Hammerwatch

Crackshell · Team17

Released: Aug 12, 2013
Platforms: WindowsmacOSLinux
Last updated: 06 Sep 2026, 01:59 GMT

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14 Jan 2025Developer post
Heroes of Hammerwatch II is Now Available!
The Wait Is Over, Heroes of Hammerwatch 2 is now officially available for purchase! To celebrate the launch, Heroes of Hammerwatch II is available with a 15% discount for the next week. Join us on Discord to keep up to date with the latest information.
27 Dec 2023GamingOnLinux
Festive Co-Op Games
Hopefully, like me, you’ll have booked a bit of time off around the festive period. And coincidentally, Valve’s Winter Steam Sale kicked off just a couple of days before Christmas. Since so many of us and our friends are off, this marks the perfect time of year to dip your toe in
15 Aug 2023Developer post
Hammerwatch II is Now Available!
We’re excited to announce that the long-awaited sequel to Hammerwatch is now available! Hammerwatch II offers an improved, richer Hammerwatch gameplay experience with all-new immersive environments to explore. Quest, collect items, fight new enemies, and go up against challenging
15 Aug 2023Developer post
Hammerwatch II is Now Available!
We’re excited to announce that the long-awaited sequel to Hammerwatch is now available! Hammerwatch II offers an improved, richer Hammerwatch gameplay experience with all-new immersive environments to explore. Quest, collect items, fight new enemies, and go up against challenging
05 Apr 2023Developer post
Hammerwatch II | 2023 Announcement
Gather your heroes and journey beyond the dungeons of Castle Hammerwatch to explore a pixelated open-world like never before. Coming to PC, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4/5 and Nintendo Switch this year, Hammerwatch II offers an improved, richer Hammerwatch gameplay experience wi
Gather your heroes and journey beyond the dungeons of Castle Hammerwatch to explore a pixelated open-world like never before. Coming to PC, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4/5 and Nintendo Switch this year, Hammerwatch II offers an improved, richer Hammerwatch gameplay experience with all-new immersive environments to explore. Quest, collect items, fight new enemies, and go up against challenging bosses - all in four-player co-op. Watch the Announcement Trailer Here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=levsLa-NLWI Blight the Horrible and his dragon army have succeeded in the sinister plot to overthrow King Roland and bring destruction across the Kingdom of Herian, but hope hides deep within the sewer system, where the King’s resistance movement holds strong. On the King’s order, a select few of mighty and skilled heroes have been entrusted with defeating Blight’s dragons and restoring the Kingdom. Adventure alone or gather a party to aid King Roland’s resistance in online four-player co-op, tackling the diverse and epic quests in Hammerwatch II’s vast, dynamic world. Journey through Hammer Island, the Fallowfields, and the dark mountainous regions of Blackbarrow all created in the signature Hammerwatch pixelated art style. Build a custom Hero and choose between five distinct character classes: Paladin, Ranger, Rogue, Wizard and Warlock before customizing a hero’s appearance and leveling up to unlock powerful new abilities and skills. A special edition of Hammerwatch II, Hammerwatch II: The Chronicles Edition, is available for preorder for $39.99 and will be available in retail stores and digitally at launch. The Chronicles Edition includes the following:

Hammerwatch: Anniversary Edition – the original Hammerwatch, now remastered.
20 Additional Player Colors to Choose from.
2 Additional Voice Packs.
5 Additional Hero Facial Features.
Be sure to follow Hammerwatch II on Steam and join us on Discord for all the latest updates. Hammerwatch II will also be avalible stand alone for 24.99 USD here on steam and the Anniversary Edition of Hammerwatch 2013 for 19.99 USD. https://store.steampowered.com/app/1538970/Hammerwatch_II/ For more images and whatnot, visit Crackshells Twitter at https://twitter.com/RealCrackshell no account needed, just browse.
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30 Aug 2018Developer post
Patch Notes for 1.41 (August 2018)
Controller menu navigation fix Some missing strings can now be translated
Controller menu navigation fix
Some missing strings can now be translated
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13 Aug 2018Developer post
Hammerwatch 1.4!
5 Years ago on this very day, or at least around this day, Hammerwatch was released. Today we are releasing the 1.4 patch which contains features from the console version released last winter, including the Sorcerer class and twin stick/mouse keyboard support! Several skills have
5 Years ago on this very day, or at least around this day, Hammerwatch was released. Today we are releasing the 1.4 patch which contains features from the console version released last winter, including the Sorcerer class and twin stick/mouse keyboard support! Several skills have been re-balanced or reworked and a lot of bugs been fixed, we also added a much wanted mana-regen in the combo store. See the list below! Patch Notes 1.4

