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A Hat in Time

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A Hat in Time

A Hat in Time is a cute-as-heck 3D platformer featuring a little girl who stitches hats for wicked powers! Freely explore giant worlds and recover Time Pieces to travel to new heights!

Cute 3D Platformer Collectathon Great Soundtrack Female Protagonist
Last tracked players
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Steam reviews
97.9% positive
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A Hat in Time is a cute-as-heck 3D platformer featuring a little girl who stitches hats for wicked powers.

A little girl and her spaceship

In A Hat in Time you play as a tiny space-travelling girl with a big tophat. Her adventure is halted when all her fuel, the Time Pieces, is lost and scattered across a nearby planet. Hat Kid must now jump, fight and stitch new hats to make her way into every nook and cranny of this new world in order to restore her fuel and resume her journey. On her way, she'll bump into the menacing Mafia of Cooks, the goofy birds of Dead Bird Studio, the spooky shadows of Subcon Forest, and more!

Murder on a train! Parades! Trespassing in a movie studio?

Every mission in A Hat in Time is unique! At one moment you'll be solving the Murder on the Owl Express by finding clues and interrogating the locals, the next moment you'll be the band marshal in The Big Parade, or sneaking through the bird-run Dead Bird Studio!

Small child, giant worlds

Jump freely around in 5 massive worlds with new adventures to discover around every corner! Just like any child, Hat Kid loves to climb and explore, no mountain is too big for her sense of adventure. She can do multiple jump moves, as well as climb walls, and swing over gaps!

Cute hats, magical yarn and snappy badges

By finding and collecting rare magical yarn, Hat Kid can stitch new cute hats with a variety of abilities, including a witch hat that allows her to cook explosive concoctions, and a wooden ghost mask that allows her to peek into other dimensions. Hats can become even more powerful, by attaching badges that are found, sold and traded by the locals!

Community-funded, community-focused

A Hat in Time was successfully funded on Kickstarter, reaching nearly 10 times its goal! In order to celebrate our community, A Hat in Time is releasing with full modding and Steam Workshop support, an in-game screenshot mode, and more!

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System requirements Windows

Windows

Minimum

Minimum:
  • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
  • OS *: Windows XP SP3 / Windows Vista / Windows 7 / Windows 8 / Windows 10 64-bit only
  • Processor: 3.0 GHz processor
  • Memory: 4 GB RAM
  • DirectX: Version 9.0c
  • Storage: 8 GB available space

Recommended

Recommended:
  • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
  • OS *: Windows 7 / Windows 8 / Windows 10 64-bit only
  • Processor: 3.5 GHz processor
  • Memory: 8 GB RAM
  • DirectX: Version 9.0c
  • Storage: 8 GB available space
Game details Languages, features & support
Publisher
Gears for Breakfast
Brazilian rating
14
Steam Germany rating
16
Achievements
46
Controller support
full
Metacritic
79
Features
Single-player, Multi-player, Co-op, Shared/Split Screen Co-op, Shared/Split Screen, Steam Achievements, Full controller support, Steam Trading Cards, Captions available, Steam Workshop, Steam Cloud, Stats, Steam Leaderboards, Includes level editor, Remote Play on Phone, Remote Play on Tablet, Remote Play on TV, Remote Play Together, Family Sharing
Languages
English*, German, Korean, French, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese - Portugal, Portuguese - Brazil, Spanish - Latin America
*languages with full audio support
Compatibility & accessibility Steam Deck, controllers & access features

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Input
Controller support: unknown
Structured language support (11)
LanguageInterfaceFull audioSubtitles
EnglishYesYesYes
GermanYesNoYes
KoreanYesNoYes
FrenchYesNoYes
Simplified ChineseYesNoYes
Traditional ChineseYesNoYes
ItalianYesNoYes
JapaneseYesNoYes
Portuguese - PortugalYesNoYes
Portuguese - BrazilYesNoYes
Spanish - Latin AmericaYesNoYes
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Value Score

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Price-to-player ratio ranks in the 100th percentile. Priced as Premium at $29.99.

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Genre Benchmarks

Player Count Top 17%
Value Ratio Top 0%

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is A Hat in Time worth buying right now?
Wait — $29.99. Wait for upcoming sale in ~13 days for potentially better pricing.
When does A Hat in Time go on sale?
Wait for upcoming sale in ~13 days for potentially better pricing.
Is A Hat in Time free to play?
A Hat in Time costs $29.99 on Steam.
What genre is A Hat in Time?
A Hat in Time is a Adventure, Indie game.
Who developed A Hat in Time?
A Hat in Time was developed by Gears for Breakfast and published by Gears for Breakfast.
What platforms does A Hat in Time support?
Available on Steam for Windows.

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