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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!

Screenshots

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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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_non_controller_launcher_nav0
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    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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