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Horace cover art

Horace

Paul Helman · 505 Games · 2019-07-18

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ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

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!

Horace is an Action, Adventure, and Indie game released in 2019, priced at $14.99, with an estimated 50,000 to 100,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (80% of 693 reviews).

0
playing now
80%
positive of 693 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
78/100
IGDB user rating (11 ratings)
5.00★
PlayStation Store rating (15 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$14.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 09:00 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

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 16 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 7% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (52 reviews).
  • · Top 18% of 27,908 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 17k–42k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 693 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

IndieGala$3.48-77%
GOG$14.99
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 100 of 144 observed days · $11.67 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
505020192026Week of 2019-07-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

402026-09-15 19:00 — 2 players2026-09-17 03:00 — 1 players2026-09-18 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 18:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 01:00 — 1 players2026-09-22 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 17:00 — 1 players2026-09-25 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 08:00 — 2 players2026-09-27 15:00 — 1 players2026-09-28 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 14:00 — 2 players2026-10-02 21:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 13:00 — 2 players2026-10-06 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 19:00 — 1 players2026-10-12 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 10:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-15 09:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$14.99$2.632019-07-122026-10-152019-07-12 — 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 $3.442026-09-06 — best price $14.992026-10-01 — best price $4.492026-10-15 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1712026-06-01 — 10 pageviews2026-06-05 — 5 pageviews2026-06-09 — 4 pageviews2026-06-13 — 14 pageviews2026-06-17 — 2 pageviews2026-06-21 — 8 pageviews2026-06-25 — 4 pageviews2026-06-29 — 17 pageviews2026-07-03 — 2 pageviews2026-07-07 — 6 pageviews2026-07-11 — 6 pageviews2026-07-15 — 8 pageviews2026-07-19 — 9 pageviews2026-07-23 — 12 pageviews2026-07-27 — 7 pageviews2026-07-31 — 9 pageviews2026-08-04 — 5 pageviews2026-08-08 — 4 pageviews2026-08-12 — 6 pageviews2026-08-16 — 5 pageviews2026-08-20 — 14 pageviews2026-08-24 — 9 pageviews2026-08-28 — 4 pageviews2026-09-01 — 15 pageviews2026-09-05 — 6 pageviews2026-09-09 — 1 pageviews2026-09-13 — 4 pageviews2026-09-17 — 7 pageviews2026-09-21 — 11 pageviews2026-09-25 — 8 pageviews2026-09-29 — 9 pageviews2026-10-03 — 6 pageviews2026-10-07 — 4 pageviews2026-10-10 — 8 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

58
achievements tracked
83.8%
earned "Top of the class!"
17.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

4 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2019-10-29 (Steam store data)

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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Similarity via IGDB.

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