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The Excavation of Hob's Barrow

Cloak and Dagger Games · Wadjet Eye Games · 2022-09-28

SteamGOG

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Sep 28, 2022 (Linux), Sep 28, 2022 (Mac), Jan 25, 2023 (Nintendo Switch), Sep 28, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

The Excavation of Hob's Barrow is a folk horror narrative-driven adventure. Explore the isolated moors of rural Victorian England as you uncover the mysteries of Hob's Barrow. The answers lie in the soil...

The Excavation of Hob's Barrow is an Adventure, Indie game priced at $14.99 and released in 2022, with an estimated 200,000 .. 500,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (92% of 3305 reviews).

11
playing now
92%
positive of 3.3k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
74/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
78/100
IGDB user rating (25 ratings)
8h
time to beat (IGDB)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$14.99
steam price (US)

11 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 13:00 UTC (census sample)

The Excavation of Hob's Barrow is a 2022 folk horror point-and-click adventure game developed by Cloak and Dagger Games and published by Wadjet Eye Games in September 28, 2022. Players attempt to solve a mystery in rural England during the Victorian era.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 11 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 248 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~31/week).
  • · Review velocity down 18% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 7% of 28,739 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 66k–149k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 3,305 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$6.75-55%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $4.49 at Humble Store (2024-06-20) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 50 of 87 observed days · $2.26 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
40440420222026Week of 2022-09-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 404 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 154 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 7 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2822026-09-14 22:00 — 7 players2026-09-16 06:00 — 6 players2026-09-17 14:00 — 9 players2026-09-18 21:00 — 7 players2026-09-20 05:00 — 11 players2026-09-21 12:00 — 4 players2026-09-22 20:00 — 10 players2026-09-24 03:00 — 6 players2026-09-25 11:00 — 2 players2026-09-26 18:00 — 15 players2026-09-28 02:00 — 8 players2026-09-29 09:00 — 6 players2026-09-30 17:00 — 6 players2026-10-02 00:00 — 9 players2026-10-03 08:00 — 17 players2026-10-04 16:00 — 22 players2026-10-06 00:00 — 16 players2026-10-07 07:00 — 9 players2026-10-08 15:00 — 16 players2026-10-09 22:00 — 23 players2026-10-11 06:00 — 13 players2026-10-12 13:00 — 13 players2026-10-13 21:00 — 22 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 11 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
564Oct 2022Aug 2026Oct 2022 — avg 56 · peak 211Dec 2022 — avg 19 · peak 69Feb 2023 — avg 10 · peak 29Apr 2023 — avg 6 · peak 20Jun 2023 — avg 5 · peak 17Aug 2023 — avg 7 · peak 24Oct 2023 — avg 6 · peak 29Dec 2023 — avg 9 · peak 30Feb 2024 — avg 8 · peak 29Apr 2024 — avg 26 · peak 182Jun 2024 — avg 20 · peak 149Aug 2024 — avg 17 · peak 59Oct 2024 — avg 13 · peak 40Dec 2024 — avg 12 · peak 35Feb 2025 — avg 14 · peak 46Apr 2025 — avg 9 · peak 29Jun 2025 — avg 8 · peak 27Aug 2025 — avg 19 · peak 56Oct 2025 — avg 16 · peak 52Dec 2025 — avg 12 · peak 87Feb 2026 — avg 9 · peak 49Apr 2026 — avg 14 · peak 44Jun 2026 — avg 8 · peak 27Aug 2026 — avg 22 · peak 63
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$14.99$4.492022-09-282026-10-142022-09-28 — best price $13.492023-01-06 — best price $13.492023-02-21 — best price $14.992023-05-09 — best price $14.992023-08-01 — best price $14.992023-11-02 — best price $14.992023-12-13 — best price $10.492024-02-05 — best price $14.992024-03-13 — best price $14.992024-05-08 — best price $9.742024-07-04 — best price $14.992024-08-13 — best price $8.992024-10-26 — best price $14.992024-11-26 — best price $8.992025-01-09 — best price $8.992025-03-06 — best price $8.992025-04-23 — best price $8.992025-07-10 — best price $14.992025-08-26 — best price $8.242025-10-06 — best price $14.992025-11-16 — best price $14.992026-01-23 — best price $7.492026-03-16 — best price $14.992026-04-11 — best price $14.992026-05-25 — best price $6.752026-08-01 — best price $6.752026-08-28 — best price $14.992026-09-03 — best price $14.992026-09-09 — best price $14.992026-09-15 — best price $14.992026-09-21 — best price $6.752026-09-27 — best price $6.752026-10-03 — best price $6.752026-10-09 — best price $6.752026-10-14 — best price $6.75
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

120392026-06-02 — 59 pageviews2026-06-06 — 60 pageviews2026-06-10 — 57 pageviews2026-06-14 — 58 pageviews2026-06-18 — 57 pageviews2026-06-22 — 46 pageviews2026-06-26 — 94 pageviews2026-06-30 — 60 pageviews2026-07-04 — 80 pageviews2026-07-08 — 66 pageviews2026-07-12 — 75 pageviews2026-07-16 — 54 pageviews2026-07-20 — 68 pageviews2026-07-24 — 61 pageviews2026-07-28 — 99 pageviews2026-08-01 — 102 pageviews2026-08-05 — 105 pageviews2026-08-09 — 71 pageviews2026-08-13 — 85 pageviews2026-08-17 — 115 pageviews2026-08-21 — 74 pageviews2026-08-25 — 72 pageviews2026-08-29 — 71 pageviews2026-09-02 — 39 pageviews2026-09-06 — 76 pageviews2026-09-10 — 54 pageviews2026-09-14 — 73 pageviews2026-09-18 — 43 pageviews2026-09-22 — 65 pageviews2026-09-26 — 48 pageviews2026-09-30 — 88 pageviews2026-10-04 — 109 pageviews2026-10-08 — 84 pageviews2026-10-12 — 73 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

40
achievements tracked
67.6%
earned "Arrival"
42.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsCaptions availableDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportPartial Controller SupportSteam Cloud2 DLC

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2022-09-28 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)2,39721%40
Switch (Nintendo)150%0

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

DarkDramaRetroHorrorPuzzleMysteryAdventureEmotionalStory RichAtmospheric

Census log

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

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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