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Horace

Paul Helman · 505 Games · 2019-07-18

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ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jul 18, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Feb 28, 2023 (PlayStation 4), Feb 28, 2023 (Xbox One), Oct 21, 2020 (Nintendo Switch)

"The best platformer of 2019."Horace is a huge platforming adventure which pushes the boundaries of the genre with a profound story of a small robot learning of life, the universe and Douglas Adams. Made by videogame lovers for videogame lovers!

0
playing now
80%
positive of 691 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
78/100
IGDB user rating (11 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$14.99
steam price (US)

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

Horace is a 2019 platform video game developed by British indie developers Paul Helman and Sean Scaplehorn, and published by 505 Games. The game was originally launched for Microsoft Windows on July 19, 2019, with a Nintendo Switch port released on October 21, 2020. The game also released for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One on February 28, 2023. Players control the titular Horace, a sentient robot who is adopted by a wealthy British family. Following a period of dormancy, Horace is reactivated and finds himself searching for a sense of purpose in a war-torn post-apocalyptic world.

Health check

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  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 40% of 10,791 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 17k–41k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 691 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GameBillet$3.44-77%
IndieGala$3.48-77%
GreenManGaming$3.60-76%
Gamesplanet$4.29-71%
GOG$4.49-70%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$4.50-70%
Microsoft Store$14.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $3.32 at GamesPlanet UK (2025-01-27) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 85 of 109 observed days · $0.12 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Players online

202026-08-11 21:00 — 1 players2026-08-12 13:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 05:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 20:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 12:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 04:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 20:00 — 2 players2026-08-16 12:00 — 2 players2026-08-17 04:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 20:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 11:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 03:00 — 1 players2026-08-19 19:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 11:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 02:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 18:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 10:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 02:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 17:00 — 1 players2026-08-24 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 17:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 02:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 18:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 10:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 02:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 18:00 — 0 players2026-08-30 08:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$14.99$2.632019-07-122026-08-302019-07-12 — best price $14.992019-11-21 — best price $11.992020-01-19 — best price $14.132020-03-23 — best price $14.992020-05-20 — best price $7.822020-07-18 — best price $14.992020-08-31 — best price $14.992020-10-15 — best price $8.992020-11-25 — best price $6.372021-01-11 — best price $14.992021-03-04 — best price $5.992021-04-11 — best price $12.632021-05-29 — best price $14.992021-08-01 — best price $12.632021-10-27 — best price $4.812021-12-20 — best price $14.992022-02-19 — best price $12.442022-04-15 — best price $5.992022-06-17 — best price $14.992022-08-22 — best price $4.642022-12-06 — best price $14.992023-01-31 — best price $14.992023-05-26 — best price $5.042023-09-17 — best price $14.992024-01-08 — best price $11.992024-03-22 — best price $11.962024-05-23 — best price $11.892024-08-18 — best price $11.962024-11-27 — best price $2.662025-02-02 — best price $4.502025-04-28 — best price $4.492025-08-11 — best price $2.662025-11-11 — best price $14.992026-02-13 — best price $2.662026-04-17 — best price $11.962026-07-08 — best price $3.442026-08-30 — best price $3.44
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1722026-06-01 — 10 pageviews2026-06-04 — 11 pageviews2026-06-07 — 8 pageviews2026-06-10 — 7 pageviews2026-06-13 — 14 pageviews2026-06-16 — 4 pageviews2026-06-19 — 7 pageviews2026-06-22 — 9 pageviews2026-06-25 — 4 pageviews2026-06-28 — 14 pageviews2026-07-01 — 13 pageviews2026-07-04 — 11 pageviews2026-07-07 — 6 pageviews2026-07-10 — 9 pageviews2026-07-13 — 8 pageviews2026-07-16 — 10 pageviews2026-07-19 — 9 pageviews2026-07-22 — 3 pageviews2026-07-25 — 6 pageviews2026-07-28 — 11 pageviews2026-07-31 — 9 pageviews2026-08-03 — 3 pageviews2026-08-06 — 4 pageviews2026-08-09 — 11 pageviews2026-08-12 — 6 pageviews2026-08-15 — 4 pageviews2026-08-18 — 4 pageviews2026-08-21 — 7 pageviews2026-08-24 — 9 pageviews2026-08-27 — 12 pageviews2026-08-29 — 10 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

4 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,8385%58
Xbox One (Xbox)1500%58
Switch (Nintendo)480%0
PS4 (PlayStation)437%58

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

Player tags

2DFunnyIndieRetroActionComedyAdventureCinematicDifficultPlatformer

Census log

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

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