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HIVESWAP: ACT 2 cover art

HIVESWAP: ACT 2

What Pumpkin Games, Inc. · 2020-11-25

SteamGOG

AdventureIndieRPG

Franchise: Homestuck · Modes: Single player

Releases: Nov 25, 2020 (Mac), Nov 25, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Nov 25, 2020 (Linux)

Continue Joey and Xefros’s adventure through the dark and dangerous planet Alternia. Meet dozens of unique and memorable characters, some more helpful than others, as you navigate this volatile alien culture. Hurry up! There’s a train to catch.

HIVESWAP: ACT 2 is an Adventure, Indie, and RPG game released in 2020, priced at $14.99, with an estimated 20,000 to 50,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (87% of 1197 reviews).

2
playing now
87%
positive of 1.2k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
IGDB user rating (4 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$14.99
steam price (US)

2 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 11:00 UTC (census sample)

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 60% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (391 reviews).
  • · Top 28% of 11,326 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 24k–54k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,197 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$14.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.24 at Steam (2025-12-18) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 5 of 14 observed days · $12.75 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
33833820202026Week of 2020-11-01: 338 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 127 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

402026-08-12 00:00 — 4 players2026-08-12 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 07:00 — 2 players2026-08-13 23:00 — 1 players2026-08-14 15:00 — 2 players2026-08-15 07:00 — 1 players2026-08-15 22:00 — 4 players2026-08-16 14:00 — 2 players2026-08-17 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 22:00 — 2 players2026-08-18 14:00 — 1 players2026-08-19 06:00 — 3 players2026-08-19 21:00 — 4 players2026-08-20 13:00 — 2 players2026-08-21 05:00 — 3 players2026-08-21 21:00 — 1 players2026-08-22 12:00 — 1 players2026-08-23 04:00 — 1 players2026-08-23 20:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 12:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 04:00 — 3 players2026-08-25 19:00 — 3 players2026-08-26 12:00 — 2 players2026-08-27 04:00 — 2 players2026-08-27 20:00 — 3 players2026-08-28 12:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 03:00 — 3 players2026-08-29 19:00 — 2 players2026-08-30 11:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$14.99$2.242020-11-252026-08-302020-11-25 — best price $13.492021-02-11 — best price $13.492021-03-10 — best price $13.492021-04-28 — best price $13.492021-06-24 — best price $12.742021-10-28 — best price $11.992021-11-24 — best price $11.992021-12-03 — best price $11.242021-12-23 — best price $11.992022-01-27 — best price $11.242022-02-03 — best price $14.992022-12-22 — best price $10.492023-03-16 — best price $9.742023-08-07 — best price $8.242023-11-21 — best price $8.992023-12-22 — best price $8.242024-12-19 — best price $3.742025-07-02 — best price $3.742025-10-01 — best price $3.742025-12-18 — best price $2.242026-03-19 — best price $3.742026-06-25 — best price $2.242026-07-20 — best price $2.242026-08-27 — best price $14.992026-08-29 — best price $14.992026-08-30 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

49
achievements tracked
86.5%
earned "Just In Time"
34.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFamily Sharing1 DLC

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)66210%49

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

Player tags

2DRPGIndieComedyPuzzleColorfulAdventureNarrativeHand-drawnSoundtrack

Census log

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

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