Hellraiser: Revival Lands Mixed Overseas Review Scores
The scores cluster in the 60s and 70s and separate by platform, which suggests the game plays best where its gruesome presentation is not undercut by the combat and stealth sections reviewers keep flagging.
Reporting from 1 source: Game Spark.
Clive Barker's Hellraiser: Revival, released October 8, 2026 for PC, PS5, Xbox Series X|S and Switch 2, drew mixed overseas reviews. Metascores sit at 75 for PC (23 reviews), 69 for PS5 (34 reviews) and 74 for Xbox Series X (6 reviews). Scores range from GameSpot's 80/100 down to 60/100 from Slant Magazine, Eurogamer and IGN.
Clive Barker's Hellraiser: Revival launched October 8, 2026 on PC, PS5, Xbox Series X|S and Nintendo Switch 2, with no Japanese support. Reviewers agree on the presentation: gross in the intended way, packed with hooks, chains and bondage gear, faithful to the films. The complaints are mechanical. Awkward controls, stressful combat, stealth sections and difficulty spikes recur across the roundup, and several outlets suggest dropping to a story-focused mode.
- GameSpot: 80/100 (PC): thrilling roller-coaster of a survival horror experience
- GameSpew: 80/100 (PS5): sexy, gory, grotesque
- GAMES.CH: 75/100 (PC): gruesome presentation, awkward controls
- DayOne: 75/100 (PC): solid game made from an old, cheap IP
- The Big Lead: 70/100 (PC): sex and death run through the whole thing
- The Wand Report: 70/100 (PC): varied and thrilling survival horror
- GAMINGbible: 70/100 (PS5): lower the difficulty to soften irritating elements
- Slant Magazine: 60/100 (Xbox Series X): suffocating experience dominated by survival horror rhythms
- Eurogamer: 60/100 (PC)
- IGN: 60/100 (PS5)
Synthesized by Yomimono from the 1 cited source below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.