BOOK OF HOURS on Steam - User reviews, Price & Information
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Restore a crumbling occult library by a winter sea. Build the world’s foremost collection of grimoires and arcana. Master the invisible arts. BOOK OF HOURS is a narrative crafting RPG set in a 1930s world of hidden gods and secret histories. What sort of Librarian will you choose to be?
BOOK OF HOURS is a rpg, card game and exploration game
developed and published by Weather Factory.
Released on August 17th 2023 is available on Windows, MacOS and Linux
in 4 languages: English, Russian, Simplified Chinese and Japanese.
It has received 4,356 reviews of which 3,690 were positive and 666 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.2 out of 10. 😎
The game is currently priced at 24.50€ on Steam, but you can find it for less on Gamivo.
The Steam community has classified BOOK OF HOURS into these genres:
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Windows
- OS: Windows 10 or later, 64-bit
- Processor: 2GHz or better
- Memory: 2 GB RAM
- Graphics: 4GB VRAM, 1600x1024 minimum resolution; integrated graphics cards will only work if post-2012
- DirectX: Version 11
- Storage: 5 GB available space
- Sound Card: DirectX 11 compatible
MacOS
- OS: MacOS 12 or later
- Processor: 2GHz or better
- Memory: 1 GB RAM
- Graphics: 4GB VRAM, 1600x1024 minimum resolution; integrated graphics cards will only work if post-2012
- Storage: 5 GB available space
- Sound Card: DirectX 11 compatible
Linux
- OS: Ubuntu 22.04, Ubuntu 24.04 (these are the standard Unity Player requirements; other distros may work; we test on Mint Cinnamon)
- Processor: 2GHz or better, x64 architecture with SSE2 instruction set support.
- Memory: 1 GB RAM
- Graphics: 4GB VRAM, 1600x1024 minimum resolution, OpenGL 3.2+, post-2012 integrated graphics
- Storage: 5 GB available space
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Book of Hours has become my obsession over the past few weeks, and that's all there really is to it. Before I start to wax poetic about why, I'll advise this in the short preamble: this game is for puzzlers, for readers, and for people who enjoy being confused but knowing that there's a solution to uncover. It's a slow burn. Like a candle, not even at both ends. The Book of Hours is a game that is crammed-packed full of lore, and if you have played any of a similar style of game (notably Cultist Simulator) then you'll have an idea of what you're in for. It's a many-layered onion. It's a game for would-be meta scientists (and probably real scientists, alike). It's a riddle whose only answer is a question. It's a game that does not spell it all out for you, at all, but if you can gather up your mensa-like knowledge of comparing symbols and your wicked grasp of the English language to solve some min-maxing brainiac stuff, then Book of Hours is for you. If you aren't familiar with this style of game, I'll try to explain. Time is a factor in Book of Hours. Time is a key factor in gameplay. It takes time to do things, and it takes time to find out what does what. In game, and from a practical sense, this translates in to "combining cards in to slots that accept them, waiting a bit, and finding out what that does". The Book of Hours, from a self-introductory standpoint, makes it fairly clear right up front and how you're going to progress through this game. I'll not spoil anything for you when I say that the first few hours of gameplay does not truly involve "the big house" at all. The first few hours of gameplay are the figurative steps required to learn the way the game engine works and the basic logic behind it. If you're perceptive, and the game hopes you are, you'll see that every card is an "idea" in game, is catalogued in a variety of ways, and are used in unique combinations at specific points. As the player, you're challenged with increasing your knowledge of the game systems to improve your situation in-game, which translates in to eventually accessing the "big house" (hereto refered as the Hush House, which it is aptly named), exploring the items left behind the ruined house, employing passers-by from the vilage below to help you access more of Hush House's rooms, and in turn, access the true, chewy center of the game - the books. You'll slowly find wrapped-up books that need uncovering and cataloguing. You'll need to read them using in-game systems, and you'll slowly learn skills. You can use those skills to improve your ability to do all of the prementioned actions in this review. There are, I'm not entirely sure, several dozens of unique skills? Each skill is so-named as they are unique combinations of sets of knowledge, which translate in to narrative lore about the nature of Hush House and its previous occupants. I have much to go and that's great. I've learned the systems so far and I'm getting closer, ever-so-precariously, in to a world of weird powers. I'm slowly turning in to Vincent Price in Edward Scissorhands. In this game I truly feel like I'm becoming Vincent Price in Edward Scissorhands, except there's no Edward Scissorhands.. but I'm growing this looming, eerie fortress of obscene knowledge and pushing concoctions on travelling minstrals untill they've become capable-beyond-human-ability to help me clear my root cellar. Ahh, what a game. I love this game. Did you like reading all of that stuff I just wrote? Do you like reading, period? Are you someone who would be just as happy to sit down with a book of puzzles, like Sodoku or a Crossword, or something like that, and be happy being "stumped"? Yeah? Do you also like dark-and-shadowy occult themes of varying descriptions? Yeah? Then get this game. Hey, did you just TL:DR this? This game is not for you. Be Vincent Price.
