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hocus cover art

hocus

Yunus Ayyildiz · 2015-11-18

Steam

CasualIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Nov 18, 2015 (Mac), Nov 18, 2015 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Oct 01, 2015 (iOS), Dec 12, 2016 (Android)

perspective illusion puzzle based on M.C. Escher drawings and impossible shapes

hocus is a $0.99 Casual and Indie game released in 2015, with an estimated 20,000 to 50,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (91% of 801 reviews).

0
playing now
91%
positive of 801 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (12 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$0.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 21:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 19 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 6% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 10% of 29,044 Casual games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 20k–48k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 801 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.49 at Steam (2016-01-21) · bundled 4×via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
212120172026Week of 2017-06-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

202026-09-15 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 15:00 — 1 players2026-09-17 22:00 — 1 players2026-09-19 06:00 — 1 players2026-09-20 13:00 — 1 players2026-09-21 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 04:00 — 1 players2026-09-24 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 19:00 — 2 players2026-09-27 03:00 — 1 players2026-09-28 10:00 — 1 players2026-09-29 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 01:00 — 1 players2026-10-06 08:00 — 1 players2026-10-07 16:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 14:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 21:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
230Nov 2015May 2025Nov 2015 — avg 5 · peak 21Feb 2016 — avg 1 · peak 7May 2016 — avg 1 · peak 5Aug 2016 — avg 1 · peak 8Nov 2016 — avg 8 · peak 29Feb 2017 — avg 1 · peak 6May 2017 — avg 1 · peak 4Aug 2017 — avg 2 · peak 12Nov 2017 — avg 2 · peak 16Feb 2018 — avg 2 · peak 8May 2018 — avg 1 · peak 8Aug 2018 — avg 1 · peak 7Nov 2018 — avg 1 · peak 7Feb 2019 — avg 1 · peak 4May 2019 — avg 1 · peak 3Aug 2019 — avg 0 · peak 4Nov 2019 — avg 1 · peak 2Feb 2020 — avg 1 · peak 3May 2020 — avg 1 · peak 6Aug 2020 — avg 1 · peak 4Nov 2020 — avg 2 · peak 43Feb 2021 — avg 11 · peak 174May 2021 — avg 3 · peak 25Aug 2021 — avg 1 · peak 3Nov 2021 — avg 6 · peak 227Feb 2022 — avg 13 · peak 561May 2022 — avg 7 · peak 78Sep 2022 — avg 7 · peak 82Jan 2023 — avg 2 · peak 10Aug 2023 — avg 1 · peak 60Jun 2024 — avg 1 · peak 4Oct 2024 — avg 2 · peak 5May 2025 — avg 1 · peak 4
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$2.99$0.492015-11-182024-07-112015-11-18 — best price $2.242015-12-02 — best price $1.992016-01-28 — best price $1.992016-04-29 — best price $1.992016-08-29 — best price $1.992016-11-08 — best price $0.492016-12-22 — best price $0.492017-06-05 — best price $0.492017-08-23 — best price $0.492017-11-19 — best price $0.492018-01-28 — best price $0.492018-03-19 — best price $0.492018-08-08 — best price $0.492018-11-21 — best price $0.492019-02-06 — best price $0.492019-05-16 — best price $0.492019-09-06 — best price $0.492019-11-26 — best price $0.492020-01-08 — best price $0.492020-03-23 — best price $0.492020-06-25 — best price $0.492020-11-25 — best price $0.492021-02-11 — best price $0.492021-06-24 — best price $0.492021-10-28 — best price $0.492021-11-24 — best price $0.492022-01-09 — best price $0.492022-03-20 — best price $0.992022-07-21 — best price $0.992022-11-07 — best price $0.992022-12-19 — best price $0.992023-01-30 — best price $0.992023-03-23 — best price $0.992023-12-17 — best price $0.992024-05-16 — best price $0.992024-07-11 — best price $0.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

4
achievements tracked
17.6%
earned "complete level 25"
7.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam LeaderboardsIncludes level editorFamily Sharing

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,30457%4

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

Player tags

2DIndieShortCasualPuzzleRelaxingDifficultMinimalistAtmosphericSingleplayer

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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