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Horace

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App ID 629090
App Type Game
Developer ,
Publisher 505 Games
Franchise 505 Games Official
Supported Systems Windows
Technologies Unity Engine
Last Changenumber 30927759
Last Record Update 3 September 2025 – 19:00:00 UTC ()
Release Date 18 July 2019 – 15:57:32 UTC ()
😏 76.01%
674 reviews
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In-Game
📚 Story Rich 💥 Action 🗺️ Adventure 🏗️ Platformer 💨 Metroidvania

"The best platformer of 2019."Horace is a huge platforming adventure which pushes the boundaries of the genre with a profound story of a small robot learning of life, the universe and Douglas Adams. Made by videogame lovers for videogame lovers!

Additional Information

Developer Paul Helman
metacritic_name Horace
controller_support full
metacritic_score 81
metacritic_fullurl https://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/horace?ftag=MCD-06-10aaa1f
community_visible_stats Yes
DLCAvailableOnStore Yes
ReleaseState released
Publisher 505 Games
Store Release Date 18 July 2019 – 15:58:05 UTC ()
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community_hub_visible Yes
Social Media https://x.com/horacedev
Primary Genre Action (1)
Store Genres Action (1), Adventure (25), Indie (23)
Steam Release Date 18 July 2019 – 15:57:32 UTC ()
Store Asset Modification Time 16 March 2020 – 17:13:52 UTC () (1584378832)
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review_score 8
review_percentage 80
Detected Technologies (?) Unity Engine, Bink_Video SDK
Steam Deck Compatibility
  • Steam Deck:
  • All functionality is accessible when using the default controller configuration
  • This game shows Steam Deck controller icons
  • In-game interface text is legible on Steam Deck
  • This game's default graphics configuration performs well on Steam Deck
  •  
  • SteamOS:
  • This game runs successfully on SteamOS
  •  
  • category: Verified
  • steamos_compatibility: Compatible
  • test_timestamp: 8 December 2022 – 00:00:00 UTC
  • tested_build_id: 5820233
  • configuration:
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    requires_manual_keyboard_invoke0
    requires_non_controller_launcher_nav0
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    non_deck_display_glyphs0
    small_text0
    requires_internet_for_setup0
    requires_internet_for_singleplayer0
    recommended_runtimeproton-7.0-5
    requires_h2640
    requires_voice_files0
    gamescope_frame_limiter_not_supported0
    hdr_support0
Content Descriptors General Mature Content (5)
First seen on SteamDB 21 April 2017 – 21:53:05 UTC (), in changelist #2912629
Content Descriptors (Including DLC) General Mature Content (5)

Supported Languages

5 Languages Interface Full Audio Subtitles Achievements
English Yes Yes Yes Yes
French Yes Yes Yes
Italian Yes Yes Yes
German Yes Yes Yes
Spanish - Spain Yes Yes Yes

Tags

🌱 Indie 📚 Story Rich 💥 Action 🗺️ Adventure 🏗️ Platformer 💨 Metroidvania 👾 Pixel Graphics 😓 Difficult 🍿 Cinematic 🧩 Puzzle Platformer 🤡 Comedy 🏽 2D 😃 Funny 👤 Singleplayer 📺 Side Scroller 👾 Retro 🎶 Great Soundtrack 🌫 Atmospheric

Categories

Single-player Steam Achievements Steam Cloud Family Sharing

Hardware Categories

Full Controller Support

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timestamp3 June 2020 – 12:49:59 UTC

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timestamp 16 September 2019 – 17:58:33 UTC

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Depots

ID Configuration Size DL.
629091 Windows Horace Content 3.40 GiB 503.31 MiB
629092 Windows Horace Videos Depot 10.96 GiB 10.30 GiB
1171420 Windows DLC 1171420Horace Soundtrack (1171420) Depot 164.07 MiB 151.99 MiB

Total size on disk is 14.52 GiB and total download size is 10.94 GiB.

Total size on disk is 14.35 GiB and total download size is 10.79 GiB, when filtered to Windows, English, no DLC depots.

Branches

Name Description Build ID Time Updated
public 5820233 24 November 2020 – 16:02:12 UTC

Other

Name Value
baselanguages English, German, French, Italian, Spanish - Spain
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