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In Hourglass you can create a time-clone of yourself to solve challenging puzzles. You will play as Aywa, a young adventurer who is traveling to Egypt to find her missing father - an archeologist, who never returned from his latest expedition.

Hourglass is a puzzle, puzzle-platformer and first-person game developed and published by Cyberwave.
Released on October 22nd 2021 is available only on Windows in 11 languages: English, German, French, Italian, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, Russian, Traditional Chinese and Korean.

It has received 362 reviews of which 325 were positive and 37 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.3 out of 10. 😎

The game is currently priced at 17.99€ on Steam.


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Windows
  • OS *: Windows 7, Windows 8 or Windows 10
  • Processor: Intel or AMD Dual Core CPU
  • Memory: 8 GB RAM
  • Graphics: DirectX 10 Feature Level AMD or NVIDIA Card with 1 GB VRAM
  • Storage: 3 GB available space
  • Sound Card: TBD
  • Additional Notes: TBD

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Jan. 2025
A delightful and well-crafted puzzle game that introduces an intriguing time mechanic. While not overly long, taking around 5 hours to complete, the puzzles are cleverly designed and challenge your thinking in diverse ways. The calm and soothing atmosphere is a standout feature, ensuring a stress-free experience without any sense of being rushed. A fantastic choice for puzzle enthusiasts looking for a relaxing yet engaging game.
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Sept. 2024
Like a lot of games in its genre, it's a little on the shorter side, but it makes great use of its mechanics and has some really good puzzles. Definitely recommended.
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Aug. 2024
A cute and very well made puzzle-game! It's not that long, took me around 6 hours to complete, but the time mechanic presented is very intruiging and the thought up puzzles are nice and test your wits in a lot of different ways! The calm atmosphere is one of it's strong points and you never have really the feeling of being rushed.
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June 2024
A decent first-person puzzle adventure with unique copy mechanic. If Talos Principle had a small brother then this game would be it. Hourglass is a more bare bones approach to puzzle platforming with borrowed mechanics from Talos Principle and its Egyptian theme art-style. You can expect new puzzle mechanics and interactions throughout the game plus a gradually increasing difficulty towards the end. I got this game on sale and was worth the sale price. Overall, if you enjoy puzzle games then you should give this a try. [7.5/10]
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June 2024
Liked it, but DNF. The final levels in the third world are just too fiddly to be fun. They require exact timing planned many moves ahead and at some point this felt just like work. Buy it on sale.
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Hourglass
8.3
325
37
Online players
1
Developer
Cyberwave
Publisher
Cyberwave
Release 22 Oct 2021
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