History VideoGame / Helltaker

[[https://store.steampowered.com/app/1289310/Helltaker/ Helltaker]] is a free IndieGame made by vanripper (Łukasz Piskorz). It follows the exploits of the Helltaker, a man who looks like an {{Expy}} of [[WesternAnimation/JohnnyBravo Johnny Bravo]] as he decides to visit FireAndBrimstoneHell [[HaremSeeker so he can assemble a harem of demon girls]] via a series of [[BlockPuzzle block puzzles]] and chocolate pancakes. It takes itself about as seriously as one would expect.

-->--'''Steam Description'''

* ImprobablyFemaleCast: All the demons being {{Cute Monster Girl}}s is a given, but the fact that the police officer and detective in the Epilogue are ''also'' women pushes it towards this trope.

* AllForNothing: Overall, the only characters that even seem romantically interested in the Helltaker are Modeus, given she's the only harem member hugging Helltaker in the ending slide, and [[spoiler:Beelzebub, since she blushes and expresses a bit of joy when Helltaker offers her pancakes]]. The rest of the girls never actually seem to view the Helltaker as a romantic partner, and Azazel is implied to be a lesbian who is only interested in 'studying' the Demons. Though the fact that Helltaker still keeps them around implies that he's quite happy with having friends, so this trope isn't as bad as it could be. [[spoiler:Though ''Examtaker'' would reveal that Lucifier is still carrying a torch for him despite his disappearance, so it could just be her being a {{Tsundere}}.]]
** Subverted in one of the [[https://twitter.com/vanripperart/status/1541783672252145665 latest comics]][[spoiler: Given what Azazel, Modeus and Pandemonica were doing to him, it's safe to say there's no chastity involved here, even if the 'Taker doesn't seem exactly ''enthused'' by what they are doing to him.]]
* AllJustADream: A double-layered one; the beginning seems to imply that the events of the game, as seen in a dream, would go on to inspire the Helltaker [[DreamWithinADream to go on and cause the events of the game]]. The secret ending implies that [[spoiler:the entire story could have just been made up by Beelzebub due to going insane from drifting on through space by herself.]]

* HadesShaded: Most of the characters in the game (i.e. everybody besides Judgement, the Skeletons, and the black cop) have a sunburned red skin color, fitting for a game taking place in Hell. Later content in the comics implies this was caused by hanging around in dimly-lit locations, such as Hell itself or Earth at nighttime, since in the comics that take place in more properly-lit locations, everybody besides the aforementioned differently colored characters change to having a Caucasian-esque skin-tone, and even in Judgement's case she becomes a lighter shade of grey.

--> '''Zdrada:''' "Don't look at me for puzzle hints, I'm not a nerd. Maybe go kill yourself on some spikes. It'll be amusing."

** Being the resident gamer of the bunch, Malina drops two. The first is in her hint dialogue for Zdrada's level, where she mentions [[VideoGame/{{CryptOfTheNecrodancer}} "rhythm based dungeon crawlers"]]. In her bit during the FinalBoss fight, she says the Helltaker "probably played Necropolis anyway", referring to the playable faction in ''VideoGame/HeroesOfMightAndMagic'' notorious for being overpowered.

* DarkerAndEdgier: Slightly. Most of the original's humor is kept in the DLC, though it does away with the harem building and puts you in the shoes of an angry human-demon hybrid who must survive the tests of a MadScientist in her lab. Plus, the full story reveals that [[spoiler:Azazel has taken over Hell some time in the future, rechristening herself as the Loremaster and reducing Justice and Lucifer to being her servants.]]

* StealthPun: In the chapter menu, the DLC is labelled "EX", which is standard for a bonus stage, but it also happens to be convenient shorthand for a storyline titled "'''Ex'''amtaker".
* TimeSkip: This bonus chapter is set many years after the events of the base game and the comics. [[spoiler:Loremaster and Lucy's dialogue in the ending hint that it's specifically set after the 'Abysstaker' ending, where the Helltaker leaves to be with Beelzebub.]]

** [[spoiler: Subverted in one of the latest comics. Given what Azazel, Modeus and Pandemonica were doing to him, it's safe to say there's no chastity involved here.]]

** [[spoiler: subverted in one of the latest comics. Given what Azazel, Modeus and Pandemonica were doing to him, it's safe to say there's no chastity involved here.]]

* {{Asmodeus}}: Modeus, whose name references Asmodeus, is a lustful yet naive demon encountered by the eponymous Helltaker.