Helium
Sci-fi first-person shooter with alien exploration and hovercycle travel
rocketship · Released Mar 10, 2017
- Reviews
- Mixed
- 57% of 75
- Recent reviews
- Not enough recent
- Players
- 0
- daily peak, Oct 30, 2026
- Steam Deck
- Untested
- Last update on Steam
- 9 years ago
- Aug 30, 2017
What is Helium?
Helium is a first-person shooter set on Gliese 86b, where a spacecraft liaison survives a crash and investigates a mysterious signal. You explore the planet's surface, fight alien creatures with futuristic weapons, and search for messages left by the crew.
For you if...
- +you enjoy science fiction presented in muted gray tones
Not for you if...
- −you prefer cooperative or competitive shooters to playing alone
What players say
57% of 75 reviews are positive
Some players praise the alien world and enemy designs. More common complaints concern slow movement, confusing objectives, weak gunplay, and bugs that can block progress.
Screenshots and trailer
Helium system requirements
Minimum: 460, 1 GB RAM, 2 GB of disk space.
As published by the developer.
Can my PC run Helium?
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- OS
- Windows 7
- Processor
- Intel Core i3 or equivalent
- Graphics
- NVIDIA GeForce 460 or equivalent
- Memory
- 1 GB RAM
- Storage
- 2 GB available space
- DirectX
- Version 9.0c
Recommended
- OS
- Windows 10
- Processor
- Intel Core i7 or faster
- Graphics
- NVIDIA GeForce 760 or equivalent and higher
- Memory
- 2 GB RAM
- Storage
- 2 GB available space
- DirectX
- Version 10
Does Helium have co-op or multiplayer?
No: single-player only, no multiplayer modes declared.
Does Helium run on Steam Deck?
Untested Not yet tested by Valve on Steam Deck.
PC version details
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Full controller support
- Platforms
- Windows
- Achievements
- 9
- Steam features
- Family Sharing
- Languages
- Full audio: English, Russian.
Does Helium use AI-generated content?
No AI-generated content is disclosed on the game's Steam page.
Self-reported by the developer under Steam rules: it covers AI content that ships in the game, not tools used to make it. Steam page checked on Oct 27, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam
