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Hexen: Beyond Heretic
While the Sidhe elf Corvus battled the evil forces of D'Sparil, the remaining Serpent Riders were busy corrupting other dimensions. As a Warrior, Mage, or Cleric, you must defend your realm of Cronos from the second Serpent Rider known as Korax.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-10-22 · quoted reviews as of 2026-10-16.
“This is a good game that happens to use an outdated executable. The most desirable way to play this game is to delete dosbox.exe, download a source port such as gzdoom, and then rename gzdoom.exe(or whatever the executable is named as) to dosbox.exe. And then you should be able…”
— a player, Steam review · 48 hrs played“The reason it's no longer available for purchase is because this game alongside Heretic have been given a remaster! Go get it!”
— a player, Steam review · 0 hrs played“Remember when games were made by people who loved them and put extreme effort into making them to the absolute best of their ability? Probably not. Hexen: Beyond Heretic is easily up there with the greatest of all time. Easily. Everytime I play this I cannot fathom how once such…”
— a player, Steam review · 19 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players, self-collected from the Steam API since Aug 2026.
Price tracking
US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-25. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.
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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 |
| Player tags | Action · Fantasy · FPS · Shooter · Classic · First-Person · Dark Fantasy · Retro · Old School · 1990's · Dark · Boomer Shooter (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: A 100% Windows XP/Vista-compatible computer system