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Hiveswap Friendsim
You’ve crash landed on a dangerous alien planet with no food, medicine, or prospects, but you do know one thing—you are absolutely desperate for friendship.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-28 · quoted reviews as of 2026-10-16.
“23 Minutes. 23 minutes after this game had been released (I had been refreshing the store page for this game all day) I had managed to download the game and play through the game. And when I mean play throug the game I mean 100% completion. It's a renpy based visual novel, and…”
— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs played“It's like a dating sim, but instead of cringing at how easy and unrealistic it is to woo every character at once, you cringe because you're made painfully aware of your own social ineptitude.”
— a player, Steam review · 9 hrs played“Look, you came here, you already know if you're gonna buy this. And you are. You're frankly a bit dissapointed this game doesn't cost 4 dollars and 13 cents. You'll buy it of course, and you'll buy the DLC, and also all the other side games, when those happen. Anything to feel…”
— a player, Steam review · 0 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-06 via SteamCharts.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-13.
| Genres | Adventure, Indie, RPG, Simulation |
| Player tags | Visual Novel · Indie · Simulation · Violent · Adventure · Dating Sim · RPG · Casual · Psychological Horror · Memes · Singleplayer · LGBTQ+ (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Full controller support · Custom Volume Controls · Keyboard Only Option · Mouse Only Option · Narrated Game Menus · Playable without Timed Input · Save Anytime |
| Languages | English |
| Controller | Full support |
| Official site | http://www.hiveswap.com |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows XP or later Processor: 1.66 GHz Memory: 1 GB RAM Graphics: Any DirectX-compatible card DirectX: Version 9.0 Storage: 200 MB available space