A Hat in Time
Released Oct 2017
A Hat in Time is a cute-as-heck 3D platformer featuring a little girl who stitches hats for wicked powers! Freely explore giant worlds and recover Time Pieces to travel to new heights!
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Released, but still in active development
Medium confidence
Active Development
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Steam $29.99
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Evaluation
A Hat in Time launched on October 5, 2017 and has received a steady stream of content ever since. The two paid content expansions — Seal the Deal (September 13, 2018) and Nyakuza Metro + Online Party (May 10, 2019) — were followed by the free Vanessa's Curse co-op DLC on November 27, 2021. All six DLC entries in the store are released with no unreleased items listed.
Beyond those expansions, Gears for Breakfast has maintained an ongoing pattern of free seasonal events. The most recent are the Summer Event 2025 (live from June 26, 2025) and the Winter Event 2025 (December 4, 2025), both of which added new challenges, rewards, and community-made content. A hotfix was issued on June 29, 2025 to address Summer Event issues, confirming the developer is actively maintaining the game as of that date — just one day before today's assessment date of June 28, 2026.
The developer has not announced any specific upcoming paid DLC, but the consistent annual cadence of seasonal events (summer and winter editions running across multiple years) and continued patches indicate the game is still actively supported. No statement from Gears for Breakfast suggests development has concluded.
Evidence
Winter Event 2025 launched, adding Death Wish challenges and double sticker drop rates in Vanessa's Curse
Summer Event 2025 launched with 100+ community-made levels, new rewards, and DirectX 12/Vulkan support
Content
6 of 6 released · no outstanding content
Media
Details
Developer
Publisher
Gears for Breakfast
Achievements
46
Platform
Windows
Controller
full support
Steam Deck
Verified
Players
Single-player · Multiplayer · Co-op · Local/Split Screen
About this game
A Hat in Time is a cute-as-heck 3D platformer featuring a little girl who stitches hats for wicked powers.
A little girl and her spaceship
In A Hat in Time you play as a tiny space-travelling girl with a big tophat. Her adventure is halted when all her fuel, the Time Pieces, is lost and scattered across a nearby planet. Hat Kid must now jump, fight and stitch new hats to make her way into every nook and cranny of this new world in order to restore her fuel and resume her journey. On her way, she'll bump into the menacing Mafia of Cooks, the goofy birds of Dead Bird Studio, the spooky shadows of Subcon Forest, and more!Murder on a train! Parades! Trespassing in a movie studio?
Every mission in A Hat in Time is unique! At one moment you'll be solving the Murder on the Owl Express by finding clues and interrogating the locals, the next moment you'll be the band marshal in The Big Parade, or sneaking through the bird-run Dead Bird Studio!Small child, giant worlds
Jump freely around in 5 massive worlds with new adventures to discover around every corner! Just like any child, Hat Kid loves to climb and explore, no mountain is too big for her sense of adventure. She can do multiple jump moves, as well as climb walls, and swing over gaps!Cute hats, magical yarn and snappy badges
By finding and collecting rare magical yarn, Hat Kid can stitch new cute hats with a variety of abilities, including a witch hat that allows her to cook explosive concoctions, and a wooden ghost mask that allows her to peek into other dimensions. Hats can become even more powerful, by attaching badges that are found, sold and traded by the locals!Community-funded, community-focused
A Hat in Time was successfully funded on Kickstarter, reaching nearly 10 times its goal! In order to celebrate our community, A Hat in Time is releasing with full modding and Steam Workshop support, an in-game screenshot mode, and more!Are these done yet?
Last evaluated Jun 28, 2026
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