Halls of Torment
A bullet heaven RPG blending Diablo's style with Vampire Survivors' action.
The indie team Chasing Carrots, located in Stuttgart, Germany, both developed and published the game.[1]
Quick Facts
- Developer
- Chasing Carrots
- Platforms
- Linux
- Windows
- Android
- iOS
- PlayStation 5
- Xbox
- Released
- Windows, Linux, September 24, 2024, Android, iOS, October 10, 2024, PlayStation 5, Xbox, October 28, 2025
- Engine
- Godot
- Director
- Paul Lawitzki
- Producer
- Mara Mehlitz
- Artist
- Daniel Karner
- Genre
- Role-playing
Facts from the source article.
Making and release
An initial prototype was completed within a few days.[2] Creative director Paul Lawitzki said that when he first started thinking about Halls of Torment in October 2022, he was motivated by a wish to play the then-upcoming Diablo IV.[1] A development stream on January 26, 2023, served as the announcement event for Halls of Torment.[3] On March 9, 2023, a free demo titled Halls of Torment: Prelude became available on Steam.[3]
Windows and Linux users could purchase the completed game starting September 24, 2024.[4] Erabit Studios handled the Android and iOS port, which launched on October 10, 2024.[4]
What the cited sources add
The Pieuvre interview reported that Chasing Carrots did not expect Halls of Torment to take off as it did, and that the success led them to invest more time into the game.[5] The same interview noted that the team's previous title, Good Company, took five years to make.[5] A Rogueliker review described the game as a "consistently engaging examination of the Vampire Survivors formula"[6]
References
- Wikipedia, "Halls of Torment" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Sheehan, "Halls Of Torment Finally Leaves Early Access On Steam Today", Bleeding Cool, 2024-09-24; Orland, "Halls of Torment is Diablo cranked up to 50,000 kills/hour", Ars Technica, 2024-10-04; "Chasing Carrots", Chasing Carrots (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Halls of Torment" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Lawitzki, "The Path to Halls of Torment - Paul Lawitzki Chasing Carrots", Game Industry Conference, 2024-01-17; Prévost, "For Halls of Torment, a million players, an "official" release and even more skeletons", Pieuvre, 2024-09-06; Prévost, "For Halls of Torment, a million players, an "official" release and even more skeletons", Pieuvre, 2024-09-06; Benson, "Vampire Survivors kicked off a game development gold rush, but has a legitimately new genre emerged between the cash-ins?", GamesRadar+, 2025-04-20; Lawitzki, "The Path to Halls of en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Halls of Torment" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Lawitzki, "Dev Stream VOD: Halls of Torment - Welcome to the Halls", Chasing Carrots, 2023-01-29 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Halls of Torment" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Romano, "Halls of Torment for PS5 and Xbox Series launches October 28 alongside DLC ‘The Boglands’ and free update", Gematsu, 2025-09-09 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Prévost, "For Halls of Torment, a million players, an "official" release and even more skeletons", Pieuvre, 2024-09-06. facts only, no text reused. pieuvre.ca
- Holmes, "Halls of Torment Review - the demonic action-RPG finally slips the shackles of Early Access", Rogueliker, 2024-09-26. facts only, no text reused. rogueliker.com
Each numbered sentence above was checked against the source it cites before publication. Sentences citing Wikipedia adapt text from the English Wikipedia article Halls of Torment (contributors), used under CC BY-SA 4.0; this entry is available under the same licence. Other sources were used for facts only; no text or images are copied from them.
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