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HARDCODED cover art

HARDCODED

Ghost Hug Games · 2024-11-04

Steam

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jan 31, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Nov 04, 2024 (Linux), Nov 04, 2024 (Mac)

HARDCODED - A non-linear delve through the lives and beds of the people of a cyberpunk city.

92%
positive of 342 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$16.99
steam price (US)

In Hardcoded, the player controls a droid, who goes by "Hard Coded" or HC for short, because her factory-made male deadname is "hardcoded" into her and she is not able to change it. HC ran away from her owners and joins the local trans community in Pira City at the beginning of the game. GelCorp, a massive corporation, is infecting everyone with pollution that makes everyone horny, and HC and her friends resolve to solve the mystery.(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 14 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 17% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (51 reviews).
  • · Top 47% of 11,362 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 6.8k–15k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 342 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $14.44 at Steam (2025-03-13)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $16.99 · on sale 2 of 4 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
464620242026Week of 2024-11-04: 46 positiveWeek of 2024-11-04: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-11-11: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-11-11: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-11-18: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-11-25: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-12-02: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-12-02: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-09: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-12-09: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-16: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-12-16: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-23: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-12-30: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-01-06: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-13: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-01-13: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-20: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-01-27: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-01-27: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-03: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-02-03: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-10: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-17: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-24: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-03: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-10: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-17: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-03-24: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-03-31: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-07: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-14: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-04-21: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-21: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-28: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-12: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-19: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-19: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-26: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-06-02: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-16: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-23: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-23: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-30: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-07-07: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-14: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-07-21: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-28: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-07-28: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-04: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-08-11: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-08-11: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-18: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-09-08: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-15: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-22: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-29: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-20: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-03: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-10: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-17: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-17: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-24: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-15: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-12-22: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-29: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-05: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-12: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-19: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-26: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-02: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-09: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-16: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-23: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-09: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-16: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-23: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-06: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-13: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-04: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-11: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-25: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-15: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-22: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-13: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-27: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-03: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-17: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$16.99$14.442024-11-042026-03-262024-11-04 — best price $15.292024-11-11 — best price $16.992025-03-13 — best price $14.442025-03-20 — best price $16.992025-06-27 — best price $14.442025-07-10 — best price $16.992025-12-18 — best price $14.442026-01-05 — best price $16.992026-03-19 — best price $14.442026-03-26 — best price $16.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Census log

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

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