Hellgate 1993

Mission briefing

Hellgate 1993 is a fast, retro-inspired first-person shooter set inside a dying horror-sci-fi facility. Fight through eight hostile worlds, uncover secret routes, unlock sealed sectors, collect stronger weapons, and face a final boss at the end of every world. Every world contains three stages: two combat missions followed by a boss encounter. Manage health, armor, ammo, keys, and your arsenal as new enemy types appear throughout the campaign. Find hidden supplies, activate terminals, survive ambushes, and bring the light back to the last surviving human signal.

Field manual

How to Play - Move: WASD - Look: Mouse - Fire: Left Mouse Button - Use doors, switches, and terminals: E - Switch weapons: 1–5 or mouse wheel - Open automap: M - Pause: Esc - Fullscreen: F On mobile, use the left stick to move, drag the right side of the screen to look, and tap the on-screen controls to fire, interact, switch weapons, open the map, or pause. Look for keycards and terminals to unlock new areas. Explosive barrels can damage enemies but will also hurt you at close range. If your health or ammo becomes critical, you may use a Reward Ad once per attempt for an Emergency Supply. After death, one Reward Ad can restore you with a Revive.

Launch orders: press Launch mission above and the game loads on this page itself — nothing downloads and no form stands between you and the first move. It is designed for a flexible screen and takes its orders from mouse, keyboard or touch, depending on the mission. It adapts to both upright and wide screens, so phones, tablets and desktops all frame it sensibly. If it offers a fullscreen control, use it — a fight this size deserves the whole screen.

Field notes for action operations

• First run is reconnaissance. Spend it learning where the danger actually spawns from instead of chasing a score — most action games announce their patterns honestly in the opening minute, then repeat them with worse manners.
• Movement is a defensive stat. A moving target at half health outlives a stationary one at full health in nearly every game on this board, so keep relocating between shots, strikes and reloads.
• Learn the exit before the entrance closes. In arena and chase games alike, the players who survive longest are the ones who noticed the second doorway while everyone else was watching the first.

Hellgate 1993 — questions from the ranks

What does it cost to play Hellgate 1993?

Nothing at all. The mission is free from the first order to the last — no sign-up, no download, no paid tier guarding the good levels. The advertising around this page is what keeps the board free.

What sort of mission is Hellgate 1993?

Hellgate 1993 is filed in our Action theatre. Like every operation on this board, it is a browser game — read the briefing above for the publisher's own account of what you are deploying into.

Can I run Hellgate 1993 on a phone or tablet?

Yes. It plays in the browser on phones and tablets exactly as it does on a computer. It adapts to both upright and wide screens, so phones, tablets and desktops all frame it sensibly.

Do I have to install anything before playing?

No installation of any kind. Hellgate 1993 is an HTML5 game: press the launch button and it loads on this page, and closing the tab leaves nothing behind.

After-action

Mission complete, or still pinned down? The full Action theatre is one click away — The main hall of the board: 469 operations where something is always moving, exploding, escaping or being chased. If a game has a pulse and a problem, it is probably filed here.