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As space-traveling Hat Kid, platform across a quirky planet, craft ability-granting hats, and recover lost Time Pieces.
Released 05 Oct 2017
Solve a Train Murder
Stitch Ability Hats
Sneak Through Film Studios
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!
Developed by Gears for Breakfast · Published by Gears for Breakfast
Hat Kid’s journey home is interrupted when her spaceship’s Time Pieces—the fuel for her trip—are scattered across a nearby planet. As she searches for them, she encounters places and characters including the Mafia of Cooks, rival birds at a film studio, and the shadows of Subcon Forest.
Explore large worlds by jumping, climbing walls, and swinging across gaps, while taking on missions with different setups. You might investigate a murder on a train by finding clues and questioning locals, lead a parade, or sneak through a bird-run movie studio.
Collect magical yarn to stitch hats that grant abilities, such as making explosive concoctions or peeking into other dimensions. Badges found, bought, or traded with locals can enhance hats, while recovering Time Pieces advances Hat Kid’s effort to restore her fuel and continue her journey.
In this helpfulness-selected sample, players often praise the responsive platforming and satisfying movement, varied worlds to explore, and the game’s humor, characters, and music. Some also highlight the hat abilities, replay value, and community-made content. Criticism most often focuses on camera behavior, with some players also reporting performance problems or finding optional high-difficulty challenges frustrating.
| Platforms | Windows |
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| Achievements | 46 |
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| Players | 1–50 |
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| Multiplayer | A Hat in Time supports single-player and local shared/split-screen co-op. Reviews also indicate online multiplayer exists on PC via the Online Party feature tied to DLC, and that it supports large online groups. The provided official store features do not state online multiplayer directly, but they do confirm shared/split-screen co-op and Remote Play Together. |
| Multiplayer & mods | The game has full modding and Steam Workshop support, including custom levels, campaigns, characters, hats, badges, and maps. Reviews state mods can be used while playing with others, including online multiplayer on PC and community levels. |
| Controller support | Xbox |
| Controller required | No |
| DLC / extras | 6 listed on Steam |
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| Metacritic | 79/100 View on Metacritic |
| Website | Official website |
