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Project Highrise

SomaSim · Kasedo Games · 2016-09-08

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SimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player

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...

89
playing now
85%
positive of 4.8k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
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)
$19.99
steam price (US)

89 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 18:00 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.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 89 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 12% of 6,714 Simulation games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 120k–289k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 4,811 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$4.99-75%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$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 99 of 139 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

8902026-08-06 23:00 — 39 players2026-08-07 07:00 — 47 players2026-08-07 15:00 — 66 players2026-08-07 23:00 — 56 players2026-08-08 07:00 — 59 players2026-08-08 15:00 — 71 players2026-08-08 23:00 — 56 players2026-08-09 07:00 — 54 players2026-08-09 15:00 — 80 players2026-08-09 23:00 — 58 players2026-08-10 07:00 — 49 players2026-08-10 15:00 — 62 players2026-08-10 23:00 — 53 players2026-08-11 07:00 — 42 players2026-08-11 16:00 — 60 players2026-08-12 23:00 — 53 players2026-08-14 07:00 — 45 players2026-08-15 14:00 — 81 players2026-08-16 23:00 — 72 players2026-08-18 06:00 — 42 players2026-08-19 14:00 — 55 players2026-08-20 21:00 — 53 players2026-08-22 05:00 — 51 players2026-08-23 12:00 — 75 players2026-08-24 20:00 — 54 players2026-08-26 04:00 — 41 players2026-08-27 11:00 — 48 players2026-08-28 19:00 — 60 players2026-08-30 03:00 — 51 players2026-08-30 18:00 — 89 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$20.85$1.292016-08-112026-08-302016-08-11 — best price $15.562016-12-22 — best price $12.992017-05-18 — best price $19.992017-08-06 — best price $9.002017-12-01 — best price $4.992018-04-24 — best price $19.992018-08-22 — best price $19.992018-11-26 — best price $5.992019-03-18 — best price $8.002019-07-05 — best price $5.002019-10-10 — best price $15.482020-01-05 — best price $16.352020-03-21 — best price $19.992020-06-01 — best price $7.992020-08-09 — best price $17.862020-10-17 — best price $16.882020-12-22 — best price $5.992021-03-27 — best price $19.992021-05-31 — best price $16.882021-08-20 — best price $4.992021-11-26 — best price $3.992022-02-18 — best price $6.802022-05-24 — best price $5.092022-09-07 — best price $15.892023-01-13 — best price $16.342023-05-30 — best price $16.572023-10-03 — best price $15.892024-04-05 — best price $15.892024-09-06 — best price $15.892025-03-19 — best price $1.292025-09-23 — best price $19.992026-01-12 — best price $3.582026-05-04 — best price $4.992026-08-12 — best price $4.992026-08-30 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

3992026-05-29 — 23 pageviews2026-06-01 — 22 pageviews2026-06-04 — 19 pageviews2026-06-07 — 23 pageviews2026-06-10 — 24 pageviews2026-06-13 — 11 pageviews2026-06-16 — 16 pageviews2026-06-19 — 17 pageviews2026-06-22 — 22 pageviews2026-06-25 — 14 pageviews2026-06-28 — 28 pageviews2026-07-01 — 21 pageviews2026-07-04 — 26 pageviews2026-07-07 — 17 pageviews2026-07-10 — 16 pageviews2026-07-13 — 15 pageviews2026-07-16 — 21 pageviews2026-07-19 — 21 pageviews2026-07-22 — 30 pageviews2026-07-25 — 13 pageviews2026-07-28 — 14 pageviews2026-07-31 — 19 pageviews2026-08-03 — 20 pageviews2026-08-06 — 18 pageviews2026-08-09 — 23 pageviews2026-08-12 — 16 pageviews2026-08-15 — 22 pageviews2026-08-18 — 39 pageviews2026-08-21 — 23 pageviews2026-08-24 — 16 pageviews2026-08-26 — 21 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

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.

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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