Houdini Indie

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App ID	502570
App Type	Application
Developer	SideFX
Publisher	SideFX
Supported Systems	Windows macOS
Technologies	Unreal Engine
Last Changenumber	30983681
Last Record Update	7 September 2025 – 10:37:10 UTC ()
Release Date	10 October 2018 – 19:40:23 UTC ()

❓ 84.57%

256 reviews

In-App

Houdini Indie's procedural node-based workflow offers a smarter way to create high quality game art. Houdini technology is used by AAA studios to take their games to the next level and now this procedural power is also available to indie game devs around the world.

Additional Information

This application is excluded from Steam Family Sharing because: This content type cannot be shared

Developer

SideFX

metacritic_name

Houdini Indie

controller_support

partial

DisableOverlay

Yes

ReleaseState

released

Publisher

SideFX

eulas

0 ↴
id	502570_eula_0
name	Houdini Indie EULA
url	https://store.steampowered.com//eula/502570_eula_0
version	4

Exclude from family sharing (exfgls)

6 (This content type cannot be shared)

Store Release Date

10 October 2018 – 21:00:00 UTC ()

osarch

community_hub_visible

Yes

EnableGameOverlayForApp

disableoverlayinjection

Yes

IgnoreChildProcesses

Yes

Social Media

https://www.youtube.com/houdini3d/

Primary Genre

Animation & Modeling (51)

Store Genres

Animation & Modeling (51), Design & Illustration (53), Video Production (58), Game Development (60)

Steam Release Date

10 October 2018 – 19:40:23 UTC ()

Store Asset Modification Time

24 March 2025 – 21:09:03 UTC () (1742850543)

library_assets

library_capsule	en
library_hero	en
library_logo	en
logo_position ↴
pinned_position	BottomLeft
width_pct	47.08963911525029
height_pct	96.96034196152932

osextended

macos64,macosapplesilicon

review_score

review_percentage

Detected Technologies (?)

Unreal Engine, Autodesk_FBX SDK, Intel_OID SDK, Intel_oneTBB SDK, Lua SDK, Protocol_Buffers SDK, Python SDK, Qt SDK, SDL SDK, ZStandard SDK, cURL SDK

Steam Deck Compatibility

Steam Deck:
This is a Software title and is not supported on Steam Deck
SteamOS:
This is a Software title and is not supported on SteamOS
category: Unsupported
steamos_compatibility: Unsupported
test_timestamp: 23 July 2022 – 00:00:00 UTC
tested_build_id: No build

configuration:

supported_input	other
requires_manual_keyboard_invoke	0
requires_non_controller_launcher_nav	0
primary_player_is_controller_slot_0	0
non_deck_display_glyphs	0
small_text	0
requires_internet_for_setup	0
requires_internet_for_singleplayer	0
recommended_runtime	proton-stable
requires_h264	0
requires_voice_files	0
gamescope_frame_limiter_not_supported	0
hdr_support	0

First seen on SteamDB

13 July 2016 – 15:28:51 UTC (), in changelist #2099610

Supported Languages

1 Languages	Interface	Full Audio	Subtitles
English	Yes

Hardware Categories

Partial Controller Support

Assets

Load all asset images

clienticon

356a5f2046db8d35db19738d711bf0e40994fd9c

clienttga

7f9434e1f7b73679c046dcf3564e209664bec58c

icon

b369c2c96c1001a28d6f697195ce9e37c4cb5049

logo

ff454ed7d70cf23501dff16f67c308aee579490c

logo_small

ff454ed7d70cf23501dff16f67c308aee579490c_thumb

small_capsule

english

capsule_231x87.jpg

header_image

english

header.jpg

library_assets_full

library_capsule ↴
image/english	library_600x900.jpg
image2x/english	library_600x900_2x.jpg
library_hero ↴
image/english	library_hero.jpg
library_logo ↴
image/english	logo.png
image2x/english	logo_2x.png
logo_position/pinned_position	BottomLeft
logo_position/width_pct	47.08963911525029
logo_position/height_pct	96.96034196152932

Assets

main_capsule	capsule_616x353.jpg
small_capsule	capsule_231x87.jpg
header	header.jpg
page_background	page_bg_generated_v6b.jpg
library_capsule	library_600x900.jpg
library_capsule_2x	library_600x900_2x.jpg
library_hero	library_hero.jpg
community_icon	b369c2c96c1001a28d6f697195ce9e37c4cb5049.jpg
page_background_path	app/502570
raw_page_background	page_bg_raw.jpg
timestamp	24 March 2025 – 21:10:12 UTC

