Sharply dressed demon girls, a few puzzle grids, and a joke that lasts about an hour.

On instinct, Helltaker only edges past 9% of games. That is low. Really low. The criterion by criterion detail does not fix much: as the game you take to a desert island, it sits at the very bottom, and the soundtrack is barely better, which is surprising for a title whose tracks got around. Fun, controller feel and the urge to rediscover it all stay low, on few votes, so treat them as early signals. One line genuinely holds up: attachment, which climbs back close to average. There is the tension: people do not pick it, but they do not forget it either. The charm lands, the ranking does not follow.

Nothing absurd there. Helltaker is free, very short, half puzzle and half visual novel, and it happily settles for being a well drawn grin. Against games you live inside for a hundred hours, it simply has nothing to answer with.

So, who is it for? For you if you like a shot of humour, a crisp look, and an evening wrapped up with no commitment. Much less so if you want a game that holds you, that lasts, that follows you around.