Helskate is a skateboarding action roguelite. Grind, perform tricks, and chain combos to power up your attacks to slay the monsters of Vertheim. Combine unique weapons and gear to suit your playstyle as you fight, die, and upgrade your abilities to come back to this labyrinth over and over again!
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Very Positive (21) - 80% of the 21 user reviews in the last 30 days are positive.
All Reviews:
Very Positive (169) - 83% of the 169 user reviews for this game are positive.
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Feb 15, 2024
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What the developers have to say:

Why Early Access?

“Helskate is an ambitious blend between cult classic skateboarding games and roguelikes. Therefore, we decided to launch in Early Access to ensure that we create a game that’s not only complete but has a great overall feel and fun factor. We think that the best possible way to do that is through taking your valuable feedback and using it to continuously improve the game!”

Approximately how long will this game be in Early Access?

“We estimate that the 1.0 version of Helskate will take around a year to be released. However, we want to take our time developing ideas through your feedback to create a complete experience so it may take slightly longer. During that time we will be actively supporting Helskate!”

How is the full version planned to differ from the Early Access version?

“In the full version, we plan to include more uniquely themed worlds, including all new weapons, items, levels, enemies, boss fights. The full version is also planned to feature a completed narrative and most importantly the polished roguelike experience based on community feedback.”

What is the current state of the Early Access version?

“The current version includes World 1 (of 3) of the game with Anton Falcon as the main playable character fighting through Vertheim with a variety of weapons, attacks, and cool tricks to take on fearsome enemies and bosses. The main thing is that you will be able to experience the main systems and core of the game”

Will the game be priced differently during and after Early Access?

“The price will likely increase when we release the 1.0 version. This is due to the amount of new content we’re planning to put in the game. However, we’d like to emphasize that the price will not increase by too much after the full release”

How are you planning on involving the Community in your development process?

“This is the main reason we are releasing Early Access! Especially because Helskate’s concept and mix of genres is quite ambitious (skateboarding roguelike), we need to develop it alongside the community. The feedback by you, from the balance of primary features to even the smallest observations, are a huge part of our development process and helps ensure that we deliver a polished and enjoyable experience!”
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Reviews

“It's a unique cocktail of procedurally generated progression, skating games of yesteryear, and beat'em ups is frantic and fun”
IGN

“I was just blown away by how they have packed in this package, how smartly designed it was, how well the skating controls hold up, it was just excellent. This one's gonna be on my Steamdeck for a long time.”
Skill Up

“In carefully choosing the games it stitches together, Helskate does feel genuinely new.”
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About This Game



Helskate is a skateboarding action roguelite. Grind, perform tricks, and chain combos to power up your attacks and slay the monsters of Vertheim. Combine and upgrade different weapons and gear to suit your playstyle, as you fight, die and come back to this hellish labyrinth over and over again!

Skate Your Way Through Vertheim

Traverse Vertheim as you grind, wall ride and manual your way through this hellscape with classic arcade-style skating.


Fight, Die, Upgrade, Repeat

Combine different weapons, gear and tapes to create powerful and unique builds for each run. Get inked up with sick tattoos to permanently upgrade your abilities for a much needed edge over your foes.




Slash your sword with a chance to electrocute? Release a burst of fire that ignites enemies when you jump? Throw deadly shurikens with a chance to poison while you dash through enemies to plant explosive charges on them? The choice is yours!

Skateboarding Combat

Chain huge combos, do ollies, kickflips, and other awesome tricks to power up your attacks and gain unique abilities and buffs to slay the monsters that await you in this fast-paced skateboarding action roguelite!


Take On the Gods of Skating

Use everything in your arsenal to battle the Gods of Skating. Take on the God of Vert Ramps’ score challenge and grind your way up the Ancient God of Skating to strike at his weak points.


System Requirements

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    Minimum:
    • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
    • OS *: Windows 7 or Higher (64-bit)
    • Processor: 2.8GHz Quad Core CPU
    • Memory: 8 GB RAM
    • Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050
    • DirectX: Version 11
    • Storage: 25 GB available space
    Recommended:
    • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
    • OS: Windows 10 or Higher (64-bit)
    • Processor: 3.2GHz Quad Core CPU
    • Memory: 12 GB RAM
    • Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060
    • DirectX: Version 11
    • Storage: 25 GB available space
* Starting January 1st, 2024, the Steam Client will only support Windows 10 and later versions.
    Minimum:
    • OS: MacOS 10.13
    • Processor: 2.8 GHz Quad Core CPU
    • Memory: 8 GB RAM
    • Graphics: 2GB Dedicated Memory
    • Storage: 25 GB available space
    Recommended:
    • OS: MacOS 10.13
    • Processor: 3.2 GHz Quad Core CPU
    • Memory: 12 GB RAM
    • Graphics: 4GB Dedicated Memory
    • Storage: 25 GB available space

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