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The Excavation of Hob's Barrow
The Excavation of Hob's Barrow is a folk horror narrative-driven adventure. Explore the isolated moors of rural Victorian England as you uncover the mysteries of Hob's Barrow. The answers lie in the soil...
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 2026-05-12.
What reviewers agree on
64 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“Sadly, this game turns out to be extremely disappointing. It starts out strong, a point-and-click adventure game with an interesting supernatural mystery and cool characters, with a nice pixelated art style. By the end,…”
“This game has some good features that were unfortunately overshadowed by a disappointing ending that changed my overall opinion. On the positive side, the art and voice acting are both very well done. The setting and…”
“A great game with an amazing story about grief, religious obsession, and inevitability. The sound design, voice acting, and pixel art work really well together and make a peaceful and at times unsettling atmosphere. The…”
37 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“This game has some good features that were unfortunately overshadowed by a disappointing ending that changed my overall opinion. On the positive side, the art and voice acting are both very well done. The setting and…”
“Gorgeous, intimate, crushingly hopeless horror game. It's transparent with its classic, Gothic Horror influences, to its benefit. It did not deeply move me. Partially the voice acting (which was solid, but maybe left me…”
“A delightful classic adventure game with fantastic voice acting and an excellent creepy, folk-horror vibe. This is a game that knows what it wants to be and sticks the landings. One or two of the puzzle solutions can be…”
36 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“Sadly, this game turns out to be extremely disappointing. It starts out strong, a point-and-click adventure game with an interesting supernatural mystery and cool characters, with a nice pixelated art style. By the end,…”
“This game has some good features that were unfortunately overshadowed by a disappointing ending that changed my overall opinion. On the positive side, the art and voice acting are both very well done. The setting and…”
“Gorgeous, intimate, crushingly hopeless horror game. It's transparent with its classic, Gothic Horror influences, to its benefit. It did not deeply move me. Partially the voice acting (which was solid, but maybe left me…”
36 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“This game has some good features that were unfortunately overshadowed by a disappointing ending that changed my overall opinion. On the positive side, the art and voice acting are both very well done. The setting and…”
“A delightful classic adventure game with fantastic voice acting and an excellent creepy, folk-horror vibe. This is a game that knows what it wants to be and sticks the landings. One or two of the puzzle solutions can be…”
“A great game with an amazing story about grief, religious obsession, and inevitability. The sound design, voice acting, and pixel art work really well together and make a peaceful and at times unsettling atmosphere. The…”
14 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“A well written, charming point and click adventure, with logical puzzles to solve and directions to follow (except for a couple moon logics), that doesn't overstay its welcome.”
“Old-style adventure game. Almost all the puzzles were logical and scrutable (with one exception that I don't think I would have figured out without help, though the game did a good job signaling most of the important…”
“This is one of the more serious adventures I have played. It's not too puzzle heavy and I got only stuck once, because an interactible didn't work until I did *something* not obvious.”
21 of the 104 reviews raise this · 14 of them still recommend the game.
“Sadly, this game turns out to be extremely disappointing. It starts out strong, a point-and-click adventure game with an interesting supernatural mystery and cool characters, with a nice pixelated art style. By the end,…”
“This game has some good features that were unfortunately overshadowed by a disappointing ending that changed my overall opinion. On the positive side, the art and voice acting are both very well done. The setting and…”
“This is more of a mixed bag than really a negative review. I like The Excavation of Hob's Barrows for its thick and dreamy atmosphere, the aura of mystery building up throughout each chapters, and excellent dubbing, but…”
19 of the 104 reviews raise this · 11 of them still recommend the game.
“Sadly, this game turns out to be extremely disappointing. It starts out strong, a point-and-click adventure game with an interesting supernatural mystery and cool characters, with a nice pixelated art style. By the end,…”
“This game has some good features that were unfortunately overshadowed by a disappointing ending that changed my overall opinion. On the positive side, the art and voice acting are both very well done. The setting and…”
“This is more of a mixed bag than really a negative review. I like The Excavation of Hob's Barrows for its thick and dreamy atmosphere, the aura of mystery building up throughout each chapters, and excellent dubbing, but…”
12 of the 104 reviews raise this · 9 of them still recommend the game.
“This game has some good features that were unfortunately overshadowed by a disappointing ending that changed my overall opinion. On the positive side, the art and voice acting are both very well done. The setting and…”
“A delightful classic adventure game with fantastic voice acting and an excellent creepy, folk-horror vibe. This is a game that knows what it wants to be and sticks the landings. One or two of the puzzle solutions can be…”
“This is more of a mixed bag than really a negative review. I like The Excavation of Hob's Barrows for its thick and dreamy atmosphere, the aura of mystery building up throughout each chapters, and excellent dubbing, but…”
9 of the 104 reviews raise this · 4 of them still recommend the game.
“Sadly, this game turns out to be extremely disappointing. It starts out strong, a point-and-click adventure game with an interesting supernatural mystery and cool characters, with a nice pixelated art style. By the end,…”
“This game has some good features that were unfortunately overshadowed by a disappointing ending that changed my overall opinion. On the positive side, the art and voice acting are both very well done. The setting and…”
“Entertaining game with a non-sensical ending. I quite enjoyed the game, until the last chapter. Then it stopped making sense to me. The game gives both the player and the main character the information about where it's…”
8 of the 104 reviews raise this · 8 of them still recommend the game.
“Gorgeous, intimate, crushingly hopeless horror game. It's transparent with its classic, Gothic Horror influences, to its benefit. It did not deeply move me. Partially the voice acting (which was solid, but maybe left me…”
“Pleasant Point n Click with good voice acting and engaging story. Can be finished in one sitting.”
“Wish it was longer”
Counted across 104 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 92.1% positive rating · as of 2026-05-12
“This great old-school game succeeds in speaking to the imagination like these adventure games should. Very worth the time it takes to play. The story is profoundly depressing, and while it has plenty of very compelling characters and narrative turns, it unfolds quite slowly. I…”
— a player, Steam review · 8 hrs played“[h1]The Excavation of Hob's Barrow[/h1] [i] A horror themed point and click game with some themes from Lovecraftian nuances, done in old-school style. [/i] [b] PROS [/b] + Incredible atmosphere. + Beautiful graphics and visuals. + The voice acting was very good. + The story was…”
— a player, Steam review · 8 hrs played“What an utter disappointment. The game starts out so strong and then gets worse and worse the longer it goes on. The first third of the game set the tone perfectly, it made you want to find out more about the town and its characters, the puzzles were logical. The 2nd third/2nd…”
— a player, Steam review · 5 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-06 via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-05.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
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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 | Adventure |
| Player tags | Point & Click · Adventure · Horror · Pixel Graphics · Female Protagonist · Puzzle · Atmospheric · Dark · Interactive Fiction · Drama · Mystery · Emotional (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Trading Cards · Captions available · Partial Controller Support · Steam Cloud · Commentary available · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * * |
| Achievements | 40 |
| Official site | http://www.cadgames.co.uk |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows XP or higher Processor: Pentium or higher Memory: 1 GB RAM Graphics: 640x360, 32-bit colour: 700 Mhz system minimum DirectX: Version 5.2 Storage: 2 GB available space Sound Card: Any