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A Hat in Time cover art

A Hat in Time

Gears for Breakfast · 2017-10-05

SteamGOGAmazonMicrosoft Store

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Split screen · Perspectives: First person, Third person

Releases: Mar 31, 2021 (PlayStation 5), Mar 31, 2021 (Xbox Series X|S), Oct 05, 2017 (Mac), Oct 18, 2019 (Nintendo Switch), Oct 05, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Dec 05, 2017 (PlayStation 4)

A Hat in Time is a cute-as-heck 3D platformer featuring a little girl who stitches hats for wicked powers! Freely explore giant worlds and recover Time Pieces to travel to new heights!

A Hat in Time is an Adventure and Indie game released in 2017, priced at $29.99, with an estimated 500,000 .. 1,000,000 owners and an Overwhelmingly Positive review sentiment (98% of 53478 reviews).

57
playing now
98%
positive of 53k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam's rating (official)
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
critic score (10 outlets, IGDB)
82/100
IGDB user rating (244 ratings)
201
Nexus mods (102k downloads)
78/100
opencritic · strong · 74% recommend · from 90 critics
13h
to beat · completionist 36h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$29.99
steam price (US)

57 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 11:00 UTC (census sample)

A Hat in Time is a 2017 platform game developed by Danish game studio Gears for Breakfast and published by Humble Bundle. The game was developed using Unreal Engine 3 and funded through a Kickstarter campaign, which nearly doubled its fundraising goals within its first two days. The game was self-published for macOS and Windows in October 2017, and by Humble Bundle for the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One consoles two months later. A version for the Nintendo Switch was released in October 2019.

Trailer

A Hat in Time trailer thumbnail

A Hat in Time - Launch Trailer - Nintendo Switch

≈1,000,000 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 57 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 1,282 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~160/week).
  • · Review velocity down 2% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 1% of 28,763 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 1.3M–3.2M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 53,478 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$29.99
Microsoft Store$29.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $8.99 at GOG (2021-12-13) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $29.99 · on sale 7 of 63 observed days · $21.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
2.0k2.0k20182026Week of 2018-01-01: 721 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 376 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 604 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 309 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 230 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 332 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 375 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 239 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 522 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 217 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 893 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 366 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 356 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 365 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 187 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 367 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 1,073 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 1,975 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 1,873 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 285 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 204 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 275 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 1,477 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 1,352 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 1,231 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 629 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 532 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 519 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 432 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 575 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 1,019 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 576 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 508 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 377 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 597 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 713 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 723 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 489 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 425 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 387 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 618 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 468 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 585 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 360 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 263 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 296 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 792 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 869 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 820 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 413 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 499 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 299 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 379 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 383 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 450 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 287 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 185 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 236 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 320 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 467 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 437 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 230 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 260 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 213 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 235 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 240 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 472 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 328 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 213 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 131 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 279 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 304 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 292 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 195 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 224 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 166 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 220 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 206 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 296 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 168 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 196 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 140 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 224 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 294 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 225 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 217 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 194 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 150 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 147 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 189 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 222 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 172 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 115 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 159 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 189 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 222 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 118 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 150 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 114 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 131 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 113 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 193 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 105 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

