Hob

Hob is set on a beautiful and dangerous unknown world, with buzzing life above and the whirrs of mysterious machinery below. The more players delve into the world’s design, the more they uncover a planet in peril. Players must learn to survive, understand their true purpose through acquiring skills, and ultimately transform the nature of the world itself. Hob is presented without text or dialogue. Narrative is revealed as players explore and interact with their mysterious planet, and the strange life forms that inhabit it. Hob features smooth controller gameplay, multi-layered puzzles, and striking visuals.

Main story

10 h

Main + extras

11 h

Completionist

17 h

Released

2017 · see every game from that year

Modes

Single player

Perspective

Bird view / Isometric

Engine

OGRE

• Runic GamesDeveloper · Publisher
• Panic Button GamesSupport
• BlitWorksPorting

• VVocal

• ESRBTBlood and Gore, Fantasy Violence
• PEGI12Violence
• GRAC12+Violence

• Action
• Fantasy
• Open world
• action-adventure
• gore
• multiple endings
• nameless protagonist
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