Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice

Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice

Developers
	Ninja Theory
Engines
	Unreal Engine 4
Release dates
Windows	August 8, 2017
Reception
Metacritic	83
OpenCritic	83
IGDB	84
Taxonomy
Microtransactions	None
Modes	Singleplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	Cinematic camera, Third-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Adventure, Hack and slash
Art styles	Realistic, Live action
Themes	Europe, Fantasy
Series	Hellblade

Hellblade
Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice	2017
Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice VR Edition	2018
Senua's Saga: Hellblade II	2024

Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice is a singleplayer third-person adventure game developed by Ninja Theory. Senua's Sacrifice is the first title of the Hellblade franchise and the first game to be self-published by Ninja Theory.

The game was released in August 2017 and was considered a commerical and critical success, although several reviews did make general mentions that the gameplay at times felt uneven compared against the rich narrative elements that compose the majority of the experience. In November 2018, High Dynamic Range (HDR) graphics support was added in a patch.

Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice is no longer updated and did not receive any content additions after the game's release. The game continues to receive regular positive reception from player reviews. In December 2019, Ninja Theory announced the second title of the Hellblade franchise, Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II.

General information

Official Website

GOG.com Community Discussions

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Developer website		Humble Widget. Includes Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice VR Edition.
GOG.com		Includes Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice VR Edition.
Humble Store		Includes Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice VR Edition.
Microsoft Store		Xbox Game Pass for PC
Steam		Includes Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice VR Edition.

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Delete or rename startup videos
Go to <path-to-game>\HellbladeGame\Content\Movies\. Delete or rename NinjaTheory_Logo.bik, ThirdParty_Logo.bik, and UE4_Logo.bik.

Game data

In-game general settings.

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	%LOCALAPPDATA%\HellbladeGame\Saved\Config\WindowsNoEditor\
Microsoft Store	%LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages\NinjaTheoryLtd.HellbladeSenuasSacrifice_nkbnxvch6z38g\LocalState\HellbladeGame\Saved\Config\UWP
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/414340/pfx/

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%LOCALAPPDATA%\HellbladeGame\Saved\SaveGames\
Microsoft Store	%LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages\NinjaTheoryLtd.HellbladeSenuasSacrifice_nkbnxvch6z38g\SystemAppData\wgs
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/414340/pfx/

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud
Xbox Cloud

Video settings

300px

In-game graphics settings.

Field of view (FOV)

Change FOV scaling from horizontal to vertical
Go to the configuration file(s) location. Open Engine.ini. Add the following and save the file. [/Script/Engine.LocalPlayer] AspectRatioAxisConstraint=AspectRatio_MaintainYFOV Notes Can introduce hard edges of elements in gameplay and cutscenes normally hidden by the default field of view.

Anisotropic filtering (AF)

Custom anisotropic samples
Go to the configuration file(s) location. Open Engine.ini. Add the following and save the file. [SystemSettings] r.MaxAnisotropy=16

Anti-aliasing (AA)

Disable TAA
Go to the configuration file(s) location. Open Engine.ini. Add the following and save the file. [SystemSettings] r.PostProcessAAQuality=0 Notes Can introduce a noticable amount of texture and shadow dithering.

Enable FXAA

Go to the configuration file(s) location. Open Engine.ini. Add the following and save the file. [SystemSettings] r.DefaultFeature.AntiAliasing=1 r.PostProcessAAQuality=4 Notes Enabling FXAA will disable TAA. DefaultFeature.AntiAliasing= 0: off (no anti-aliasing) 1: FXAA 2: TemporalAA (default) Notes FXAA quality can be adjusted by changing the value of r.PostProcessAAQuality between 1(low) and 6(high).

Enable SSAA
Go to the configuration file(s) location. Open Engine.ini. Add the following and save the file. [SystemSettings] r.ScreenPercentage=150 Notes Values between 100 and 200 are recommended.

High frame rate

Custom frame rate cap
Go to the configuration file(s) location. Open GameUserSettings.ini. Change FrameRateLimit=0.000000 to the desired frame rate cap, e.g. FrameRateLimit=144.000000.

Chromatic aberration

Disable chromatic aberration
Go to the configuration file(s) location. Open Engine.ini. Add the following and save the file. [SystemSettings] r.SceneColorFringeQuality=0

Depth of field

Disable depth of field
Go to the configuration file(s) location. Open Engine.ini. Add the following and save the file. [SystemSettings] r.DepthOfFieldQuality=0 Notes Depth of field is used especially during cutscenes but also to emphasize certain gameplay situations. Disabling it will also make the effect unavailable in photo mode.

Motion blur

Disable motion blur
Go to the configuration file(s) location. Open Engine.ini. Add the following and save the file. [SystemSettings] r.MotionBlurQuality=0

Film grain

Disable film grain[citation needed]
Go to the configuration file(s) location. Open Engine.ini. Add the following and save the file. [SystemSettings] r.Tonemapper.GrainQuantization=0 r.Tonemapper.Quality=0

Input settings

300px

In-game keyboard/mouse settings.

300px

In-game controller settings.

Controller sensitivity

Modify GameUserSettings.ini[citation needed]
Go to the configuration file(s) location. Open GameUserSettings.ini. Look for AxisMappings=(AxisName="TurnRate",Key=Gamepad_RightX,Scale=1.000000) and adjust the numeric value, e.g. Scale=1.500000.

Audio settings

In-game audio settings.

Localizations

To change the language in the GOG.com version, use language_setup.exe found in <path-to-game>.

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Arabic
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
Danish
Dutch
Finnish
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Norwegian
Polish
Portuguese
Brazilian Portuguese
Russian
Spanish
Swedish
Turkish

VR support

3D modes	State	Notes
Native 3D		VR officially supported in standalone VR version, see Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice VR Edition.
Nvidia 3D Vision		Download Helix Mod fix. See release notes on GeForce Forums (archived).
vorpX		G3D, Z3D, DirectVR Officially supported game, see official vorpx game list.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	11

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Physics	PhysX
Cutscenes	Bink Video

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	7, 8, 10
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core i5 3570K AMD FX-8350
System memory (RAM)	8 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	30 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce GTX 770 AMD Radeon R9 280X 2 GB of VRAM DirectX 11 compatible
Other	Minimum supported resolution is 1280x720

A 64-bit operating system is required.