Hob similar games & best alternatives

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Hob

PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2017

Should you play it?

Transform the world of Hob! A new action-adventure from Runic Games, the award-winning studio behind Torchlight I and II. It's your chance. Make it home.

What works

  • Beautiful and immersive world design
  • Engaging exploration and puzzles
  • Relaxing atmosphere and music
  • Smooth and satisfying combat
  • Meaningful progression and upgrades

Things to keep in mind

  • Fixed camera can cause frustration
  • Lack of explicit story or guidance
  • Some bugs and occasional crashes
  • Platforming can be challenging with keyboard
  • Limited combat variety and boss fights

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Zefyr: A Thief's Melody

  • Treasure Adventure World

  • Yooka-Replaylee

  • Disney Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two

  • Yoku's Island Express

  • Youropa

Less leadership-focused

Games that feels like Hob but with less leadership over others

  • Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom

  • Super Lucky's Tale

  • Omno

  • Sable

  • Big Hops

  • Little Big Adventure – Twinsen’s Quest

Less expressive

Games that feels like Hob but with less self-expression and customization

  • Teslagrad 2

  • Figment

  • Planet of Lana II

  • Supraland

  • TUNIC

  • Promenade

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Similarity map

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Each card is a nearby game on the similarity map, compared with Hob. Swipe sideways to move between games. Titles already listed in What to play next are left out.

  • Cover and title: open that game’s page.
  • What works / keep in mind: the same highlights as the desktop comparison panel.
  • Bars: the main motivational differences versus this game.
How to use the graph

Similarity map

Each dot is a game placed from its motivation profile relative to this page’s game. Direction shows which motivation differs most; distance along that axis shows how large the gap is.

  • Purple star: this page’s game at the centre — everything is relative to it.
  • Direction: each axis is a main motivational difference vs this game (e.g. more / less competitive).
  • Distance on an axis: how large that difference is (ring scales show +/− points).
  • Coloured chips: click to highlight games that mainly differ on that motivation; click again to reset.
  • Dotted line: link between this page’s game and the one selected for comparison.
  • Hover a dot to preview that game in the panel on the right; click to keep that comparison.
  • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom.

How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

Swipe to compare nearby games with Hob. These titles are not in What to play next.

Hob: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Survival, Violence, Competition, Thrill. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Strategy, Exploration. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Intimacy.

Last update: 21/08/2026