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HIVE: Altenum Wars cover art

HIVE: Altenum Wars

Catness Game Studios · Making Port · 2018-05-02

SteamPlayStation Store

ActionIndie

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: May 01, 2018 (PlayStation 4), Sep 08, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Sep 08, 2017 (Mac)

HIVE is a multiplayer hero shooter in 2.5D side scroll with futuristic style and frenetic gameplay. Up to 10 players will have to fight in hexagon-shaped combat areas, divided into 6 zones, each one with Its own gravity direction.

HIVE: Altenum Wars is a $9.99 Action and Indie game released in 2018, with an estimated 20,000 .. 50,000 owners and a Mixed review sentiment (67% of 97 reviews).

0
playing now
67%
positive of 97 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
3.44★
PlayStation Store rating (249 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$9.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 00:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 5 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 150% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 39% of 27,912 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 2.4k–5.8k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 97 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.75 at GamersGate (2020-12-22)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 4 of 8 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
3320172026Week of 2017-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-16 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 12:00 — 1 players2026-10-01 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 16:00 — 0 players2026-10-15 00:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$9.99$0.752017-09-092026-08-172017-09-09 — best price $4.792018-05-09 — best price $9.992018-06-22 — best price $4.992018-07-18 — best price $4.002018-08-07 — best price $9.992018-10-11 — best price $9.992018-12-13 — best price $3.002019-12-20 — best price $1.502020-01-24 — best price $1.872020-06-25 — best price $1.992020-07-14 — best price $9.992020-11-03 — best price $9.992020-12-02 — best price $9.992021-02-03 — best price $3.992022-03-12 — best price $1.392022-12-06 — best price $1.492023-02-24 — best price $1.492023-04-06 — best price $1.492023-06-30 — best price $1.392023-10-19 — best price $1.492023-12-22 — best price $1.432024-02-22 — best price $1.502024-04-03 — best price $1.502024-06-28 — best price $1.502024-07-21 — best price $1.502024-07-28 — best price $1.502024-10-17 — best price $1.132024-12-17 — best price $9.992025-03-21 — best price $9.992025-07-11 — best price $9.992026-05-11 — best price $9.992026-08-17 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

27
achievements tracked
5%
earned "DUDE..."
4.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPShared/Split Screen PvPShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsStats

6 supported languages: English, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese, Russian, German, Portuguese - Portugal

Player tags

IndieActionShooterMultiplayerHero Shooter

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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