Fit check
Is The Hole Story worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- Puzzle-adventure players who want exploration centered on digging for clues
- RPG fans who prefer a compact sequence of 15 structured challenges
- Players who enjoy replaying riddles with changing clue and item locations
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players seeking combat-heavy RPG systems instead of puzzle solving and exploration
- Players who prefer a large, open-ended adventure instead of 15 progressively harder challenges
- Players looking for management, survival crafting, or town-healing gameplay
Our take on The Hole Story
The changing locations of clues and items add variation between playthroughs, but the focus on riddles and a fixed set of 15 challenges limits the emphasis on broader RPG systems and extended exploration.
What is The Hole Story?
Play as Wendy, a young archaeologist transported through a backyard portal into a mystical land.
To return home, she must rescue Alonna, a missing princess, by exploring the world, digging with her shovel, and solving riddles. This top-down RPG fantasy adventure contains 15 challenges that grow more difficult. Along the way, Wendy encounters humorous characters, discovers secret levels, earns experience, and spends it on character customization and gear upgrades. The locations of clues and items are randomized, so playthroughs can present different discoveries. The game was created by a group of young female designers and won the Grand Prize at the inaugural Girls Make Games Demo Day.
How The Hole Story plays
- 01Digging-Based Investigation
- Wendy uses her shovel to uncover clues and progress through the world.
- 02Fifteen Challenges
- The adventure includes 15 puzzles that become progressively harder.
- 03Randomized Discoveries
- Clue and item locations vary between playthroughs.
- 04Character Progression
- Experience can be used for player customization and gear upgrades.
- 05Secret Levels
- Exploration can reveal hidden areas in addition to the main challenges.
The Hole Story compared to similar games
The Hole Story focuses on digging for clues, solving puzzles, and progressing through 15 increasingly difficult challenges. Hero of the Kingdom presents a calm adventuring RPG with no time pressure, while Potion Permit centers on treating illness in a town through its healer-focused gameplay. Bear and Breakfast instead uses management gameplay about operating a woodland bed-and-breakfast.
The Hole Story: platforms & release
Is The Hole Story worth it?
It is worth it if: puzzle-adventure players who want exploration centered on digging for clues. Skip it if: players seeking combat-heavy RPG systems instead of puzzle solving and exploration.
Where can I download The Hole Story?
Use the Download Now button on this page: it opens The Hole Story's store page, where you can choose how to get it.
What platforms is The Hole Story on?
Windows and macOS.
