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HIVESWAP: ACT 1

Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac • 2017

Should you play it?

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.

What works

  • Engaging story and characters
  • Beautiful art and animation
  • Catchy and fitting soundtrack
  • Humorous and detailed item interactions
  • Accessible to newcomers and fans alike

Things to keep in mind

  • Short game length
  • Some bugs and graphical issues
  • Lack of challenging puzzles
  • Achievement unobtainable currently
  • Long wait for future acts

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Smile For Me

  • Chaos on Deponia

  • The Night of the Rabbit

  • Whispers of a Machine

  • Leisure Suit Larry - Wet Dreams Dry Twice

  • Edna & Harvey: The Breakout

Less fellowship-oriented

Games that feels like HIVESWAP: ACT 1 but with less of a community feel

  • Kathy Rain

  • Gibbous - A Cthulhu Adventure

  • Lucy Dreaming

  • Darkestville Castle

  • Leisure Suit Larry - Wet Dreams Don't Dry

  • My Brother Rabbit

Choose your own criteria ->

Similarity map

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Similarity map

Each dot is a game placed from its motivation profile relative to this page’s game. Direction shows which motivation differs most; distance along that axis shows how large the gap is.

  • Purple star: this page’s game at the centre — everything is relative to it.
  • Direction: each axis is a main motivational difference vs this game (e.g. more / less competitive).
  • Distance on an axis: how large that difference is (ring scales show +/− points).
  • Coloured chips: click to highlight games that mainly differ on that motivation; click again to reset.
  • Dotted line: link between this page’s game and the one selected for comparison.
  • Hover a dot to preview that game in the panel on the right; click to keep that comparison.
  • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom.

How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

HIVESWAP: ACT 1: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Survival, Violence, Competition, Thrill. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Fellowship, Experimenting, Thrill.

Last update: 03/08/2026