Added Sorcerer class!
Added twin-stick controls!
Replaced Wizards Ice Nova with Fire Nova and Frost Shield with Fire Shield
Priest beam isn't blocked by other players, now it goes through and heals
Replaced Warlocks Lifesteal Nova with Summon Gargoyle
Warlocks Lightning Strike can now hit the same target multiple times for diminishing damage
Wizard can now move slowly white spraying fire
The Lich boss in Castle Hammerwatch no longer instantly shoots after teleporting, there is now an animation so the attack can be avoided
Lives now cost more the more you have
Added a combo upgrade for regenerating mana
Updated visuals of characters
Fixed some small visual issues
Editor no longer runs extremely slowly with modern NVidia drivers
Editor now works with Intel graphics cards
To enable twin stick, enter the control options and set mouse aim, then you will want to rebind the skills to mouse buttons. If you don't like these balance changes and tweaks and still want to play the previous version, you can always roll back this change in the steam options for the game.
Other news
We have great plans for our current game, Heroes of Hammerwatch (the roguelite), which is getting a bigger update soon with more floors and later with a real DLC with a new campaign, class and tons of new stuff. Just check out this Troll here! A lot more news about this soon! And finally, a small environmental picture from Hammerwatch II, day, twilight and night, with some rain too! Enjoy! We can unfortunately not show a proper video of the game yet, but in time we will! You can always find out more from our Twitter and on Discord!
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01 Mar 2018Developer post
Heroes of Hammerwatch, released!
Heroes of Hammerwatch have just been released, check out our cool release trailer! People should be happy that it also has a discount on 20% for a little while, so be quick about it! Heroes of Hammerwatch as some of you already know is a roguelite Hammerwatch, it's very different
01 Mar 2018Developer post
Heroes of Hammerwatch, released!
Heroes of Hammerwatch have just been released, check out our cool release trailer! People should be happy that it also has a discount on 20% for a little while, so be quick about it! Heroes of Hammerwatch as some of you already know is a roguelite Hammerwatch, it's very different
14 Dec 2017Developer post
December 2017 progress!
For those not following us on twitter or knew we even had one: Last time I told you guys about our new game, Heroes of Hammerwatch, a procedural generated roguelite, you can read more about it here , and visit the steam page to add it to your wishlist. I just wanted to tell peopl
14 Dec 2017Developer post
December 2017 progress!
For those not following us on twitter or knew we even had one: Last time I told you guys about our new game, Heroes of Hammerwatch, a procedural generated roguelite, you can read more about it here , and visit the steam page to add it to your wishlist. I just wanted to tell peopl
29 Sep 2017Developer post
New Hammerwatch game!
(TLDR at the end) Good-day all Hammerwatch fans, in this little news update I will tell you guys about our new game in the series and something about Hammerwatch 1. People expecting Hammerwatch 2 news will have to wait a little while, perhaps end of next week or the week after, w
(TLDR at the end) Good-day all Hammerwatch fans, in this little news update I will tell you guys about our new game in the series and something about Hammerwatch 1. People expecting Hammerwatch 2 news will have to wait a little while, perhaps end of next week or the week after, where I will give a similar post but focus on that game alone!
Heroes of Hammerwatch
http://www.heroesofhammerwatch.com Today we are announcing a new chapter in the Book of Hammerwatch, Heroes of Hammerwatch! A roguelike hack and slash RPG/adventure game, set in the same world as Hammerwatch and its expansion, The Sun Temple. Take control of any of the 7 heroes, that you all know and love from the previous game and venture out from the Town of Outlook above Aridara and climb the Forsaken Spire through various different environments. And while Hammerwatch is built on all static designed levels and a clear path, Heroes has generated random levels with a mix of traps, puzzles, items and such. Heroes of Hammerwatch is not only random and generated, it's also persistent, something people have been asking about every now and then in the forums. So while levels and such are random, your hero will be saved with all of his/hers progress when it comes to skills and such. The town you constantly upgrade to unlock more features will also be saved, but for all your heroes, so you can create new Heroes and they can continue to build up the town. Features:

