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Highrisers

Solar Powered Games · Assemble Entertainment · 2021-07-15

SteamGOG

AdventureIndieRPG

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jul 15, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

An Urban Survival RPG! Crafting, Exploring and Defending in a desolate metropolis haunted by the mysterious dreamers. Lead a team of 4 survivors through this urban desert of skyscrapers and high-rises, where the streets are crowded with the mutated victims of a strange disease.

Highrisers is an Adventure, Indie, and RPG game released in 2021, priced at $1.39, with an estimated 20,000 to 50,000 owners and a Mostly Negative sentiment (38% of 122 reviews).

0
playing now
38%
positive of 122 reviews
Mostly Negative
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$1.39
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 08:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 8 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 50% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (28 reviews).
  • · Top 37% of 28,771 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 2.4k–5.5k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 122 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$1.39-90%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.11 at Fanatical (2023-03-06) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $13.99 · on sale 104 of 137 observed days · $0.28 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
141420212026Week of 2021-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

002026-09-15 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 08:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$14.01$0.962021-04-212026-10-142021-04-21 — best price $11.892021-08-19 — best price $10.492021-10-12 — best price $13.992021-11-24 — best price $9.092022-01-05 — best price $13.992022-03-02 — best price $14.012022-04-30 — best price $4.152022-07-15 — best price $11.332022-08-20 — best price $13.992022-10-25 — best price $10.912022-12-13 — best price $10.912023-02-21 — best price $13.992023-04-17 — best price $1.232023-06-27 — best price $10.912023-08-26 — best price $1.392023-11-16 — best price $13.992024-01-05 — best price $13.992024-03-22 — best price $13.992024-05-10 — best price $1.402024-07-11 — best price $13.992024-09-09 — best price $1.392024-11-06 — best price $13.992024-12-13 — best price $1.402025-02-05 — best price $13.992025-04-04 — best price $0.972025-06-04 — best price $13.992025-07-25 — best price $0.972025-09-18 — best price $1.392025-11-10 — best price $9.892026-01-03 — best price $13.992026-02-24 — best price $13.992026-04-14 — best price $1.392026-06-02 — best price $13.992026-07-31 — best price $0.962026-09-06 — best price $1.392026-09-21 — best price $13.992026-10-06 — best price $1.392026-10-14 — best price $1.39
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing

5 supported languages: English, Russian, German, Korean, Japanese

Player tags

2DPvERPGIndieRetroSci-fiBuildingCraftingSurvivalOld School

Census log

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

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