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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

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).

3
playing now
92%
positive of 4.1k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
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)
$7.99
steam price (US)

3 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 03:00 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.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 3 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 14% of 11,312 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 101k–243k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 4,053 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 4 of 13 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

802026-08-06 23:00 — 2 players2026-08-07 07:00 — 1 players2026-08-07 15:00 — 4 players2026-08-07 23:00 — 5 players2026-08-08 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-08 15:00 — 1 players2026-08-08 23:00 — 3 players2026-08-09 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-09 15:00 — 3 players2026-08-09 23:00 — 1 players2026-08-10 07:00 — 2 players2026-08-10 16:00 — 2 players2026-08-11 00:00 — 1 players2026-08-11 11:00 — 1 players2026-08-12 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 14:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 22:00 — 1 players2026-08-16 06:00 — 2 players2026-08-17 13:00 — 2 players2026-08-18 21:00 — 8 players2026-08-20 04:00 — 1 players2026-08-21 12:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 20:00 — 1 players2026-08-24 03:00 — 1 players2026-08-25 11:00 — 1 players2026-08-26 19:00 — 6 players2026-08-28 03:00 — 1 players2026-08-29 11:00 — 0 players2026-08-30 03:00 — 3 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$7.99$1.002017-09-142026-08-302017-09-14 — best price $7.992017-12-21 — best price $4.952018-02-19 — best price $7.992018-05-10 — best price $5.192018-08-02 — best price $7.992018-09-25 — best price $7.992018-12-13 — best price $3.992019-01-10 — best price $3.992019-05-13 — best price $7.992019-07-29 — best price $3.992019-10-28 — best price $3.992019-11-26 — best price $3.192019-12-10 — best price $7.992020-01-09 — best price $3.192020-02-03 — best price $3.192020-03-02 — best price $7.992020-03-17 — best price $6.292020-04-14 — best price $6.612020-05-06 — best price $3.992020-05-21 — best price $7.992020-06-25 — best price $3.192020-10-29 — best price $3.992021-01-05 — best price $7.992021-03-10 — best price $3.992021-06-30 — best price $3.992021-10-28 — best price $3.192021-12-05 — best price $7.992022-02-03 — best price $7.992022-04-10 — best price $7.992023-03-23 — best price $7.992024-12-19 — best price $1.992025-10-06 — best price $7.992026-06-25 — best price $1.192026-08-29 — best price $7.992026-08-30 — best price $7.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

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

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.

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Similarity via IGDB.

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