Charming characters and humor
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“very charming with a great sense of humor.”
Steam review · 14.8 h played ↗
A Hat in Time
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Overwhelmingly PositiveOverwhelmingly Positive · 98%Gears for Breakfast20173D Platformer · Platformer · Adventure
$29.99
Open on Steam ↗US Steam price, checked 2 h ago
The verdict
A charming, funny collectathon 3D platformer with great music, characters and mod support. Skip it if you dislike fighting a stubborn camera, or if PC stutter could be a problem.
Great for
Fans of Mario Galaxy-style collectathons, charming humor and music, and modding or co-op with friends
Main risk
Stuttering, crashes and a fighting camera can make it frustrating or unplayable on some PCs
What players love
Great movement and platforming
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“Simply the best 3D platformer movement ever made.”
Steam review · 75.4 h played ↗
Creative, varied worlds and levels
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews
“this game offers a huge variety in gameplay.”
Steam review · 22 h played ↗
Excellent music and soundtrack
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews
“Also probably has one of the greatest soundtracks of any game I've ever played.”
Steam review · 61.6 h played ↗
Strong DLC adds lots of content
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews
“the two main DLC expansions (Seal the Deal and Nyakuza Metro) are exceptional.”
Steam review · 143.2 h played ↗
Great mod support and workshop
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews
“I still play this cause people still make great levels for it that you can download on the Steam Workshop.”
Steam review · 289.4 h played ↗
What players complain about
Clunky, shallow gameplay and weak levels
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“the controls are floaty, the camera is terrible, and there's no variety introduced in movement within the first hour or so.”
Steam review · 2 h played ↗
Stutter and lag, even on strong PCs
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“Stutter every 5 seconds or so in Mafia Town (Chapter 1).”
Steam review · 1.5 h played ↗
Terrible, uncooperative camera
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“Every time you come near a wall the camera just zooms in as close as possible and it won't even let you pull it back.”
Steam review · 0.3 h played ↗
Crashes and bugs
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews
“I just don't know if I could recommend it though with the number of times it has crashed.”
Steam review · 10.4 h played ↗
Poor controller support and remapping
Mentioned in ~1 in 14 negative reviews
“At some point I forgot how to crouch so I went into the settings to map it to a button, and it COMPLETELY broke my controls.”
Steam review · 12.4 h played ↗
Steam Deck marked verified but broken
Mentioned in ~1 in 15 negative reviews
“Running vanilla version of the game and it lags hard for 1 sec every 5 seconds non-stop.”
Steam review · 0.5 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: VerifiedController support8 GB
Minimum
OSWindows XP SP3 / Windows Vista / Windows 7 / Windows 8 / Windows 10 64-bit only
Processor3.0 GHz processor
Memory4 GB RAM
Storage8 GB available space
Recommended
OSWindows 7 / Windows 8 / Windows 10 64-bit only
Processor3.5 GHz processor
Memory8 GB RAM
Storage8 GB available space
OSWindows XP SP3 / Windows Vista / Windows 7 / Windows 8 / Windows 10 64-bit only
Processor3.0 GHz processor
Memory4 GB RAM
Storage8 GB available space
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