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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About
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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Languages: English**languages with full audio support
Engagement
Hours played at review time, across 41 reviews with recorded playtime.
Reviews
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The art in this game is really nice, it has some nice tunes, and there's a surprising amount of detail. You can tell genuine care was put into this game. Its gameplay is the bare minimum, just a point and click, and puzzles are almost non-existent. (I did get STUCK like 2 times cuz i'm dumb). The story of this first act is okay, and I actually liked Joey and Xefros. It's a short game, but I got it almost for free so can't complain. Seems like Act 2 is about double the length, and it looks more fun from what I've seen. The vibe is not the exact same as Homestuck, but it 100% conserves its charm. The humor is there, and there's nice stuff like the STRIFE sections. If you're a Homestuck fan, you should check it out when it's on sale. And even if you're not familiar with HS, I do believe you can still enjoy this. It's a funny way to get introduced to it, but you don't necessarily need much previous knowledge. I do however need to mention that this game has been in Development Hell for many years, and there have been some controversies from what I've heard. (Act 3 is supposed to release in 2026 it seems?)
hiveswap hussie hiveswap best game ever ok
Eu te amo xefros
3/10
hives get swapped, xactly what it says in the name
I remeber loving homestuck and just bingereading around 4000 chapters of it and during that time I bought a few of teh games and most of them to this day have sat unfinished. But in trying to 100% complete games on steam this one always annoyed me, with the Boros achievement being basically untainable so i did use SAM to unlock, but in looking at the other games and their achievements it makes me want to play them. And even though i've forgotten a fair majority of what happened in homestuck, I remeber really enjoying this game, the artstyle is really well adapted, working well as a point and click adveneture game I remeber it being fun.
애니메이션이 부드럽다 얼마만에 수제인지... 게임은 단순한 포인트앤클릭 아직 챕터 1이라 모르겠지만 개인적으로 어릴때 전작을 재밌게 봐서 일단 소장용으로 킵함
straight up swapping hives ngl
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