H-Hour: World's Elite
Released Feb 2020
H-Hour: World's Elite™ is a TPV tactical, team-based multiplayer, military shooter in which cooperation among players is required for success on the battlefield. Designed by David Sears as a spiritual successor to the early SOCOM games.
60% positive · 1,085 reviews
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
Where to get it
Free on Steam
Evaluation
H-Hour: World's Elite launched out of Early Access on February 17, 2020, and received one final piece of paid content — the Weapon Skins Pack DLC — on May 11, 2020. After that, the studio ceased operations and asked Steam to remove the game from sale in September 2023, explicitly stating there were no plans for further updates or support.
On October 7, 2026, SOF Studios posted a new announcement confirming that the game has been re-released on Steam as a free-to-play title. However, the studio was explicit that this does not represent a return to active development: "There are no plans by the Studio to support or update this release." The studio noted that a third party approached them about making the game available again for free, and the community manages what servers remain active. All three DLC items (Soundtrack, Custom Workshop Maps, and Weapon Skins Pack) are released and no new content has been listed.
The game is content-complete. The October 7, 2026 post confirms this in unambiguous terms. The completion date remains May 11, 2020, when the last content shipped.
Evidence
Studio announces game is back on Steam as free-to-play, but explicitly states: 'There are no plans by the Studio to support or update this release.' Development remains finished.
Studio announced removal from Steam store effective September 29, 2023, citing failure to secure investors and costs exceeding revenue. Studio stated it was ceasing operations and ending all official support.
Content
3 of 3 released · no outstanding content
Media
Details
Developer
Publisher
SOF Studios Ltd
Achievements
60
Platform
Windows
Controller
full support
Steam Deck
Not rated
Players
Multiplayer
About this game
H-Hour: World's Elite™ (H-Hour) is a tactical, team-based multiplayer military shooter in which cooperation among players is required for success. Designed as a spiritual successor to the early SOCOM series, H-Hour is a one life game that encourages players to think strategically to avoid waiting in the dead pool until the round ends. The game uses a Third Person perspective to enhance the player's situational awareness and it rewards teamwork. A respawn mode is also offered to allow for player warmups and to help new players adjust before joining the more punishing one life game play.
All characters and locations are presented in a plausible, authentic manner. The game characters are inspired by real Special Operations Forces and the maps to simulate real world locations—repurposed and staged for battle.
All characters and locations are presented in a plausible, authentic manner. The game characters are inspired by real Special Operations Forces and the maps to simulate real world locations—repurposed and staged for battle.
Features:
- One life and respawn game play
- 6 official maps and free DLC pack of community maps (a mix of SOCOM recreations and original content)
- 6 game modes including Elimination, Demolition, Breach, Sabotage, Suppression and Hostage Extraction for play with up to 16 players
- 6 different characters with 4 camos each to select from
- 4 dance moves to celebrate your kills
- A variety of loadouts for weapons and equipment to carry on the battlefield
- Action system to pickup weapons, open/close doors, plant/defuse bombs, melee, and dance
- Guns hot activated when near enemy or on clicking right mouse fire button
- Pick up ammo and equipment dropped by teammates
- Ladder climb, Jump to climb & Vault on selected objects
- Hud and compass in game
- Spectate your teammates when dead
- In game menus for Team Actions, Options and Weapons Inventory selections
- Team VOIP & Text communication with channels defined for live and dead players
- Unique Ranking system
- MVP award at end of match
- Lobby entry into matches to allow for Armory access, team switching and options setting
- Game menus for Achievement, Player and Leaderboard stats tracking
- Team kill management system
- Multitude of anti-cheat tools including "Easy Anti-Cheat"
- Support for LAN, User Created Rooms & Dedicated Servers
- Servers support customizations such as weapon class or rank restrictions, allowing Vote to Kick, Friendly Fire, Proxy Chat, number of players and number of rounds per match, one life or respawn, game modes and map rotation, ranked or unranked play, password protection and admin functions.
- Custom tools for community map makers to create maps for addition to our DLC pack once approved
Are these done yet?
Last evaluated Oct 7, 2026
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