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Hobo: Tough Life

Hobo: Tough Life

Hobo: Tough Life is an urban survival role-playing game where you play as a homeless person. Play alone or team up in online co-op. Explore the streets of Praslav, scavenge for food and supplies, beg, steal, and do whatever else it takes to survive the forthcoming winter.

Released Apr 12, 2021 Developer Perun Creative Platforms Windows · Linux SurvivalOpen WorldMultiplayerBase-BuildingRPG
View on Steam ↗ $29.99 (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%positive8,853 reviews
Recommended · 27 found this helpful

“Finally can roleplay me real life in game”

— a player, Steam review · 103 hrs played
Recommended · 12 found this helpful

“From carefully managing hunger, hygiene, and morale to scavenging for food and securing shelter, the survival systems are impressively deep and grounded in realism, turning even small decisions into tense, high-stakes choices.”

— a player, Steam review · 76 hrs played
Recommended · 9 found this helpful

“If you like games where you get thrown into it, without ANY explanation, guide or any other kindergarden must have things. This is for you. I died a few times, got frustrated and almost threw my computer out the window. Then i decided to try again, and now it is one of the best…”

— a player, Steam review · 73 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 12:48 UTC · history via SteamCharts.

429playing at last check
49624-hour peak
2,240all-time peak
0 500 1k 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 735 avg · May 2021

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.

57achievements
10.5%median completion
0.5%rarest: The Legend of Praslav
81.9% of players 69.8% of players 63.3% of players 61.3% of players 55.2% of players 54.2% of players 52.7% of players 43.0% of players 30.1% of players 25.7% of players 23.9% of players 23.3% of players 21.5% of players 21.5% of players 20.9% of players 19.1% of players 18.6% of players 18.4% of players 16.2% of players 15.9% of players 14.3% of players 13.5% of players 13.5% of players 12.6% of players 12.2% of players 11.6% of players 11.3% of players 10.9% of players 10.5% of players 10.4% of players 9.7% of players 8.3% of players 8.2% of players 7.8% of players 6.5% of players 6.3% of players 5.7% of players 4.2% of players 3.6% of players 3.3% of players 2.9% of players 2.5% of players 2.4% of players 2.3% of players 2.2% of players 2.2% of players 2.0% of players 1.7% of players 1.5% of players 1.4% of players 1.3% of players 1.3% of players 1.1% of players 1.0% of players 0.9% of players 0.8% of players 0.5% of players 81.9% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
81.9%Excuse me... — Talk to a passerby for the first time.
69.8%Finders Keepers — Uncover a spectacular find for the first time.
63.3%Let There Be Warmth! — Light a fire for the first time.
Rarest badges of honor
0.5%The Legend of Praslav — Earn all the other achievements.
0.8%Urban Explorer — Uncover all points of interest. (Across multiple worlds)
0.9%Model Citizen — Hidden achievement

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

$29.99current · sampled 2026-07-26 08:39 UTC
$29.99lowest since tracking began2026-07-11
US29.99 USD
EU28.99 EUR
UK24.99 GBP
Australia43.95 AUD
Canada38.99 CAD
Japan3,400 JPY
Brazil88.99 BRL
China108.00 CNY

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

China≈$16 Brazil Japan Canada US Australia EU UK≈$33

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

$0 $25 $50 07-11 07-13 07-16 07-19 07-22 07-26

Latest official news

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

Jun 01, 2023
Future of Hobo: Tough Life

Hi everyone! ːsteamhappyː We would like to take a moment to express our heartfelt gratitude to each and every one of you for your unwavering support and enthusiasm throughout the development journey o

Aug 18, 2022
Release 1.20

Hello, everyone! ːsteamhappyː Version 1.20 is now publicly available after more than a year of hard work since the release of the 1.0 update. Big thank you to all of our customers as well as people wh

May 13, 2022
Experimental beta - 1.16 patch notes

Bug fixes Selling items to NPCs. Unstuck option in Drax’s area not working properly. Scale for female models (there was an unintentional reduction in size of about 30% during optimizations). The error

Apr 01, 2022
Experimental Beta Is Here!

Hello and good day everyone! ːsteamhappyː The experimental beta is here and you can finally try it for yourselves! Let me remind you that this is not an official release of the patch. Despite our rigo

Mar 13, 2022
Experimental Beta, New Languages, and More!

Hi, everyone! ːsteamhappyː As promised in the ancient times of 2 months ago by a different guy, I’m bringing you the anticipated news from our studio. Peter, our previous community manager, has been a

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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, Indie, RPG, Simulation
Player tagsSurvival · Open World · Multiplayer · Base-Building · RPG · First-Person · Crafting · Story Rich · Simulation · Sandbox · Realistic · Co-op (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Multi-player · Co-op · Online Co-op · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish * , Czech * , Simplified Chinese * , German * , Polish * , Russian * , French * , Spanish - Spain * , Japanese * *
ControllerFull support
Achievements57
Estimated owners200,000 – 500,000 (SteamSpy)
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: 64-bit Windows 7, Windows 8.1, Windows 10 Processor: Intel Core i3-4340 / AMD FX-6300 Memory: 6 GB RAM Graphics: Nvidia GTX 660 / AMD Radeon 7850 DirectX: Version 11 Network: Broadband Internet connection Storage: 20 GB available space