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HIVESWAP: ACT 1

HIVESWAP: ACT 1

A hand-drawn tribute to hilarious '90s adventure games (with none of the accompanying frustration). Play as Joey Claire, a puzzle-solving teen snatched out of her time (1994) and place (Earth) and stranded on a hostile alien planet on the brink of rebellion.

Released Sep 14, 2017 Developer What Pumpkin Games, Inc. Platforms Windows · Mac · Linux AdventurePoint & ClickGreat SoundtrackRPGIndie
View on Steam ↗ $7.99 (US · as of 2026-07-26)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.

92.7%positive3,948 reviews
Recommended · 4 found this helpful

“((No spoilers given)) HIVESWAP: ACT 1 is a game that, in my experience, takes 30 minutes to 11 hours to complete. On face value, that makes it sound like one of those games you'll either breeze past or suck absolute balls at depending on who you are, but rather, it's more so a…”

— a player, Steam review · 11 hrs played
Recommended · 2 found this helpful

“Ultimately a good time if you like Homestuck, but it's rather short so probably wait for a sale. That's really all there is to say on the matter.”

— a player, Steam review · 6 hrs played
Recommended · 1 found this helpful

“Jake English/Harley a canonical deadbeat lmaooo”

— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 12:47 UTC · history via SteamCharts.

4playing at last check
624-hour peak
4,718all-time peak
0 250 500 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 314 avg · Sep 2017

Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-07-25.

44achievements
40.0%median completion
0.9%rarest: >BOROS
70.7% of players 68.9% of players 63.9% of players 63.4% of players 61.8% of players 60.4% of players 59.9% of players 59.7% of players 59.6% of players 59.5% of players 57.1% of players 57.1% of players 57.0% of players 55.2% of players 54.5% of players 54.5% of players 53.8% of players 52.7% of players 52.0% of players 51.9% of players 51.9% of players 51.9% of players 40.0% of players 20.1% of players 15.6% of players 13.9% of players 13.7% of players 13.1% of players 11.8% of players 11.1% of players 10.8% of players 10.8% of players 10.5% of players 10.4% of players 10.2% of players 10.1% of players 10.1% of players 9.9% of players 9.5% of players 8.5% of players 8.5% of players 8.4% of players 7.9% of players 0.9% of players 70.7% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
70.7%>OVER? BUT WE JUST STARTED! — Hidden achievement
68.9%>IT WASN'T LOCKED — Hidden achievement
63.9%>LIGHT WEAPONRY — Hidden achievement
Rarest badges of honor
0.9%>BOROS — Picked up where you'll leave off.
7.9%>THEY'RE STUFFED — Hidden achievement
8.4%>JUNIOR VETERINARIAN — Hidden achievement

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

$7.99current · sampled 2026-07-26 08:39 UTC
$7.99lowest since tracking began2026-07-11
US7.99 USD
UK5.59 GBP
Australia11.50 AUD
Canada8.79 CAD
Japan798 JPY
Brazil15.99 BRL
China31.00 CNY

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

Brazil≈$3.1 China Japan Canada UK US Australia≈$8.0

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-07-24). Relative comparison only.

$0 $5 $10 07-11 07-13 07-16 07-19 07-22 07-26

Latest official news

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

Oct 31, 2019
Trick or treat: all aboard 🚂

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Oct 30, 2019
Clowns and corsairs

Volume 6 is out now: meet Gamzee and Vriska in the newest Pesterquest! Gamzee + Vriska Emojis This volume's batch of emojis are ready for you here! Desktop + Mobile Wallpapers {STEA...

Oct 16, 2019
Skip to the trolls in Volume 5

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Oct 02, 2019
Say hello to the loneliest girl in the world 🌿

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Sep 18, 2019
its dave

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From our knowledge graph — ranked by shared traits, not a black box. Each card says why it's here.

Heaven's Vault Heaven's Vault 84.6% · 2,053 reviews shares Great Soundtrack, Point Click, Female Protagonist, Sci Fi Airscape - The Fall of Gravity Airscape - The Fall of Gravity 77.5% · 1,030 reviews shares Great Soundtrack, Difficult, Sci Fi, Family Friendly Ori and the Blind Forest Ori and the Blind Forest 95.4% · 15,005 reviews shares Great Soundtrack, Difficult, Family Friendly, Cute HIVESWAP: ACT 2 HIVESWAP: ACT 2 86.5% · 1,056 reviews shares Point Click, Female Protagonist, Sci Fi, Exploration In Other Waters In Other Waters 87.6% · 1,811 reviews shares Aliens, Great Soundtrack, Point Click, Female Protagonist Turnip Boy Commits Tax Evasion Turnip Boy Commits Tax Evasion 94.8% · 9,824 reviews shares Memes, Great Soundtrack, Psychological Horror, Cute Little Misfortune Little Misfortune 90.4% · 6,657 reviews shares Great Soundtrack, Point Click, Psychological Horror, Female Protagonist Morphopolis Morphopolis 76.5% · 1,845 reviews shares Great Soundtrack, Point Click, Difficult, Family Friendly

Screenshots

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Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.

GenresAdventure, Indie, RPG
Player tagsAdventure · Point & Click · Great Soundtrack · RPG · Indie · Female Protagonist · Memes · Aliens · Story Rich · Cute · 2D · Singleplayer (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Trading Cards · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish * *
Achievements44
Estimated owners200,000 – 500,000 (SteamSpy)
Official sitehttp://www.hiveswap.com
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS *: Windows XP/Vista/Windows 7/Windows 8/Windows 10 Processor: Dual core 2.2GHz+ Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: 1 GB VRAM Storage: 6 GB available space