A Hat in Time

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!

Verdict

Verdict coming soon: the jury is still reading

Buy, Wait, and Skip land in the next pass. Nothing on this card can be bought.

Player sentiment

Player sentiment is from Steam (PC) reviews.

All time

97.8%

53,529 reviews

12 months

96.5%

1,813 reviews

90 days

97%

467 reviews

30 days

98.5%

137 reviews

Stable+2.1 pts versus the previous 90 days

Review history

Bars are review volume. The line is the positive percentage. Periods under 10 reviews are faded.

What players are saying

Positive

Played this game years ago as a child when it first came out and it was really fun and wonderful, but due to my horrible shabby Macbook that couldn't even run properly, Steam never registered any of the achievements for me and the game always crashed when I tried fighting the Conductor/DJ Grooves every time. Now it's years later and with all the DLCs bought, I started a new save and genuinely 100%'d everything (even Death Wish) and replaying everything was so whimsical and amazing.
109h 43m played at review · 9 Sept 2026
I genuinely have never been more impressed by a game I've revisited. A Hat in Time was always, to me at least, one of the first noteworthy Indie games to me and one I remembered very fondly for how adorable it was. But goodness, having actually replayed it recently over the last two weeks-- it's more than just a fond memory. It's a genuine contender for best platformer I've played. I really can't do it much justice in words, I never anticipated to feel so much coming back to it. Some of it's nostalgia for happier days I'm sure, but there's a weight and a logic to way everything carries itself in this game. Moving and exploration feels so very purposeful, and the game respects your actions in the fantastic sound design and music. If you haven't given a try, do me a favor and try to next time it's on sale. And if you haven't played it at all really since release, please give it another go. I think you'll find yourself surprised by the passion of Gears for Breakfast.
31h 25m played at review · 8 Sept 2026
Overall, I do recommend this game. It's a combination of a 3D platformer similar to ones Nintendo made, but given its own mechanics and world. It is NOT perfect, but it's good enough for me to come back to multiple times. Cons: - Poorly optimized (especially the DLC areas) [although this could be my PC] - The platforming physics can sometimes feel irritating until you understand how you'll jump off stuff and what/what isn't grabbable. - There's not "really" a story? The characters in the game are fantastic but I wouldn't say they all connect to an overarching narrative besides for the final boss. Despite the above, still give this game a shot, steam has the refund window for a reason and two hours is more than enough to get past World 1.
54h 46m played at review · 13 Sept 2026
A Hat in time is an AMAZING, cute and wholesome 3D platformer game! :D This game took up a very large porportion of my childhood, im glad i got to play it for myself, worth every cent! ^_^
36h 1m played at review · 19 Sept 2026

Negative

I got bored. The movement is great! Until you are 6 hours deep and its more of the same, collect hourglasses. I wanted to play on controller, to sit back and enjoy the gameplay, as it feels like that type of game, but PS5 controller support isn't there, and the controls (especially the camera) - are significantly worse than playing on a m+kb. I also had a lot of occurrences where I got glitched under/in objects, for example during the toilet fight in act 3 (weirdest design for a boss btw) I kept getting stuck inside the big apple; it spawns with no way out if you are inside the spawning area (so instant death). The game feels like it hasn't had an update/bug fix since the game's release. Act 4 was also a little buggy, as the ziplines (that are the main focus of the free roam) were not being grappled to until I spammed the click button. What the game does succeeds on is its quirky story, charming characters and cool artstyle, which I enjoyed, but at a mechanics level, I got bored, and found myself not wanting to finish the game.
8h 52m played at review · 28 Sept 2026