Hourglass
Released Oct 2021
In Hourglass you can create a time-clone of yourself to solve challenging puzzles. You will play as Aywa, a young adventurer who is traveling to Egypt to find her missing father - an archeologist, who never returned from his latest expedition.
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All announced content has been released
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Evaluation
Hourglass launched on October 22, 2021 after 3.5 years of development. Following its release, the developer issued a single bug-fix patch on October 29, 2021 to address a crash. No post-launch expansions, DLC, or major content updates were ever released or announced for Hourglass itself.
By March and May 2023, the developer (Cyberwave) had moved on entirely, publicly announcing and then Kickstarting a new game called Solarpunk. There has been no communication about Hourglass since October 2021, apart from those Solarpunk announcements posted on the Hourglass news feed. The store description contains no language suggesting ongoing content or future updates, and there are no DLC listings of any kind.
Hourglass shipped as a complete, self-contained puzzle-adventure game. The developer has not indicated any plans to add further content, and no such content has materialized in the years since launch.
Evidence
Hourglass launched after 3.5 years of development. Launch announcement with no mention of planned post-launch content or updates.
Cyberwave's Solarpunk Kickstarter goes live. Last official communication on the Hourglass news feed; no Hourglass content discussed.
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Developer
Publisher
Cyberwave
Achievements
10
Platform
Windows
Controller
full support
Steam Deck
Verified
Players
Single-player
About this game
Pyramids are the tombs of the pharaohs. This is what most people believe. But more and more studies raise doubts about this thesis. Scientists found indications for ancient egypt being far more technologized than we can imagine. Hourglass is set in a scenario in which those assumptions are actually true..
Besides offering an ancient world to explore, Hourglass is mostly about solving various puzzles with a unique core-mechanic. Your ability allows you to record your actings for a certain amount of time. After that, time winds back to the beginning of the recording and a time-clone of yourself appears, repeating the actions.
On your adventure, you will have to use this ability in creative ways to get through various areas filled with difficult puzzles.
Your journey leads you to a remote temple where you encounter undiscovered egyptian technologies and portals to a foreign world. Only by unraveling the secrets of these long lost technologies, you are able to solve all puzzles on your quest and eventually find your father.
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Last evaluated Jun 25, 2026
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