Mom Hid My Game

• Title — Mom Hid My Game! • Developer — hap Inc. • Publisher — Kemco hap Inc. (mobile) • Programmer — Yuusaka Ishimoto • Series — Mom Hid My Game • Platforms — iOS Android Nintendo 3DS Nintendo Switch PlayStation 4 • Released — iOS/Android August 8, 2016Nintendo 3DS July 12, 2017December 21, 2017Nintendo Switch December 21, 2017PlayStation 4August 12, 2020 • Genre — Puzzle • Modes — Single-player • Illustration — Japanese version logo

The game features the player as a young boy looking for his video game console (which heavily resembles a Nintendo DS), which was hidden by his mother. The game console is found by solving puzzles, such as moving items to certain spots to be able to reach the console. In the Nintendo Switch release, a mode involving a man swinging around a pole was added. The minigame is presumably a reference to hap inc's older game Crazy Horizontal bar.

In an interview with The Verge in 2018, the game's developer, Yuusaku Ishimoto, stated that the game was inspired by manga, with each level being designed as if they were comic strips. In the same interview, Ishimoto stated that the game's characters were modeled after his childhood. Initially, the game was released as Hidden My Game By Mom for iOS and Android. The game was developed by a one man team created by Yuusaku Ishimoto, with a grammatically incorrect title being taken with a help of Google Translate. The publisher for the console versions pointed out that the translation was off, prompting Ishimoto to correct the mistake. The updated version was first showcased in a Nindies Showcase hosted by Nintendo on August 30, 2017. Later in early December 2017, the game was put on the Nintendo Switch eShop's "coming soon" list.