1001 Hugs

1001 Hugs

Aigul Aubanova · 2019 · Free to Play, Casual, Action, Indie, Adventure

PC
Mostly Positive77% · 98
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About 1001 Hugs

1001 Hugs, version 2, has a new game story.
    Now you are in Elfland with a special mission to collect Christmas presents throughout 16 levels and bring them to Santa.
    To pass levels you need to open portals; to do that you hug 4 key elves, and in return they get a candy cane.
    But you have only 1001 candy canes. Elves try to stop you by making you lose them before you reach Santa!
Some elves just refuse to hug. You have to come up with a hugging strategy to get to Santa with gifts and leftover candy canes.
It's an adventure with lots of hugs, pitter patter of little feet, laughter and giggles, slamming doors, flying teddy bears, bursting water balloons, and slippery puddles!

New in this version:
+ Game story
+ 11 more beautiful and challenging levels
+ Features map with detailed game rules
+ Multiple achievements
+ Scoring and leaderboard
+ Character customization
+ Player's outfits, hats, teddy bear launchers, and packsacks

This free to play, kid friendly single player TPS requires concentration, teaches hand-eye coordination and memorizing color patterns.
It's made for children, their parents, and anyone who loves action, fun and laughter.
Be silly and enjoy hugs!

Please note: this game still contains collision bugs. We're still working on them.

SPECIAL THANKS and GRATITUDE to:
Unreal Engine and ThirdPersonShooterKit
Epic Games Store and their reative contributors
Mixamo.com
SteamCommunity.com
Tutorials: Unrealty Simon,Unreal Engine Rus,
Virtus Learning Hub and others
Answers.UnrealEngine.com: MadTurtleGGinin,Thompson13
Forum members: Ikav, Ego, and others
Designers: ProtonStudio, Tahira, DinVStudio
Level Designers: Pedro Gutierrez, Andrew Syrbu
Developers: Ivan Epifanov, Artur Dworaczek
Free music: Zagi2, Setuniman, Nesrality, and others
Bloggers: Bubble Knight, Fluffey Panda's world,
Catalysts Gaming, Rexy XOX, Gaming with Aditi,
Quiin Gaming, Manner, Affari Firdaus
Steam Reviewers: MtWooderSheep, illious, Armagdo,
Legend27, Newyearseve1971, and others
Kickstarter Backers: Mike Howdy, Barbara Nichols
Chief Editor: Victor Dull

1001 Hugs created in 2019
Updated October 2022

Credits:
Desert2 by PeriTune | http://peritune.com
Music promoted by https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/
Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/deed.en_US;
Wind Chimes, A.wav by InspectorJ (www.jshaw.co.uk) of Freesound.org

What Steam players say

Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.

Recommended Jul 11, 2024
8 found this helpful
Recommended Jun 19, 2024
good fun and easy to get achievements great for kids to play too
6 found this helpful
Not recommended Dec 30, 2025
I'm playing Steam games in alphabetical order and you can watch my review here: https://youtu.be/1U6B08y_arA Prefer to read? 1001 Hugs is a developers valiant attempt at making a non-violent third-person shooter for children, that ends up being accidentally incredibly uncomfortable by making the central gameplay mechanic revolve around bribing kids with candy in order to hug them. In the process of making a game that parents would want their children to play, they've managed to create a game that children wouldn't want to play. I could go on about how terrible the AI is, how the sprinting makes me feel motion sick, how bland the level design is, but realistically the only thing that needs to be mentioned to steer anyone else away that was still reading after the first sentence is that they added microtransactions for cosmetics.
4 found this helpful
Recommended Feb 20, 2026
INCREDIBLE I LOVE IT SO MUCH IT'S MY FAVORITE GAME EVER
1 found this helpful
Recommended Jul 28, 2026
holy ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ ♥♥♥♥ this changed my life i got a degree in hugging from this game im gonna kill my self
Recommended Nov 5, 2025
Игра '1001 Hugs' — это настоящий глоток свежего воздуха в мире казуальных игр. Ее очарование кроется в простоте и искренности. Идея собрать как можно больше объятий, перемещая милого персонажа по уютным локациям, подкупает с первых минут. Графика здесь не претендует на реализм, но обладает неповторимым шармом: мягкие пастельные тона, забавные анимации и приятная музыка создают атмосферу полного расслабления. Управление интуитивно понятное, так что разобраться сможет даже ребенок. Но не стоит недооценивать глубину: с каждым уровнем игра предлагает новые механики, головоломки и испытания, которые заставят вас немного пошевелить мозгами. Особенно радует отсутствие агрессии и напряжения, присущих многим современным играм. '1001 Hugs' — это про доброту, уют и маленькие радости. Она идеально подходит для того, чтобы отвлечься от суеты, снять стресс и просто получить дозу позитива. Настоятельно рекомендую всем, кто ищет что-то светлое и доброе!

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