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A Highland Song
Moira McKinnon is running away. A wild adventure through the Scottish Highlands, with open platforming and dynamic storytelling, maps and music. From the creators of Heaven's Vault and 80 Days.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via SteamSpy as of 2026-05-14.
“It's gonna be one of those short games, 4-5 hours tops, I thought... Well, 30+ hours later, I'm still running up and down the Scottish Highlands and it doesn't seem I'm done yet. I think I've never felt so motivated to finish everything in a game. What's great: The soundtrack…”
— a player, Steam review · 35 hrs played“As an Inkle-fan I'd place this under 80 Days and Heaven's Vault, but above Overboard! If you enjoy Scottish nature then you should play this! Due to the limited setting the game doesn't encourage me to keep making new runs like I'd do in 80 Days (where the whole world's your…”
— a player, Steam review · 5 hrs played“The game is about exploring mountains, finding map hints, and climbing peaks to figure out your path. At first it felt like it was going to be a calm, relaxing experience, but for me it ended up being more frustrating than anything. The biggest issue was the lack of guidance. A…”
— a player, Steam review · 5 hrs playedLatest official news
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HARMONY UPDATE
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Behind the scenes chat with Jon and Joe
Come and join inkle's co-founders Joseph Humfrey and Jon Ingold - game director and narrative director of A Highland Song, respectively - as they discuss the game's origins, their approach to game des
v1.1.3 - Keybinding!
v1.1.3 patch notes This build brings full keybinding to the game for those who prefer to play using WASD or another configuration. There's also a minor fix to an uninteractable beacon, which was block
New update - Version 1.1.0
As ever, thanks to all the players who've sent in feedback and shared their thoughts on the game! This update takes us to Version 1.1.0, and rounds off work on the new Look Further mode. If you've bee
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-14.
| Genres | Adventure, Indie |
| Player tags | Exploration · 2D Platformer · Nature · Dynamic Narration · Female Protagonist · Story Rich · Atmospheric · Choices Matter · Adventure · Hand-drawn · Platformer · Singleplayer (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * * |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 36 |
| Estimated owners | 20,000 – 50,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | http://www.inklestudios.com/ahighlandsong |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Windows 7 or later Processor: SSE2 instruction set support Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: Nvidia Geforce GTX 660 / AMD Radeon HD 7850, 2+ Gb of vram Storage: 3 GB available space