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A Hat in Time

Gears for Breakfast

2017•Platformer•PEGI 7•About 13 hours

Taste attributes: actionadventurefantasymafia/gangstermonster/alien/supernaturalvehiclesfastfresh & originalunsavouryimaginarysimplelinearglossybig & variedemotionally undemandingall consuming questdeep rivalryfish out of water/culture clash

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Boxlist takeA fantastical, polished platformer: breakneck and wide-ranging. Best if you like the extraordinary over the everyday.

Pace: very fast · Originality: balanced · Tone: dark · Weight: balanced · Realism: imaginary world · Story: balanced · Structure: balanced · Look: very glossy · Scale: big and varied · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score

IGDB rating

81 / 100

257 ratings

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About This Game

A Hat in Time is a cute-as-heck 3D platformer featuring a little girl who stitches hats for wicked powers! Freely explore giant worlds and recover Time Pieces to travel to new heights!

Summary: IGDB

Story

A Hat in Time is a colorful 3D platformer starring Hat Kid, a young alien girl journeying home aboard her spaceship. Her trip is derailed when a dispute with a passing planet's Mafia bursts open her ship's door, scattering her precious Time Pieces, the magical hourglasses that fuel her vessel, across the world below. Now stranded, Hat Kid must explore vibrant and varied lands to recover the lost Time Pieces one by one. Along the way she meets a cast of quirky characters and rivals, solving puzzles and leaping through obstacle-filled worlds in her quest to gather every last hourglass and...

Characteristics

Where this game sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast

FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal

DarkTONEWholesome

LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy

FantasyREALISMRealistic

SimpleINTRICACYIntricate

Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear

UnderstatedSTYLEStylised

IntimateSCALEEpic

RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Genres and themes

ActionAdventureFantasyMafia/gangsterMonster/alien/supernaturalVehiclesAll consuming questDeep rivalryFish out of water/culture clash

Keywords

Time travelSpaceshipFemale protagonistAction-adventureCuteSnowWall jumpSwimming

Where to play

Details

Developer: Gears for Breakfast
Publishers: Gears for Breakfast, Humble Games
Released: 5 October 2017
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Split screen
Perspective: First person, Third person
Time to beat: 13h normally, 36h complete
Age rating: PEGI 7
Taste scores: How we score
Source: IGDB

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