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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 3 languages: English, Russian and Simplified Chinese.
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:
System requirements
These are the minimum specifications needed to play the game. For the best experience, we recommend that you verify them.
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
User reviews & Ratings
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I picked up this game three or four times before I actually started getting into it, because the learning curve is quite high! I had to look up basic game mechanics, like what certain things meant and how to navigate. I guess they didn't want to spoonfeed, but just a few extra lines of instruction here and there might have made a big difference. That being said, it's really worth the time to figure out what is going on I think I like almost everything about this game. Here's a simple breakdown (that I didn't understand for ages lol)... you take over a giant old library/house in a tiny dreary town, and you have to navigate through the house to catalogue all the books. Unlocking new rooms requires help from others (travellers or a few townsfolk). When reading books and unlocking rooms, the basic system is matching aspects of your cards to the aspects of what you're trying to unlock/solve. There's different kinds of cards you can use for this, and they don't all work in every situation, so you've gotta peek around a lot. Everything has a big air of mystery and eerieness, but still whimsical and makes you feel relaxed. Pros: - Aforementioned vibes... whimsical, coastal, a little creepy, old-timey, gentle, maybe a bit of dark academia - Mechanics... once you get the hang of it, it's quite addicting trying to find ways to solve the books/rooms/etc Cons: - Learning curve - Bad controls... everything, including moving around aaaall the way across the village, is click and drag only. Cannot use WASD or arrow keys, and no controller support. Basically you must have a mouse and even then it's still not very accessible Overall, really think everyone should give this game a chance. Be prepared to think and read quite a bit, but it's worth it.
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I tried to order three shillings worth of ham and copper wire with Uzult, the ink in which the First History was written, and the game stopped me, chastised me and told me that this was improper use of an Ink that can alter reality and to go get a lesser ink lest I embarrass myself. 9/10, game has a lot of heart. The audio and visuals are impeccable. The whistling of wind atop the high spire, the creaking floorboards, the pattering of summer rain. You are comfortable, at Hush House. (Just don't linger in the depths) I do wish the UI was less clunky. Arranging books on bookshelves tends to take seconds longer than it should, and zooming in and out is a pattern that does not suit me. If you do play, keep a notebook on hand! Having a place to organise your thoughts, excitedly scrawl notes in the margin, and keep references as you pore over fresh lore is incredibly helpful. And the feeling of pen on paper is quite satisfying besides.
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Book of Hours is an exploration puzzle game about uncovering eldritch truth while sitting in a comfy chair by the fireplace. It is a relaxed version of Cultist Simulator, in which you don't have to be afraid of dying every 5 minutes and you actually keep the books you read. In fact, changes from CS to BoH is similar to how Sunless Sea transitioned to Sunless Sky. The game has way less RNG and grind than before, richer visually and gives more freedom to do what you want. It is still about managing timers and cooldowns, but there're a lot more sure ways to get the stuff you need. Closer to the endgame it may seem that your progression is throttled by RNG, but actually it is a mind trap created by relying on familiar methods. Now, the large portion of actually playing Book of Hours is figuring out what you can do and how, so telling about it in the review would defeat the whole point. This is why the review below may look like baby's first SCP article. Basic Concepts Every item in the game has stats and qualities assigned to them, allowing them to be used in certain context. Your soul cards represent both your stats, action points and what kind of approach you take when interacting with objects. On a basic level you interact with things through actions like "consider" and "speak". You can't speak to a book, but you can speak to someone about the book. Later you can find a variety of workstations that can be used in place of actions with greater efficiency at the cost of adding limitations. A surgeon's table isn't exactly a place to read a book, but can be used to dissect something. Musical instruments can create music, kitchen is a good place for cooking, etc. Reading Books You play as a newly appointed Librarian of the Hush House, an ancient repository of secret knowledge. Naturally, it is your job to know what all of the books in your possession are about. Reading books also allows you to do stuff described in them. Each book has a stat requirement that you need to match to understand its mystery. You do so by using your soul cards that match the stat. Successfully understanding the mystery rewards you with a memory, a fleeting crafting material that expires after a day. You can read the same book again to recall that memory. You also receive a lesson, a special kind of memory that you can keep for a long time, but can't recover on a second read. Lessons unlock and upgrade skills that can be used later for a variety of things. Some books also have additional qualities, like languages and curses. Librarian already knows languages like Latin and Greek, but some need to be learned from visitors. You don't have to remove a curse in order to read the book, but it is a good idea to do so. Personally, i would also recommend keeping notes about the stuff you read and what you get from each book. The game allows you to copy the text in any window by simply clicking it, so you could paste it somewhere else. Restoring the House The Hush House was abandoned for a long time. It is your job to restore it, which will take a bit more effort than just changing a few planks and repainting the walls. The Hush House was a lot of things in the past, not just a library for occult books. So restoring it is more like restoring an old SCP site, except you don't personally fight the monsters. To deal with all of the living mists, whispering shadows, sentient rays of light and other things you need assistance from nearby town. Like with books, each room requires you to match at least one stat