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One of my favorite games of all time. Exceptional writing. Brilliant gameplay. A truly unique experience. Cannot recommend it more. Stay as far away as possible from wikis, tips, or anything that tells you how to play.
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I talk about this game a lot. I shouldn't, yet here I am. I'm met often with blank stares and glazed eyes as I speak of the incredible fun I have walking sleepily in my dreams through a lonely library in a fantastical This game was meant for me. And also very much not meant for me. I will never truly understand what is going on. Its so cryptic and complex. I also will never read a wiki or other source of information because somehow that will ruin the fun for me. I see people call this niche, and it is; yet anyone can learn to love it I believe. So many games and a lot of other art forms in fact have this thing where when you play it or watch it for the first time (I'm looking at you Big Lebowski!) you just don't jive with it, but given enough time it seeps into you. Play this game. If you hate it, refund it. Then come back in 6 months and play it again. Repeat this until you too understand what make this so very special. I have 300 plus hours into this game, and i'm still learning more about it every time I play. I barely know why I am here drinking tea and looking across the ocean from this massive and wondrous library/castle/museum. On a side note, if you love this game and also love literature as a whole, there is a post somewhere that talks about the developers influences by listing a number of wonderful titles. "Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell" by Susanna Clarke was my favorite so far I wish I could write this more eloquently. What I want to say I can't put into words. And I'll never do justice to the absolutely masterful bits of writing that fill this game to the brim Buy it; do whatever you can to keep these developers working, I beg you. I have found my place in the world and it is here, amongst these strange and extraordinary games
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Game for people who love reading and spreadsheets (complimentary)
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Look I really think if you read one of the top negative reviews complaining about how the game doesn't tell you what or how to do anything, it might shy you away, and understandably so, but in my opinion, that part of the game is designed very very well. The game is much much less punishing in this regard than cultist simulator. I would say I am currently in the early midgame and once you exit the early game possibilities start opening up everywhere, there is so much more to look at and categorize and see. I have gotten through thus far without an external spreadsheet but I will start making my own probably pretty soon to start taking notes on where I see things. This game really does emulate what it is like trying to do research, to get incomplete data from multiple sources and pull them together. It is a point and click adventure game in some respects, but also not in others because it is far more non-linear than any other point and click I have played. The inventory management is not like most, where you have limited space, but about organization, and the game is very free with how you reorder and redecorate your house. I really find this game relaxing, fun, and engaging. If I find the late game annoying I will update my review, but definitely think if you think this is up your alley and liked cultist simulator to try this, or even try this if you found cultist simulator too roguelike or punishing for you.
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BOOK OF HOURS is currently priced at 24.50€ on Steam.
BOOK OF HOURS is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 24.50€ on Steam.
BOOK OF HOURS received 3,690 positive votes out of a total of 4,356 achieving a rating of 8.19.
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BOOK OF HOURS was developed and published by Weather Factory.
BOOK OF HOURS is playable and fully supported on Windows.
BOOK OF HOURS is playable and fully supported on MacOS.
BOOK OF HOURS is playable and fully supported on Linux.
BOOK OF HOURS is a single-player game.
There are 2 DLCs available for BOOK OF HOURS. Explore additional content available for BOOK OF HOURS on Steam.
BOOK OF HOURS does not support mods via Steam Workshop.
BOOK OF HOURS does not support Steam Remote Play.
BOOK OF HOURS is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.
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Developer
Weather Factory
Publisher
Weather Factory
Release
17 Aug 2023
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