The Hostage

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App ID	1306020
App Type	Game
Developer	Respect Studios
Publisher	Respect Studios
Supported Systems	Windows macOS
Technologies	Unity Engine
Last Changenumber	27924129
Last Record Update	11 March 2025 – 23:06:28 UTC ()
Release Date	16 May 2020 – 16:46:25 UTC ()

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In-Game

Would you dare to be the voice of reason, when somebody's life is on the line? The Hostage is a text-based companion-simulation game, that tells the story of medical assistant, who becomes a hostage of a group of ruthless rebels in the jungles of Africa.

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Developer

Respect Studios

ReleaseState

released

Publisher

Respect Studios

Store Release Date

25 May 2020 – 07:00:00 UTC ()

osarch

community_hub_visible

Yes

Primary Genre

Adventure (25)

Store Genres

Action (1), Adventure (25), Indie (23), Simulation (28)

Steam Release Date

16 May 2020 – 16:46:25 UTC ()

Original Release Date

25 May 2020 – 07:00:00 UTC () (1590390000)

Store Asset Modification Time

26 April 2020 – 18:10:24 UTC () (1587924624)

library_assets

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osextended

macos64

Detected Technologies (?)

Unity Engine

First seen on SteamDB

26 April 2020 – 12:07:16 UTC (), in changelist #8283725

Supported Languages

1 Languages	Interface	Full Audio	Subtitles
English	Yes

Assets

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small_capsule

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header_image

english

header.jpg

library_assets_full

library_capsule ↴
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library_hero ↴
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library_logo ↴
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Assets

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page_background_path	app/1306020
raw_page_background	page_bg_raw.jpg
timestamp	16 May 2020 – 16:46:29 UTC

Trailers

256783238 ↴
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trailer_category	0
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timestamp	1588371834

Depots

ID	Configuration	Size	DL.
1306024	Windows Hostage_Windows	104.81 MiB	20.36 MiB
1306025	macOS Hostage_OSx	116.01 MiB	22.53 MiB

Total size on disk is 220.83 MiB and total download size is 42.89 MiB.

Total size on disk is 104.81 MiB and total download size is 20.36 MiB, when filtered to Windows, English, no DLC depots.

Branches

Name	Description	Build ID	Time Updated
public		4947021	26 April 2020 – 17:52:47 UTC

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Name	Value
baselanguages	English

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