Trailers

256731688 ↴
trailer_name	Houdini Indie
trailer_category	0
trailer_480p/video/webm	256731688/movie480.webm
trailer_480p/video/mp4	256731688/movie480.mp4
trailer_max/video/webm	256731688/movie_max.webm
trailer_max/video/mp4	256731688/movie_max.mp4
microtrailer/video/webm	502570/189507/29008fe47c77df2f1d94794c342192aa8d078a36/1751294029/microtrailer.webm
microtrailer/video/mp4	502570/189507/29008fe47c77df2f1d94794c342192aa8d078a36/1751294029/microtrailer.mp4
screenshot_medium	256731688/movie.293x165.jpg
screenshot_full	256731688/movie_full.jpg
trailer_base_id	189507
all_ages	true
is_highlight	true
timestamp	1539103638
256715387 ↴
trailer_name	Houdini Games Reel 2018
trailer_category	0
trailer_480p/video/webm	256715387/movie480.webm
trailer_480p/video/mp4	256715387/movie480.mp4
trailer_max/video/webm	256715387/movie_max.webm
trailer_max/video/mp4	256715387/movie_max.mp4
microtrailer/video/webm	502570/160349/c6afa83054b3c83ee3a5230008256901342d9a5c/1751294026/microtrailer.webm
microtrailer/video/mp4	502570/160349/c6afa83054b3c83ee3a5230008256901342d9a5c/1751294026/microtrailer.mp4
screenshot_medium	256715387/movie.293x165.jpg
screenshot_full	256715387/movie_full.jpg
trailer_base_id	160349
all_ages	true
is_highlight	true
timestamp	1539101385

Depots

ID	Configuration	Size	DL.
228986	Windows Shared InstallDepot from 228980VC 2015 Redist	No size
228987	Windows Shared InstallDepot from 228980VC 2017 Redist	No size
502571	Windows 64-bitHoudini Indie Depot (Win)	7.53 GiB	3.11 GiB
502572	macOS 64-bitHoudini Indie Depot (Mac)	4.94 GiB	2.03 GiB

Total size on disk is 12.47 GiB and total download size is 5.14 GiB.

Total size on disk is 7.53 GiB and total download size is 3.11 GiB, when filtered to Windows, English, no DLC depots.

Branches

Name	Description	Build ID	Time Updated
public		19743376	26 August 2025 – 18:19:16 UTC
houdini185_py3	Houdini 18.5 Python 3 Production Build	7719048	16 November 2021 – 16:02:32 UTC
houdini19.0	Houdini 19.0 Production Build	9386044	25 August 2022 – 19:36:37 UTC
houdini19.5	Houdini 19.5 Production Build	12762587	21 November 2023 – 18:55:25 UTC
houdini19.5.303	Houdini 19.5.303	9157280	31 January 2023 – 17:06:54 UTC
houdini19.5_previous	Previous 19.5 Production Build	12484201	21 November 2023 – 18:57:29 UTC
daily_19.5	Daily Houdini 19.5 builds	19403689	29 July 2025 – 19:23:52 UTC
daily_19.5_apple_arm64	Daily Houdini 19.5 build (Apple Silicon)	19397857	29 July 2025 – 11:16:12 UTC
daily_20.0	Daily Houdini 20.0 build	19882648	6 September 2025 – 15:42:59 UTC
daily_20.0_apple_arm64	Daily Houdini 20.0 build (Apple Silicon)	19880051	6 September 2025 – 05:57:33 UTC
daily_20.5	Daily Houdini 20.5 builds	19882270	6 September 2025 – 14:10:23 UTC
daily_20.5_apple_arm64	Daily Houdini 20.5 build (Apple Silicon)	19879793	6 September 2025 – 05:07:49 UTC
houdini_20.5_apple_arm64	Houdini 20.5 Production Build (Apple Silicon)	19523147	8 August 2025 – 17:28:24 UTC
houdini_21.0	Houdini 21.0 Production Build	19743376	26 August 2025 – 16:59:05 UTC
houdini_21.0_apple_x64	Houdini 21.0 Production Build (Mac x64)	19742844	26 August 2025 – 16:14:07 UTC
houdini20.0	Houdini 20.0 Production Build	14863338	27 June 2024 – 20:21:27 UTC
houdini20.0.653	Houdini 20.0.653	13810882	3 July 2024 – 11:44:39 UTC
houdini20.0_previous	Previous 20.0 Production Build	14557657	27 June 2024 – 20:33:20 UTC
houdini20.5	Houdini 20.5 Production Build	19529198	8 August 2025 – 17:26:40 UTC
houdini20.5.410	Houdini 20.5.410	16328860	6 June 2025 – 14:34:02 UTC
houdini20.5_previous	Previous 20.5 Production Build	19162267	8 August 2025 – 17:36:41 UTC

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Name	Value
workshopdepot	Houdini Indie (502570)
privatebranches	1

Houdini Indie

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