Funny mouth-made sound effects
Mentioned in ~2 in 5 positive reviews
“relaxing, cute and sooo charming that everything has a goofy sound effect created with nothing but a human mouth”
Steam review · 13.8 h played ↗
Hidden Folks
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Overwhelmingly PositiveOverwhelmingly Positive · 97%Hidden Folks2017Hidden Object · Casual · Puzzle
−60%$14.99$5.99
US Steam price, checked 2 h ago
The verdict
A charming, hand-drawn black-and-white hidden object game with funny mouth-made sounds and interactive scenes. Skip it if huge maps, eye strain or mouth noises bother you.
Great for
Fans of Where's Waldo and cozy, no-pressure puzzle games played in short sessions
Main risk
Huge, monochrome maps cause eye strain and tedious clicking, and the mouth sounds can grate
What players love
Charming hand-drawn art style
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“The style is incredible - it was such a treat to look through the different worlds!”
Steam review · 7.5 h played ↗
Interactive scenes full of detail
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“A lot of the hidden objects actually needed some degree of interaction to unveil, adding another layer of deepness compared to your average hidden object games.”
Steam review · 3.8 h played ↗
Relaxing, cozy, low-pressure play
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“the overall experience of playing the game is calming and relaxing”
Steam review · 28.8 h played ↗
Clever clues and satisfying challenge
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 positive reviews
“once I learned how to use the clues it became an addictive puzzle!”
Steam review · 11.7 h played ↗
Great for Where's Waldo fans
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews
“Highly recommend if you like Where's Waldo? The hand drawn art is really neat and the audio is funny and unique.”
Steam review · 0.9 h played ↗
What players complain about
Maps too huge and tedious to search
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“Here is a huge map but you cannot zoom out far enough to see all of it”
Steam review · 1.5 h played ↗
Annoying or grating sound effects
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“I cannot get past all the mouth noises.”
Steam review · 0.6 h played ↗
Vague clues and blind clicking on everything
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“the clues on the items are not helpful, not even in narrowing down the general area where the item might be.”
Steam review · 3.4 h played ↗
Black-and-white visuals strain the eyes
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“if I play for any longer than 15 minutes I start to get a headache.”
Steam review · 0.6 h played ↗
Overpriced, with paid DLC for 100%
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 negative reviews
“I think this game is EXTREMELY overpriced for what it offers.”
Steam review · 3.1 h played ↗
Repetitive copy-pasted assets, hard to tell apart
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews
“Scenes are filled with the same assets over and over, while you're required to hunt down one specific item that's [i]slightly[/i] different than the others.”
Steam review · 0.1 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: VerifiedController support300 MB
Minimum
OSWindows 7 SP1+ (64-bit)
ProcessorSSE2 instruction set support
GraphicsDX10 (shader model 4.0) or higher.
Storage300 MB available space
OSWindows 7 SP1+ (64-bit)
ProcessorSSE2 instruction set support
GraphicsDX10 (shader model 4.0) or higher.
Storage300 MB available space
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