Hob (2017)

Developer: Runic Games
Publisher: Arc Games
Platforms: Windows
Genres: Action, Adventure, Indie
Rating: 4.4 of 5, 5,562 player ratings
Typical playtime: about 15 hours
Where to get it: Steam

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How it feels

Exploring a brightly colored but broken world in silence, solving environmental puzzles and healing the landscape while feeling a constant undercurrent of tension.

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What players say

Players praise the satisfying world-shifting mechanic and the Zelda-like exploration, but often note the combat feels underbaked, bugs appear late in the game, and some early builds crash after the intro cutscene.

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