Hidden Folks (2017)

Adventure · February 15, 2017

Hidden Folks (2017)

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Search for hidden folks in hand-drawn, interactive, miniature landscapes. Unfurl tent flaps, cut through bushes, slam doors, and poke some crocodiles! Rooooaaaarrrr!!!!! A strip of targets shows you what to look for. Click on a target for a hint, and find enough to unlock the next area. ------/ Game Features /------ - 32 hand-drawn areas - 300+ targets to find - 2000+ mouth-originated sound effects - 500+ unique interactions - 3 color modes: normal, sepia, and night mode - Steam Cloud integration - 8 Achievements - 8 Steam Trading Cards - 22 languages (translated by the community) ------/ Need help? /------ You can always email game designer Adriaan de Jongh: [email protected]

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Community Tag Signals

Tag weights reflect how many Steam users voted each descriptor — larger pills = stronger consensus.

  • Hidden Object · 263
  • Casual · 169
  • Hand-drawn · 165
  • Indie · 148
  • Puzzle · 136
  • Point & Click · 127
  • Relaxing · 108
  • Funny · 108
  • 2D · 107
  • Singleplayer · 97
  • Minimalist · 84
  • Cute · 79
  • Family Friendly · 77
  • Touch-Friendly · 53
  • Adventure · 50

Position in Adventure

MetricThis titleGenre position
Review volume9.3k Steam reviewsTop 25% in Adventure
Positive rating97% positiveGenre average: 87% — this title sits in top 15%
Engagement hours4 h averageTop 70% for session depth among Adventure

Localization Coverage

Interface / Subtitles (12)

  • English
  • French
  • Italian
  • German
  • Spanish - Spain
  • Dutch
  • Japanese
  • Korean
  • Polish
  • Portuguese - Brazil
  • Russian
  • Simplified Chinese

Press Quotes

“The lovely, deceptively simple monochrome line drawings are bursting with life, teeming with animations, and completely daft.” RockPaperShotgun “2017's Game Of The Year” Nerd³

Features & Capabilities

Community

  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Trading Cards
  • Steam Cloud
  • Remote Play on Tablet

Input & Comfort

  • Full controller support

Other

  • Single-player
  • Family Sharing

Release & Availability

Release dateFeb 15, 2017
DeveloperAdriaan de Jongh, Sylvain Tegroeg
PublisherAdriaan de Jongh
Base price$5.99 -60%
DLC / Add-ons1 released
PlatformsWindows, macOS, Linux
Estimated owners100k–1M
External linksOfficial site · Support · [email protected]

Engagement Profile

All-time avg

4h

brief (under 5 hours)

Median

2h

Typical completion time

Achievements

8

Steam unlocks available

Reception Metrics

Steam community

97%Overwhelmingly Positive · 9.3k reviews

9.0k positive · 278 negative

Curator recommendations

7.5k

Editions & Packages

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