Introducing the Hell Clock: Cursed War Race To Hell Contest - your chance to win a custom Hell Clock gaming PC from Starforge Systems!
To celebrate the upcoming launch of our first major expansion, we’ve partnered with our publisher, Mad Mushroom, and Starforge Systems on a contest where you can win a hellish prize.
Here’s how it works. Starting on Cursed War launch day (now set for July 9th), stream your campaign and Endless Nightmares runs, and the first eligible player to clear Tier 9 of Endless Nightmares in the first week of launch wins the grand prize.
That grand prize is a Horizon Core pre-built gaming PC from Starforge Systems, a custom Hell Clock art case, and Steam keys for everything in the Mad Mushroom portfolio.
Nine runner-up submissions will also win three Steam keys each for both the Hell Clock base game and Cursed War DLC to share with their friends or community. A few important things to note:
This contest is open only for the PC / Steam version of the game, not consoles.
You can stream on Twitch, YouTube, or Kick, and your VODs must be enabled and publicly available.
All submissions must be made in the Hell Clock Discord server.
This contest is for players 16 years old and up, and there are a few regions that aren’t eligible (check the rules below).
If you’ve been part of our Cursed War QA test or Closed Beta test community, you have a significant advantage and are unfortunately not eligible.
If you’re a content creator that has received a key for Cursed War early, you’re still eligible but you can’t start playing patch 2.0 or Curse War until launch day. So sit on that Steam key until the 9th!
Read on for the full contest rules and details as well as Terms & Conditions.
Good luck, Clockmakers!
Contest Details
Goal: Be the first player to complete Tier 9 of Hell Clock’s Endless Nightmares endgame mode on Veteran difficulty, while streaming live on a specified platform (Twitch, YouTube, or Kick).
Prize: Starforge Systems gaming PC and custom Hell Clock art case
Dates: Thursday July 9, 2026 - Saturday July 18, 2026
Start time: July 09, 2:00pm Eastern Time
End time: July 18, 12:00am Eastern Time
Platforms: PC (Steam) only
Discord Server: http://discord.gg/hellclockgame
Terms & Conditions: Hell Clock: Cursed War Race to Hell Contest_Terms & Conditions
Contest Overview
Race To Hell is a contest to see which player can be the first to complete Tier 9 of Hell Clock’s endgame mode, Endless Nightmares, on Veteran difficulty, while livestreaming on a specified platform.
Eligible players will have one week to achieve this, and the winner will receive a gaming PC courtesy of Starforge Systems as well as a custom Hell Clock art case and the Mad Mushroom portfolio of games, provided via Steam keys.
The top nine submissions (winner plus the next nine players who are determined to have achieved the goal but do not have the fastest time) will also receive three copies of the Supporter Edition of the game (base game + DLC) to use as community giveaways, provided via Steam keys.
How to Compete
In order to take part in the race, participants must install the Hell Clock base game (the Cursed War expansion is not required, but is recommended) and stream their Campaign and Endless Nightmares gameplay live across all 9 Tiers on Veteran difficulty.
The use of “Relaxed Mode” and “Vengeance Mode” is not allowed at any point of the progression. Any type of save editing, cheating or purposeful exploitation of glitches will also lead to disqualification.
If you had early access to the Cursed War and patch 2.0 changes and/or insider information - either as a content creator, press member, Beta tester, QA tester, Rogue Snail or Mad Mushroom employee, you are automatically disqualified.
VODs must be enabled and submitted to Rogue Snail via the game’s official Discord server. There is no need to officially sign up, just stream your entire Campaign and Endless Nightmare runs and submit your VOD.
How to Enter
Install the Hell Clock base game on Steam (Cursed War expansion is optional) with the 2.0 update
As soon as the 2.0 update is publicly available and the game is installed, start streaming on Twitch, Youtube, or Kick
Create a new Save File on Veteran difficulty, with Journey of Nightmares toggled on
Softcore is recommended but not mandatory
The use of “Relaxed Mode” and “Vengeance Mode” is not allowed during this contest
Play the game until you are able to complete a Tier 9 Endless Nightmare
Submit the VODs of your entire playthrough, from save file creation to finish, to Rogue Snail via the game’s official Discord server
Prize
The winner of the race will receive a Horizon Core pre-build gaming PC from Starforge Systems, as well as a custom Hell Clock art case and a Steam key for each title in the Mad Mushroom portfolio.
The top ten submissions will also each receive three Steam keys for the Hell Clock Supporter’s Edition (base game + DLC) to use as giveaways for their community.
Eligibility:
Participants must be 16 years of age or older.
Participants in the following countries and regions are not eligible to win the grand prize:
Russia
Crimea, Donetsk, and Luthansk regions of Ukraine
Belarus
Cuba
Iran
Syria
Venezuela
Participants must have the Hell Clock base game in their Steam library, with the 2.0 update applied.
Purchase is not necessary, streamers who have received a Steam key from the studio or publisher are eligible.
Participants are only eligible when playing on PC via Steam, console edition is not eligible.
The game must be played on the default branch of Steam, with the latest available updates.
Streamers who have received early access to the Cursed War expansion (e.g. via closed playtest or provided keys by the publisher early), and have played this content before launch day (July 9) are not eligible to win the grand prize. .
Streamers who receive a key early must wait to play the game until launch day in order to be eligible for the grand prize.
Streamers who receive and play the expansion early can compete and will be eligible only for runner-up prizes.
Participants must stream their runs on Twitch, YouTube or Kick, and have VODs enabled.
Participants need not be an established or partnered streamer, they just must stream their entire run live on one of these platforms and submit their VOD.
VOD recordings must be submitted directly via the Hell Clock Discord server, “race-to-hell-submissions” channel: http://discord.gg/hellclockgame
Participants may not cheat in any way. This includes but is not limited to:
Save file editing or sharing
Using external tools to change the gameplay and/or progression
Having insider information about the Cursed War and Patch 2.0 ahead of time
Having more than one player using the same save file
Purposefully exploiting in-game glitches to gain an advantage
Rogue Snail reserves the right to disqualify any submission pending manual review and discovery of any cheats, exploits or unfair advantages used.