Hiveswap: Act 1
- Developer
- What Pumpkin Games
- Publisher
- Fellow Traveller
- Released
- 14 September 2017
- Age rating
- PEGI N/A
- UK price
- £5.59
Platforms: Linux, PC, macOS
Genres: point and click , puzzle , role playing rpg , adventure , indie
Hiveswap is a hand-drawn tribute to '90s point-and-click adventure games. 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.
Best gaming PC for Hiveswap: Act 1 in 2026
Full buyers guide →Below are the four PC tiers we'd actually recommend for Hiveswap: Act 1 today. These are our 2026 hardware picks, not the dated publisher minimums you'll find on Steam.
Budget
1080p · 60fps
- CPU
- AMD Ryzen 5 7600
- GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 8GB
- RAM
- 16 GB
- Storage
- 1TB NVMe SSD
Mid-tier
1440p · 60fps
- CPU
- AMD Ryzen 7 7700
- GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Super 12GB
- RAM
- 32 GB
- Storage
- 2TB NVMe SSD
High-end
1440p · 144fps
- CPU
- AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
- GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti 16GB
- RAM
- 32 GB
- Storage
- 2TB NVMe SSD
Enthusiast
4K · 60fps
- CPU
- AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D
- GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 32GB
- RAM
- 64 GB
- Storage
- 4TB NVMe SSD
Official system requirements
These are the minimum and recommended specs as published by Fellow Traveller on Steam. They tend to be conservative — usually "what ran the game at 1080p when it shipped". For what you should actually buy in 2026, see the tier cards above.
| Minimum | Recommended | |
|---|---|---|
| OS | Windows XP / Vista / Windows 7 / Windows 8 / Windows 10 | Windows XP / Vista / Windows 7 / Windows 8 / Windows 10 |
| CPU | Dual core 2.2GHz+ | Dual core 3.0GHz+ |
| RAM | 4 GB | 4 GB |
| GPU | 1 GB VRAM | 2 GB VRAM |
| Storage | 6 GB | 6 GB |
| DirectX | — | — |
Verified 18 May 2026 against the Steam store page.
Can your PC run Hiveswap: Act 1?
If your CPU is roughly equivalent to Dual core 3.0GHz+ and your GPU is at or above 2 GB VRAM, you'll hit recommended settings at 1080p/60. For 1440p or higher, see the tier picks above.