Random generated levels - each time you enter a level a new layout with different features will be generated.
Persistent Heroes - your progress is saved and each time you restart the game or die you can choose to continue with your Hero or create a new one. This time you can customize your heroes better too, with colors on different parts of the body and such, make it more unique to your own likings.
Upgradable town - the town is the starting point for your Heroes which you will return to between sessions. Construct buildings to allow Heroes to be upgraded further, unlock new Heroes and a lot more things. The town remains upgraded even if you choose to create a new Hero.
Items - Heroes of Hammerwatch features over 100 different items with various rarity, some with extreme abilities. Items can be bought in town, found in chests or secrets, and can also be dropped as reward from some enemies.
Enemies - Fight hordes of enemies all with different stats and functions, several big and smaller bosses all with unique looks and behavior.
Environments - Using some old themes from the first Hammerwatch, Heroes of Hammerwatch also adds new and fresh themes thrown into the mix.
Co-op - Bring your Hero into someone elses town and help them out, or have up to 3 of your friends join your own town.
Release date: The game is set to be released Q1 2018. We will select a few people from the community to beta test the game too. Screenshots:
Old Hammerwatch
This game is pretty old by now, it has sold around 1M copies in that time and a lot of people seems to enjoy it still! We are still hoping the game will be released on consoles soon, I know they are working on it and we just recently tried a new build of the PS4 version! About a year ago, we also made a pretty big patch for this game, that was not released, it's one of the bigger patches for the game, with tons of balance changes to classes and also a totally new class. I hope we can release this patch at some point later too! Some of the characters have gotten an overhaul too, this also shows the new class, that also will be featured in Heroes! Check twitter for more constant updates https://twitter.com/RealCrackshell Btw, spread the word.
TLDR
We are releasing a new HW game, called Heroes of HW, we will talk a bit later about HW2 and whatever, screens here: http://www.heroesofhammerwatch.com
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29 Sep 2017Developer post
New Hammerwatch game!
(TLDR at the end) Good-day all Hammerwatch fans, in this little news update I will tell you guys about our new game in the series and something about Hammerwatch 1. People expecting Hammerwatch 2 news will have to wait a little while, perhaps end of next week or the week after, w
(TLDR at the end) Good-day all Hammerwatch fans, in this little news update I will tell you guys about our new game in the series and something about Hammerwatch 1. People expecting Hammerwatch 2 news will have to wait a little while, perhaps end of next week or the week after, where I will give a similar post but focus on that game alone!
Heroes of Hammerwatch
http://www.heroesofhammerwatch.com Today we are announcing a new chapter in the Book of Hammerwatch, Heroes of Hammerwatch! A roguelike hack and slash RPG/adventure game, set in the same world as Hammerwatch and its expansion, The Sun Temple. Take control of any of the 7 heroes, that you all know and love from the previous game and venture out from the Town of Outlook above Aridara and climb the Forsaken Spire through various different environments. And while Hammerwatch is built on all static designed levels and a clear path, Heroes has generated random levels with a mix of traps, puzzles, items and such. Heroes of Hammerwatch is not only random and generated, it's also persistent, something people have been asking about every now and then in the forums. So while levels and such are random, your hero will be saved with all of his/hers progress when it comes to skills and such. The town you constantly upgrade to unlock more features will also be saved, but for all your heroes, so you can create new Heroes and they can continue to build up the town. Features:

