Hiveswap Friendsim on Steam - User reviews, Price & Information

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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.

Hiveswap Friendsim is a visual novel, indie and simulation game developed by What Pumpkin Games and Inc. and published by Fellow Traveller.
Released on April 13th 2018 is available in English on Windows, MacOS and Linux.

It has received 1,355 reviews of which 1,253 were positive and 102 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.8 out of 10. 😎

The game is currently priced at 2.55€ on Steam with a 80% discount, but you can find it for 0.16€ on Gamivo.

The Steam community has classified Hiveswap Friendsim into these genres:

Visual Novel Indie Simulation Violent Adventure Dating Sim RPG Casual Psychological Horror Memes Singleplayer LGBTQ+ Great Soundtrack Story Rich Anime Music Cartoon Cute First-Person Funny

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System requirements

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Windows

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

MacOS

OS: Mac OS X Tiger (10.4) or later
Processor: 1.66 GHz
Memory: 1 GB RAM
Storage: 200 MB available space

Linux

OS: x86 or compatible processor
Processor: 1.66 GHz
Memory: 1 GB RAM
Storage: 200 MB available space

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May 2025

A very funny and well-written visual novel that introduces you to the world of Alternia from Homestuck. Makes for a pretty good entry point into Homestuck imo. The music by James Roach, Toby Fox, and others from the Homestuck Music Team is all fantastic, and while there are some routes that aren't as great as others, the majority are really good.

April 2025

If you're a fan of Homestuck, then go for it. If you're not a Homestuck fan, it will be confusing but it's designed to introduce you to the alien planet of Alternia and catches you up to the biological and societal mechanics within its world. I played through this multiple times when it first came out, waiting for each volume every two weeks and doing multiple playthroughs with friends. The music is wonderful, the writing is hilarious, the characters are all memorable in their own ways. There are very few misses when it comes to the volumes but they're all appealing in different ways. The alien circus comedy we call Homestuck continues to be a delight through these visual novels. World-building is incremental in each volume. Each character introduces something new about Alternia to the player character, and every now and then something new for the reader as well. It gives me hope for Homestuck as a franchise that future now that Hussie is no longer in the picture.

March 2025

it's really fun being able to observe the lives of the trolls on alternia outside of all the sburb/sgrub stuff. i imagine this game would be an...interesting experience for someone who hasn't read the webcomic, though i'd still recommend it either way. as someone who somehow managed to read through all 8129 pages of homestuck in the past i think this would be a great way to pique one's interest in the actual comic especially since the start might be kind of boring

Dec. 2024

If you like homestuck and big reading sessions, you're ruined, this is the right game for you. A developed social/simgame to make you feel the internal pain of social shame. I feel like some of these routes were rushed, Honestly, in some parts I was unaware of the quality of Hussie's writing, it disappointed me a little. Besides this, it's funny and not the "generic datin sim" kind. It's really interesting to learn more about characters you like while interacting with them, in fact, theres one thing that disappointed me was Marvus' route, I feel like this specific character was made just for weird simps. The premise is simple, the ost is interesting and the characters are ok, maybe some characters had more potential to be used since they came from a Hussie work. I recommend it if you like homosexual aliens and have a poor sense of humor.

July 2024

this review is not Gonna be well structured as i'm still emotional from finishinG this Game and the impact it had on me. that should already be a clear indicator into how i feel about it but i'll Go into further detail for my own sake because i need to talk about it. i've been in homestuck for a while now and as with practically anyone else whose read the comic it's rotted deep into my brain and i feel like it's become a core part of who i am. i didn't think it was possible for me to Get any more invested in this world and yet here comes hiveswap friendsim and somehow increases my love for this universe tenfold. it's crazy how much this Game chanGes your perspective on alternia and the social dynamics within it, trust me hiveswap act 2 does not do alternia or any of the character within it justice. you HAVE to play friendsim to truly Get to know them. it inspires a deep raGe within me that some people dared to skip over this Game in order to play pesterquest. it anGers me so viscerally that some people only played the first few volumes and didn't Give this Game a proper chance. as previously stated i'm DEEP into homestuck it's at the forefront of my mind pretty much constantly and yet somehow this Game Got me so invested in these trolls' lives and the mspa reader's story that pesterquest feels like a hurdle i have to Get throuGh in order to play friendsim 2 instead of a cool thinG i Get to read. over the course of my playthrouGh of this Game i Got so invested in alternia that when i Got a cut in real life i was surprised that the blood wasn't fuchsia. i called a bird a featherbeast as if that's what it was known as irl. i would think of time in terms of sweeps instead of years. playinG throuGh the last volume felt like losinG a loved one. i cried when i reached the endinG because i didn't want to leave this world and these trolls that i've come to love and care for so much as if they were actually my friends. you are actively doinG yourself a disservice if you're into homestuck and haven't played this Game. and i would say it's downriGht sinful to skip this Game in order to play pesterquest. you will Gain a much MUCH deeper appreciation of alternia and homestuck as a whole if you play this Game it is absolutely ESSENTIAL to the homestuck experience. 10/10. tyzias was there. i can't wait to Get to friendsim 2.

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Hiveswap Friendsim is currently priced at 2.55€ on Steam.

Hiveswap Friendsim is currently available at a 80% discount. You can purchase it for 2.55€ on Steam.

Hiveswap Friendsim received 1,253 positive votes out of a total of 1,355 achieving a rating of 8.76.

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Hiveswap Friendsim was developed by What Pumpkin Games and Inc. and published by Fellow Traveller.

Hiveswap Friendsim is playable and fully supported on Windows.

Hiveswap Friendsim is playable and fully supported on MacOS.

Hiveswap Friendsim is playable and fully supported on Linux.

Hiveswap Friendsim is a single-player game.

Hiveswap Friendsim does not currently offer any DLC.

Hiveswap Friendsim does not support mods via Steam Workshop.

Hiveswap Friendsim does not support Steam Remote Play.

Hiveswap Friendsim 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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