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Harold Halibut

Harold Halibut

Harold Halibut is a handmade narrative game about friendship and life on a city-sized spaceship submerged in an alien ocean. Join Harold as he explores a vibrant retro-future world in his quest to find the true meaning of ‘home’.

Released Apr 16, 2024 Developer Slow Bros. Platforms Windows · Mac Story RichCinematicWalking SimulatorExplorationAdventure
View on Steam ↗ $9.79 (US · as of 2026-07-26)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.

84.2%positive881 reviews
Recommended · 12 found this helpful

“I recommend going into it not expecting to play a game, but perhaps to watch a anthropology in claymation. It's offbeat, alternative, and slow to the point that you might accidentally slip into a coma at times. The art and the voice acting are fantastic. It's really really well…”

— a player, Steam review · 4 hrs played
Recommended · 10 found this helpful

“Harold Halibut is a fascinating example of aesthetic ambition sometimes outpacing narrative momentum. Its most striking achievement is undeniably the art direction — every environment painstakingly handcrafted from clay and captured through stop-motion techniques, giving the…”

— a player, Steam review · 17 hrs played
Recommended · 5 found this helpful

“At first, it feels like Disco Elysium: you wake up, you’re broke, the world is a mystery. But Harold Halibut isn’t about solving a case. It’s about sitting with one. For most of the journey, you don’t play, you listen. Fully voiced, clay-crafted characters share their worries,…”

— a player, Steam review · 20 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-24 00:44 UTC · history via SteamCharts.

8playing at last check
1424-hour peak
236all-time peak
0 50 100 2025 2026 88 avg · Apr 2024

Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-07-25.

27achievements
22.3%median completion
1.8%rarest: Forschergeist
85.4% of players 57.6% of players 53.6% of players 42.4% of players 42.2% of players 38.5% of players 31.9% of players 29.5% of players 28.9% of players 28.6% of players 25.2% of players 22.5% of players 22.4% of players 22.3% of players 22.0% of players 20.3% of players 19.4% of players 18.1% of players 18.0% of players 16.1% of players 14.3% of players 9.0% of players 6.3% of players 4.4% of players 4.0% of players 3.5% of players 1.8% of players 85.4% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
85.4%Tubular! — Make your first trip on the All Water tube.
57.6%Après Ski — Try out Slippie's ski slope.
53.6%Certificate of Participation — Participate in the station jog.
Rarest badges of honor
1.8%Forschergeist — Complete the Notebook.
3.5%Exchanger Arranger — Hidden achievement
4.0%Slow Bro — Enjoy the game at a leasurely pace (more than 15 hours play time.)

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-25. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

$9.79−72% right nowcurrent · sampled 2026-07-26 08:39 UTC
$34.99base price
$9.79lowest since tracking began2026-07-25
US9.79 USD−72%
EU9.79 EUR−72%
UK8.26 GBP−72%
Australia14.26 AUD−72%
Canada12.59 CAD−72%
Japan1,092 JPY−72%
Brazil28.55 BRL−72%
China35.84 CNY−72%

Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.

China≈$5.3 Brazil Japan Canada US Australia UK EU≈$11

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-07-24). Relative comparison only.

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

Sep 15, 2025
Harold Halibut is available on Mac!

Hey everyone, We wanted to let you know that Harold Halibut is now available to Mac users on Steam now! It's the perfect time to pick it up also, as it's 50% off. Tell you friends! Cheers,

Nov 28, 2024
Vote for Harold Halibut in the Steam Awards!

Dear inhabitants of the FEDORA I, we would like to solicit your vote in this very important process known at the Steam Awards 2024. We believe the game Harold Halibut is a worthy choice for the Outsta

Oct 15, 2024
Patch #2 (1.1.1) - The Italian Language Update

Dear inhabitants of the FEDORA I, it's been a while and we are super happy to announce that we added Italian subtitles to the game with this patch :) There are several other big and small improvements

May 22, 2024
Patch #2 (v1.0.6)

- Fixed bug with colliders in Chapter 5 that were introduced with the last Patch

May 13, 2024
Patch #1 (1.0.5)

Dear inhabitants of the FEDORA I, we have discovered something super cool: The first patch for Harold Halibut is now live! We focused on fixing some of the most prominent bugs, like the Forschergeist

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Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.

GenresAdventure, Casual, Indie
Player tagsStory Rich · Cinematic · Walking Simulator · Exploration · Adventure · Third Person · Atmospheric · Casual · Interactive Fiction · Lore-Rich · Cozy · Wholesome (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Cloud · HDR available · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish * , French, German, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Turkish, Italian *
ControllerFull support
Achievements27
Estimated owners0 – 20,000 (SteamSpy)
Official sitehttps://haroldhalibut.com/
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10 Processor: Intel Core i5-7400 @ 3.00GHz / AMD FX-8370 Eight-Core Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: GeForce GTX 1060 / Radeon RX 480 DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 56 GB available space Additional Notes: SSD & Controller Recommended