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The Highrise

Studio Hatch Co., Ltd. · 2023-11-29

Steam

ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: May 29, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

THE HIGHRISE is a first-person survival game set in a high-rise building that has been sealed off by an alien monster invasion. Gather resources to make fighting weapons and survival tools. You must find and send a rescue signal at the end of your desperate survival.

The Highrise is a 2023 Action, Adventure, Indie game priced at $7.99, with an owner estimate of 100,000 .. 200,000 and a Mixed review sentiment (56% of 280 reviews).

4
playing now
56%
positive of 280 reviews
Mixed
steam rating
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$7.99
steam price (US)

4 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 06:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 4 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 13 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 8% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (87 reviews).
  • · Top 54% of 10,936 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 5.6k–13k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 280 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $5.59 at Steam (2026-08-07)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $7.99 · on sale 6 of 12 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
535320232026Week of 2023-05-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

502026-08-11 17:00 — 0 players2026-08-12 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 01:00 — 1 players2026-08-13 16:00 — 3 players2026-08-14 08:00 — 1 players2026-08-15 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 08:00 — 4 players2026-08-17 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 14:00 — 5 players2026-08-22 06:00 — 2 players2026-08-22 22:00 — 1 players2026-08-23 13:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 05:00 — 1 players2026-08-24 21:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 13:00 — 3 players2026-08-26 05:00 — 3 players2026-08-26 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 14:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 14:00 — 2 players2026-08-30 06:00 — 4 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$14.99$5.592023-05-292026-08-102023-05-29 — best price $13.492023-07-31 — best price $7.492023-09-11 — best price $6.392023-10-26 — best price $6.392023-11-21 — best price $6.392023-12-04 — best price $6.392023-12-22 — best price $6.392024-01-15 — best price $6.392024-02-26 — best price $6.392024-03-14 — best price $6.392024-04-08 — best price $6.392024-05-20 — best price $6.392024-06-27 — best price $6.392024-07-15 — best price $6.392024-08-26 — best price $6.392024-10-07 — best price $6.392024-11-18 — best price $6.392024-11-27 — best price $6.392024-12-19 — best price $6.392025-01-06 — best price $6.392025-02-17 — best price $6.392025-03-13 — best price $6.392025-03-31 — best price $6.392025-05-12 — best price $6.392025-06-26 — best price $6.392025-09-19 — best price $6.392025-10-29 — best price $6.392025-12-18 — best price $6.392026-02-18 — best price $6.392026-03-19 — best price $6.392026-08-07 — best price $5.592026-08-10 — best price $7.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

9
achievements tracked
17.7%
earned "Sandbox Mode Cleared"
1.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opOnline Co-opSteam AchievementsSteam CloudFamily Sharing

6 supported languages: English, French, German, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)244%9

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

Player tags

ActionHorrorSandboxStealthCraftingSurvivalOpen WorldAtmosphericExplorationMultiplayer

Census log

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

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