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Hob

Runic Games · Arc Games · 2017-09-26

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ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Sep 26, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Sep 26, 2017 (PlayStation 4)

Transform the world of Hob! A new action-adventure from Runic Games, the award-winning studio behind Torchlight I and II. It's your chance. Make it home.

Hob is an Action, Adventure, and Indie game released in 2017, priced at $3.99, with an estimated 200,000 to 500,000 owners and Very Positive reviews (88% of 5611 reviews).

8
playing now
88%
positive of 5.6k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
72/100
critic score (8 outlets, IGDB)
80/100
IGDB user rating (70 ratings)
4.47★
PlayStation Store rating (1,619 ratings)
12h
time to beat (IGDB)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$3.99
steam price (US)

8 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 12:00 UTC (census sample)

Hob is an action-adventure game developed and published by Runic Games. It was originally released for Microsoft Windows and PlayStation 4 on September 26, 2017. An enhanced port developed by Panic Button was released in 2019 for the Nintendo Switch. It is the last game developed by Runic Games before their dissolution. It is set in a science-fiction world filled with bizarre wildlife, over-grown architecture, and arcane machinery.

Trailer

Hob trailer thumbnail

Hob - Launch Trailer | PS4

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

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 8 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 145 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~18/week).
  • · Review velocity down 1% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 6% of 27,701 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 140k–337k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 5,616 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GameBillet$2.95-85%
Gamesplanet$3.92-80%
GOG$3.99-80%
IndieGala$3.99-80%
GamersGate$4.00-80%
GOG$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.79 at Fanatical (2021-11-19) · bundled 9×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 144 of 187 observed days · $2.16 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
21021020182026Week of 2018-01-01: 210 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 105 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1832026-09-15 13:00 — 7 players2026-09-16 22:00 — 10 players2026-09-18 05:00 — 5 players2026-09-19 13:00 — 12 players2026-09-20 20:00 — 15 players2026-09-22 04:00 — 3 players2026-09-23 11:00 — 9 players2026-09-24 19:00 — 7 players2026-09-26 02:00 — 6 players2026-09-27 10:00 — 7 players2026-09-28 17:00 — 13 players2026-09-30 01:00 — 5 players2026-10-01 08:00 — 4 players2026-10-02 16:00 — 10 players2026-10-04 00:00 — 10 players2026-10-05 08:00 — 3 players2026-10-06 15:00 — 14 players2026-10-07 23:00 — 7 players2026-10-09 06:00 — 7 players2026-10-10 14:00 — 18 players2026-10-11 21:00 — 9 players2026-10-13 05:00 — 6 players2026-10-14 12:00 — 8 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
2440Oct 2016Aug 2026Oct 2016 — avg 0 · peak 1Jan 2017 — avg 0 · peak 1May 2017 — avg 0 · peak 3Aug 2017 — avg 0 · peak 1Nov 2017 — avg 89 · peak 315Feb 2018 — avg 68 · peak 182May 2018 — avg 21 · peak 52Aug 2018 — avg 20 · peak 49Nov 2018 — avg 31 · peak 120Feb 2019 — avg 25 · peak 75May 2019 — avg 13 · peak 38Aug 2019 — avg 11 · peak 31Nov 2019 — avg 17 · peak 57Feb 2020 — avg 23 · peak 75May 2020 — avg 23 · peak 68Aug 2020 — avg 32 · peak 120Nov 2020 — avg 18 · peak 51Feb 2021 — avg 13 · peak 31May 2021 — avg 15 · peak 78Aug 2021 — avg 10 · peak 27Nov 2021 — avg 15 · peak 48Feb 2022 — avg 12 · peak 35May 2022 — avg 10 · peak 27Aug 2022 — avg 12 · peak 29Nov 2022 — avg 12 · peak 33Feb 2023 — avg 11 · peak 31May 2023 — avg 7 · peak 25Aug 2023 — avg 8 · peak 27Nov 2023 — avg 15 · peak 38Feb 2024 — avg 13 · peak 40May 2024 — avg 11 · peak 37Aug 2024 — avg 12 · peak 35Nov 2024 — avg 9 · peak 25Feb 2025 — avg 12 · peak 38May 2025 — avg 7 · peak 31Aug 2025 — avg 17 · peak 59Nov 2025 — avg 14 · peak 37Feb 2026 — avg 8 · peak 19May 2026 — avg 10 · peak 34Aug 2026 — avg 16 · peak 50
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$19.99$0.002017-08-012026-10-142017-08-01 — best price $17.992018-04-10 — best price $19.992018-10-01 — best price $19.992019-02-04 — best price $9.992019-09-30 — best price $9.992020-01-24 — best price $7.502020-06-19 — best price $9.992020-10-27 — best price $1.992021-03-25 — best price $7.502021-11-01 — best price $2.992022-01-28 — best price $7.492022-06-07 — best price $19.992022-10-04 — best price $19.992023-02-16 — best price $19.992023-06-30 — best price $3.492023-09-30 — best price $16.792023-12-11 — best price $3.992024-02-15 — best price $19.992024-05-14 — best price $3.992024-07-12 — best price $2.972024-08-19 — best price $2.992024-10-17 — best price $2.992025-01-01 — best price $13.492025-03-06 — best price $3.992025-04-30 — best price $2.992025-07-11 — best price $19.992025-09-15 — best price $19.992025-10-28 — best price $2.972025-12-19 — best price $2.692026-02-26 — best price $19.992026-05-08 — best price $19.992026-07-21 — best price $3.992026-08-23 — best price $3.992026-09-17 — best price $3.442026-10-12 — best price $19.992026-10-14 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

59142026-06-02 — 30 pageviews2026-06-06 — 29 pageviews2026-06-10 — 29 pageviews2026-06-14 — 32 pageviews2026-06-18 — 23 pageviews2026-06-22 — 24 pageviews2026-06-26 — 22 pageviews2026-06-30 — 41 pageviews2026-07-04 — 32 pageviews2026-07-08 — 38 pageviews2026-07-12 — 35 pageviews2026-07-16 — 59 pageviews2026-07-20 — 32 pageviews2026-07-24 — 28 pageviews2026-07-28 — 21 pageviews2026-08-01 — 37 pageviews2026-08-05 — 14 pageviews2026-08-09 — 37 pageviews2026-08-13 — 25 pageviews2026-08-17 — 34 pageviews2026-08-21 — 28 pageviews2026-08-25 — 39 pageviews2026-08-29 — 39 pageviews2026-09-02 — 20 pageviews2026-09-06 — 57 pageviews2026-09-10 — 32 pageviews2026-09-14 — 34 pageviews2026-09-18 — 32 pageviews2026-09-22 — 32 pageviews2026-09-26 — 30 pageviews2026-09-30 — 31 pageviews2026-10-04 — 33 pageviews2026-10-08 — 35 pageviews2026-10-12 — 51 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

37
achievements tracked
79.1%
earned "It's Your Chance"
27.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam CloudRemote Play on TVFamily Sharing1 DLC

19 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Arabic, Danish, Dutch, Finnish…

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2017-09-26 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)5,5855%37
PS4 (PlayStation)1,99111%37
PS4 (PlayStation)11519%37

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

RPGIndieActionPuzzleAdventureControllerOpen WorldPlatformerAtmosphericExploration

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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