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Project Highrise

SomaSim · Kasedo Games · 2016-09-08

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SimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Apr 09, 2018 (iOS), Sep 08, 2016 (Mac), Oct 26, 2018 (PlayStation 4), Oct 26, 2018 (Xbox One), Sep 08, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Oct 26, 2018 (Nintendo Switch)

Project Highrise is a skyscraper construction and management sim...

Project Highrise is a 2016 Simulation and Strategy game priced at $19.99, with an owner estimate of 200,000 .. 500,000 and a review sentiment of Very Positive (85% of 4820 reviews).

57
playing now
85%
positive of 4.8k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
81/100
critic score (4 outlets, IGDB)
66/100
IGDB user rating (28 ratings)
22h
to beat · rushed 10h · completionist 53h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

57 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 12:00 UTC (census sample)

Project Highrise is a 2D tower-building simulation game, developed by SomaSim and published by Kasedo Games. It is considered by many to be the spiritual successor to SimTower. In the game, players take on the role of a high-rise manager who is responsible for building and maintaining a tower block, filling it with offices, apartments, shops and restaurants, which they support with utilities, while providing specialized services and fulfilling certain conditions in order to keep the residents and tenants of the building satisfied.

Trailer

Project Highrise trailer thumbnail

Project Highrise | Gameplay Trailer

≈1,000,000 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 57 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 111 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~14/week).
  • · Review velocity down 26% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 5% of 16,650 Simulation games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 121k–289k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 4,820 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Steam$2.99-85%
Humble Store$4.99-75%
GOG$4.99-75%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.99 at Fanatical (2021-09-29) · bundled 5×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 129 of 172 observed days · $4.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
828220182026Week of 2018-01-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

116372026-09-15 13:00 — 55 players2026-09-16 22:00 — 46 players2026-09-18 05:00 — 44 players2026-09-19 13:00 — 68 players2026-09-20 20:00 — 65 players2026-09-22 04:00 — 46 players2026-09-23 11:00 — 44 players2026-09-24 19:00 — 54 players2026-09-26 02:00 — 54 players2026-09-27 10:00 — 55 players2026-09-28 17:00 — 54 players2026-09-30 01:00 — 37 players2026-10-01 08:00 — 37 players2026-10-02 16:00 — 67 players2026-10-04 00:00 — 83 players2026-10-05 08:00 — 66 players2026-10-06 15:00 — 98 players2026-10-07 23:00 — 67 players2026-10-09 06:00 — 68 players2026-10-10 14:00 — 96 players2026-10-11 21:00 — 67 players2026-10-13 05:00 — 44 players2026-10-14 12:00 — 57 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
4840Jun 2016Aug 2026Jun 2016 — avg 0 · peak 2Oct 2016 — avg 147 · peak 394Feb 2017 — avg 326 · peak 1,493Jun 2017 — avg 121 · peak 436Oct 2017 — avg 210 · peak 976Feb 2018 — avg 105 · peak 286Jun 2018 — avg 128 · peak 273Oct 2018 — avg 87 · peak 161Feb 2019 — avg 115 · peak 257Jun 2019 — avg 93 · peak 262Oct 2019 — avg 128 · peak 563Feb 2020 — avg 86 · peak 151Jun 2020 — avg 90 · peak 200Oct 2020 — avg 73 · peak 123Feb 2021 — avg 83 · peak 144Jun 2021 — avg 75 · peak 204Oct 2021 — avg 79 · peak 164Feb 2022 — avg 143 · peak 755Jun 2022 — avg 79 · peak 193Oct 2022 — avg 59 · peak 104Feb 2023 — avg 61 · peak 104Jun 2023 — avg 54 · peak 114Oct 2023 — avg 59 · peak 115Feb 2024 — avg 66 · peak 113Jun 2024 — avg 92 · peak 207Oct 2024 — avg 54 · peak 90Feb 2025 — avg 61 · peak 103Jun 2025 — avg 59 · peak 98Oct 2025 — avg 71 · peak 145Feb 2026 — avg 54 · peak 103Jun 2026 — avg 62 · peak 122Aug 2026 — avg 56 · peak 93
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$21.30$1.992016-08-112026-10-142016-08-11 — best price $15.562016-12-19 — best price $12.992017-05-04 — best price $11.992017-07-31 — best price $7.332017-11-16 — best price $9.992018-03-22 — best price $19.992018-07-19 — best price $5.672018-10-23 — best price $20.852019-01-28 — best price $16.772019-05-21 — best price $7.992019-08-29 — best price $19.992019-11-28 — best price $3.992020-02-06 — best price $16.882020-04-16 — best price $19.992020-06-29 — best price $5.992020-08-29 — best price $6.992020-11-01 — best price $15.492021-01-06 — best price $14.692021-04-11 — best price $14.692021-06-06 — best price $16.882021-08-23 — best price $16.992021-11-26 — best price $3.992022-02-16 — best price $14.692022-05-12 — best price $16.882022-08-29 — best price $19.992022-12-26 — best price $6.002023-04-25 — best price $4.992023-08-21 — best price $4.992024-02-12 — best price $19.992024-06-15 — best price $19.992025-01-02 — best price $19.992025-06-12 — best price $2.392025-11-24 — best price $14.692026-03-09 — best price $2.892026-06-16 — best price $19.992026-09-05 — best price $4.992026-10-14 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

4082026-05-29 — 23 pageviews2026-06-02 — 16 pageviews2026-06-06 — 9 pageviews2026-06-10 — 24 pageviews2026-06-14 — 16 pageviews2026-06-18 — 15 pageviews2026-06-22 — 22 pageviews2026-06-26 — 11 pageviews2026-06-30 — 14 pageviews2026-07-04 — 26 pageviews2026-07-08 — 19 pageviews2026-07-12 — 13 pageviews2026-07-16 — 21 pageviews2026-07-20 — 22 pageviews2026-07-24 — 32 pageviews2026-07-28 — 14 pageviews2026-08-01 — 25 pageviews2026-08-05 — 18 pageviews2026-08-09 — 23 pageviews2026-08-13 — 15 pageviews2026-08-17 — 31 pageviews2026-08-21 — 23 pageviews2026-08-25 — 21 pageviews2026-08-29 — 19 pageviews2026-09-02 — 22 pageviews2026-09-06 — 20 pageviews2026-09-10 — 24 pageviews2026-09-14 — 37 pageviews2026-09-18 — 30 pageviews2026-09-22 — 18 pageviews2026-09-26 — 26 pageviews2026-09-30 — 12 pageviews2026-10-04 — 30 pageviews2026-10-07 — 8 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
64.7%
earned "In the Black"
23.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam WorkshopSteam CloudFamily Sharing5 DLC

10 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Russian, Polish, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, Traditional Chinese

Post-launch support: 5 DLC released, first 2017-04-13, latest 2018-07-19 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)12,9602%88

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

2DIndieCasualEconomySandboxBuildingStrategyManagementSimulationCity Builder

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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