How to Download The Excavation of Hob's Barrow

1. Click on the The Excavation of Hob's Barrow download button below.
2. Choose "Install" to install the game on the windows steam client.
3. Follow the on-screen prompts
4. Let it download the Full Version.
5. Once a game is downloaded, use the Windows Steam Client to play the game.

=== Download Game ====

Download for pc →

This guide describes how to use Steam Proton to play and run Windows games on your Linux computer. Some games may not work or may break because Steam Proton is still at a very early stage.

1. Activating Steam Proton for Linux:
Proton is integrated into the Steam Client with "Steam Play." To activate proton, go into your steam client and click on Steam in the upper right corner. Then click on settings to open a new window. From here, click on the Steam Play button at the bottom of the panel. Click "Enable Steam Play for Supported Titles."

Alternatively: Go to Steam > Settings > Steam Play and turn on the "Enable Steam Play for Supported Titles" option.

Valve has tested and fixed some Steam titles and you will now be able to play most of them. However, if you want to go further and play titles that even Valve hasn't tested, toggle the "Enable Steam Play for all titles" option.

2. Choose a version
You should use the Steam Proton version recommended by Steam: 3.7-8. This is the most stable version of Steam Proton at the moment.

3. Restart your Steam
After you have successfully activated Steam Proton, click "OK" and Steam will ask you to restart it for the changes to take effect. Restart it. Your computer will now play all of steam's whitelisted games seamlessly.

4. Launch Stardew Valley on Linux:
Before you can use Steam Proton, you must first download the Stardew Valley Windows game from Steam. When you download Stardew Valley for the first time, you will notice that the download size is slightly larger than the size of the game.
This happens because Steam will download your chosen Steam Proton version with this game as well. After the download is complete, simply click the "Play" button.

Windows Pc Requirements

Minimum:

• OS: Windows XP or higher
  
• Processor: Pentium or higher
  
• Memory: 1 GB RAM
  
• Graphics: 640x360, 32-bit colour: 700 Mhz system minimum
  
• DirectX: Version 5.2
  
• Storage: 2 GB available space
  
• Sound Card: Any

Recommended:

• OS: Windows 7,8,10, XP SP2
  
• Processor: 2.7 GHz Dual Core (and above, can run on single core)
  
• Memory: 2 GB RAM
  
• Graphics: Direct3D, OpenGL, DirectX 5
  
• Storage: 2 GB available space
  
• Sound Card: Any

Linux Requirements

Minimum:

• OS: Ubuntu, Debian, Arch - (64bit)
  
• Processor: 2.7 GHz
  
• Memory: 2 GB RAM
  
• Graphics: Open GL
  
• Storage: 2 GB available space
  
• Sound Card: Alsa/DSP/Pulse etc

Recommended:

• OS: Ubuntu, Debian, Arch - (64bit)
  
• Processor: 2.7 GHz
  
• Memory: 2 GB RAM
  
• Graphics: Open GL
  
• Storage: 2 GB available space
  
• Sound Card: Alsa/DSP/Pulse etc

Mac Requirements

Minimum:

• OS: macOS 10.11
  
• Processor: Any
  
• Graphics: 640x360, 700 Mhz system minimum
  
• Storage: 2 GB available space

Recommended:

• OS: macOS 10.11
  
• Graphics: 640x360, 700 Mhz system minimum
  
• Storage: 2 GB available space

The Excavation of Hob's Barrow is a folk horror narrative-driven adventure. Explore the isolated moors of rural Victorian England as you uncover the mysteries of Hob's Barrow. The answers lie in the soil...

Antiquarian Thomasina Bateman is writing a book on the barrows of England, documenting the treasures she finds buried within. When an intriguing letter summons her to the small village of Bewlay, tucked away in the remote countryside, she sets off by train with her assistant a day behind.

Upon her arrival, however, the mysterious man who summoned her is nowhere to be found. Her assistant never arrives. A stubborn landowner refuses access to the barrow, and the locals are wary of this woman who is traveling alone and (gasp!) wears trousers.

The excavation of Hob’s Barrow is off to a rocky start. And then Thomasina starts having strange dreams…

• A dark, complex and evolving storyline featuring interwoven elements from real English folklore.

• Traditional point and click adventure game puzzles and interactions, with an easy modern interface.

• A cast of intriguing characters, from suspicious villagers to sickly vicars to lordly landowners, all with their own unique stories and motives.

• A distinct folk horror tone and grounding.

• Evocative pixel-art graphics, featuring cut-scenes and engaging animations.

• A suitably atmospheric original soundtrack from The Machine. The Demon. - one half of the duo behind the award-winning "Football Game" soundtrack.

• Fiends in the furrows, the smell of damp soil, and a cat or two.

“Under those Constable skies and that endless drizzle, then, Hob's Barrow works a sneaky kind of magic. Dig in.”
Recommended – Eurogamer

“A pixel art, folk horror, point-and-click masterpiece.”
5/5 – The Mirror

“A beautifully dank, damp, gloomy folk horror.”
Rock Paper Shotgun