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Hob

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Hob
Hob cover
Developers
Runic Games
Engines
Ogre[1]
Release dates
Windows September 26, 2017
Reception
Metacritic 76
OpenCritic 76
IGDB 72
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase
Modes Singleplayer
Pacing Real-time
Perspectives Bird's-eye view
Controls Direct control
Genres Action, Adventure, Platform
Art styles Cel-shaded, Stylized
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Hob is an action adventure game featuring cel-shaded graphics. It was made by Runic Games, a company which, prior to this games release, was most known for their work on the Torchlight games, and additionally utilizes the same Ogre engine.

Hob was announced at PAX Prime on August 2015 and first released on Playstation 4 and PC on September 26, 2017. The game was later released as Hob: The Definitive Edition exclusively for Nintendo Switch on April 17, 2019 which introduced Switch exclusive features like HD rumble and touchscreen controls, but additionally made changes to the camera and alterations to the menus and campaign.[2]

The game did receive several updates after release to fix minor issues up until the end of 2017, however the game generally doesn't have any major bugs or issues.

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions
GOG.com Support Page
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Epic Games Store
DRM-free after installation through Epic Games Launcher (notes may include more details)
DRM-free when launched directly from executable.[3]
Windows
GamersGate
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Windows
GOG.com
DRM-free
Windows
Green Man Gaming
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Windows
Humble Store
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Windows
Steam
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Windows


Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Runic Games\Hob\
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/404680/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Runic Games\Hob\SAVES\
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/404680/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Epic Games Launcher
GOG Galaxy
OneDrive
Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers.
Steam Cloud

Video

Launcher settings
Launcher settings
In-game game settings.
In-game game settings.
In-game video settings
In-game video settings

Graphics feature State Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Isometric camera with no zoom options.
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Cannot be disabled.[4]
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
Unlocked FPS.
High dynamic range display (HDR)
See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Input

In-game controller settings
In-game controller settings
In-game keyboard settings
In-game keyboard settings

Keyboard and mouse State Notes
Remapping
2 control schemes available. For further customization see Remapping.
Mouse acceleration
No acceleration present.
Mouse sensitivity
Uses raw mouse input.
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Play game without the launcher to avoid using mouse; however video settings are in the launcher.
Controller remapping
See Remapping.
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion
Controller types
XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger vibration
PlayStation controllers
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Generic/other controllers
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Additional information
Button prompts
Prompts can be disabled by turning off Interact Icons in game options.
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M
Steam Input
Steam Input API support
Hook input (legacy mode)
Official controller preset(s)
Steam Controller button prompts

Remapping

Edit config file[5]
  1. Go to the configuration file(s) location.
  2. Open PLAYER_CONTROLS.TXT.
  3. Find the action to remap and change the value behind <STRING>INPUT0: (gamepad) or <STRING>INPUT1: (keyboard/mouse) accordingly.
  4. Change the number of <INTEGER>VERSION: to 200 to prevent the game from overwriting it.

Notes

All values are case sensitive.

Audio

In-game sound settings
In-game sound settings

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
SFX and Music volume sliders.
Surround sound
Subtitles
No dialogue in a known language.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Setting to pause the game when not in focus. The setting will additionally mute audio.
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Arabic
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
Danish
Dutch
Finnish
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Norwegian
Polish
Portuguese
Russian
Spanish
Swedish
Turkish

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 11
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Audio FMOD
Interface Crazy Eddie's GUI System (CEGUI)
Cutscenes Bink Video

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 7 SP1
Processor (CPU) Intel Core i3 Sandy Bridge Dual Core or Equivalent
System memory (RAM) 4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 5 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce GTX 500 Series
AMD Radeon HD 7000 Series
2 GB of VRAM
DirectX 11 compatible
Other Controller recommended
A 64-bit system is recommended.


Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/404680/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (404680) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References