Helltaker

At long last, once a game in the top 20, now the 31st top rated game on Steam, it's Helltaker! Fun fact, I noticed this was going to be my 667th blog post by complete coincidence, so of course I did the only rational thing and kicked the 666th post back by a slot, so that this could be number 666 as it was fated to be.
Did I know this was going to be an incredibly short and simple game that only reached its immense popularity because it was free and had attractive demon girls in it? Of course, but I still had to play it.

Helltaker is mostly a puzzle game. It's composed of 10 short levels. The first ones are rather simple, but a couple of the latter ones are actually very difficult for how small the board it. See, you move on a grid, kicking around skeletons and stone blocks, maybe going over some traps or getting a key on your way to seduce a hot demon girl. You're on a very limited budget of moves, and levels have just about one correct solution. The final level turns to an action game about dodging lasers instead, but that's very easy compared to the puzzles. If you want more content, there's more levels after the end, without the girls, sadly.

Listen, it's not gonna win any awards for being a good puzzle game, but it's honestly decent for what you pay. I definitely don't regret the hour I spent on it. The characters are charming, as brief as your interactions with them are, the music is bopping, and I will admit that if I had to choose any kind of monster girl, it would be a demon girl, so there's that.
Would I recommend it without the sexy demon girls? Probably not. But personally, all things considered, I'll give this a partial recommendation.

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