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El Hijo

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App ID 853050
App Type Game
Store Name El Hijo - A Wild West Tale
Developer ,
Publisher HandyGames
Franchise El Hijo - A Wild West Tale, HandyGames
Supported Systems Windows
Technologies Unity Engine
Last Changenumber 29317317
Last Record Update 2 June 2025 – 02:43:35 UTC ()
Release Date 3 December 2020 – 16:00:10 UTC ()
❓ 74.83%
206 reviews
0
In-Game

El Hijo is an exciting spaghetti-western stealth game, in which you guide a 6-year-old boy on his quest to find his mother.

Additional Information

Developer Honig Studios
metacritic_name El Hijo: A Wild West Tale
controller_support full
metacritic_score 76
metacritic_fullurl https://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/el-hijo-a-wild-west-tale?ftag=MCD-06-10aaa1f
community_visible_stats Yes
ReleaseState released
Publisher HandyGames
Store Release Date 3 December 2020 – 16:00:19 UTC ()
osarch 64
community_hub_visible Yes
Social Media https://discord.gg/handygames
https://www.facebook.com/HandyGames/
https://www.twitch.tv/handygames_official
https://x.com/handy_games
https://www.youtube.com/@handygames/
Primary Genre Indie (23)
Store Genres Adventure (25), Indie (23), Strategy (2)
Steam Release Date 3 December 2020 – 16:00:10 UTC ()
Store Asset Modification Time 21 February 2025 – 15:32:49 UTC () (1740151969)
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Detected Technologies (?) Unity Engine, UnityIL2CPP SDK
Steam Deck Compatibility
  • Steam Deck:
  • Some in-game text is small and may be difficult to read
  • All functionality is accessible when using the default controller configuration
  • This game shows Steam Deck controller icons
  • This game's default graphics configuration performs well on Steam Deck
  •  
  • SteamOS:
  • This game runs successfully on SteamOS
  •  
  • category: Playable
  • steamos_compatibility: Compatible
  • test_timestamp: 2 December 2022 – 00:00:00 UTC
  • tested_build_id: 8265931
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    requires_internet_for_singleplayer0
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    requires_voice_files0
    gamescope_frame_limiter_not_supported0
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First seen on SteamDB 23 April 2018 – 06:56:39 UTC (), in changelist #4346680

Supported Languages

26 Languages Interface Full Audio Subtitles Achievements
English Yes Yes
French Yes Yes
Italian Yes Yes
German Yes Yes
Spanish - Spain Yes Yes
Bulgarian Yes Yes
Czech Yes Yes
Danish Yes Yes
Dutch Yes Yes
Finnish Yes Yes
Greek Yes Yes
Hungarian Yes Yes
Japanese Yes Yes
Korean Yes Yes
Norwegian Yes Yes
Polish Yes Yes
Portuguese - Brazil Yes
Romanian Yes Yes
Russian Yes Yes
Simplified Chinese Yes Yes
Swedish Yes Yes
Thai Yes Yes
Traditional Chinese Yes
Turkish Yes Yes
Vietnamese Yes Yes
Portuguese - Portugal Yes

Tags

😌 Casual 🗺 Exploration 🥷 Stealth 🎓 Tutorial 💡 Strategy 🧊 3D 🧸 Cute 👤 Third Person 🧩 Puzzle 🤠 Western 🐰 Cartoony 🎨 Colorful 👪 Family Friendly 🌫 Atmospheric 🤡 Comedy 💔 Emotional 🗺️ Adventure 👤 Singleplayer 🌱 Indie 🌎 America

Categories

Single-player Steam Achievements Steam Cloud Family Sharing Cloud Gaming Cloud Gaming (NVIDIA)

Hardware Categories

Full Controller Support

Assets

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Trailers
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Steam charts

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  • 0 players right now
  • 2 24-hour peak
  • 26 all-time peak 5 December 2020
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Store data

  • 3,405 followers
  • 167 positive reviews
  • 39 negative reviews
  • 81.07% positive reviews

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  • 0 24-hour peak
  • 4,455 all-time peak
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User reviews history

  • ❓ Very Positive
  • 74.83% SteamDB Rating
  • 167 81.1% positive reviews
  • 39 18.9% negative reviews

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Markers

Date Label 30-day Peak
3 December 2020 – 16:00 Steam Release -
1 March 2022 – 16:00 ⇄ Fanatical: Diamond Collection Build Your Own Bundle (Mar 2022) -
22 April 2022 – 14:00 ⇄ Fanatical: HandyGames Anniversary Bundle -
22 April 2022 – 18:00 ⇄ Humble Bundle: Visual Delight Bundle -
13 April 2023 – 15:00 ⇄ Fanatical: Build Your Own HandyGames Anniversary Bundle -
5 September 2023 – 15:09 ⇄ Fanatical: Build Your Own HandyGames Anniversary Bundle -
10 April 2025 – 15:00 ⇄ Fanatical: Build Your Own HandyGames 25th Anniversary Bundle -

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El Hijo had an all-time peak of 26 concurrent players on 5 December 2020.

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