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Hob

Runic Games · Arc Games · 2017-09-26

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ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player

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.

16
playing now
88%
positive of 5.6k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
72/100
critic score (8 outlets, IGDB)
80/100
IGDB user rating (70 ratings)
12h
time to beat (IGDB)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$3.99
steam price (US)

16 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 03:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 16 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 15% of 10,862 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 140k–336k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 5,592 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$2.95-80%
GameBillet$3.45-83%
Gamesplanet$3.92-80%
GOG$3.99-80%
Humble Store$3.99-80%
IndieGala$3.99-80%
Steam$3.99-80%
GOG$3.99-80%

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 122 of 168 observed days · $2.66 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

3912026-08-06 23:00 — 5 players2026-08-07 07:00 — 3 players2026-08-07 15:00 — 11 players2026-08-07 23:00 — 7 players2026-08-08 07:00 — 2 players2026-08-08 15:00 — 15 players2026-08-08 23:00 — 10 players2026-08-09 07:00 — 8 players2026-08-09 15:00 — 13 players2026-08-09 23:00 — 5 players2026-08-10 07:00 — 1 players2026-08-10 15:00 — 3 players2026-08-10 23:00 — 6 players2026-08-11 07:00 — 2 players2026-08-11 16:00 — 15 players2026-08-12 23:00 — 9 players2026-08-14 07:00 — 5 players2026-08-15 14:00 — 7 players2026-08-16 22:00 — 8 players2026-08-18 06:00 — 2 players2026-08-19 14:00 — 20 players2026-08-20 21:00 — 20 players2026-08-22 05:00 — 14 players2026-08-23 12:00 — 36 players2026-08-25 11:00 — 24 players2026-08-26 19:00 — 19 players2026-08-28 03:00 — 20 players2026-08-29 11:00 — 24 players2026-08-30 03:00 — 16 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$0.002017-08-012026-08-302017-08-01 — 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 $3.992026-08-30 — best price $3.45
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

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…

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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