Haste

Haste on PC is a third-person momentum roguelite about running through collapsing procedural worlds before the darkness catches you. The game was originally presented as HASTE: Broken Worlds, but the current Steam storefront and Landfall pages use the shorter name Haste. Developed by Landfall and published under Evil Landfall, it combines precision platforming, build customization, online co-op, and score-focused movement.

Momentum Is the Main Mechanic

Haste is built around high-speed third-person running, but it is not a conventional endless runner. You control Zoe, also known as the Courier, across uneven terrain filled with ramps, gaps, hazards, and collapsing scenery. The goal is to maintain momentum while choosing safe landing angles and reacting to the route ahead.

Movement has a distinctive rhythm. Running into slopes can launch Zoe into the air, while a well-timed landing helps preserve or increase speed. You have substantial control while airborne, including the ability to influence your descent and use fast-fall movement to reach the ground more quickly. A poor landing can break your flow, cost health, or leave you exposed to the advancing destruction.

That makes every level a balance between speed and control. Taking a higher route may help you avoid an obstacle, but staying low can produce a faster run if your landings are accurate. The game also grades your performance by completion speed, giving skilled players a clear reason to replay familiar movement patterns and chase higher ranks.

How Shards and Runs Work

The main progression is organized into ten Shards. Each Shard contains a collection of procedurally generated levels that must be cleared without exhausting your available lives. You choose a path through the Shard, moving between running stages, shops, challenges, and rest areas before reaching its boss encounter.

Procedural generation keeps the route different from run to run, but it also means success depends on reading unfamiliar terrain rather than memorizing a fixed campaign. Between levels, you make decisions about risk, rewards, and the condition of your current attempt. Sparks can be spent in shop areas to manifest items, while other resources and upgrades help shape the run in progress or improve future attempts.

The result is a run-based campaign structure with a clear forward goal. You are not simply racing for a single high score. You are building enough momentum, survivability, and utility to complete a Shard, unlock the next part of the journey, and learn how the movement systems interact with increasingly demanding layouts.

Items, Abilities, and World Variety

Haste includes more than 90 items that can alter a run. Items affect variables such as speed, damage, luck, and health, allowing players to build toward different priorities. Some runs may reward aggressive movement and rapid completion, while others benefit from defensive options that provide more room for mistakes.

There are also four abilities to master. Their role is not to replace the movement system, but to give you additional ways to deal with gaps, hazards, and unusual terrain. Learning when to use an ability is part of the broader mastery loop: the strongest results come from combining movement skill with the right item choices rather than relying on one universal strategy.

The campaign moves through four biomes, each with variations that change the visual setting and the problems presented by the terrain. Four different bosses provide larger movement tests, asking you to apply the same principles of speed, positioning, and controlled landings in more structured encounters.

Single-Player, Co-op, and Endless Play

Haste supports the complete game in online co-op. Friends play as additional versions of Zoe and can progress through Shards together. Cooperation is central, but the game also records individual level times, adding a light competitive layer for groups that want to compare who can finish a section fastest.

Co-op can support up to four players, and friends on different platforms can join through cross-play. On the same platform, invitations can be sent through the friends system; cross-platform groups can use join codes. This is not a separate competitive racing mode. The cooperative campaign remains the main multiplayer experience, with personal times and unlockable outfits providing extra goals.

After progressing through the game, you can unlock Endless Mode. Landfall describes it as a dedicated Shard rather than one infinitely generated level. It has no shops, challenges, or rest areas, and moves from one level to the next with only a small loading transition. Difficulty rises as you continue, and item choices appear at regular intervals, making it a focused test of consistency and endurance.

Who Haste Is For

Haste is a strong fit for PC players who enjoy precision movement, fast restarts, procedural replayability, and games where improvement comes from better decisions rather than stronger equipment alone. Players who like the speed trials and movement challenges of first-person action platformers such as Neon White may appreciate Haste's emphasis on route reading and repeat attempts, although Haste uses third-person momentum instead of weapon-based stage clearing.

It is less suitable for players looking for hand-crafted platforming stages, traditional combat, or a large open-world adventure with extensive exploration. The core experience is narrow by design: run, land, adapt, collect items, and try to survive the next section. The story and supporting cast provide context, but movement remains the reason to keep playing.

PC Features and Content Model

The PC version is distributed through Steam and includes Steam Cloud, achievements, Family Sharing, online co-op, and Steam Workshop support. Workshop support is a meaningful addition for a movement-focused game because it gives the community a way to extend the experience beyond the standard campaign structure.

The storefront lists full controller support, alongside keyboard and mouse play. The PC release also supports SteamOS and Linux in addition to Windows and macOS. Interface and subtitle localization covers English, Simplified Chinese, French, Italian, German, Spanish, Japanese, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian, and Swedish. English is the listed full-audio language.

Haste is sold as a paid base game rather than a free-to-play title. The Steam content listing includes a separate soundtrack add-on, while the core game contains its Shards, items, abilities, bosses, co-op campaign, Workshop support, and unlockable Endless Mode. There is no need to sort through a season pass or a large collection of gameplay DLC to understand the main edition.

Similar PC Games

For a broader 3D speed-platforming experience with exploration, open-world platforming like Sonic Frontiers offers a useful contrast. Sonic gives players more freedom to explore and fight, while Haste is more focused on momentum, procedural routes, and surviving a collapsing course.

Haste also shares some DNA with Landfall's own Clustertruck, particularly the focus on forward motion and reacting to unstable terrain, but the two games are structured differently. Haste adds a roguelite progression loop, item builds, bosses, story progression, and full online co-op instead of relying purely on stage-by-stage vehicle platforming.

Haste FAQ

Is Haste the same game as HASTE: Broken Worlds?

Yes. HASTE: Broken Worlds was the earlier presentation of the game, while the current Steam storefront and Landfall's official pages use the shorter name Haste.

Is Haste a roguelite or an endless runner?

It is primarily a third-person movement roguelite. The campaign is divided into Shards with procedural levels, route choices, items, lives, bosses, and progression. Endless Mode is a separate unlockable Shard focused on escalating survival rather than a traditional story route.

Does Haste have online co-op?

Yes. The full game can be played cooperatively online with up to four players. The campaign is playable together, and the game tracks individual level times for friendly competition.

Does Haste support cross-play?

Yes. Players can join friends across supported platforms. Same-platform groups can use the platform friends system, while cross-platform groups can connect through join codes.

Does Haste support Steam Workshop mods?

Yes. Landfall's official FAQ confirms Steam Workshop support.

What is the main replay loop in Haste?

You replay Shards with different procedural layouts, collect Sparks, buy items, refine your movement, and try to complete the route before running out of lives. Once Endless Mode is unlocked, the focus shifts to surviving increasingly difficult consecutive levels and making effective item choices.