Hob similar games & best alternatives

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

Similar games, hidden gems, and fresh directions from this game.

Top picks

Games that feel the closest overall

  • Beatbuddy: Tale of the Guardians

  • SteamWorld Dig 2

  • Youropa

  • Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom

  • Alwa's Legacy

  • SteamWorld Dig

  • Cavern of Dreams

  • Treasure Adventure World

  • Chants of Sennaar
Hidden Gems

Less popular games with surprisingly high similarity

  • Youropa

  • Alwa's Legacy

  • Treasure Adventure World
If you liked…

Recommendations by what you enjoyed most

  • Exploration

    Pine
  • Autonomy

    Fe
  • Creativity

    Hail to the Rainbow

Similarity map

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Similarity map

Each dot is a game. They are arranged from the same motivation profile as in the “Why this game works” section below. Closer dots usually mean more similar reasons to play (exploration, competition, relaxation, etc.)—not that one game is “better” than another.

  • Purple star: this page’s game — everything on the map is relative to it.
  • 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 for a screenshot preview, score, and top score gaps; click to compare in the panel on the right.
  • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom out and see more games.

Why don’t the axes read like a score? This view uses t-SNE: it only keeps who is close to whom. The scales are not “good to bad” or hours played—they separate groups on the map. Read distance between dots, not the axis numbers (hidden on purpose).

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 Exploration, Expression. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Intimacy.

Why this game works

A motivational profile of the game, with the closest similar game for each player motivation.

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