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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

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...

10
playing now
92%
positive of 3.3k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
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)
$14.99
steam price (US)

10 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 03:00 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
  • · 10 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 16% of 11,362 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 65k–146k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 3,250 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$14.99
lowest across shops (ITAD)$14.99

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 25 of 50 observed days · $10.50 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

5962026-08-07 00:00 — 35 players2026-08-07 08:00 — 13 players2026-08-07 16:00 — 34 players2026-08-08 00:00 — 28 players2026-08-08 08:00 — 19 players2026-08-08 16:00 — 59 players2026-08-09 00:00 — 37 players2026-08-09 08:00 — 24 players2026-08-09 16:00 — 49 players2026-08-10 00:00 — 31 players2026-08-10 08:00 — 9 players2026-08-10 16:00 — 31 players2026-08-11 00:00 — 25 players2026-08-11 08:00 — 14 players2026-08-11 16:00 — 42 players2026-08-13 00:00 — 27 players2026-08-14 07:00 — 11 players2026-08-15 15:00 — 33 players2026-08-16 23:00 — 24 players2026-08-18 07:00 — 15 players2026-08-19 14:00 — 21 players2026-08-20 20:00 — 24 players2026-08-22 04:00 — 20 players2026-08-23 11:00 — 14 players2026-08-24 19:00 — 30 players2026-08-26 03:00 — 17 players2026-08-27 11:00 — 8 players2026-08-28 19:00 — 27 players2026-08-30 03:00 — 10 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$14.99$4.492022-09-282026-08-302022-09-28 — best price $13.492023-01-05 — best price $14.992023-02-08 — best price $14.992023-03-23 — best price $14.992023-06-30 — best price $11.992023-08-03 — best price $11.992023-11-02 — best price $14.992023-11-29 — best price $14.992024-01-18 — best price $10.492024-02-22 — best price $10.492024-03-21 — best price $14.992024-05-09 — best price $9.742024-07-04 — best price $14.992024-08-07 — best price $14.992024-10-15 — best price $8.992024-11-13 — best price $14.992024-12-04 — best price $14.992025-01-17 — best price $14.992025-03-06 — best price $8.992025-04-18 — best price $14.992025-06-03 — best price $8.992025-08-07 — best price $7.492025-09-12 — best price $7.492025-10-07 — best price $7.492025-11-16 — best price $14.992026-01-15 — best price $7.492026-02-28 — best price $14.992026-03-27 — best price $6.792026-04-16 — best price $14.992026-06-02 — best price $14.992026-08-01 — best price $6.752026-08-27 — best price $14.992026-08-30 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

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

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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