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Horace

85% positive of 350 Steam reviews

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Released
2019
Steam Deck
Verified
Platforms
Steam, GOG, Epic, Xbox / PC Game Pass, PlayStation, itch.io, Amazon

Made by Paul Helman, Sean Scaplehorn. Published by 505 Games.

About the game

"The best platformer of 2019."Horace is a huge platforming adventure which pushes the boundaries of the genre with a profound story of a small robot learning of life, the universe and Douglas Adams. Made by videogame lovers for videogame lovers!

Tagged by players

  • Metroidvania
  • Cinematic
  • Platformer
  • Difficult
  • Puzzle Platformer
  • Story Rich
  • Side Scroller
  • Comedy
  • Pixel Graphics
  • Funny
  • Adventure
  • Retro

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What players say

  • Not recommended
    Lovely, just lovely...... ....untill I got to the Tournament mini games. I was so bad at those, I could not get further. Such a shame that the dumb minigames made it a dissapointing ending.

    27 h played when written. 0 found it helpful.

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  • Recommended
    If you are afraid of the British, then you should consider this a survival horror game. Horace is seeping in charm and pop culture references (the good kind), although I feel is held back by some gameplay. The cutscenes I feel are the best part about the game, though they may not be for everyone. Horace and the loveable cast of characters are all spoken for by a text-to-speech program, and while that may seem like…

    16 h played when written. 0 found it helpful.

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