Hellpoint is a dark science-fiction RPG set on Irid Novo, a once-grand space colony left in ruins after a catastrophic event called the Merge. You play a Spawn of the Authority, sent to investigate what happened while hostile interdimensional entities stalk the station. Its interconnected environment encourages roaming at your own pace: passages conceal further secrets, and areas can be explored in any order.
Combat supports different approaches through melee and ranged weapons, armor, and character builds shaped around your preferred style. Each weapon has special abilities that unlock through use, giving equipment a role beyond its basic attacks. The colony’s orbit around a black hole also figures into the adventure’s changing conditions, with dynamic events that can include boss appearances, horde assaults, and shifts to enemy stats or positions.
The game can be played alone or cooperatively, either online or in split-screen, and its campaign can be completed in co-op. Loot is shared in co-op, while local player two’s experience is saved, so playing together is part of the progression structure as well as a way to tackle the station’s dangers.
