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Clive Barker's Hellraiser: Revival review–Rough around the edges

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Clive Barker's Hellraiser: Revival review–Rough around the edges

What is it? A singleplayer action horror game based on Clive Barker's Hellraiser.
Release date October 8, 2026
Expect to pay $40 / £35
Developer Saber Interactive
Publisher Saber Interactive
Reviewed on RTX 3070, Core AMD Ryzen 5 5600G, 16GB RAM
Multiplayer No
Steam Deck Playable
Link Steam

Bloody hell, that monster with the metal stakes for arms and legs is quick. No matter how fast I run or how well I hide it'll be right where it needs to be, on time and ready to impale me. Don't get me wrong, I actually quite like coming face to face with a de-fleshed monster— especially when it looks this cool—but I'm not a fan of being funneled into the same set pieces over and over again.

Clive Barker's Hellraiser: Revival does a lot of things right; its body horror and gore is top tier and some of the puzzles really grew on me towards the end. But its action and horror didn't manage to hit the same highs no matter how many grotesque monsters it threw at me.

I played Hellraiser on its standard setting—I find it's a good way to get a baseline—and while I didn't have a massive problem with how easy that was, I didn't gel with how inconsistent the fights were and how, ultimately, nothing I did mattered.

Take the final fight scene with our aforementioned monster with stakes for arms and legs, otherwise known as Charlotte, for example. After being chased through the cult's HQ and the woods she finally cornered me in a clearing in the woods.


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