Random generated levels - each time you enter a level a new layout with different features will be generated.
Persistent Heroes - your progress is saved and each time you restart the game or die you can choose to continue with your Hero or create a new one. This time you can customize your heroes better too, with colors on different parts of the body and such, make it more unique to your own likings.
Upgradable town - the town is the starting point for your Heroes which you will return to between sessions. Construct buildings to allow Heroes to be upgraded further, unlock new Heroes and a lot more things. The town remains upgraded even if you choose to create a new Hero.
Items - Heroes of Hammerwatch features over 100 different items with various rarity, some with extreme abilities. Items can be bought in town, found in chests or secrets, and can also be dropped as reward from some enemies.
Enemies - Fight hordes of enemies all with different stats and functions, several big and smaller bosses all with unique looks and behavior.
Environments - Using some old themes from the first Hammerwatch, Heroes of Hammerwatch also adds new and fresh themes thrown into the mix.
Co-op - Bring your Hero into someone elses town and help them out, or have up to 3 of your friends join your own town.
Release date: The game is set to be released Q1 2018. We will select a few people from the community to beta test the game too. Screenshots:
Old Hammerwatch
This game is pretty old by now, it has sold around 1M copies in that time and a lot of people seems to enjoy it still! We are still hoping the game will be released on consoles soon, I know they are working on it and we just recently tried a new build of the PS4 version! About a year ago, we also made a pretty big patch for this game, that was not released, it's one of the bigger patches for the game, with tons of balance changes to classes and also a totally new class. I hope we can release this patch at some point later too! Some of the characters have gotten an overhaul too, this also shows the new class, that also will be featured in Heroes! Check twitter for more constant updates https://twitter.com/RealCrackshell Btw, spread the word.
TLDR
We are releasing a new HW game, called Heroes of HW, we will talk a bit later about HW2 and whatever, screens here: http://www.heroesofhammerwatch.com
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20 Jun 2017Developer post
Serious Sam's Bogus Detour is out!
Croteam has partnered with independent developer Crackshell (Hammerwatch) to unleash Serious Sam’s Bogus Detour, a retro-styled take on the legendary first-person shooter series! Serious Sam’s Bogus Detour launches with up to 20% off the standard price for a limited time as fans
20 Jun 2017Developer post
Serious Sam's Bogus Detour is out!
Croteam has partnered with independent developer Crackshell (Hammerwatch) to unleash Serious Sam’s Bogus Detour, a retro-styled take on the legendary first-person shooter series! Serious Sam’s Bogus Detour launches with up to 20% off the standard price for a limited time as fans
10 Apr 2017Developer post
Serious Sam's Bogus Detour
Independent developer Crackshell (Hammerwatch), series creator Croteam (Serious Sam), and game label Devolver Digital (Video Games) have announced Serious Sam’s Bogus Detour, a retro-styled take on the legendary first-person shooter series. Serious Sam’s Bogus Detour is in develo
10 Apr 2017Developer post
Serious Sam's Bogus Detour
Independent developer Crackshell (Hammerwatch), series creator Croteam (Serious Sam), and game label Devolver Digital (Video Games) have announced Serious Sam’s Bogus Detour, a retro-styled take on the legendary first-person shooter series. Serious Sam’s Bogus Detour is in develo
01 Apr 2016Developer post
Patch Notes for 1.32 (April 2016)
This is just a minor release with some bug fixes. Starting game should no longer take a very long time when you're subscribed to many workshop items Fixed multiple musics playing at the same time in custom games Several crash fixes
This is just a minor release with some bug fixes.

Starting game should no longer take a very long time when you're subscribed to many workshop items
Fixed multiple musics playing at the same time in custom games
Several crash fixes
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01 Apr 2016Developer post
Patch Notes for 1.32 (April 2016)
This is just a minor release with some bug fixes. Starting game should no longer take a very long time when you're subscribed to many workshop items Fixed multiple musics playing at the same time in custom games Several crash fixes
This is just a minor release with some bug fixes.

Starting game should no longer take a very long time when you're subscribed to many workshop items
Fixed multiple musics playing at the same time in custom games
Several crash fixes
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08 Sep 2015Announcement
Daily Deal - Hammerwatch, 75% Off
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