321572026-09-15 12:00 — 74 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 173 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 174 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 168 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 321 players2026-09-22 03:00 — 182 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 85 players2026-09-24 18:00 — 179 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 186 players2026-09-27 09:00 — 109 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 142 players2026-09-30 00:00 — 146 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 66 players2026-10-02 15:00 — 149 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 276 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 95 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 142 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 194 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 114 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 162 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 261 players2026-10-13 04:00 — 120 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 57 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1.5k1Mar 2016Aug 2026Mar 2016 — avg 2 · peak 8Jul 2016 — avg 1 · peak 7Nov 2016 — avg 1 · peak 6Mar 2017 — avg 1 · peak 6Jul 2017 — avg 1 · peak 8Nov 2017 — avg 194 · peak 504Mar 2018 — avg 291 · peak 957Jul 2018 — avg 508 · peak 1,187Nov 2018 — avg 311 · peak 715Mar 2019 — avg 205 · peak 421Jul 2019 — avg 693 · peak 1,389Nov 2019 — avg 435 · peak 981Mar 2020 — avg 319 · peak 592Jul 2020 — avg 484 · peak 913Nov 2020 — avg 248 · peak 684Mar 2021 — avg 248 · peak 530Jul 2021 — avg 293 · peak 545Nov 2021 — avg 303 · peak 1,820Mar 2022 — avg 232 · peak 519Jul 2022 — avg 246 · peak 481Nov 2022 — avg 160 · peak 425Mar 2023 — avg 166 · peak 412Jul 2023 — avg 289 · peak 627Nov 2023 — avg 137 · peak 363Mar 2024 — avg 143 · peak 294Jul 2024 — avg 196 · peak 397Nov 2024 — avg 124 · peak 337Mar 2025 — avg 147 · peak 289Jul 2025 — avg 187 · peak 373Nov 2025 — avg 107 · peak 220Mar 2026 — avg 140 · peak 343Jul 2026 — avg 164 · peak 325Aug 2026 — avg 127 · peak 244
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$29.99$12.752015-01-012026-10-142015-01-01 — best price $20.002017-12-18 — best price $26.992018-01-29 — best price $29.992018-04-20 — best price $29.992018-05-28 — best price $29.992018-07-17 — best price $23.992018-08-14 — best price $29.992018-10-04 — best price $17.992018-11-21 — best price $17.392019-02-04 — best price $16.492019-05-10 — best price $29.992019-07-22 — best price $29.992019-10-21 — best price $14.992019-11-12 — best price $29.992019-12-19 — best price $14.992020-03-09 — best price $14.992020-08-30 — best price $29.992021-01-14 — best price $14.992021-03-25 — best price $23.992021-08-20 — best price $14.992021-11-24 — best price $14.992022-01-14 — best price $14.992022-05-06 — best price $14.992022-08-19 — best price $14.992023-05-14 — best price $14.992023-08-18 — best price $14.992023-11-17 — best price $14.992024-02-19 — best price $29.992024-06-20 — best price $14.992024-09-02 — best price $29.992025-02-17 — best price $29.992025-09-29 — best price $14.992026-03-19 — best price $14.992026-08-27 — best price $29.992026-09-04 — best price $29.992026-09-12 — best price $29.992026-09-20 — best price $29.992026-09-28 — best price $29.992026-10-06 — best price $29.992026-10-14 — best price $29.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2701322026-05-28 — 214 pageviews2026-06-01 — 162 pageviews2026-06-05 — 188 pageviews2026-06-09 — 195 pageviews2026-06-13 — 140 pageviews2026-06-17 — 182 pageviews2026-06-21 — 170 pageviews2026-06-25 — 168 pageviews2026-06-29 — 164 pageviews2026-07-03 — 270 pageviews2026-07-07 — 175 pageviews2026-07-11 — 157 pageviews2026-07-15 — 203 pageviews2026-07-19 — 164 pageviews2026-07-23 — 156 pageviews2026-07-27 — 152 pageviews2026-07-31 — 132 pageviews2026-08-04 — 216 pageviews2026-08-08 — 157 pageviews2026-08-12 — 143 pageviews2026-08-16 — 145 pageviews2026-08-20 — 150 pageviews2026-08-24 — 165 pageviews2026-08-28 — 169 pageviews2026-09-01 — 152 pageviews2026-09-05 — 163 pageviews2026-09-09 — 166 pageviews2026-09-13 — 151 pageviews2026-09-17 — 172 pageviews2026-09-21 — 191 pageviews2026-09-25 — 157 pageviews2026-09-29 — 151 pageviews2026-10-03 — 199 pageviews2026-10-07 — 184 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

46
achievements tracked
82.8%
earned "Let there be light"
13.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opShared/Split Screen Co-opShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsCaptions availableSteam Workshop6 DLC

10 supported languages: English, German, Korean, French, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese - Portugal, Portuguese - Brazil

Post-launch support: 6 DLC released, first 2017-09-08, latest 2021-11-27 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)45,6893%46
PS4 (PlayStation)18,2613%38
Xbox One (Xbox)3,3693%37
Switch (Nintendo)5180%0

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

CuteCo-opFunnyIndieColorfulModdableAdventurePlatformerExplorationCollectathon

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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