Hitchhiker
Hitchhiker is a mystery game set along lost highways, where your goal is to solve the puzzle of your own backstory. As a hitchhiker with no memory or destination, you catch a series of rides across a strange…
Hitchhiker is an adventure developed by Mad about Pandas, released 26 March 2021 on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and iOS. It currently starts at $2.99 at GOG.
What Hitchhiker is
Hitchhiker is an adventure game developed by Mad about Pandas and released in 2021. It was published by Humble Bundle. It is available on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, iOS, Mac, Meta Quest 2 and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on FMOD.
The premise, in the publisher's words
You’re a hitchhiker on a strange journey, unable to remember who you are or where you’re headed. Something in your recent past has stolen your memory— but what? The highway offers clues: a matchbook hidden in your armrest, a photo in the glovebox, billboards and crows along the roadside. Your driver, a farmer, wants to help you, and his personal memories and recollections provide an unexpected window into your own backstory. So far, so good… until a chance slip-up exposes a pattern of deception, secret correspondences and cruel design. From there, the road is full of surprising turns that will challenge every assumption you’ve made along the way. To complete your journey, you’ll need to…
How it plays
It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are mystery. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
What it costs, and where
The cheapest verified price right now is $2.99 at GOG, 80% below its usual price.
What it launched against
Hitchhiker launched on 26 March 2021, within three weeks of It Takes Two, Disco Elysium: Final Cut, Disco Elysium: The Final Cut and Monster Hunter Rise. It arrived 8 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: It Takes Two, Disco Elysium: Final Cut, Disco Elysium: The Final Cut, Monster Hunter Rise.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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