How many people are playing Hylics right now?

16 people are playing Hylics on Steam right now, making it the 6100th most played game on Steam. In the last 24 hours it peaked at 21 players. The number updates every few minutes.

What is Hylics's all-time peak player count?

Hylics's highest concurrent player count on Steam is 126, reached in January 2025.

Is Hylics good? What do Steam reviews say?

98% of 8,470 Steam user reviews are positive (Overwhelmingly Positive).

How much does Hylics cost on Steam?

Hylics costs $2.99 on Steam (US).

Does Hylics work on Steam Deck?

Hylics is Verified for Steam Deck, according to Valve's Steam Deck compatibility check.

Hylics

by Mason Lindroth · Released Oct 2, 2015

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Players now

#6,100

▲ 60.0%vs 24h ago · updates every minute

Review score

98% positive

Overwhelmingly Positive8,470 reviews

Owners (est.)200K–500K

24h peak

Highest seen126

Jan 20251.8 years ago

Price on Steam

$2.99

Lowest ever $2.99 Oct 2026

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Players +60.0% in the last 24 hoursUpdated 15:32 UTC · tracking since 2015-09-01

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Reviews

98% positive of 8,470 · Overwhelmingly Positive · Live from Steam

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Steam Deck

Works great on Steam Deck. Results from Valve's own testing.

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✓Default controller config fully functional
✓Interface text is legible
✓Default configuration is performant
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Patches & builds

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Nov 1, 2026, 6:18 AM UTC
Build 824255the current build when we started tracking175 MB on Windows

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Jan 18, 2023
I adore these Hylics secrets of handcrafted art and actual hands
I still say the Hylics games are some of the prettiest around, with their striking mix of claymation and video capture. So I'm delighted to realise that, unbeknowst to me, creator Mason Lindroth occasionally give behind-the-scenes peeks at props and animations…
Jun 22, 2020
Claymation RPG Hylics 2 is out now
Today has brought the launch of Hylics 2 , sequel to the 2015 RPG with the best spellcasting animations in the genre. Made with a mix of clay models and stop-motion animation, it is such a looker. Sounds great, too. I dig its whole surreal, psychedelic vibe. T…
Apr 15, 2019
Summer Games Done Quick 2019 announces June schedule
Time to pencil in another week of sick days and sleepless nights, as the competitors and games for this year’s Summer Games Done Quick have been announced, broadcasting from Bloomington, Minneapolis. The charity speedrunning marathon kicks off on 5pm BST…
Mar 31, 2018
Remembering Hylics, the surreal art RPG
'Can games be art' is a boring question. 'Can games be art galleries' is a much better one. The description seems to fit Hylics, which Mason Lindroth released in 2015. He called it "a recreational program with light RPG elements."…
Jan 17, 2018
Surreal claymation RPG Hylics 2 looks amazing
Mason Lindroth’s 2015 RPG Hylics is a game I want people to see. I want you to warm you eyes with its surreal and meaty clay-ish world, fill you ears with its warbling guitar, tingle your brain with its frozen burritos and ablative holopleather, move you…
May 6, 2016
Make Something Surreal With VA DA
Hylics is a surreal and beautiful game, a gentle JRPG built of clay, stop-motion photography, drawn animation, and… you know, I’m not even sure. It’s silly and funny and occasionally gruesome (your plasticine head disintegrating when you die …

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History

What changed on Steam for this game since we started following it: prices and sales, builds, name, release date and review score.

Review score: 98% on 2026-11-01 → 98% today (8,470 reviews)

Oct 31, 2026Price$2.99

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Hylics player count and quick facts

How many people are playing Hylics right now?: 16 people are playing Hylics on Steam right now, making it the 6100th most played game on Steam. In the last 24 hours it peaked at 21 players. The number updates every few minutes.
What is Hylics's all-time peak player count?: Hylics's highest concurrent player count on Steam is 126, reached in January 2025.
Is Hylics good? What do Steam reviews say?: 98% of 8,470 Steam user reviews are positive (Overwhelmingly Positive).
How much does Hylics cost on Steam?: Hylics costs $2.99 on Steam (US).
Does Hylics work on Steam Deck?: Hylics is Verified for Steam Deck, according to Valve's Steam Deck compatibility check.

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