needed to restore it. Whatever unfortunate soul you brought into the House has basic stats that you can enhance by talking to them. Use your soul to collaborate, complain about the weather or something you've read in the book, feed them, get them drunk, give them "instruments", and then send the poor fools to fight stains of screaming paint in the attic. After they are done, you permanently unlock the new room. As i mentioned before, restoring rooms deeper into the House becomes more challenging and requires higher stats to do each time. The town has a few permanent residents with low stats and a few more that come and go with seasons. Getting assistants with highest stats is tied to RNG. Additionally, the best memory you can get in early and mid game is also tied to RNG and the season. This means that unlocking rooms will require you to have: [*]the right RNG based season and weather; [*]the right RNG based assistant; [*]the right soul card available; [*]the right instrument; [*]the right drinks and food. All just to have a chance to unlock a SINGLE room. This was greatly improved after launch and with DLC, but it is still very easy to feel throttled by RNG. This issue is also compounded by how you increase your stats. Enriching the Soul Learning skills from books allows you to interact with the Tree of Wisdom. Assigning a learned skill to one of its branches gives you an additional soul card, depending on the discipline you chose and the skill. With more soul cards you can do more stuff per day. Later you can also evolve cards, trading quantity of cards for quality. Unfortunately, Tree of Wisdom is another pitfall that newer players fall into. See, evolving cards requires special workstations that only accept cards with certain stats. Which means that if you assigned a skill to a soul card that cannot be put together into a workstation, you've left yourself at a noticable disadvantage. It is not the end of the game, but it cannot be undone until a new run is started. Crafting Learning and upgrading skills and increasing your stats isn't just for reading. Many rooms in the House have special workstations that can be used to create stuff to help you with your duties. Each skill has a few recipes that require certain stats and materials. Knowledge of herbs allows you to make simple healing balms, ink brewing is used for mixing paints and inks. Higher recipes for metallurgy allow you to turn common metals into magic metals. Fleeting memories are transformed into stronger persistent memories, both of which can then be used for other things. Remember how you had to wait for the right weather to unlock a new room? Now you can just "recall" a forbidden secret and share it with your assistant. A crappy +1 to a stat from a saw? How about a creepy doll that gives +6? Have you tried my homebrew yet? It is made with wet dreams i've got from a 19th century erotic poem. Visitors and Affairs Being a Librarian isn't just about reading books yourself. It is also about lending books to people who actually need them. Sometimes something unusual will happen in the world and people will come to you for help. Periodically the game will draw a random Affair, an event happening in the greater world. Certain visitors associated with that Affair will come to you seeking knowledge. Giving them books with the right stats will reward you with special currency of the occult society, which you can use to receive favour from other visitors, like learning a new language. While visitors can teach you a new language, you can't actually teach them. If you don't have the right book on hand, you can offer visitors to stay, provided that you have the right bed. When the Affair is finished, it is added to the Tree of Wisdom, where you can decide the outcome by inviting the right visitors again, earning additional rewards. And i ran into the limit. There're a lot of things i didn't mention, like endings and the DLC stuff, but what is here should be enough.
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There's an old mod for Minecraft called Thaumcraft, which used to be one of the most popular mods of all time, and then stopped being updated to new versions of the game a few years back after the mod developer moved on to other things. Thaumcraft had INCREDIBLE ideas and was more innovative and creative than most AAA games I've played, to the point where it constantly felt like it wanted to be its own game, and was just held by the limitations of Minecraft. Book of Hours is the spiritual successor to Thaumcraft that I've dreamed of for half of a decade, and it has the incredible flair and aesthetics of Cultist Simulator, along with tons of polish and streamlining that Cultist Simulator lacked. For those who didn't play either of those games and have no clue what I'm talking about, Book of Hours is basically a game about stumbling into a house full of wizard powertools without any instruction manuals and trying to figure out how to do magic through trial and error. Every single object, even your own thoughts, can be broken down into the raw building blocks of what concepts that object represents, which you can then reconstruct into various recipes or studies. Things are explained to you occasionally, but usually the answers just lead to more confusion. 10/10 great game
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this is a game for people who get sexual thrill from editing spreadsheets. half of my gameplay has been spent adding information to a spreadsheet, editing information, reorganising information, sorting information, resorting information, and then doing it better in a different spreadsheet. very fun! the gameplay loop is either very fun and rewarding, or its purely exhausting. it entirely depends on the person. you will need to take notes. you will need to pay attention. elaborate, lush, thought-provoking writing that rewards the player that takes their time to make connections between occultist themes and hidden instructions. being a well-respected figure as the librarian of the hush house in the occult world of cultist simulator / book of hours is a refreshing change in pace from feeling hunted and persecuted the entire time in cultist simulator. the expansion house of light erases the worry you will run out of lessons in books to upgrade the skills you want. dont worry. it will all be okay even if you seriously mismanage your skills and the tree of wisdoms. you can come back from almost anything. if you have a goal of achievement hunting and getting all achievements in games, this will be a punishing experience for you. book of hours is not designed for that.
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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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