The Game Census
Hiveswap Friendsim cover art

Hiveswap Friendsim

What Pumpkin Games, Inc. · Fellow Traveller · 2018-04-13

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreEpic Games Store

AdventureIndieRPGSimulation

Franchise: Homestuck · Modes: Single player

Releases: Dec 07, 2023 (Nintendo Switch), May 11, 2018 (Android), Apr 13, 2018 (Linux), Apr 13, 2018 (Mac), Apr 13, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Dec 07, 2023 (PlayStation 5)

You’ve crash landed on a dangerous alien planet with no food, medicine, or prospects, but you do know one thing—you are absolutely desperate for friendship.

3
playing now
93%
positive of 1.4k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
67/100
IGDB user rating (5 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$1.94
steam price (US)

3 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 07:00 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

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 26% of 11,450 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 35k–83k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,389 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$1.94-85%
GOG$1.95-85%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.49 at Steam (2018-06-21) · bundled 8×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $12.99 · on sale 31 of 58 observed days · $1.46 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Players online

712026-08-11 21:00 — 4 players2026-08-12 13:00 — 3 players2026-08-13 05:00 — 3 players2026-08-13 21:00 — 1 players2026-08-14 12:00 — 2 players2026-08-15 04:00 — 5 players2026-08-15 20:00 — 5 players2026-08-16 12:00 — 2 players2026-08-17 04:00 — 4 players2026-08-17 20:00 — 6 players2026-08-18 12:00 — 2 players2026-08-19 03:00 — 7 players2026-08-19 19:00 — 3 players2026-08-20 11:00 — 3 players2026-08-21 03:00 — 4 players2026-08-21 19:00 — 5 players2026-08-22 10:00 — 3 players2026-08-23 02:00 — 3 players2026-08-23 18:00 — 3 players2026-08-24 10:00 — 3 players2026-08-25 02:00 — 7 players2026-08-25 17:00 — 4 players2026-08-26 10:00 — 1 players2026-08-27 02:00 — 5 players2026-08-27 16:00 — 3 players2026-08-28 08:00 — 1 players2026-08-29 00:00 — 1 players2026-08-29 15:00 — 2 players2026-08-30 07:00 — 3 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$12.99$0.492018-04-142026-08-302018-04-14 — best price $0.992019-10-28 — best price $0.492020-03-06 — best price $0.992020-12-22 — best price $0.492021-09-28 — best price $10.392021-11-29 — best price $12.992022-01-27 — best price $4.412022-03-23 — best price $10.392022-06-08 — best price $10.392022-08-05 — best price $3.242022-09-29 — best price $12.992022-12-02 — best price $12.992023-01-18 — best price $11.622023-03-20 — best price $2.592023-06-01 — best price $10.282023-07-01 — best price $10.222023-08-07 — best price $2.592023-09-12 — best price $12.992023-10-12 — best price $12.992023-11-16 — best price $10.222023-12-20 — best price $12.992024-01-25 — best price $2.592024-03-04 — best price $2.592024-04-20 — best price $12.992024-06-14 — best price $10.222024-07-19 — best price $11.692024-09-02 — best price $12.992024-10-14 — best price $2.602024-12-02 — best price $12.992025-02-20 — best price $2.592025-05-01 — best price $2.592025-07-31 — best price $12.992025-11-10 — best price $2.592026-02-04 — best price $12.992026-05-07 — best price $1.942026-08-27 — best price $1.952026-08-30 — best price $1.95
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

241512026-05-29 — 62 pageviews2026-06-01 — 74 pageviews2026-06-04 — 56 pageviews2026-06-07 — 59 pageviews2026-06-10 — 107 pageviews2026-06-13 — 102 pageviews2026-06-16 — 88 pageviews2026-06-19 — 81 pageviews2026-06-22 — 75 pageviews2026-06-25 — 105 pageviews2026-06-28 — 198 pageviews2026-07-01 — 134 pageviews2026-07-04 — 175 pageviews2026-07-07 — 114 pageviews2026-07-10 — 174 pageviews2026-07-13 — 139 pageviews2026-07-16 — 104 pageviews2026-07-19 — 117 pageviews2026-07-22 — 150 pageviews2026-07-25 — 125 pageviews2026-07-28 — 135 pageviews2026-07-31 — 113 pageviews2026-08-03 — 117 pageviews2026-08-06 — 164 pageviews2026-08-09 — 125 pageviews2026-08-12 — 241 pageviews2026-08-15 — 99 pageviews2026-08-18 — 98 pageviews2026-08-21 — 143 pageviews2026-08-24 — 135 pageviews2026-08-26 — 124 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerFull controller supportCustom Volume ControlsKeyboard Only OptionMouse Only OptionNarrated Game MenusPlayable without Timed InputSave AnytimeFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS5 (PlayStation)19997%12
PS4 (PlayStation)19899%12
PS5 (PlayStation)16496%12
PS4 (PlayStation)16198%12
Switch (Nintendo)80%0

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

Player tags

RPGAnimeIndieMemesCasualLGBTQ+ViolentAdventureDating SimSimulation

Census log

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

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