
The Excavation of Hob's Barrow is a folk horror narrative-driven adventure. Explore the isolated moors of rural Victorian England as you uncover the mysteries of Hob's Barrow. The answers lie in the soil...
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Reviews, worldwide (the counter carries no country): 2.11/day in the week to Aug 4 → 4.57/day in the week after.
For scale, across Steam · Top Sellers · Brazil over the last 30 days: the 24 chart moves that followed a price cut of more than 20% went a median of 9 places towards #1, and the 2,404 moves with no price cut behind them went 2 away. One store, one chart, one country — it is the only place we have enough observations to say even that.
Prices outside the United States have been collected since 6 August 2026 and chart positions since 19 July 2026, so a cut older than that has no market to compare and a market that joined later has no history yet. Nothing here is converted between currencies.
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Antiquarian Thomasina Bateman is writing a book on the barrows of England, documenting the treasures she finds buried within. When an intriguing letter summons her to the small village of Bewlay, tucked away in the remote countryside, she sets off by train with her assistant a day behind.
Upon her arrival, however, the mysterious man who summoned her is nowhere to be found. Her assistant never arrives. A stubborn landowner refuses access to the barrow, and the locals are wary of this woman who is traveling alone and (gasp!) wears trousers.
The excavation of Hob’s Barrow is off to a rocky start. And then Thomasina starts having strange dreams…

A dark, complex and evolving storyline featuring interwoven elements from real English folklore.
Traditional point and click adventure game puzzles and interactions, with an easy modern interface.
A cast of intriguing characters, from suspicious villagers to sickly vicars to lordly landowners, all with their own unique stories and motives.
A distinct folk horror tone and grounding.
Evocative pixel-art graphics, featuring cut-scenes and engaging animations.
A suitably atmospheric original soundtrack from The Machine. The Demon. - one half of the duo behind the award-winning "Football Game" soundtrack.
Fiends in the furrows, the smell of damp soil, and a cat or two.
Sums Steam only; GOG publishes no volume signal, so the true total is higher by an unknown amount.
| Store | Price | Audience | Score | Chart | Est. revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SteamYou are here | $14.99 | 3.3Kreviews | 92% | — | $658.6K |
| $6.75−55% | 227ratings | 88% | #199 | not modelled |
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Reviews
A neat little point-and-click adventure with a nice lovecraftian twist. The game has good writing, excellent voice acting and the pixel graphics do their job. Well worth a playthrough.
A simple and straightforward classic point and click graphic adventure, set in a rural town in the moors of Victorian age England. the scenery, the music and the voice acting are incredible: the eerie town, its suspicious folks, the unsettling cutscense (very well directed, the best I've seen in Wadjeteye games) make up for Hob's Barrow's unique charm. Gameplay is on par with the other Wadjeteye's productions: you find objects, you interact with them and you solve puzzles. They're very straightforward, and when they become more complex - by the end- you are limited in narrower areas so you don't end up backtracking for hours. Unfortunately, there aren't many animations (like when you hand over objects or interact with the environments), save for pivotal moments in the story. Too bad because the rest of the production (cutscenes on top) is not cheap at all. Probably the most controversial aspect of Hob's Barrow is the ending, that I felt a bit too rushed and unnearned. I understand the developers didn't want to explain everything: it makes sense, it's a game with lovecraftian vibes that revolves around a growing eeriness. But to me The ending is disjointed to the events of the game up to that point, so much that retrospectively the entire stay with its puzzles in the town felt like a pointless filler. Before that, I could've said this is my favorite WadjetEye game. Despite that, I recommend it to all the lovers of classic graphic adventures.
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Languages: English**languages with full audio support
Hours played at review time, across 209 reviews with recorded playtime.
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Great game! Was hooked the whole way through. Ending was interesting. This could be a great novel or movie too !
女主过于爱爹,爹昏迷25年爱的要死,妈独自把她带大各种抱怨,自己硬莽被人坑了还怪妈不告诉她真相,大量爱爹闪回看着真是烦。
I finished this story after about 8 hours. Probably could have been a bit faster if I wasn't dumb a few times and kept missing certain things... This is a really cool story, marked by incredible voice acting. If you like Lovecraftian horror, this is right up that alley. I can't say anymore, other than you really need to play this. The only flaw is that much of the game is spent doing what amounts to fetch quests that get... a bit boring if you take too long with it. It has a really great growing dread feel, but it did almost lag out for a bit. But then the climax hits and its nothing but wonderful from that point on. I won't go back and chase the few optional achievements, but you can if you like. There are some you can miss. The story though only has one outcome, if that matters. Overall an incredible story game, one of the best written and voice acted ones I've played in a long time. Very well done.
4/5 - Good Very enjoyable point-n-click creepy mystery game. Good puzzle design in general, the item interactions make sense. The voice acting is good and the story keeps you hooked.
If you enjoy point and click adventure games, HP Lovecraft-style stories and the English countryside, you'll love this excellent adventure. The graphics are lo-fi to help establish a mood, but like all of the games published by Wadjet Eye, the writing, characters and voice acting are all top-notch! I also don't want to spoil the story, but brace yourself for an amazing and very fitting ending as you plumb the mysteries of Hob's Barrow.
Maybe my favorite point and click game, though I used a controller. :-) The art, atmosphere and full voice acting were all superb. Nothing was too tedious. Nothing was nonsensical or unnecessarily difficult, making me need to look up a walkthrough. I really hope to see another game from this team. Hopefully something close to folk horror but I'd be happy w/ any genre if it's done with the same care and features. I actually played this game in bed w/ a gamepad, on my tablet using Steam Link. I was enjoying it so much I play in 1-2 hour increments because I loved looking forward to playing it so much!
Highly recommended game for fans of folk horror! When I first read the cast line-up, I was excited already. The visual design is so interesting and beautiful and grotesque at the same time. The puzzles are hard in a fun way and the lore is really cool. Has very beautiful takes on trauma and ethical archaeology.
really exceptional, I wish I could play it more. I enjoyed the voice acting and the soundscapes quite a lot, as well as all the characters. I only wish the sound mixing for The Changeling was better! I can barely hear the words! would love to play it for the first time again.....
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