hocus

perspective illusion puzzle based on M.C. Escher drawings and impossible shapes

hocus is a indie, casual and puzzle game developed by Yunus Ayyildiz and Sho Ohhira and published by Yunus Ayyildiz.
Released on November 18th 2015 is available in English on Windows and MacOS.

It has received 779 reviews of which 711 were positive and 68 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.6 out of 10. 😎

The game is currently priced at 0.99€ on Steam.

The Steam community has classified hocus into these genres:

Indie Casual Puzzle Minimalist Singleplayer Relaxing 2D Difficult Great Soundtrack Atmospheric Short

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Requirements

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Windows

OS *: Windows XP/Vista/7/8/10
Processor: Any
Memory: 512 MB RAM
Graphics: Any
Storage: 100 MB available space
Sound Card: Any

MacOS

OS: Mac OS X 10.7+
Processor: Core Due
Memory: 512 MB RAM
Graphics: Any
Storage: 100 MB available space
Sound Card: Any

Reviews

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Jan. 2025

Definitely a good, relaxing game for just a buck. The optical illusion puzzles are fun, though completing all 120 levels can get a bit repetitive. Still, it's worth buying for a chill, minimalist puzzle experience.

Nov. 2024

This game is pretty awesome I really enjoy it, especially for the price. Could definitely use a dark mode and audio level sliders though rather than only being able to toggle music on or off. Still definitely recommend, maybe avoid playing at night to save your retina.

Nov. 2024

I remember playing this game on my iPad so much when I was younger but the puzzles were too complicated for my child brain to understand. When I saw that it was on Steam I knew I had to get it immediately. It was definitely worth getting and finally beating all 120 levels.

Oct. 2024

This is a game I love to boot up when I'm tired or sick. It gives me something to do and relax with when I am unable to invest fully into a story or PvP.

Sept. 2024

Fun and cheap puzzler. Essentially a maze game, only the maze is a mobius tree (like a mobius strip, only with branching paths, all essentially on the same side) Probably somewhere between 5 and 10 hours to get most of the way through depending on how good you are. Currently past 75 at time of writing with decent puzzler experience. Definitely worth the 99 cents it sells for.

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Steam price	23 January 2025 12:46
Steam reviews	23 January 2025 08:04

0.99€

8.6

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Developer

Yunus Ayyildiz, Sho Ohhira

Publisher

Yunus Ayyildiz

Release 18 Nov 2015

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