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Mr. Sun's Hatbox
Mr Sun’s Hatbox is a slapstick, roguelite platformer about getting the job done at all costs. Upgrade your HQ, your team, and your tools so you can take on increasingly dangerous (and ridiculous) missions, wearing hats with amazing (or questionable) potential.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via SteamSpy as of 2026-05-12.
“Mr. Sun’s Hatbox came onto my radar after I played and loved BALL X PIT. While it’s a very different experience, it clearly shows that Kenny Sun knows how to craft enjoyable and addictive gameplay loops. In Mr. Sun’s Hatbox, your character levels up, grows, and gains (or loses)…”
— a player, Steam review · 4 hrs played“The game feels bit like Spelunky, but with a somewhat worse gameplay with a plethora of hats and items to swap. Hats are essentially passive skills. +Aesthetics, functional art +Player choice +Risk/reward -> perma death for your very expendable characters +Base building as a…”
— a player, Steam review · 0 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-08-02 20:28 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
Mr. Sun's HatBox X Spring Sale
🎩 Dive into Whimsy: Mr. Sun's HatBox Discounted at 40% OFF during Steam Spring Sale! 🎩 Embark on a magical journey to uncover the mystery behind Mr. Sun's missing hat! With vibrant visuals, quirky cha
Patch 1.09
Monday Patch Day! https://i.imgur.com/4ZCEUZJ.jpg Increase XP earned from raid missions by 50% New effects to indicate that Mr Moon is immune to most damage Fixed bug: Cancelling spec ops doesn't clea
Patch 1.08
https://i.imgur.com/1dHgkCA.jpg This is a short one we wanted to fix a soft lock-causing bug as soon as possible: Fixed bug: Dying as a resupplied unit causes a soft lock If you have a bug please feel
Patch 1.07
Tweaks and Fixes https://i.imgur.com/D06OOXQ.jpg Hello all! Patch 1.07 is with you now and along with some general house keeping we've implemented a couple of tweaks to the meta. Notes are as follows:
Patch 1.06
Weekend Patch! https://i.imgur.com/WfS90W4.jpg We're tuned into the forums and addressing as many bugs as we can as quickly as absolutely possible. If you have a bug, inconsistency or just some feedba
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-12.
| Genres | Action, Indie |
| Player tags | Action · Online Co-Op · Metroidvania · Adventure · Tactical · Shooter · Story Rich · RPG · Exploration · Comedy · 2D Platformer · Rogue-lite (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Multi-player · PvP · Shared/Split Screen PvP · Co-op · Shared/Split Screen Co-op · Shared/Split Screen · Steam Achievements |
| Languages | English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Traditional Chinese |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 54 |
| Estimated owners | 1,000,000 – 2,000,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | https://www.mrsunshatbox.com/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10 Processor: 1 GHz Memory: 1024 MB RAM Graphics: 256MB DirectX: Version 12 Storage: 400 MB available space