The Excavation of Hob's Barrow

Platforms

• Microsoft Windows

• macOS
• Linux

Genres

• point-and-click adventure

• adventure video game

• adventure game^*

• puzzle video game^*

Play modes

• single-player video game

Players by platform

• Microsoft Windows^*

  Maximum players (mode unspecified)

  1^*

Engines

• Adventure Game Studio

Steam version platforms

• Windows^*

  Supported

  Yes^*

• macOS^*

  Supported

  Yes^*

• Linux^*

  Supported

  Yes^*

Store genres

• Adventure^*

Game features

• Single-player^*
• Steam Achievements^*
• Steam Trading Cards^*
• Captions available^*
• Partial Controller Support^*
• Steam Cloud^*
• Commentary available^*
• Family Sharing^*

Interface languages

• English^*

  Full audio

  Yes^*

Audio languages

• English^*

Community tags · historical

• Point & Click^*

  Votes · historical

  173^*

• Adventure^*

  Votes · historical

  150^*

• Horror^*

  Votes · historical

  147^*

• Pixel Graphics^*

  Votes · historical

  142^*

• Female Protagonist^*

  Votes · historical

  138^*

• Puzzle^*

  Votes · historical

  135^*

• Atmospheric^*

  Votes · historical

  120^*

• Dark^*

  Votes · historical

  112^*

• Interactive Fiction^*

  Votes · historical

  105^*

• Drama^*

  Votes · historical

  99^*

• Mystery^*

  Votes · historical

  93^*

• Emotional^*

  Votes · historical

  90^*

• Retro^*

  Votes · historical

  83^*

• Story Rich^*

  Votes · historical

  79^*

• Singleplayer^*

  Votes · historical

  72^*

• Thriller^*

  Votes · historical

  70^*

• Indie^*

  Votes · historical

  70^*

• Cinematic^*

  Votes · historical

  63^*

• Lovecraftian^*

  Votes · historical

  62^*

• Investigation^*

  Votes · historical

  61^*

System requirements

• macOS · Minimum^*

  Operating system

  macOS 10.11^*

  Processor alternatives

  Any^*

  Graphics alternatives

  640x360, 700 Mhz system minimum^*

  Storage

  2 GB available space^*

• Windows · Minimum^*

  Operating system

  Windows XP or higher^*

  Processor alternatives

  Pentium or higher^*

  Memory

  1 GB RAM^*

  Graphics alternatives

  640x360, 32-bit colour: 700 Mhz system minimum^*

  Graphics API

  Version 5.2^*

  Storage

  2 GB available space^*

  Audio hardware

  Any^*

• Linux · Minimum^*

  Operating system

  Ubuntu, Debian, Arch - (64bit)^*

  Processor alternatives

  2.7 GHz^*

  Memory

  2 GB RAM^*

  Graphics alternatives

  Open GL^*

  Storage

  2 GB available space^*

  Audio hardware

  Alsa/DSP/Pulse etc^*

• Windows · Recommended^*

  Graphics alternatives

  Direct3D, OpenGL, DirectX 5^*

  Memory

  2 GB^*

  Processor alternatives

  2.7 GHz Dual Core (and above, can run on single core)^*

• Windows · Recommended memory · 2026-06-27^*

  Memory

  2 GB^*

Compatibility and community reports

• Linux · Community reports · 2026-06-27^*

  Community Linux compatibility tier

  Platinum^*

  Reports

  8^*

  Community confidence

  low^*

• Controller support · 2026-06-27^*

  Controller support

  Partial^*

• Steam Deck · 2026-06-27^*

  Compatibility category

  Verified^*

Developers

• Cloak and Dagger Games

Publishers

• Wadjet Eye Games

• 2022-09-28

  Date precision

  Exact date

• 2022-09-27 · Microsoft Windows^*

  Release date

  2022-09-27^*

  Date precision

  Exact date^*

  Platform

  Microsoft Windows^*

Store release history

• Steam^*

  Release date

  Sep 28, 2022^*

Detailed specifications