The Palace on the Hill

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App ID	2562620
App Type	Game
Developer	Niku Games
Publisher	Niku Games
Supported Systems	Windows macOS
Technologies	Unity Engine
Last Changenumber	29903482
Last Record Update	4 July 2025 – 19:35:39 UTC ()
Release Date	8 June 2024 – 10:15:06 UTC ()

❓ 86.08%

69 reviews

In-Game

A heartfelt story of ambition, struggle, and friendship told from the perspective of a young boy in fictional 90s rural India. Explore ancient palace ruins, set up your garden, cook Indian food, run errands for quirky characters, and learn about your history by making art.

Additional Information

Developer

Niku Games

controller_support

full

community_visible_stats

Yes

ReleaseState

released

Publisher

Niku Games

Store Release Date

8 June 2024 – 10:15:09 UTC ()

osarch

empty string

community_hub_visible

Yes

Social Media

https://discord.gg/4QwKy2bN35

Primary Genre

RPG (3)

Store Genres

Adventure (25), Casual (4), Indie (23), RPG (3)

Steam Release Date

8 June 2024 – 10:15:06 UTC ()

Store Asset Modification Time

31 May 2025 – 04:25:10 UTC () (1748665510)

library_assets

library_capsule	en,zh-cn
library_hero	en
library_logo	en,zh-cn
library_header	en,zh-cn
logo_position ↴
pinned_position	CenterCenter
width_pct	100
height_pct	100

osextended

macos64,macosapplesilicon

review_score

review_percentage

100

Detected Technologies (?)

Unity Engine, FMOD SDK, SteamworksNET SDK, UnityBurst SDK, UnityURP SDK, cURL SDK

Content Descriptors

General Mature Content (5)

controllertagwizard

Yes

First seen on SteamDB

16 August 2023 – 07:44:29 UTC (), in changelist #19915415

Content Descriptors (Including DLC)

General Mature Content (5)

Supported Languages

7 Languages	Interface	Subtitles
English	Yes	Yes
Indonesian	Yes	Yes
Bangla	Yes	Yes
Hindi	Yes	Yes
German	Yes	Yes
Swedish	Yes	Yes
Simplified Chinese	Yes	Yes

Hardware Categories

Full Controller Support

Assets

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clienticon

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clienttga

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icon

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small_capsule

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header_image

english	header.jpg
schinese	aa9da80c94077c54f38e4c39a7c6d41328480c43/header_schinese.jpg

library_assets_full

library_capsule ↴
image/english	library_600x900.jpg
image/schinese	9050b0f34096fb82d77e11603ff299e78d36c64c/library_600x900_schinese.jpg
image2x/english	library_600x900_2x.jpg
image2x/schinese	9050b0f34096fb82d77e11603ff299e78d36c64c/library_600x900_schinese_2x.jpg
library_hero ↴
image/english	library_hero.jpg
library_logo ↴
image/english	logo.png
image/schinese	f4abac71e18f7cbd09d0e7623b416011fd58c70a/logo_schinese.png
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logo_position/height_pct	100
image2x/schinese	f4abac71e18f7cbd09d0e7623b416011fd58c70a/logo_schinese_2x.png
library_header ↴
image/english	library_header.jpg
image/schinese	aa9da80c94077c54f38e4c39a7c6d41328480c43/library_header_schinese.jpg
image2x/schinese	aa9da80c94077c54f38e4c39a7c6d41328480c43/library_header_schinese_2x.jpg

Assets

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small_capsule	capsule_231x87.jpg
header	header.jpg
hero_capsule	hero_capsule.jpg
library_capsule	library_600x900.jpg
library_capsule_2x	library_600x900_2x.jpg
library_hero	library_hero.jpg
community_icon	59fde6a359b415c8b493e49fce192b2f5c469faf.jpg
page_background_path	app/2562620
timestamp	31 May 2025 – 04:25:17 UTC

Trailers

256963928 ↴
trailer_name	The Palace on the Hill
trailer_category	3
trailer_480p/video/webm	256963928/movie480_vp9.webm
trailer_480p/video/mp4	256963928/movie480.mp4
trailer_max/video/webm	256963928/movie_max_vp9.webm
trailer_max/video/mp4	256963928/movie_max.mp4
microtrailer/video/webm	2562620/597671/5bdbb9adfe948369ec59f2d823699b260095021f/1750931719/microtrailer.webm
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screenshot_medium	256963928/movie.293x165.jpg
screenshot_full	256963928/movie_full.jpg
trailer_base_id	597671
all_ages	true
is_highlight	true
timestamp	1712039933

Depots

ID	Configuration	Size	DL.
2562621	Windows	1004.74 MiB	287.51 MiB
2562622	macOS	1.11 GiB	390.49 MiB

Total size on disk is 2.09 GiB and total download size is 678.00 MiB.

Total size on disk is 1004.74 MiB and total download size is 287.51 MiB, when filtered to Windows, English, no DLC depots.

Branches

Name	Description	Build ID	Time Updated
public		18294886	30 April 2025 – 11:30:14 UTC

Other

Name	Value
privatebranches	1

The Palace on the Hill

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