Hidden Through Time

Hidden Through Time is a hand-drawn hidden object game from Belgian studio Rogueside. In busy scenes, players use short hints to search for people, animals and objects. Interactive details and small animations make each card a standalone search puzzle. Besides the ready-made pictures, you can create your own levels and share them with others.

Hidden Through Time was released in March 2020. For PlayStation 4, March 11 is listed; for PC, Nintendo Switch and Xbox One, March 12. The versions for iPhone, iPad and Android, also released natively, are part of the original cross-platform release concept. Later, additional theme worlds were added as downloadable card packs.

The hidden object game was released natively for Windows and macOS (PC), PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, iOS and Android. The PlayStation 4 version can partly be played on PS5, and the Xbox One version runs on newer Xbox consoles via backward compatibility. This does not mean a standalone native PS5 or Xbox Series release. You can share your own images through community features, provided the platform supports it.

Hand-drawn scenes are full of hidden people, animals and objects. Short hints help with the search, while animations and interactive objects open up new hiding spots. Find enough items and the next card unlocks. The campaign covers four historical eras.

Five additional card packs are available: Viking Tales, Legends of Japan, Road to Rome, Aztec Rituals and Pirate Treasures. They add more eras and themes to the hidden object scenes. The Complete Edition includes the main game and expansions, but is not a standalone sequel.

On Windows, Steam lists at least 64-bit, 4 GB RAM, GeForce GT 430 or Radeon HD 5570, DirectX 9 and 500 MB of space. The game itself still lists Windows 7 as the minimum version, but since 2024 the Steam client only supports Windows 10 and newer. For macOS, Steam lists at least OS X 10.11, an Intel Core i5-4570, 4 GB RAM and 500 MB of storage.

The built-in editor lets you create your own hidden object scenes from characters, objects and buildings. Players can share maps online, play other people's creations and rate them. The community library expands the available puzzles beyond the prepared campaign.

Hidden Through Time is a single-player game. PlayStation and Nintendo each list one player. The online features are for sharing self-made hidden object scenes, not a cooperative multiplayer mode.