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A Highland Song cover art

A Highland Song

inkle Ltd · 2023-12-05

Steam

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Dec 05, 2023 (Nintendo Switch), Dec 05, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Dec 05, 2023 (Mac)

Moira McKinnon is running away. A wild adventure through the Scottish Highlands, with open platforming and dynamic storytelling, maps and music. From the creators of Heaven's Vault and 80 Days.

A Highland Song is a $17.99 Adventure and Indie game released in 2023, with an estimated 20,000 .. 50,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (87% of 686 reviews).

4
playing now
87%
positive of 686 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
81/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$17.99
steam price (US)

4 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 21:00 UTC (census sample)

A Highland Song is an adventure game by Inkle. It was released for Microsoft Windows and Nintendo Switch on 5 December 2023.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 4 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 91 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~11/week).
  • · Review velocity up 57% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 16% of 28,771 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 14k–31k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 686 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $5.39 at Steam (2026-05-30) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $17.99 · on sale 7 of 14 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
15515520232026Week of 2023-12-01: 155 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

702026-09-15 06:00 — 1 players2026-09-16 15:00 — 2 players2026-09-17 22:00 — 2 players2026-09-19 06:00 — 1 players2026-09-20 13:00 — 1 players2026-09-21 21:00 — 1 players2026-09-23 05:00 — 1 players2026-09-24 12:00 — 1 players2026-09-25 20:00 — 1 players2026-09-27 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 18:00 — 4 players2026-10-01 02:00 — 2 players2026-10-02 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 17:00 — 3 players2026-10-05 01:00 — 2 players2026-10-06 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 16:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 23:00 — 1 players2026-10-10 07:00 — 2 players2026-10-11 14:00 — 4 players2026-10-12 22:00 — 3 players2026-10-14 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 21:00 — 4 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
232Dec 2023Aug 2026Dec 2023 — avg 23 · peak 68Jan 2024 — avg 8 · peak 26Feb 2024 — avg 6 · peak 21Mar 2024 — avg 6 · peak 19Apr 2024 — avg 3 · peak 9May 2024 — avg 6 · peak 25Jun 2024 — avg 3 · peak 10Jul 2024 — avg 5 · peak 15Aug 2024 — avg 4 · peak 13Sep 2024 — avg 5 · peak 16Oct 2024 — avg 3 · peak 8Nov 2024 — avg 4 · peak 18Dec 2024 — avg 4 · peak 16Jan 2025 — avg 4 · peak 19Apr 2025 — avg 2 · peak 7May 2025 — avg 3 · peak 12Jun 2025 — avg 3 · peak 10Jul 2025 — avg 3 · peak 16Aug 2025 — avg 3 · peak 11Oct 2025 — avg 2 · peak 10Dec 2025 — avg 3 · peak 10Jun 2026 — avg 8 · peak 28Jul 2026 — avg 4 · peak 12Aug 2026 — avg 3 · peak 9
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$17.99$5.392023-12-052026-08-062023-12-05 — best price $16.192024-01-29 — best price $15.292024-03-14 — best price $14.392024-05-08 — best price $17.992024-05-16 — best price $12.592024-06-27 — best price $12.592024-07-18 — best price $11.692024-07-25 — best price $17.992024-08-26 — best price $17.992024-11-11 — best price $17.992024-12-04 — best price $17.992025-01-02 — best price $17.992025-02-20 — best price $17.992025-03-20 — best price $17.992025-05-08 — best price $17.992025-07-10 — best price $17.992025-08-14 — best price $17.992025-10-06 — best price $17.992025-12-02 — best price $17.992026-01-05 — best price $17.992026-03-18 — best price $17.992026-03-26 — best price $17.992026-06-13 — best price $17.992026-07-09 — best price $17.992026-08-06 — best price $17.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

4022026-05-31 — 40 pageviews2026-06-04 — 9 pageviews2026-06-08 — 11 pageviews2026-06-12 — 25 pageviews2026-06-16 — 16 pageviews2026-06-20 — 3 pageviews2026-06-24 — 11 pageviews2026-06-28 — 10 pageviews2026-07-02 — 7 pageviews2026-07-06 — 11 pageviews2026-07-10 — 8 pageviews2026-07-14 — 7 pageviews2026-07-18 — 9 pageviews2026-07-22 — 19 pageviews2026-07-26 — 9 pageviews2026-07-30 — 12 pageviews2026-08-03 — 9 pageviews2026-08-07 — 12 pageviews2026-08-11 — 15 pageviews2026-08-15 — 11 pageviews2026-08-19 — 17 pageviews2026-08-23 — 10 pageviews2026-08-27 — 11 pageviews2026-08-31 — 15 pageviews2026-09-04 — 6 pageviews2026-09-08 — 22 pageviews2026-09-12 — 2 pageviews2026-09-16 — 29 pageviews2026-09-20 — 11 pageviews2026-09-24 — 11 pageviews2026-09-28 — 9 pageviews2026-10-02 — 9 pageviews2026-10-06 — 15 pageviews2026-10-10 — 8 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

36
achievements tracked
94.1%
earned "Finder"
10.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2023-12-05 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)7293%36
Switch (Nintendo)430%0

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

2DNatureAdventureNarrationHand-drawnPlatformerStory RichAtmosphericExplorationSingleplayer

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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Similarity via IGDB.

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