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HIVESWAP: ACT 1 cover art

HIVESWAP: ACT 1

What Pumpkin Games, Inc. · 2017-09-14

SteamGOG

AdventureIndieRPG

Franchise: Homestuck · Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Sep 14, 2017 (Linux), Sep 14, 2017 (Mac), Sep 14, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

A hand-drawn tribute to hilarious '90s adventure games (with none of the accompanying frustration). Play as Joey Claire, a puzzle-solving teen snatched out of her time (1994) and place (Earth) and stranded on a hostile alien planet on the brink of rebellion.

HIVESWAP: ACT 1 is an Adventure, Indie and RPG game released in 2017, priced at $7.99, with an estimated 200,000 .. 500,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (92% of 4053 reviews).

2
playing now
92%
positive of 4.1k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
75/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
98/100
IGDB user rating (22 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$7.99
steam price (US)

2 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 13:00 UTC (census sample)

Hiveswap is a 2017 episodic adventure game developed by What Pumpkin Games and overseen by Andrew Hussie and Cohen Edenfield. Based in the universe of Hussie's MS Paint Adventures webcomic Homestuck, it focuses on a girl, Joey Claire, who is accidentally transported to the planet of Alternia—home of the troll species seen in Homestuck.

Trailer

HIVESWAP: ACT 1 trailer thumbnail

HIVESWAP: ACT 1 LAUNCH TRAILER

≈43,291 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 2 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 85 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~11/week).
  • · Review velocity up 12% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 6% of 28,771 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 101k–243k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 4,052 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$7.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.00 at Fanatical (2022-03-05) · bundled 6×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $7.99 · on sale 3 of 56 observed days · $6.99 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
949420182026Week of 2018-01-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1912026-09-15 14:00 — 1 players2026-09-16 22:00 — 6 players2026-09-18 05:00 — 4 players2026-09-19 13:00 — 4 players2026-09-20 20:00 — 2 players2026-09-22 04:00 — 6 players2026-09-23 12:00 — 1 players2026-09-24 19:00 — 5 players2026-09-26 03:00 — 6 players2026-09-27 10:00 — 1 players2026-09-28 18:00 — 5 players2026-09-30 01:00 — 5 players2026-10-01 09:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 16:00 — 14 players2026-10-04 00:00 — 14 players2026-10-05 08:00 — 5 players2026-10-06 15:00 — 9 players2026-10-07 23:00 — 18 players2026-10-09 06:00 — 5 players2026-10-10 14:00 — 9 players2026-10-11 22:00 — 12 players2026-10-13 05:00 — 4 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
3142Sep 2017Jul 2026Sep 2017 — avg 314 · peak 4,718Dec 2017 — avg 31 · peak 130Mar 2018 — avg 20 · peak 48Jun 2018 — avg 15 · peak 41Sep 2018 — avg 7 · peak 21Dec 2018 — avg 11 · peak 32Mar 2019 — avg 5 · peak 16Jun 2019 — avg 5 · peak 19Sep 2019 — avg 18 · peak 64Dec 2019 — avg 8 · peak 23Mar 2020 — avg 5 · peak 15Jun 2020 — avg 7 · peak 18Sep 2020 — avg 4 · peak 14Dec 2020 — avg 12 · peak 47Mar 2021 — avg 4 · peak 13Jun 2021 — avg 4 · peak 14Sep 2021 — avg 2 · peak 7Dec 2021 — avg 4 · peak 20Mar 2022 — avg 3 · peak 9Jun 2022 — avg 3 · peak 10Sep 2022 — avg 2 · peak 8Dec 2022 — avg 4 · peak 16Mar 2023 — avg 3 · peak 12Jun 2023 — avg 2 · peak 10Sep 2023 — avg 2 · peak 6Dec 2023 — avg 3 · peak 12Mar 2024 — avg 2 · peak 6Jun 2024 — avg 2 · peak 6Sep 2024 — avg 2 · peak 8Apr 2025 — avg 2 · peak 11Aug 2025 — avg 3 · peak 9Nov 2025 — avg 3 · peak 10Feb 2026 — avg 3 · peak 9Jul 2026 — avg 4 · peak 12
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$7.99$1.192017-09-142026-10-142017-09-14 — best price $7.992018-01-04 — best price $7.992018-04-20 — best price $7.992018-07-05 — best price $7.992018-09-21 — best price $3.092018-12-13 — best price $3.992019-01-25 — best price $7.992019-06-26 — best price $3.992019-09-30 — best price $3.992019-11-21 — best price $3.192019-12-10 — best price $7.992020-01-13 — best price $3.192020-02-08 — best price $7.992020-03-09 — best price $3.192020-04-08 — best price $7.992020-05-06 — best price $3.992020-05-25 — best price $7.992020-07-14 — best price $7.992020-12-01 — best price $7.992021-03-01 — best price $7.992021-06-30 — best price $3.992021-11-01 — best price $7.992022-01-05 — best price $7.992022-03-12 — best price $7.992023-03-16 — best price $2.392024-12-19 — best price $1.992025-12-18 — best price $1.192026-08-26 — best price $7.992026-09-01 — best price $7.992026-09-07 — best price $7.992026-09-13 — best price $7.992026-09-19 — best price $7.992026-09-25 — best price $7.992026-10-01 — best price $7.992026-10-07 — best price $7.992026-10-13 — best price $7.992026-10-14 — best price $7.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

258512026-06-02 — 61 pageviews2026-06-06 — 89 pageviews2026-06-10 — 107 pageviews2026-06-14 — 78 pageviews2026-06-18 — 51 pageviews2026-06-22 — 75 pageviews2026-06-26 — 151 pageviews2026-06-30 — 139 pageviews2026-07-04 — 175 pageviews2026-07-08 — 142 pageviews2026-07-12 — 135 pageviews2026-07-16 — 104 pageviews2026-07-20 — 158 pageviews2026-07-24 — 135 pageviews2026-07-28 — 135 pageviews2026-08-01 — 111 pageviews2026-08-05 — 119 pageviews2026-08-09 — 125 pageviews2026-08-13 — 115 pageviews2026-08-17 — 100 pageviews2026-08-21 — 143 pageviews2026-08-25 — 118 pageviews2026-08-29 — 125 pageviews2026-09-02 — 95 pageviews2026-09-06 — 143 pageviews2026-09-10 — 112 pageviews2026-09-14 — 197 pageviews2026-09-18 — 116 pageviews2026-09-22 — 97 pageviews2026-09-26 — 106 pageviews2026-09-30 — 78 pageviews2026-10-04 — 80 pageviews2026-10-08 — 258 pageviews2026-10-11 — 109 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

44
achievements tracked
70.7%
earned ">OVER? BUT WE JUST STARTED!"
40.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsFamily Sharing1 DLC

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2017-09-14 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)4,2460%44

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

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

2DRPGCuteIndieMemesAliensPuzzleAdventureStory RichAtmospheric

Census log

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

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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