A Short Hike
A Short Hike is an exploration adventure game set in Hawk Peak Provincial Park. Players control Claire, a young bird who sets out to reach the summit of Hawk Peak while waiting for an important phone call. The…
A Short Hike is an adventure developed by adamgryu, released 30 July 2019 on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Linux. The main story takes about 2.5 hrs to finish.
What A Short Hike is
A Short Hike is an adventure game developed by adamgryu and released in 2019. It is available on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unity 2021.
The premise, in the publisher's words
The main character is Claire, a young anthropomorphic bird who travels to Hawk Peak Provincial Park, where her Aunt May works as a ranger, to spend her days off. However, Claire cannot get cellphone reception unless she reaches the peak, and she is expecting an important call. For this reason, she decides to reach the highest point in the park.
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are fantasy and open world. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 12 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
A Short Hike holds a critic score of 78 out of 100. That places it above 59% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2019 averaged 69, so it scored 9 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 75, across 312 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 2.5 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 4 hrs, roughly 1.6 times the length of the critical path.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Intel or AMD Dual Core at 2 GHz or better, 2 GB RAM and Intel Graphics 4400 or better. At 2GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today.
What it launched against
A Short Hike launched on 30 July 2019, within three weeks of Fire Emblem: Three Houses, Remnant: From the Ashes, Wolfenstein: Youngblood and Dicey Dungeons. It reviewed better than 2 of the 4. It arrived 6 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Fire Emblem: Three Houses, Remnant: From the Ashes, Wolfenstein: Youngblood, Dicey Dungeons.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for A Short Hike yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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