- 66/100
- Players29 ratings
- 81/100
- Critics4 reviews
More scores
- Metacritic13 critic reviews
- 73/100
- Metacritic usersuser score
- 78/100
- GameFAQsJust Right
- 3.26/5
- Player reviews
- 85% positive3,893 reviews
- Steam Deck
- Playable
- Runs on
- Windows, Mac
- Price
- US$19.99
Where to get it
2016 · SomaSim · Business simulation · Indie
Project Highrise
Project Highrise is a Tower Building Business Management Simulator.
- Released
- 8 September 2016
- Platforms
- AndroidNintendo SwitchPlayStation 4WindowsXbox OneiOSmacOS
- Genres
- Business simulationIndieSimulationStrategy
- Developers
- SomaSim
- Publishers
- Kasedo Games
- Modes
- Single-player
- Perspective
- Side view
- Themes
- BusinessSandbox
- Country
- United States
- Age ratings
- CLASS_IND LPEGI 3ESRB EUSK 0GRAC ALL
- Languages
- Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Polish, Russian, Spanish (Spain)
- Time to beat
- 10hmain story22hwith extras53hcompletionist
About
Project Highrise is a 2D tower-building simulation game, developed by SomaSim and published by Kasedo Games. It is considered by many to be the spiritual successor to SimTower. In the game, players take on the role of a high-rise manager who is responsible for building and maintaining a tower block, filling it with offices, apartments, shops and restaurants, which they support with utilities, while providing specialized services and fulfilling certain conditions in order to keep the residents and tenants of the building satisfied.
The game was released worldwide on September 8, 2016, through online digital distribution platforms, and has received generally positive reviews. The game has spawned five DLC packs, which provided additional gameplay features and content.
Players say
Media
The articlegameplay, story, development, reception
Reception
Project Highrise has a score of 73/100 on Metacritic. The game garnering a 7 out of 10 review score from IGN, and an 8 out of 10 from IGN Germany. IGN praised Project Highrise for being able to quickly and easily craft a smooth, self-sufficient system from the ground up thanks to a welcoming and fast-paced simplicity, and Rock, Paper, Shotgun called the ability for the player to easily understand what was going on, despite the deep levels of complexity, the game's biggest achievement.
Despite the praise, Project Highrise was also criticized for its lack of personality due to its artistic style and color palette. The way each room looked was thought to be too similar and as such, larger skyscrapers could look monotonous.
Releases by platformdates and regions as published
Editions and related releases
- Downloadable content
- Project Highrise: Brilliant BerlinProject Highrise: Las VegasProject Highrise: Tokyo TowersProject Highrise: London Life
- Editions
- Project Highrise: Architect's Edition
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Years
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