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.
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7
24h peak
7
All-time peak
7
SteamScope Score
50.0
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Store description and overview from Steam.
Monsters in the yard. Monsters in the house. Monsters in the hall, beating on your door. Your brother's trapped in his treehouse, so he’s not gonna be much help. You're going to have to get yourself out of this. But where did they come from? How are you supposed to deal with this? Well, certainly not by cowering in your room. That's for, uh, cowards.
First things first. You need to open the door.
A LOVE LETTER TO '90s ADVENTURE GAMES
...without the accompanying frustration. As fun and well-paced as you generously remember them being. No dream-logic solutions, no hearing the same “those items don’t work together” message over and over. HIVESWAP has unique responses for everything you can try. Spend hours trying everything on everything, if you want to -- but not because you have to. Learn about the characters by exploring their homes! But like, in a good way! No audio logs split up and scattered around -- GUARANTEED.
HAND-ANIMATED IN TWO DIMENSIONS
Strange homes to explore, every room brimming with secrets. The world of HIVESWAP is beautiful and alive, from its hyper-detailed environments to its gorgeous fully-rendered animations. Come take a look!
MUSIC TO MAKE YOU WEEP
An eclectic, ambitious, genre-spanning soundtrack, featuring contributions from Undertale’s Toby Fox and, regrettably, at least one third-wave ska song. Also featuring at least one pseudo-revolutionary garage rock duo, with regrets of their own.
WORLDS TO SEE, TEENS TO BE
Play as JOEY CLAIRE, EXTRAORDINAIRE, a teen trapped in her room *and* in 1994. Play as JUDE HARLEY, BIZARRELY, her kid brother, trapped in his treehouse. Play as XEFROS TRITOH, ALIEN REBEL, wait. Aliens?
JUST GETTING STARTED
HIVESWAP: ACT 1 is the first of a four-part series set in Andrew Hussie’s Homestuck universe, with a companion game, Hauntswitch, to follow. Continue your save from chapter to chapter, then from game to game, to carry your story, choices, friendships and frenemies across them all--then do it again! Once released, HIVESWAP and Hauntswitch will be playable in either order. Haven’t read Homestuck? That’s fine! This game is set in 1994! Homestuck hasn’t even been invented yet!
And then...
the adventure continues in ACT 2.
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SteamScope Score
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Popularity
Live concurrent player volume
15
Growth
Recent player trend momentum
50
Retention
Peak-to-current player ratio
100
Longevity
Catalogue age and sustained interest
65
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HIVESWAP: ACT 1 is tracked on SteamScope with live Steam concurrent player data, historical charts, and a SteamScope activity score of 50/100. Search for "HIVESWAP: ACT 1 player count" or "HIVESWAP: ACT 1 steam charts" to monitor how many people are playing right now and how activity compares with past peaks.
HIVESWAP: ACT 1 is developed by What Pumpkin Games, Inc., released 14 Sept 2017, a Adventure, Indie, RPG title. Available on Windows, macOS, Linux.
HIVESWAP: ACT 1 currently reports 7 concurrent Steam players with a 24-hour peak of 7 and an all-time peak of 7.
Among tracked Steam titles, HIVESWAP: ACT 1 ranks #6057 of 8,128 by momentum score.
HIVESWAP: ACT 1 has lost momentum recently. Retention sits at 100/100, suggesting fewer players relative to its all-time peak of 7.
HIVESWAP: ACT 1 has 44 Steam achievements tracked on SteamScope.
The average global unlock rate across all achievements is 35%, giving a baseline for overall completion difficulty.
The most common achievement is ">OVER? BUT WE JUST STARTED!" with a 70.7% unlock rate.
The rarest achievement is ">BOROS" — only 0.9% of players have unlocked it (Very Hard).
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Achievements
This game
35% avg unlock
40 peer games
19.8% median
Comparison
Easier than peers
Achievements
1 standard · 43 hidden · Updated 1h ago
35%
average global unlock
Most Common
>OVER? BUT WE JUST STARTED!
