Hard Times overview

Overview

Hard Times comes from Radical Fiction and is published by Radical Fiction. It arrived on Steam on Mar 30, 2020, and it sits naturally among Single-player and Family Sharing. SteamPulse tracks it across Windows, macOS, Linux, and Steam so readers get a quick useful snapshot, not just a wall of numbers.

Players and reviews

Hard Times's latest SteamPulse observation recorded 0 players at 22 September 2026 - 12:43:39 UTC, with a tracked peak near 2. This peak is the highest value in the available SteamPulse record and may not include activity before tracking began. Player reaction is 90% positive across 89 reviews.

Language and system requirements

Hard Times is available in 3 languages including:

3 regional rating boards including dejus, steam germany, and igrs

Sales, recommendations, and streams

Hard Times has sold up to 2,730 units and has recommendation data pending. The estimated VGI revenue is $1,848. On Twitch, 0 streamers are live with around 0 total watchers.

Hard Times overview details

Hard Times combines live player counts with reviews, pricing, platform support, Store metadata, dated player history, media, recent news, and related games.

Steam Store description

Hard Times is an extreme urban survival game where you have to put yourself into the shoes of a homeless man, taking on all the challenges that daily survival places in the great metropolis of indifference. You will have to look into junk, beg for money, escape corrupt policemen and citizens maniac about decorum. You will feel hunger and cold. You will suffer in the long rainy nights and be glad when you can get a decent meal. You will have to learn to build your own tools by yourself, craft and recycle objects to gain resources. You will make artifacts of all kinds, including furniture, work benchs, kitchens, beds, cardboard boxes, storage containers for your little treasures and much more. You will probably have to give up your innocence to survive. Small thefts and looting will become a gesture of self-preservation, beyond any moral judgment. You will know the thrill of introducing into an abandoned property to take possession of it. You can choose whether to become a squatter and build your base in the city, live in a homeless camp or move your stuff daily with a cart to sleep every night in a different place. You will be hunting for rats and fishing radioactive fish to cook them in the live fire of an old rusty bin. You will contract illnesses, use drugs and experience on your skin as cold and indifferent the great metropolis can be for those who live Hard Times.

SteamPulse editorial summary

Hard Times is listed as a game with Free to play. It supports Windows, macOS, and Linux, belongs to Single-player and Family Sharing, and is associated with Action, Indie, and Simulation. SteamPulse's latest observation records 0 players at 22 September 2026 - 12:43:39 UTC, a tracked peak of 2, and 90% positive reviews.

Overview tags

IndieSimulationActionSurvival2DSandboxEarly AccessGreat SoundtrackInventory ManagementCraftingAtmosphericSingleplayerManagementStrategyModdable

Content descriptors

This game is a street life simulator and can depict crude situations, swearing and illegal actions.

Support and legal notes

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