% of players 4.8% of players 4.3% of players 4.1% of players 3.8% of players 3.3% of players 3.3% of players 3.2% of players 3.1% of players 2.8% of players 2.6% of players 2.5% of players 2.1% of players 2.0% of players 1.0% of players 0.8% of players 0.8% of players 0.1% of players 0.1% of players 44.8% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
44.8%First Win — You won your first duel!
14.8%Defeat Samuel — You defeated Samuel!
9.2%Longswords rule — 10 wins with Isabella
Rarest badges of honor
0.1%Survive — You completed the Survival!
0.1%5000 Wins! — Hidden achievement
0.8%Rich! — Hidden achievement

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.

$17.99current · sampled 2026-10-25 20:53 UTC
$8.99lowest since tracking began2026-07-27
US17.99 USD
EU15.55 EUR
UK13.70 GBP
Australia27.49 AUD
Canada24.99 CAD
Japan2,400 JPY
Brazil59.99 BRL
China68.00 CNY

Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.

China≈$10 Brazil Japan EU Canada US UK Australia≈$19

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-10-26). Relative comparison only.

$0 $10 $20 07-11 07-31 08-21 09-11 10-02 10-25

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

Oct 26, 2026
Update 2026.10.26.0

Hellish Quart pre-alpha v.2026.10.26.0 FIX: - Character selection screen: fixed a bug in 2-player mode - Jacek: added the missing Win camera - turned off the DoF effect in FPP postprocessing in certai

Oct 23, 2026
Update 2026.10.22.0

Hellish Quart pre-alpha v.2026.10.22.0 NEW: - Simulation Mode has been changed from Fixed Update to framerate dependant by default, and the option to change it back has been added to Game Options. Thi

Oct 02, 2026
Update 2026.10.02.0

Hellish Quart pre-alpha v.2026.10.02.0 TWEAK: - Updated FSR to v 3.1 - Replaced native occlusion screen effect with deferred occlusion (for better small soft shadows) - Changed lighting in some Arenas

Sep 20, 2026
Smal update 2026.09.20.0

Hellish Quart pre-alpha v.2026.09.20.0 FIX: - Maryna: fixed Back + X attack - Yendrek: a bit more stable axe collisions (trying to reduce jitter in impossible to fulfill physics collision scenarios) -

Sep 17, 2026
Small update 2026.09.16.1

Hellish Quart pre-alpha v.2026.09.16.1 FIX: - Tarnavski: better guard 1 - Tarnavski: thicker "More Animation" weapon collider - Gedeon: Fixed "More Animation" weapon collider - fixed a bug where you c

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Screenshots

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Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-12.

GenresAction, Early Access
Player tagsEarly Access · Fighting · Swordplay · Physics · Arcade · Historical · 3D · Medieval · Martial Arts · Local Multiplayer · 3D Fighter · Realistic (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Multi-player · PvP · Shared/Split Screen PvP · Shared/Split Screen · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · VR Supported
LanguagesEnglish, Simplified Chinese, Polish * , French, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese *
ControllerFull support
Achievements27
Official sitehttps://www.hellishquart.com
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10 Processor: Intel i-5 Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: Geforce GTX 1050 (GPU) or Ryzen 4700g (APU) DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 16 GB available space VR Support: Optional VR: SteamVR or Oculus PC + Gamepad or Keyboard Additional Notes: For 60 fps, Low Detail settings