Hell Let Loose

Intense overall intensity
Highest flag: Violence — graphic & gore
HistoricalShooterSimulation

What's in it

Violence graphic & gore
High

Realistic World War II infantry, tank, and artillery combat against human soldiers with blood, downed bodies, and explosions that can blow soldiers apart.

Language strong
High

Strong profanity is common through open proximity and squad voice chat where players shout and argue during firefights.

Dark themes mild
Low

The setting is the death and attrition of real WWII battlefields, with constant killing of comrades and enemies and a bleak, grinding tone.

Who can reach your kid

Voice chatChat with strangers

What it is

Hell Let Loose is a hardcore World War II first-person shooter built around large 50-versus-50 battles across Western, North African, and Eastern Front settings. Players take infantry, tank, recon, artillery, and command roles in tactical combat that emphasizes teamwork, resource management, and a shifting front line. The core content is realistic warfare: gunfire, tanks, and artillery aimed at human soldiers, with blood, fallen bodies, and explosive deaths that can tear soldiers apart. There is no sexual content, nudity, substances, or in-game purchases. The main variable content comes from playing with others: open voice and text chat with strangers is central to the game and is largely unmoderated, so strong language and heated arguments are common.

How it's framed

The game presents combat as grim, coordinated military work rather than heroic spectacle; death is frequent and abrupt, and the tone leans toward the attrition and stress of real battle rather than glorifying violence.

Details

Developer
Expression Games
Publisher
Team17
Released
Jul 27, 2021
Metacritic 79critic score (third-party) · out of 100

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