98% Off Valfaris & 96% Off Slain Back from Hell on Fanatical

Paul Rudd · December 21, 2022

Currently at Fanatical, this double pack gives you 98% off Valfaris & 96% off Slain Back from Hell.

Valfaris has 89% Very Positive reviews on Steam.

Slain Back from Hell has 71% Mostly Positive reviews on Steam.

Originally titled Slain! it was initially scheduled to be released in late 2015 but was delayed to 24 March 2016. Due to the negative reception of Slain!, the game was overhauled and relaunched as Slain Back from Hell on August 2nd, 2016. It was released on the Nintendo Switch on December 7, 2017.

Valfaris received "generally favorable" reviews and Liam Croft from Push Square praised the game's platforming sections, weapon variety, and visuals. He called the boss fights "incredibly cool", but felt that the game's enemies respawned too quickly. Dom Reseigh-Lincoln from Nintendo Life liked the Valfaris extreme metal soundtrack and the visuals. He believed that the Resurrection Idols made saving the game easier. He also felt that enemies respawned too quickly, and thought that the game needed a dodge button. Windows Central writer Brendan Lowry rated Valfaris 3.5/5 stars, writing that it was an "excellent" game, but felt that it was held back by design and technical flaws. James Cunningham of Hardcore Gamer praised the game's "brutal" environments and liked the "monstrous abominations" of its bosses. Kellen Beck from Mashable complemented the game's metal soundtrack, and believed that Valfaris was a combination of "really well-done" elements. He called the boss fights "unique" and recommended the game for those looking for a "fun" action platformer.

A sequel titled Valfaris Mecha Therion was announced on August 25, 2021 and was set to release in late 2022 for Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S. However, its Steam page that I just posted shows it's now set to release in 2023. It will be published by Big Sugar. Unlike its predecessor, Mecha Therion will instead be a 2.5D shoot 'em up. Steel Mantis originally planned to make a sequel to Slain!, but Andrew suggested that the team make a sequel to Valfaris.

Thomas agreed, writing in a PlayStation.Blog that he was "immediately enthused".

P.S. If you actually read this far, you're in luck. I bought this bundle and already own Slain Back from Hell. So if you do not own the game and you are interested in investing time into the game and possibly beating it, the first person to comment about wanting Slain Back from Hell, the key is yours.