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The Haunted: Hells Reach

Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2011

Should you play it?

Winner of 2010′s Make Something Unreal contest, The Haunted: Hells Reach is a fast-paced horror game where your goal is to liberate cursed places and survive the assault of Hell.

What works

  • Fun and intense cooperative gameplay
  • Satisfying melee and ranged combat
  • Varied weapons with upgrade system
  • Well-designed maps with dynamic events
  • Good value especially on sale

Things to keep in mind

  • Small and repetitive content
  • Mostly dead online community
  • Limited narrative or story
  • Some technical bugs and jank
  • Lack of polish and updates

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter

  • Serious Sam: Siberian Mayhem

  • Sanctum

  • Remnant: From the Ashes

  • Knights Within

  • Aragami 2

More story-driven

Games that feels like The Haunted: Hells Reach but with deeper narrative immersion

  • Warhammer: Vermintide 2

  • DARK SOULS™ II: Scholar of the First Sin

  • PERISH

  • Zombie Army 4: Dead War

  • Sker Ritual

  • Blood™ Fresh Supply

Less social

Games that feels like The Haunted: Hells Reach but with less teamwork and cooperation

  • Witchfire

  • CULTIC

  • Putrefaction 2: Void Walker

  • Bright Memory

  • INCISION

  • DOOM: The Dark Ages

More relaxing

Games that feels like The Haunted: Hells Reach but with a more relaxing feel

  • Borderlands Game of the Year Enhanced

  • Dying Light 2 Stay Human: Reloaded Edition

  • Painkiller Hell & Damnation

  • Warhammer 40,000: Darktide

  • Evil West

  • ORION: Prelude

More competitive

Games that feels like The Haunted: Hells Reach but with more competition against others

  • Dino D-Day

  • Serious Sam HD: The Second Encounter

  • Strange Brigade

  • World War Z

  • ZomDay

  • RAGE

Choose your own criteria ->

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How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

The Haunted: Hells Reach: Less representative of its motivational profile, with noticeable differences. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Cooperation, Fellowship, Intimacy, Leadership. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Story, Relaxation, Intimacy.

Last update: 03/08/2026