Hobo: Tough Life

Buy84%

Very Positive · 10k player reviews · High confidence

Yes, worth buying.

Steam Deck Verified
  • Windows
  • Linux

Perun Creative · Survival · Apr 13, 2021

Player review score
84%
Very Positive
Price
$29.99
Playing right now
All-time peak
Not charted

Steam only charts its most-played games, and this one isn’t among them.

Achievements
57
total to unlock
Steam does not publish achievement rarity.
Languages
9
Full audio9 of 9
Subtitles0 of 9

Should I buy Hobo: Tough Life?

Buy it if you like
  • Gameplay: 92 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Story: 46 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Co-op: 32 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Difficulty: 38 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Multiplayer: 18 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Bugs: 17 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 10k player reviews · updated

What players think

The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
25% of themes are praise8% are divided67% are complaints
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
92 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
This simple example shows the mechanics‘ complexity, and you have to make decisions like this constantly throughout your playthrough.
Story
Players who bring up Story mostly praise it.
46 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Fortunately, that is not an issue here, as this title shines with its main plot, which is both darkishly serious and even humorous at times.
Co-op
Players who bring up Co-op mostly praise it.
32 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
I didn't experience any game breaking bugs or performance issues during coop gameplay.

Theme by theme

Scored on what reviews say about each topic, not the thumbs.

Players love
Gameplay92 reviews
Story46 reviews
Co-op32 reviews
Divided opinion
Optimization
75% still recommend
Players complain
Difficulty
74% still recommend
Multiplayer
78% still recommend
Bugs
82% still recommend
Combat
53% still recommend
Interface
40% still recommend
Graphics
85% still recommend
Performance
57% still recommend
Crashes
43% still recommend

What you get

Can you play it alone, does a controller work, does it run on your machine.

Play modes

  • Co-op
  • Multi-player
  • Online Co-op
  • Single-player

Controller

  • Full controller support

Store features

  • Family Sharing
  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Cloud

Platforms

  • Windows
  • Linux

Valve device support

Steam DeckVerified
SteamOSPlayable
Steam MachineVerified

Should I buy it now?

Based on Steam price history.

Prices have been lower
$29.99

The lowest we've tracked is $7.49.

6 points recordedtoday · $29.99

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