Hellseed

HELLSEED is a psychological horror game set in a small Italian town in 1980. You play a detective investigating the disappearance of a doctor from a psychiatric hospital in the province of Turin. The investigation begins at the doctor’s house, where strange events and a dark presence follow you as you search for answers about the doctor and what happened to him.

Investigate the house

You explore the house and its surroundings, examine and collect objects, and solve puzzles using a structured inventory. A clipboard helps you track relationships between characters and piece together the story. Conversations with other characters and interactions with the environment reveal what happened to the house’s former residents.

Face the supernatural

A possession system lets a dark presence take over the house and hinder your investigation. Some jump scares are distributed semi-randomly. Dark presences also chase you at certain points, forcing you to run and hide using the environment; other situations test your reflexes in different ways. The game includes quick-time events during demon encounters, and depicts gore.

Customize your experience

You can turn quick-time events during demon battles on or off. When enabled, they give you a second chance to escape instead of being killed immediately, but result in fewer scary moments. You can also toggle tips that explain situations, stamina and energy indicators, and helps for finding keys or important items. An option makes important items flash to help you spot them.