70.7% unlock rate
Rarest Achievement
>BOROS
0.9% unlock rate
BUT_WE_JUST_STARTED
70.7%
global unlock
No description provided by Steam.
IT_WASNT_LOCKED
68.9%
global unlock
No description provided by Steam.
LIGHT_WEAPONRY
63.9%
global unlock
No description provided by Steam.
STEP_UP
63.4%
global unlock
No description provided by Steam.
NA_NA_NA_NA_HEY_YOU
61.9%
global unlock
No description provided by Steam.
THIRD_TIMES_THE_CHARM
60.4%
global unlock
No description provided by Steam.
FEATHERY_DOOFUS_ACQUIRED
59.9%
global unlock
No description provided by Steam.
WHYS_IT_EVEN_LOCKED
59.7%
global unlock
No description provided by Steam.
SIGNATURE_STYLE_AND_FLARE
59.6%
global unlock
No description provided by Steam.
NOW_WHAT_IN_THE_HELL
59.5%
global unlock
No description provided by Steam.
ACCIDENTAL_ASTRONAUT
57.1%
global unlock
No description provided by Steam.
LET_THE_RUMPUS_COMMENCE
57.1%
global unlock
No description provided by Steam.
SERPENT
57.0%
global unlock
No description provided by Steam.
THATS_YOUR_CUE
55.2%
global unlock
No description provided by Steam.
RUBBLE_LEADER
54.5%
global unlock
No description provided by Steam.
TREAT_TIME
54.5%
global unlock
No description provided by Steam.
ITS_A_LIVING
53.8%
global unlock
No description provided by Steam.
GRUBB
52.7%
global unlock
No description provided by Steam.
GOOD_DEER_BEAST_FRIEND
52.0%
global unlock
No description provided by Steam.
HEAL_THE_DEERCAT
51.9%
global unlock
No description provided by Steam.
INSUFFERABLE_ZOOSMELL
51.9%
global unlock
No description provided by Steam.
SAVE_XEFROS
51.9%
global unlock
No description provided by Steam.
CELL_YOU_LATER
40.0%
global unlock
No description provided by Steam.
BATTER_LUCK_NEXT_TIME
20.1%
global unlock
No description provided by Steam.
RED_AND_GREEN_HERRING
15.6%
global unlock
No description provided by Steam.
MELODIOUS_CHIRPS
13.9%
global unlock
No description provided by Steam.
NO_THEYRE_YOURS_NOW
13.7%
global unlock
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ACTIVITY_RECORDED
13.1%
global unlock
No description provided by Steam.
HOPE_SPRINGS_ETERNAL
11.8%
global unlock
No description provided by Steam.
WHERE_THEY_BELONG
11.1%
global unlock
No description provided by Steam.
PERIOD_APPROPRIATE
10.8%
global unlock
No description provided by Steam.
VENT_FRUSTRATION
10.8%
global unlock
No description provided by Steam.
PLAYING_WITH_POWER
10.5%
global unlock
No description provided by Steam.
CONVEXED
10.4%
global unlock
No description provided by Steam.
DONT_ENCOURAGE_HIM
10.2%
global unlock
No description provided by Steam.
MAY_I_HAVE_THIS_DANCE
10.1%
global unlock
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THE_LONG_GONEBIRDS
10.1%
global unlock
No description provided by Steam.
BIRDGEONING_TALENT
9.9%
global unlock
No description provided by Steam.
ADDITIONAL_PURPOSE
9.5%
global unlock
No description provided by Steam.
SEQUENCE_BREAKER
8.5%
global unlock
No description provided by Steam.
DONT_EAT_THE_MUMMY
8.5%
global unlock
No description provided by Steam.
JUNIOR_VETERINARIAN
8.4%
global unlock
No description provided by Steam.
THEYRE_STUFFED
7.9%
global unlock
No description provided by Steam.
BOROS
0.9%
global unlock
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