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Pesterquest

What Pumpkin Games, Inc. · Fellow Traveller · 2019-09-04

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreEpic Games Store

AdventureIndieRPG

Franchise: Homestuck · Modes: Single player

Releases: Sep 04, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Sep 04, 2019 (Linux), Dec 07, 2023 (Nintendo Switch), Dec 07, 2023 (PlayStation 4), Dec 07, 2023 (PlayStation 5), Sep 04, 2019 (Mac)

Embark on a quest of epic importance in Pesterquest, a grimsical episodic visual novel adventure set in the darkly funny Homestuck / Hiveswap universe, created by American author and artist Andrew Hussie.

11
playing now
90%
positive of 1.6k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
72/100
IGDB user rating (5 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$1.79
steam price (US)

11 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 05:00 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 25% of 11,318 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 39k–94k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,565 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$1.79-85%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$1.79-85%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.79 at Epic Game Store (2025-12-11) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $11.99 · on sale 29 of 55 observed days · at its all-time low (census price snapshots)

Players online

1102026-08-11 19:00 — 3 players2026-08-12 10:00 — 2 players2026-08-13 02:00 — 2 players2026-08-13 18:00 — 2 players2026-08-14 10:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 02:00 — 3 players2026-08-15 17:00 — 3 players2026-08-16 09:00 — 4 players2026-08-17 01:00 — 2 players2026-08-17 17:00 — 3 players2026-08-18 09:00 — 1 players2026-08-19 01:00 — 3 players2026-08-19 16:00 — 3 players2026-08-20 08:00 — 2 players2026-08-21 00:00 — 5 players2026-08-21 16:00 — 2 players2026-08-22 07:00 — 1 players2026-08-22 23:00 — 5 players2026-08-23 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 07:00 — 3 players2026-08-24 23:00 — 7 players2026-08-25 14:00 — 2 players2026-08-26 07:00 — 2 players2026-08-26 23:00 — 3 players2026-08-27 15:00 — 7 players2026-08-28 07:00 — 2 players2026-08-28 21:00 — 5 players2026-08-29 13:00 — 6 players2026-08-30 05:00 — 11 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$11.99$1.792019-09-032026-08-302019-09-03 — best price $11.992020-02-03 — best price $10.192020-10-19 — best price $11.992021-03-01 — best price $7.192021-07-12 — best price $4.192021-09-28 — best price $4.792021-11-19 — best price $4.792021-12-23 — best price $4.072022-02-12 — best price $11.992022-05-05 — best price $2.992022-06-27 — best price $4.792022-08-22 — best price $2.992022-11-04 — best price $11.992022-12-22 — best price $3.592023-02-08 — best price $4.792023-04-04 — best price $11.992023-06-01 — best price $9.492023-06-29 — best price $11.992023-08-03 — best price $3.852023-09-11 — best price $2.392023-10-10 — best price $8.392023-11-12 — best price $11.992023-12-18 — best price $11.992024-01-17 — best price $11.992024-02-16 — best price $6.712024-03-21 — best price $11.992024-05-03 — best price $2.392024-06-24 — best price $8.362024-08-01 — best price $7.192024-09-16 — best price $4.802024-11-04 — best price $11.992025-01-24 — best price $2.392025-04-03 — best price $11.992025-07-10 — best price $2.392025-10-14 — best price $2.392026-01-23 — best price $1.792026-04-25 — best price $11.992026-08-13 — best price $1.792026-08-30 — best price $1.79
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

241512026-05-30 — 73 pageviews2026-06-02 — 61 pageviews2026-06-05 — 74 pageviews2026-06-08 — 61 pageviews2026-06-11 — 78 pageviews2026-06-14 — 78 pageviews2026-06-17 — 90 pageviews2026-06-20 — 77 pageviews2026-06-23 — 105 pageviews2026-06-26 — 151 pageviews2026-06-29 — 160 pageviews2026-07-02 — 159 pageviews2026-07-05 — 98 pageviews2026-07-08 — 142 pageviews2026-07-11 — 144 pageviews2026-07-14 — 115 pageviews2026-07-17 — 120 pageviews2026-07-20 — 158 pageviews2026-07-23 — 155 pageviews2026-07-26 — 135 pageviews2026-07-29 — 132 pageviews2026-08-01 — 111 pageviews2026-08-04 — 165 pageviews2026-08-07 — 149 pageviews2026-08-10 — 112 pageviews2026-08-13 — 115 pageviews2026-08-16 — 114 pageviews2026-08-19 — 109 pageviews2026-08-22 — 138 pageviews2026-08-25 — 118 pageviews2026-08-27 — 122 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 InputDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportSave Anytime1 DLC

1 supported languages: English

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS5 (PlayStation)20697%12
PS4 (PlayStation)19999%12
PS4 (PlayStation)16694%12
PS5 (PlayStation)16194%12
Switch (Nintendo)90%0

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

Player tags

RPGAnimeFunnyIndieComedyLGBTQ+Sci-fiAdventureStory RichTime Travel

Census log

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

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