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Pass the Fear best builds / Hell difficulty

Pass the Fear Hell Difficulty: Clear Rate and Build Rules

Reviewed for Patch 1.0.503Last updated: August 24, 2026

A high-pressure tier where one unrecoverable moment often ends the run. Protect movement, reload uptime, and a fallback before greedier scaling.

QUICK ANSWER

Use this page to diagnose the pressure point, then test the next pickup with the run's risk level visible.

  • Name the failure point before changing the whole build
  • Protect a working engine when the run is already fragile
  • Use the Finder or Planner to test one change at a time
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VISUAL INDEX04 ICONS
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Tarot
Tarot

Identify the object first, then read the decision behind it.

Game data

26.6% of all Pass the Fear owners hold Hell Walker (Clear Hell difficulty). Captured from public Steam achievement statistics on 2026-08-02.

Where Hell sits on the ladder

DifficultySteam achievementClear rateShare of the tier below
JourneyNo separate achievement—Not measurable from this snapshot
Common (Normal)First Victory67.4%Not measurable from this snapshot
HardUnbreakable56.4%83.7%
NightmareNightmare Conquered35.6%63.1%
HellHell Walker26.6%74.7%
RealityTrial of Reality34.3%Not measurable from this snapshot

These Steam figures are owner-base snapshots, not a promise that every player attempts the tiers in order. Reality being higher than Hell in this capture is a useful warning: global achievement rates should not be dressed up as a clean progression funnel.

Compared with Nightmare, this tier changes the owner-base clear rate by 9 percentage points. The measured share from the previous tier is 74.7%.

How the decision tool changes on Hell

The tool adjusts its willingness to recommend conditional options. On Journey it lets you explore; on Reality it protects a working engine and discounts pieces that need several conditions to line up.

Option traitAdjustment on Hell
Reliable / unconditional value+4
Conditional (needs setup to fire)-4
Survival+3
Safe execution+3
Patch-sensitive (extra penalty)-2

Open the run decision tool set to Hell →

What this page does not claim

The clear rates above are measured snapshots. They do not prove which Hunter clears this tier fastest, which relic combination appears most often in successful runs, or what the exact enemy modifiers are. Those answers need in-game testing.

Next tier up: Reality (34.3% of owners where a Steam achievement is available).

Where these numbers come from

Clear rates and achievement names come from the public Steam global achievement page for Pass the Fear (appid 3561220), captured on 2026-08-02. Difficulty names and the Journey/Common ladder framing are cross-checked against the in-game difficulty list.