Hilda and The Watercolors

Hilda and The Watercolors is a first-person exploration adventure video game developed by The Farm 51 and published by 505 Games. It was released for PlayStation 5, PlayStation 6, Xbox Series X/S, Xbox Cloud Hybrid, Steam Deck devices, Meta Quest, Amazon Luna, Windows, iOS, iPadOS, macOS, and Android.
It is the fourth game in the Hilda series, and it is an additional sequel to Hilda 2. Unlike previous entries of the series, the game makes a drastic turn from its predecessors, giving it a darker tone and and appealing to the evolved audience. The content in the game earned it an M for Mature rating from the ESRB due to Alcohol Reference, Language, Mild Violence, Nudity, Sexual Themes, and Use of Tobacco.
== Gameplay ==
Hilda and The Watercolors is a graphic adventure played from a first-person view. The player controls the protagonist, Hilda, as she is turned into a troll, to explore various locations in the fictional setting of a new location and communicate with non-playable characters through the conversation system based on dialogue trees.
Some sequences will have puzzle solving, if the player fails to solve a puzzle will have to try again. There are plenty of areas that have puzzles to solve, similar to Myst.
== Synopsis ==
The game takes place after Hilda 2. The story tells us how Johanna was becoming a better person and having a good relationship with Hilda again. A few years later, it is Hilda’s 14th birthday. To celebrate, Hilda and her friends start another journey, where suddenly, Hilda turns into a troll. Now she has to deal with a new adventure where she'll meet the water witches and know about the existence of the watercolors, stones of colors that had free control to the water and discover how they were corrupted by the "Aqua Devil". Now she must start a dangerous adventure where she will meet new friends and new locations.
== ESRB Mature Rating Decision ==
The decision of making Hilda and The Watercolors rated Mature is a mixed bag. It was questionable making the game rated M for Mature at first, but in worked out in the end. The nudity is only applied and shown on adults (Yes Hilda is naked when she turns back to normal, but it’s not explicitly shown), Hilda will not die but if the player fails the action they restart from the previous checkpoint, only having adults smoking like Bellkeeper, and other things was carefully applied while also making sure it stays true to the source material.
== Price ==
The game will be costing at 40 dollars on all platforms. The game will be free to download for Xbox Game Pass, PC Game Pass members, and PlayStation Plus members day-one. The game would also be available on Amazon Luna for 10 dollars a month while also being available for free for Amazon Prime members. Now with iPhones, iPads, and Macs, the game will also cost a full 40 dollars on those devices, similar to how much games like Resident Evil 8: Village, Resident Evil 4 Remake, and Death Stranding would cost on Apple devices like the iPhone 15 Pro and the newest iPad Pro.
== Steam Deck and Linux Compatibility ==
The game would also be both playable and verified on Valve's Steam Deck devices depending on which model you have. Every Steam Deck device use SteamOS which is based on Linux. Since the Steam Deck devices use Linux, many games on Windows will work with Linux using both Wine and Proton. Wine and Proton are compatibility layers that translates Windows games and applications to work on Linux, and they work flawlessly. Most of Windows games will work on Linux and on Steam Decks via Proton, so there won't be a version specifically for Linux because… Well… There’s no need for it.
== Apple Compatibility ==
The game on Apple devices uses 33 GB of storage. For installation, the recommendation would be having at least 44 GB of free space.
iPhone:
Requires iOS 19.0 or later and a device with the A17 Pro chip or later.
* iPhone 15 Pro
* iPhone 15 Pro Max
iPad:
Requires iPadOS 19.0 or later and a device with the M1 chip or later.
* iPad Pro (11-inch) (3rd generation)
* iPad Pro (11-inch) (3rd generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular
* iPad Pro (12.9-inch) (5th generation)
* iPad Pro (12.9-inch) (5th generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular
* iPad Air (5th generation)
* iPad Air (5th generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular
* iPad Pro (11-inch) (4th generation)
* iPad Pro (11-inch) (4th generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular
* iPad Pro (12.9-inch) (6th generation)
* iPad Pro (12.9-inch) (6th generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular
Mac:
Requires macOS 15.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
== Android compatibility ==
The game on Android devices requires Android 17 or later and uses 33 GB of storage. For installation, the recommendation would be having at least 44 GB of free space.
Samsung:
* Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra
* Samsung Galaxy Tab S9+
* Samsung Galaxy Tab S9 Ultra
* Samsung Galaxy Tab S10+
* Samsung Galaxy Tab S10 Ultra
Google:
* Google Pixel 10 Pro
OnePlus:
* OnePlus 12R
* OnePlus 12 Pro
* OnePlus 13
* OnePlus 13 Pro
Xiaomi:
* Xiaomi 14 Pro
* Xiaomi 14 Ultra
* Xiaomi 15 Pro
* Xiaomi 15 Ultra
* Xiaomi Civi 4 Pro
* Xiaomi Pad 6 Max 14
* Xiaomi Pad 6S Pro 12.4
* Xiaomi Pad 7 Max 14
* Xiaomi Pad 7S Pro 12.4
* Xiaomi MIX Fold 4
* Xiaomi MIX Fold 5
Other:
* Asus ROG Phone 7
* Asus ROG Phone 7 Ultimate
* Nothing Phone (3)
* Sony Xperia 1 V
* Motorola Edge 50 Pro
== System Requirements ==
Windows:
 	MINIMUM SPECS 	RECOMMENDED SPECS
OS 	Windows 10/Windows 11 with updates 	Windows 11 with updates
Processor 	Intel Core i7-6800K, AMD Ryzen 5 2600X 	Intel Core i7-10600K, AMD Ryzen 5 3600X
Memory 	16 GB RAM 	32 GB RAM
Graphics 	Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080, AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT	Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080, AMD Radeon RX 6800
DirectX 	Version 12 	Version 13
Storage 	70 GB available space 	70 GB available space
Additional Notes	SSD required 	SSD required
== Trivia ==
# This is the first game in the series that has an M for Mature rating from the ESRB and has mature content for the Hilda series itself.
# This is the first game to be cross-generation.
# The PC, iOS, iPadOS, macOS, and Android versions will have controller support.
# Physical releases will have a free new-gen upgrade available for those who puchased the previous-gen version.
# Physical releases will include bonus items.
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