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To Hell With The Ugly
To Hell with the Ugly is an adventure game where you play as Rock Bailey, a gorgeous yet shallow young man, who must investigate and fight his way to freedom after being kidnapped. Alternate between turn-based combats and investigation in this film noir adaptation of the novel by Boris Vian.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-28.
“The visuals and atmosphere, along with the light, enjoyable gameplay, work really well with the story, which is interesting because it's based on a novel. And in the end, the game leaves you with something to think about.”
— a player, Steam review · 5 hrs played“Well, hello, good adaptation of a book and not of a movie for once! Not that I've read Vian's original novel, but I went ahead and skimmed through it. Naturally, the English translation (which according to Vian's mystification would be a backwards translation of a French…”
— a player, Steam review · 3 hrs played“Great Game! Loved the animation style. The dialouge felt a bit shallow at times but it was still very well written. The Pacing was a little bit off and a litte to short.”
— a player, Steam review · 4 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. History through 2023-11 via SteamCharts; self-collected from the Steam API since Aug 2026.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-28.
Latest official news
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-28.
| Genres | Adventure, Indie |
| Player tags | Detective · Noir · Turn-Based Combat · Adventure · Interactive Fiction · Point & Click · Puzzle · Singleplayer · Story Rich · 2D · Investigation · Colorful (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 20 |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Windows 7 Processor: Intel i5 Quad-Core Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: Intel HD 4000 Storage: 500 MB available space