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Highborn

Jet Set Games · 2013-02-19

Steam

CasualIndieStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jan 02, 2013 (Mac), Jan 02, 2013 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

This witty, wacky, turn-based strategy game is now available for Steam. In Highborn, you’re treated to a strategy game that offers an intelligent, tactical experience without the frenetic play of a traditional RTS.

67%
positive of 64 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
50/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$1.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 7 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 17% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 42% of 26,056 Casual games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 2.6k–5.1k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 64 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $1.99 at Steam (2016-12-23) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
4420132026Week of 2013-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2013-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2013-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2013-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2013-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2013-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2013-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2013-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2014-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2014-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2014-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2014-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2014-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2014-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2014-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2014-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2014-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2014-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerSteam AchievementsStatsFamily Sharing2 DLC

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2013-04-24, latest 2013-11-26 (Steam store data)

Player tags

IndieCasualStrategyTurn-BasedTurn-Based Strategy

Census log

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

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