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Hook cover art

Hook

Maciej Targoni · 2015-07-06

Steam

CasualIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Mar 14, 2019 (Nintendo Switch), Jan 21, 2015 (Android), Jan 21, 2015 (iOS), Jul 06, 2015 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jul 06, 2015 (Mac), Aug 19, 2015 (Linux)

HOOK is a short minimal, puzzle game.

2
playing now
97%
positive of 8.9k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
71/100
IGDB user rating (21 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$2.99
steam price (US)

2 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 02:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 2 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 52 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~7/week).
  • · Review velocity down 22% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 4% of 9,562 Casual games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 223k–535k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 8,920 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.66 at Steam (2016-11-23) · bundled 9×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $2.99 · on sale 14 of 20 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
13213220182026Week of 2018-01-01: 132 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 6 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

302026-08-06 23:00 — 3 players2026-08-07 07:00 — 1 players2026-08-07 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-07 23:00 — 1 players2026-08-08 07:00 — 1 players2026-08-08 15:00 — 1 players2026-08-08 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-09 07:00 — 3 players2026-08-09 15:00 — 1 players2026-08-09 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-10 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-10 15:00 — 2 players2026-08-10 23:00 — 1 players2026-08-11 07:00 — 1 players2026-08-11 16:00 — 2 players2026-08-12 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 07:00 — 1 players2026-08-15 14:00 — 1 players2026-08-16 22:00 — 1 players2026-08-18 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 13:00 — 2 players2026-08-20 20:00 — 2 players2026-08-22 04:00 — 2 players2026-08-23 11:00 — 3 players2026-08-24 19:00 — 2 players2026-08-26 03:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 11:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 19:00 — 0 players2026-08-30 02:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$2.99$0.662015-07-072026-08-032015-07-07 — best price $0.992015-12-22 — best price $0.892016-04-25 — best price $0.892016-08-29 — best price $0.892016-11-29 — best price $0.992017-03-27 — best price $0.792017-10-16 — best price $0.892018-01-04 — best price $0.992018-05-28 — best price $0.992018-11-01 — best price $0.992019-01-03 — best price $0.992019-07-10 — best price $0.992019-11-18 — best price $0.992020-03-02 — best price $0.742020-04-29 — best price $0.722020-08-03 — best price $0.662020-12-14 — best price $0.772021-03-29 — best price $0.842021-08-30 — best price $0.822021-12-22 — best price $0.842022-04-18 — best price $0.792022-08-31 — best price $1.992023-01-16 — best price $1.992023-06-12 — best price $1.992023-11-28 — best price $1.992024-04-01 — best price $1.992024-09-23 — best price $1.992025-01-02 — best price $1.992025-07-10 — best price $1.992025-12-01 — best price $1.992026-04-06 — best price $2.392026-08-03 — best price $2.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

1
achievements tracked
40.1%
earned "Hooked"
40.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing

40 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Arabic, Bulgarian, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Czech, Danish, Finnish…

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)8,506100%1
Switch (Nintendo)20%0
Steam (Steam)0—1

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

2DIndieLogicShortCasualPuzzleAbstractRelaxingMinimalistMouse only

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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