Hourglass
In Hourglass you can create a time-clone of yourself to solve challenging puzzles. You will play as Aywa, a young adventurer who is traveling to Egypt to find her missing father - an archeologist, who never returned from his latest expedition.
About Hourglass
Pyramids are the tombs of the pharaohs. This is what most people believe. But more and more studies raise doubts about this thesis. Scientists found indications for ancient egypt being far more technologized than we can imagine. Hourglass is set in a scenario in which those assumptions are actually true..
Besides offering an ancient world to explore, Hourglass is mostly about solving various puzzles with a unique core-mechanic. Your ability allows you to record your actings for a certain amount of time. After that, time winds back to the beginning of the recording and a time-clone of yourself appears, repeating the actions.
On your adventure, you will have to use this ability in creative ways to get through various areas filled with difficult puzzles.
Your journey leads you to a remote temple where you encounter undiscovered egyptian technologies and portals to a foreign world. Only by unraveling the secrets of these long lost technologies, you are able to solve all puzzles on your quest and eventually find your father.
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"Pyramids are the tombs of the pharaohs". This is what most people believe. But more and more studies raise doubts about this thesis. Scientists found indications for ancient Egypt being far more technologized than we can imagine. Hourglass is set in a scenario in which those assumptions are actually true.. You will play as Aywa, a young adventurer who is travelling to Egypt to find her missing father - an archaeologist, who never returned from his latest expedition. Your journey leads you to a remote temple where you encounter undiscovered Egyptian technologies and portals to a foreign world. Only by unraveling the secrets of these long lost technologies, you are able to solve all puzzles on your quest and eventually find your father.
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Game details
- Developers
- Cyberwave
- Publishers
- Cyberwave
- Release date
- Oct 22, 2021
- Genres
- Adventure, Indie, Puzzle, Puzzle Platformer, First-Person, Atmospheric, Female Protagonist, Controller, 3D Platformer, Exploration, Difficult, Singleplayer, Mystery, Logic, Stylized, Time Manipulation, Mystery Dungeon, Relaxing, Time Travel, Nature
- Modes
- Single-player
- Controller
- Full controller support
- Steam features
- 10 achievements, Family Sharing
- Themes
- Science fiction, Historical
- Camera
- First person
- Engine
- Unreal Engine 4
- Links
- Official website
Languages
| Language | Interface | Full audio | Subtitles |
|---|---|---|---|
| English | Supported | Supported | Supported |
| German | Supported | Not supported | Supported |
| French | Supported | Not supported | Supported |
| Italian | Supported | Not supported | Supported |
| Spanish (Spain) | Supported | Not supported | Supported |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | Supported | Not supported | Supported |
| Simplified Chinese | Supported | Not supported | Supported |
| Japanese | Supported | Not supported | Supported |
System requirements
Minimum
- OS *: Windows 7, Windows 8 or Windows 10
- Processor: Intel or AMD Dual Core CPU
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: DirectX 10 Feature Level AMD or NVIDIA Card with 1 GB VRAM
- Storage: 3 GB available space
- Sound Card: TBD
- Additional Notes: TBD
Ratings
Steam Deck & Linux
Steam Deck Verified
- Everything works with the default controls
- Shows Steam Deck button icons
- Text is readable on the Deck screen
- Runs well with the default graphics settings
- External controllers don't work for the main player
- SteamOS: Playable
- Steam Machine: Verified
ProtonDB: Early reports: Platinum (7 reports) See reports
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