Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice
Released Aug 2017
From the makers of Heavenly Sword, Enslaved: Odyssey to the West, and DmC: Devil May Cry, comes a warrior’s brutal journey into myth and madness. Set in the Viking age, a broken Celtic warrior embarks on a haunting vision quest into Viking Hell to fight for the soul of her dead lover.
89% positive · 76K reviews
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
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Steam $29.99
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Evaluation
Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice launched on August 7, 2017 as a self-contained narrative experience — a focused, story-driven game that Ninja Theory designed as a complete package from the outset. The only paid DLC ever released is the original soundtrack (December 5, 2018), not additional gameplay content.
In November 2021, Ninja Theory issued a substantial free enhancement update for PC, adding ray tracing, DLSS/FSR support, and accessibility features, followed by a bug-fix patch on December 7, 2021. That patch is the last development activity recorded for this game. No further updates, patches, or content have been released since that date.
Developer communications since 2021 have focused entirely on promoting the sequel, Senua's Saga: Hellblade II, which launched on May 21, 2024. The studio has not announced any new content, DLC, or updates for the original game. With the sequel now released, the promotional cycle for the original game is also complete.
Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice is a finished, fully playable game. The 2021 technical update was a quality-of-life enhancement, not the start of a new content cycle. There is no announced or unreleased content outstanding for the original title.
Evidence
Ninja Theory announced that the sequel, Senua's Saga: Hellblade II, is out now. All post-2021 developer communications from this game's news feed are focused on the sequel, with no announcements of new content for the original.
Ninja Theory released a free enhancement update for PC adding ray tracing, DLSS/FSR support, and accessibility features — described as making it 'the best looking and most accessible version to date.' No new gameplay content.
Content
1 of 1 released · no outstanding content
Media
Details
Developer
Publisher
Ninja Theory
Achievements
14
Platform
Windows
Controller
full support
Steam Deck
Verified
Players
Single-player
About this game
From the makers of Heavenly Sword, Enslaved: Odyssey to the West, and DmC: Devil May Cry, comes a warrior’s brutal journey into myth and madness.
2021 Update:
Return to Helheim and experience Senua’s world through new eyes with enriched visuals and new features. Upgraded materials, particles and LOD, DirectX Raytracing and optimised performance with NVIDIA DLSS and AMD FSR support. We have also used this opportunity to include some key accessibility improvements, including full controller remapping and colour blindness settings.
Set in the Viking age, a broken Celtic warrior embarks on a haunting vision quest into Viking Hell to fight for the soul of her dead lover.
Created in collaboration with neuroscientists and people who experience psychosis, Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice will pull you deep into Senua’s mind.
Accessibility Features:
GAMEPLAY
- Accessibility options available on launch within the first-boot options menu.
- Adjustable combat difficulty between dynamically-adjusted 'Auto' mode, or manually-selected 'Easy', 'Medium', or 'Hard' modes.
- Game can be paused both during gameplay and cinematics.
AUDIO
- Custom volume controls can be adjusted for Master, Music, SFX, Voices, and Menu audio.
- Audio output can be adjusted between Stereo and Mono sound modes.
VISUAL
- Color blind modes, and correction intensities can be adjusted for the included Deuteranopia, Protanopia, and Tritanopia filters.
- Subtitles for spoken content can be set to On or Off.
- Subtitle text size can be adjusted between 'Standard' or 'Large'.
- Subtitle text color can be adjusted between White, Orange, Green, or Blue.
- Subtitle backgrounds can be adjusted between Transparent or 'Solid' black.
- Text contrast for menu backgrounds can be adjusted between 'Half-Transparent' or 'Solid' black.
INPUT
- Adjustable input sensitivity for controller joystick and mouse axes, and ability to invert camera axis.
- Input remapping for keyboard keys and controller buttons (camera control and menu navigation keys excluded).
- Full keyboard support allowing the game to be entirely played with a keyboard (arrow keys replace mouse/right stick movement).
- Controller vibration can be set to On or Off.
- Running modifier can be set to be activated on key/button Toggle or Hold.
Note that the listed accessibility options apply to the Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice Enhanced on PC version of the game.
Are these done yet?
Last evaluated Jun 27, 2026
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