Simulation · March 12, 2019

Hypnospace Outlaw (2019)

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Greetings Enforcer, and thank you for enlisting in the Hypnospace Patrol Department! As the corporatocracy sleeps, outlaws are out there committing terrible transgressions all across our beloved Hypnospace, and these virtual streets aren't going to police themselves! Hypnospace Outlaw is a '90s internet simulator in which you scour Hypnospace 's wide variety of weird and wonderful websites to hunt down wrongdoers, while also keeping an eye on your inbox, avoiding viruses and adware, and downloading a plethora of apps that may or may not be useful. As part of your job as a Hypnospace Enforcer, you'll be watching out for copyright infringement, internet bullying and more, with reports and rewards coming direct from the Hypnospace Patrol Department to your inbox. In your spare time, you can customize your HypnOS desktop however you see fit, with a variety of downloads, wallpapers, screen savers and helper bots to keep you company. So slip on your Hypnospace Headband™, and keep these key directives in mind: Crawl through Cyberspace : Scour the darkest corners of the Web for scumbag users who violate Hypnospace law! Dangers and delights : Download groovy GIFS and MIDI files, but watch out for adware, toolbars and hackers! Treasure hunting : Do your job to earn Hypnocoins, or ignore your inbox and go hunting for hidden pages, downloads and secrets! Relive your childhood : Equip obnoxious screensavers and skins for your desktop, and wiggle your mouse pointer around to make pages load faster!

Community Tag Signals

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

  • 1990's · 138
  • Simulation · 131
  • Point & Click · 105
  • Retro · 95
  • Surreal · 94
  • Alternate History · 77
  • Great Soundtrack · 77
  • Detective · 72
  • Singleplayer · 63
  • Indie · 62
  • Story Rich · 61
  • Funny · 60
  • Atmospheric · 59
  • Puzzle · 56
  • Psychedelic · 54

Peer Simulation titles

Comparable titles in the same genre and review-volume band — ranked by Steam positive percentage.

Position in Simulation

MetricThis titleGenre position
Review volume4.8k Steam reviewsTop 53% in Simulation
Positive rating97% positiveGenre average: 79% — this title sits in top 4%
Metacritic83/100Genre average 75 — top 24% of Simulation titles
Engagement hours5 h averageTop 93% for session depth among Simulation

Reception Metrics

Steam community

97%Overwhelmingly Positive · 4.8k reviews

4.6k positive · 143 negative

Metacritic

83/100 critic aggregate

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Metacritic user score

6.7/10

Curator recommendations

4.4k

Simulation releases from 2019

11 Simulation titles launched in 2019 — top 6 by review volume.

Engagement Profile

All-time avg

5h

short (5–15 hours)

Median

3h

Typical completion time

2-week avg

1h

Current engagement

Achievements

14

Steam unlocks available

Features & Capabilities

Community

  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Trading Cards
  • Steam Cloud

Input & Comfort

  • Partial Controller Support

Other

  • Single-player
  • Family Sharing

Release & Availability

Release dateMar 12, 2019
DeveloperTendershoot, Michael Lasch, ThatWhichIs Media
PublisherNo More Robots
Base price$4.99
DLC / Add-ons1 released
PlatformsWindows, macOS, Linux
Estimated owners100k–1M
External linksOfficial site · Metacritic page · Support

Editions & Packages

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