A Hat in Time is an adventure developed by Gears for Breakfast, released 5 October 2017 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4. The main story takes about 13 hrs to finish.
What A Hat in Time is
A Hat in Time is an adventure game developed by Gears for Breakfast and released in 2017. It is available on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unreal Engine 3.
The premise, in the publisher's words
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 finally continue her voyage.
How it plays
It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action and fantasy. It supports multiplayer and includes co-op. Local play supports 2 players. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer, Single player and Split screen. There are 46 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
A Hat in Time holds a critic score of 80 out of 100. That places it above 64% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2017 averaged 71, so it scored 9 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 81, across 257 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 13 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 35.8 hrs, roughly 2.8 times the length of the critical path.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for 3.0 GHz processor and 4 GB RAM. At 4GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 8GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it launched against
A Hat in Time launched on 5 October 2017, within three weeks of Cuphead, Assassin's Creed Origins, South Park: The Fractured But Whole and Middle-earth: Shadow of War. All of them reviewed better. It was a PlayStation 5 launch-window title.
Released around the same time: Cuphead, Assassin's Creed Origins, South Park: The Fractured But Whole, Middle-earth: Shadow of War.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for A Hat in Time yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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