Explore a growing treasure map overworld in a top-down action adventure. Collect artifacts and map fragments to gain instant upgrades, open new routes, and hunt six powerful relics across strange worlds.

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Hunt the Six "Super Artifacts"

Historic Helix is a top-down action-adventure built around exploration, instant progression, and route choice. Expand a treasure map overworld, enter new levels, collect artifacts that upgrade you on pickup, and track down six major relics that change how you move, fight, and explore.

Explore a Growing Treasure Map

Every fragment reveals more of the world. Open new pins, uncover shortcuts, and choose where to go next across deserts, deep seas, icy paths, jungles, and stranger places beyond them.

Upgrade by Playing

There are no upgrade menus slowing you down. Pick up artifacts and map fragments to improve your character immediately, so every discovery matters.

Choose Your Route

Follow the path that looks safest, hardest, richest, or weirdest. Different route orders change the pace of progression and the challenges you face on the way to each Super Artifact.

Lore in the Details

Artifacts unlock stories, memories, and clues tied to the places you explore. Dig deep into the mystery, or stay focused on the hunt.

Top-Down Action

Burst through hazards with Surge, hold your ground with Rage, and master enemies, chambers, shortcuts, and boss encounters.

A Soundtrack That Grows With You

Music & Sound Effects shifts with movement, progress, and momentum to make each area and collectable feel more alive as you explore.

Built for Explorers

Historic Helix is made for players who love hidden routes, collectible hunting, nonlinear progression, and uncovering secrets piece by piece.

Optional Chat-Plays for Streamers

Streamers can enable viewer-driven challenge commands through Streamer.bot. This feature is optional and not required for normal play.

AI Generated Content Disclosure

The developers describe how their game uses AI Generated Content like this:

The final game contains no directly AI-generated assets. All content was created and finalized by the developer. AI-assisted tools were used for early concept exploration.

System Requirements

    Minimum:
    • OS: Windows 10 or later
    • Processor: Dual-core 1 GHz or faster x86-64 CPU
    • Memory: 4 GB RAM
    • Graphics: DirectX 10 capable GPU with at least 1 GB of VRAM
    • DirectX: Version 10
    • Storage: 1 GB available space
    • Sound Card: DirectX-compatible audio device
    Recommended:
    • OS: Windows 11
    • Processor: Quad-core 2 GHz or faster x86-64 CPU
    • Memory: 8 GB RAM
    • Graphics: DirectX 12-capable GPU with >= 4 GB of VRAM
    • DirectX: Version 12
    • Storage: 1 GB available space
    • Sound Card: Multi-channel DirectX audio device (Stereo Recommended)

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