{"id":58672,"date":"2026-06-07T05:20:03","date_gmt":"2026-06-06T21:20:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=58672"},"modified":"2026-06-07T05:20:03","modified_gmt":"2026-06-06T21:20:03","slug":"hand-drawn-interactive-searching-game-hidden-folks-2-is-coming-next-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=58672","title":{"rendered":"Hand-Drawn Interactive Searching Game Hidden Folks 2 Is Coming Next Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"subtitle\">It\u2019ll be available for PC and mobile, and maybe Nintendo Switch down the line. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"slide-key image-holder gallery-image-holder credit-image-wrap lead-image-holder\" data-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2188936\/hand-drawn-interactive-searching-game-hidden-folks-2-is-coming-next-year\/\" data-post-title=\"Hand-drawn interactive searching game Hidden Folks 2 is coming next year\" data-slide-num=\"0\" data-post-id=\"2188936\">\n<picture id=\"pc0ed4057ae584c23a5424213a670940f\">&#13;<source media=\"(min-width: 429px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/img\/gallery\/hand-drawn-interactive-searching-game-hidden-folks-2-is-coming-next-year\/intro-1780772092.webp\" type=\"image\/webp\">&#13;<source media=\"(max-width: 428px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/img\/gallery\/hand-drawn-interactive-searching-game-hidden-folks-2-is-coming-next-year\/intro-1780772092.sm.webp\" type=\"image\/webp\">&#13;<br \/>\n                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"gallery-image \" src=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/img\/gallery\/hand-drawn-interactive-searching-game-hidden-folks-2-is-coming-next-year\/intro-1780772092.jpg\" data-slide-url=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2188936\/hand-drawn-interactive-searching-game-hidden-folks-2-is-coming-next-year\/\" data-post-id=\"2188936\" data-slide-num=\"0\" data-slide-title=\"Hand-drawn interactive searching game Hidden Folks 2 is coming next year: \" width=\"780\" height=\"438\" alt=\"A screenshot from Hidden Folks 2 showing a hand drawn scene with a ferris wheel and tiny people\"\/>&#13;<br \/>\n                    <\/source><\/source><\/picture>\n                    <span class=\"gallery-image-credit\">Hidden Folks BV<\/span>\n                    <\/div>\n<div class=\"columns-holder \">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">A sequel to the 2017 interactive hidden object game <em>Hidden Folks<\/em> is coming to PC and mobile in 2027. The developers released the trailer for <em>Hidden Folks 2<\/em> during Summer Game Fest&#8217;s Wholesome Direct showcase, revealing it&#8217;ll bring back the illustrated black-and-white art style and silly sounds that defined the first.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;True to the original, the game is all about exploring the little stories scattered throughout each landscape, without time limits or any pressure to score points,&#8221; the team wrote in a Steam post. &#8220;The sequel features completely new themes and areas, improved graphical quality, a second (not text!) clue for those in need, lots of new mouth-made sounds, and various quality-of-life improvements.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The team says it&#8217;s working to release <em>Hidden Folks 2<\/em> &#8220;in the first few months of 2027.&#8221; It&#8217;ll be available on Steam, itch.io, the App Store, the Google Play Store and possibly Nintendo Switch, &#8220;if there&#8217;s demand.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Hidden Folks 2 Announcement Trailer | Wholesome Direct 2026\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/iCFAvbl2AzI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<center><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2188936\/hand-drawn-interactive-searching-game-hidden-folks-2-is-coming-next-year\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><br \/>\n<center\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019ll be available for PC and mobile, and maybe Nintendo Switch down the line. &#13;&#13;&#13; &#13; Hidden Folks BV A sequel to the 2017 interactive&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":58674,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[613,12693,258,24300,3020,7826,999,791],"class_list":["post-58672","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tech-gadgets-reviews","tag-coming","tag-folks","tag-game","tag-handdrawn","tag-hidden","tag-interactive","tag-searching","tag-year","wpcat-32-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58672","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=58672"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58672\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/58674"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=58672"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=58672"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=58672"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}