A Highland Song on Steam - User reviews, Price & Information

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Moira McKinnon is running away. A wild adventure through the Scottish Highlands, with open platforming and dynamic storytelling, maps and music. From the creators of Heaven's Vault and 80 Days.

A Highland Song is a exploration, 2d platformer and nature game developed and published by inkle Ltd.
Released on December 05th 2023 is available in English on Windows and MacOS.

It has received 524 reviews of which 474 were positive and 50 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.4 out of 10. 😎

The game is currently priced at 7.99€ on Steam with a 50% discount, but you can find it for 2.77€ on Gamivo.

The Steam community has classified A Highland Song into these genres:

Exploration 2D Platformer Nature Dynamic Narration Female Protagonist Story Rich Atmospheric Choices Matter Adventure Hand-drawn Platformer Singleplayer 2D Narration Multiple Endings Narrative Open World Indie Rhythm Music-Based Procedural Generation

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System requirements

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Windows

Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
OS *: Windows 7 or later
Processor: SSE2 instruction set support
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Graphics: Nvidia Geforce GTX 660 / AMD Radeon HD 7850, 2+ Gb of vram
Storage: 3 GB available space

MacOS

OS: macOS 10.15 Catalina or higher
Processor: 8th generation Intel Core processor
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Graphics: MacBook from 2018 or later
Storage: 3 GB available space

User reviews & Ratings

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Jan. 2026

interesting little indie game. I've never seen anything like this before. Thanks Raz for suggesting it!

Jan. 2026

I came unprepared. I expected a story-driven, cosy platformer. Instead I got a cosy, yet punishing survival game, but punishing in different ways than you expect. First and foremost, it's an exploration game. I reached the "end" of the game without discovering half of the peaks. Some I saw in the distance, some I have no idea how to get at this moment. The thing is the game is asking you to reach the lighthouse before Beltane. I arrived 6 days late. If it's exploration and challenge you're looking for, you will spend a lot of time in the Scottish Highlands. There are secrets to find, quirky and mysterious characters to meet and nuggets of story to reveal. I'm satisfied with arriving to the lighthouse at all. You can't die in this game, but the weather conditions and the climbs really push you. You need to find places and time to rest and recover and some weather conditions won't let you do that. I experienced a sense of wonder trying to discover the correct paths and shortcuts. Getting lost is easy and I had moment when I thought I will not find the lighthouse. You can see it all by checking that 5% of players reached the lighthouse before Beltane and discovered all peaks. You can't really get bored playing this game, and the musical minigame really improves the dynamics of the whole experience. The climbing is very simplistic, but you have to always be careful not to fall and diminish your precious health and stamina. It's a really cool and visually beautiful game. P.S. 2 hrs is my lack of wi-fi. One run is around 4.

July 2025

Lovely visuals and voice overs. Fun bit's of exploration. Great soundtrack. Not a huge fan of doing multiple play throughs, so went and saw the within-the-time ending, but pleased I did one play through.

May 2025

This is a very soft recommend. To be honest I initially rather favoured the idea of leaving a negative review, but after three playthroughs (average length is between 2h if you know what you're doing and 5h if you're miserably, dismally, woefully lost as I was on my first playthrough), I think the game has really started growing on me and its positive traits finally offset the negative ones. This being said, this is precisely because A Highland Song is designed to favour multiple playthroughs (Moira, the player character, will get to retain all her geographical knowledge as well as some items) that the first one can feel like being dropped on your own in the wild steppes with extremely unclear instructions. Personally, I am not a fan of the mechanic asking the player to climb the peaks to try to pinpoint paths that are shown on little hand-drawn maps Moira collects (and if you're off by one centimeter, too bad for you) and THEN having you go to that place to confirm whether said path actually exists. It makes for a lot of lost time, and considering the maps are randomised, it can mean that you'll get stuck in the same place for a long while without knowing where to go. I was also dubious about the raison d'être of the rhythm game although it can be charming at times. It can also be quite annoying at others, especially if you'd rather just walk instead of jumping around without knowing where you are or where you're going. In the end, that's what the whole game comes down to: charming visuals, charming music, really charming story (definitely worth trying to arrive on time at the Lighthouse to understand what's happening), very good voice acting, etc. But very much held down by gameplay mechanics that seem to favour slowing down the player at all times (yes I know it rains in the Highlands. Do I want to have to find shelter every 3 minutes in my game though? No). Once you've cleared most of the map you'll probably actually have fun but you need to get there first, and I know that I was about to ragequit thrice, and wouldn't be surprised if other people have actually gone through with it! In the end, I feel like it's a testament to Inkle's high standards and commitment to quality that even the game of theirs I like the least so far is still this good on so many aspects. My two cents though, are that 80 Days is still a perfect entry-point for anyone interested in their games. It is exquisitely written and its gameplay is way more approachable (and bite-sized) while significantly less punishing than A Highland Song's.

March 2025

This is a beautiful, lovely experience. Audio feels like home, controls are as tight as Super Mario Bros. and the game itself is comforting to "be" in.

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Frequently Asked Questions

A Highland Song is currently priced at 7.99€ on Steam.

A Highland Song is currently available at a 50% discount. You can purchase it for 7.99€ on Steam.

A Highland Song received 474 positive votes out of a total of 524 achieving a rating of 8.43.

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A Highland Song was developed and published by inkle Ltd.

A Highland Song is playable and fully supported on Windows.

A Highland Song is playable and fully supported on MacOS.

A Highland Song is not playable on Linux.

A Highland Song is a single-player game.

There is a DLC available for A Highland Song. Explore additional content available for A Highland Song on Steam.

A Highland Song does not support mods via Steam Workshop.

A Highland Song does not support Steam Remote Play.

A Highland Song is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.

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