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The Palace on the Hill

The Palace on the Hill

A heartfelt story of ambition, struggle, and friendship told from the perspective of a young boy in fictional 90s rural India. Explore ancient palace ruins, set up your garden, cook Indian food, run errands for quirky characters, and learn about your history by making art.

Released Jun 8, 2024 Developer Niku Games Platforms Windows · Mac RPGLife SimExplorationAdventureCooking
View on Steam ↗ $19.99 (US · as of 2026-05-18)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-26.

95.5%positive112 reviews
Recommended · 8 found this helpful

“beautiful game socha nahi tha indie game me itna maza aayega kya mast story hai farming hai painting ka mast concept hai and sabki help karna sath sath apna kaam karna woh dhabe pe khana bana na customer khane aate hai toh new recipes de jate hai 😅 kya hi mast game hai”

— a player, Steam review · 5 hrs played
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“I have played the game a couple of times and quite enjoyed the gameplay! The game is visually pleasing, melodically appealing, and has an intriguing story flow.”

— a player, Steam review · 18 hrs played
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“A nice peaceful slice of life, perfect length in my opinion. You can tell this was made with love.”

— a player, Steam review · 10 hrs played
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Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-26.

16achievements
44.5%median completion
31.6%rarest: Solo Show
62.0% of players 55.7% of players 54.1% of players 50.1% of players 49.2% of players 47.3% of players 46.7% of players 45.6% of players 44.5% of players 43.5% of players 43.0% of players 40.9% of players 37.1% of players 36.7% of players 34.7% of players 31.6% of players 62.0% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
62.0% Young Farmer — Planted 2 seeds in your farm.
55.7%My First Job — Started working at the teashop.
54.1%Budding Artist — Put up your first painting on the wall.
Rarest badges of honor
31.6%Solo Show — Put up 5 paintings on the wall.
34.7%Family Recipe — Cooked a Chicken Curry using Father's recipe
36.7%Muddy hands — Made 10 Pottery items.

Latest official news

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

Aug 07, 2025
New character portraits

Guess who! Also, did you get the Soundtrack yet? If not, purchase it in the 50% off Bundle.

Apr 17, 2025
Indie Game Utsav 2025

The Palace on the Hill is a part of the biggest indie game celebration in India with over a 100 Games being showcased! Check out the Indie Game Utsav at https://store.steampowered.com/sale/ComicConxIn

Mar 03, 2025
Steam Achievements now live and more

Check out the 16 new achievements added to the game Also, we love to see your reviews. If you've played the game, please don't forget to add your review. The Palace on the Hill is part of Women's day

Aug 08, 2024
The Palace on the Hill is on Tiny Teams 2024

Tiny Teams returns! Celebrating the very best of video games made by small teams from around the world! Featuring discounts on established champions of Indie gaming and hidden gems as well as demos fo

Jun 18, 2024
Bug Fix update

Fixed Pause menu opening multiple times on rare occasions. Text alignment adjusted for close-up dialogues. Updated some dialogues to fix repeats. Fixed some minor errors in code.

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Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-26.

GenresAdventure, Casual, Indie, RPG
Player tagsRPG · Life Sim · Exploration · Adventure · Cooking · Casual · Open World · Relaxing · Crafting · Story Rich · Emotional · 2D (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish, Indonesian, Bangla, Hindi, German, Swedish, Simplified Chinese
ControllerFull support
Achievements16
Official sitehttps://nikugames.com/ThePalaceOnTheHill/
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS: Windows 10+ Processor: Intel Core i3, AMD Ryzen 3 Memory: 4 GB RAM