Hidden Through Time was a game I purchased in my latest Steam haul. Every review I read for this game was positive. I wanted a chill game to play during the week after I got off work. Hidden Through Time didn’t disappoint, as it was a well-made and challenging hidden objects game.

There isn’t an actual story to Hidden Through Time. There is a series of themed maps in history. In these maps, there is a list of objects to find. I was a perfectionist, meaning I wouldn’t move on to the next map until I located every single object. However, the next map unlocks after a certain quota of objects has been met. If I were truly stuck, I could move on to the next map without finding all the objects. As mentioned above, I didn’t do that because I was focused on completing each level before moving on.

This game interested my fiancé too. I would be playing this on our couch while he watched the news. He would look at my screen and help me find the objects. Hidden Through Time isn’t a two-player game, but now and then, my fiancé became intrigued and would help me locate the objects.

Hidden Through Time is a challenging game. Some of the levels went quicker, while some levels took at least forty-five minutes to complete. I never felt Hidden Through Time was too hard or that the objects were placed in a way where I would have never found them on my own. If I hover my mouse over the objects themselves, there are cleverly written hints pointing to where the object might be. The hints don’t give away the object’s location, but they gave me an idea as to where the object is.

As far as replayability, the levels can be replayed. There is an online version of Hidden Through Time where players have made their own maps. I played a couple of them. The online play is mostly positive. There was one castle map that took my fiancé and me forever to complete. Other maps were clearly made to be extremely easy. It added another hour or so of extra gameplay to play through the online maps.

Hidden Through Time is a game that helped me unwind after work. It served the purpose of being a game where I didn’t have to put all of my energy into playing. It was rewarding to find an object I was stuck on and couldn’t find. There is a Vikings DLC expansion to the game, probably including more maps. I would purchase this DLC in a heartbeat. Hidden Through Time is available for purchase on Steam.