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Highwater
Earth has flooded and the planet is doomed, but there’s still time to enjoy the view. Guide Nikos and friends through the flooded world of Highwater and beyond in this story driven, adventure game where they’ll have to fight for their chance to escape.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-26.
“This is a children's game, but for adults. If the Simpsons, Adult-Swim and X-Com had an orgy, 'Highwater Bruno Ganz' would be the baby's name. This is like Power Rangers. You see their heads move, but this game's expletive subtitles read f**k, sh*t or c**k. Definitely not a game…”
— a player, Steam review · 17 hrs played“Alright. Highwater is done and dusted. This is the third game in this IP, which features Golf Club Nostalgia (formerly Golf Club Wasteland) and The Cub. This entry is the prequel to the events of the other two games. There are two extra stories that you can play after you finish…”
— a player, Steam review · 10 hrs played“🤔Overall Impressions🤔 I was really unsure whether to give this a negative or a positive to be honest. Overall, I enjoyed the game, but there was more than one occasion where I thought to myself that this could have been done better. I have played and finished the previous two…”
— a player, Steam review · 11 hrs playedAchievement stats
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-26.
| Genres | Action, Adventure |
| Player tags | Action · Adventure · Action-Adventure · Puzzle · Turn-Based Tactics · Exploration · 3D · Minimalist · Stylized · Third Person · Atmospheric · Post-apocalyptic (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · DualSense Controller Support · DualSense Controller Support · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Spanish - Latin America, Thai, Traditional Chinese, Turkish |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 20 |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Windows 7 or later Processor: Intel Core i3 Graphics: Nvidia Geforce 650M or equivalent DirectX: Version 9.0