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Hive

Hive

Officially licensed version of the "Mensa Select" award-winning board game! Hive is a board game with a difference. There is no board! The pieces are added to the playing area thus creating the board.

Released Mar 20, 2014 Developer BlueLine Games Platforms Windows · Mac · Linux Asynchronous MultiplayerTurn-Based StrategyHex GridBoard GameStrategy
View on Steam ↗ $9.99 (US · as of 2026-09-25)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-08-31 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-13.

84.1%positive314 reviews
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“Hive, the game itself, is fun and well thought out. The software is good too but I've only been using offline mode because I'm a beginner.”

— a player, Steam review · 12 hrs played
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“So I am pretty ass at this game admittedly however it is extremely enjoyable and has a unique and fast paced strategy about it.”

— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-02 via SteamCharts.

799all-time peak
0 5 10 2014 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 No data collected for this period No data collected for this period No data collected for this period No data collected for this period No data collected for this period No data collected for this period No data collected for this period No data collected for this period 7 avg · Apr 2018

Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-19.

51achievements
10.5%median completion
1.6%rarest: Tough Love
63.1% of players 54.0% of players 47.7% of players 39.5% of players 39.3% of players 37.6% of players 33.3% of players 33.3% of players 30.4% of players 30.3% of players 25.9% of players 25.7% of players 25.1% of players 25.1% of players 20.3% of players 18.8% of players 18.7% of players 17.4% of players 16.8% of players 15.1% of players 14.0% of players 14.0% of players 13.4% of players 12.7% of players 11.0% of players 10.5% of players 10.2% of players 9.9% of players 9.8% of players 9.1% of players 7.8% of players 7.0% of players 6.6% of players 5.8% of players 4.9% of players 4.8% of players 4.7% of players 4.6% of players 4.5% of players 4.4% of players 4.3% of players 3.9% of players 3.0% of players 3.0% of players 2.8% of players 2.7% of players 2.6% of players 2.4% of players 1.9% of players 1.7% of players 1.6% of players 63.1% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
63.1%Hey yo! — Pin 2 or more opponent pieces in a row
54.0%If ya smell what the Rock is cookin'! — Pin 3 or more opponent pieces in a row
47.7%Where'd She Go? — Cover the opponent's Queen with your Beetle
Rarest badges of honor
1.6%Tough Love — Win 15 games in a row, online
1.7%Seriously? — Win 10 games in a row, online
1.9%Do a Barrel Roll! — Hidden achievement

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-08-12. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

$9.99current · sampled 2026-09-25 21:36 UTC
$9.99lowest since tracking began2026-08-12
US9.99 USD
EU8.19 EUR
UK7.19 GBP
Australia14.50 AUD
Canada11.49 CAD
Japan1,010 JPY
Brazil20.69 BRL
China37.00 CNY

Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.

Brazil≈$4.0 China Japan Canada EU UK US Australia≈$10

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-09-25). Relative comparison only.

$0 $10 $20 08-12 08-21 08-30 09-08 09-16 09-25

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

May 09, 2017
Lost Cities Kickstarter Launched!

Hey there, Hive Fans! We at BlueLine Game Studios are happy to announce that we have just launched a Kickstarter for our newest game Lost Cities! It uses the same great engine that we started with Hiv

May 09, 2017
Lost Cities Kickstarter Launched!

Hey there, Hive Fans! We at BlueLine Game Studios are happy to announce that we have just launched a Kickstarter for our newest game Lost Cities! It uses the same great engine that we started with Hiv

Mar 30, 2017
Online bug fixed! (still on sale)

Sorry about that. It turns out the issue is that some database upgrades - that we made in the last few days - had decided that "\" was not a safe character. So any time we were trying to place a piece

Mar 30, 2017
Online bug fixed! (still on sale)

Sorry about that. It turns out the issue is that some database upgrades - that we made in the last few days - had decided that "\" was not a safe character. So any time we were trying to place a piece

Mar 30, 2017
Online bug (during a sale... ick!)

UPDATE: Fixed ! So, Hive is on sale which is good because more players (yay!) but it seems like we created a bug somehow, in the last few days. Really not sure what we could have changed that's relate

Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-13.

GenresCasual, Indie, Strategy
Player tagsAsynchronous Multiplayer · Turn-Based Strategy · Hex Grid · Board Game · Strategy · Tabletop · Abstract · Multiplayer · Singleplayer · Turn-Based · Local Multiplayer · Family Friendly (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Multi-player · Cross-Platform Multiplayer · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Trading Cards · Stats · Steam Leaderboards
LanguagesEnglish, Spanish - Spain, Polish
ControllerFull support
Achievements51
Official sitehttp://bluelinegamestudios.com/hive/
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS *: Windows XP or better Processor: 1 gHz Memory: 512 MB RAM Graphics: OpenGL 2.1+ w/ GL_ARB_framebuffer_object Storage: 300 MB available space