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Hitchhiker - A Mystery Game
Hitchhiker is a mystery game set along lost highways, where your goal is to solve the puzzle of your own backstory.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-02 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-18.
“Hitchhiker ---{PC Requirements}--- ☐ Check if you can run paint ☑ Potato ☐ Decent ☐ Fast ☐ Rich boi ☐ Ask NASA if they have a spare computer ---(Proton)--- ☐ Steam Linux Runtime 1.0 ☑ Latest Proton (9.0-4) ☐ Other Proton (version) ☐ Latest Proton Custom GE (version) ☐ Other…”
— a player, Steam review · 4 hrs played“I just did not enjoy this game. Usually I enjoy walking simulators and visual novels just fine, but this was more on rails than a House of the Dead title. The plot did nothing for me, as the protagonist was pretty unlikeable, and none of the drivers/spirit guides/what have you…”
— a player, Steam review · 3 hrs played“Despite the great ambiance at certain parts, I found myself being bored despite the short length.”
— a player, Steam review · 3 hrs playedAchievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-26.
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Latest official news
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-18.
| Genres | Adventure, Indie |
| Player tags | Story Rich · Atmospheric · Mystery · First-Person · Adventure · Narration · Well-Written · Singleplayer · Dark · Indie · Short · Philosophical (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Trading Cards · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * , French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Arabic, Dutch, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Turkish, Polish * |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 10 |
| Official site | http://hitchhiker-game.com/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Windows 7 SP1 Processor: Intel Core i3 2.00 GHz or AMD equivalent Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 450 or higher with 1GB Memory DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 8 GB available space