Heretic + Hexen

Steam News · Nov 4, 2025

Update 2

Heretic + Hexen Update 2 introduces new additions to Raven Vault, gameplay improvements, bug fixes, and modding enhancements. Now available on all platforms!✨New Features We have updated the Raven Vault with a new batch of development materials found shortly before we released the game in August. Be sure to go through the sections and check everything out!🧑‍🏭FixesGeneralKeys will no longer reset w...

Steam News · Sep 26, 2025

Heretic + Hexen | Update 1

Update 1 introduces a variety of new features, gameplay changes, fixes, and modding improvements and is available on all platforms✨New Features Heretic: Added original game's Firemace placement randomization (albeit with 100% spawn chance instead of the original's 75%)Added option to disable cutscene subtitles in Accessibility menuAdded option to restore original two-button press behavior when sel...

Steam News · Aug 12, 2025

After all these years, Heretic plays better than it ever has—and thanks to Nightdive, even Hexen sucks far less

When remasters of Heretic and Hexen were surprise-released last week, my interest was piqued despite myself. I played both in the '90s and didn't love either of them. Released in 1994 by Raven Software, Heretic was a fantasy take on Doom and it was OK. The following year Hexen offered an RPG take on Doom—by way of Heretic—and it drove me nuts... Read more.

Steam News · Aug 8, 2025

Classic shooters Heretic and Hexen re-released as an "enhanced" bundle with cross-platform multiplayer and mod support

Wake up, it's the 90s again. Ok, so maybe I've lied to you there, but two classic shooters from the decade that I as a child of 1999 definitely remember fondly have been re-released as one handy bundle with some extra features. Heretic + Hexen is out now. The surprise re-release of these virtual spell boxes came as part of QuakeCon, with Nightdive Studios and id Software collborating to revamp mor...

Steam News · Aug 7, 2025

Heretic + Hexen Release Notes

The cult-classic, groundbreaking games are now restored, enhanced and combined into one title for modern platforms!Originally developed by Raven Software and produced by id Software in 1994, Heretic and its 1995 sequel, Hexen, broke new ground blending fast-paced first-person shooter mechanics with dark fantasy themes and RPG elements, helping to expand the burgeoning genre beyond its sci-fi and m...