Helskate
Released Jan 2025
Helskate is a skateboarding action roguelite. Grind, perform tricks, and chain combos to power up your attacks to slay the monsters of Vertheim. Combine unique weapons and gear to suit your playstyle as you fight, die, and upgrade your abilities to come back to this labyrinth over and over again!
67% positive · 349 reviews
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All announced content has been released
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Evaluation
Helskate launched in Early Access on February 15, 2024, and officially left Early Access on January 20, 2025, delivering its full story, a new world (Grindgard), new enemies, a new boss fight, and other significant content additions at that time. The Early Access period featured a healthy cadence of substantial updates — including the "Feel and Flow" update (March 2024), the Axetronaut update (May 2024), the Score Attack overhaul (September 2024), and ultimately the full 1.0 launch in January 2025.
Since the 1.0 release, the only developer communication has been a bug fix patch on March 25, 2025 — over 15 months ago as of today (June 25, 2026). No new content has been announced or shipped post-launch. There are no unreleased DLC listings, no roadmap promises extending beyond the 1.0 release, and no developer statements indicating further content is planned.
The game's history shows that major updates during Early Access arrived roughly every 3–7 months. The 1.0 launch itself was the culmination of those roadmap commitments. With no post-launch major content and more than 15 months of silence following the last patch, there is no indication the developer intends to ship additional content. Helskate appears to have launched as a complete product on January 20, 2025.
Evidence
Helskate officially left Early Access on January 20, 2025, delivering the full story, a new world (Grindgard), new enemies, a new boss, and other content. This was framed as the completion of the Early Access journey.
Score Attack update overhauled the core game loop and added significant new content during Early Access.
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Developer
Publisher
Phantom Coast
Achievements
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Platform
Windows, macOS
Controller
full support
Steam Deck
Playable
Players
Single-player
About this game
Helskate is a skateboarding action roguelite. Grind, perform tricks, and chain combos to power up your attacks and slay the monsters of Vertheim. Combine and upgrade different weapons and gear to suit your playstyle, as you fight, die and come back to this hellish labyrinth over and over again!
Skate Your Way Through Vertheim
Traverse Vertheim as you grind, wall ride and manual your way through this hellscape with classic arcade-style skating.Fight, Die, Upgrade, Repeat
Combine different weapons, gear and tapes to create powerful and unique builds for each run. Get inked up with sick tattoos to permanently upgrade your abilities for a much needed edge over your foes.Slash your sword with a chance to electrocute? Release a burst of fire that ignites enemies when you jump? Throw deadly shurikens with a chance to poison while you dash through enemies to plant explosive charges on them? The choice is yours!
Skateboarding Combat
Chain huge combos, do ollies, kickflips, and other awesome tricks to power up your attacks and gain unique abilities and buffs to slay the monsters that await you in this fast-paced skateboarding action roguelite!Take On the Gods of Skating
Use everything in your arsenal to battle the Gods of Skating. Take on the God of Vert Ramps’ score challenge and grind your way up the Ancient God of Skating to strike at his weak points.Last evaluated Jun 25, 2026
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