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Project Highrise

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Project Highrise
Project Highrise cover
Developers
SomaSim
Publishers
Kasedo Games
Engines
Unity 2017[Note 1]
Release dates
Windows September 8, 2016
macOS (OS X) September 8, 2016
Linux Early access
Reception
Metacritic 73
OpenCritic 81
IGDB 81
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase, Expansion pack
Modes Singleplayer
Pacing Real-time
Perspectives Side view
Controls Point and select
Genres Building
Themes Contemporary
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Project Highrise on Wikipedia

Project Highrise is a singleplayer side view building game.

General information

Publisher Discord server
GOG.com Community Discussions
GOG.com Support Page
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Epic Games Store
DRM details are not known
Windows
GamersGate
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Architect's Edition also available.
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Gamesplanet logo.svg
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Architect's Edition also available.
Windows
macOS (OS X)
GOG.com
DRM-free
Architect's Edition also available.
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Green Man Gaming
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Architect's Edition also available.
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Humble Store
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Architect's Edition also available.
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Origin
Origin
Included with EA Play Pro. Currently only visible in the EA App's Browse menu.
Windows
Steam
DRM-free after installation through Steam client (notes may include more details)
Architect's Edition also available.
DRM-free when launched directly from executable. Steam.exe must be disabled temporarily to run DRM-free (renamed/uninstalled/etc.).
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Discord (unavailable)
Discord
Windows

Monetization

DLC and expansion packs

Name Notes
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
Tokyo Towers
Windows
macOS (OS X)
London Life
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Brilliant Berlin
Windows
macOS (OS X)

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\AppData\LocalLow\SomaSim\Project Highrise\prefs\
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\SomaSim\Project Highrise
macOS (OS X) $HOME/Library/Preferences/unity.SomaSim.Project Highrise.plist
Linux $HOME/.config/unity3d/SomaSim/Project Highrise/prefs/
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/423580/pfx/[Note 2]
It's unknown whether this game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux. Please fill in this information.
Most in-game settings are stored in the prefs folder (resolution settings are stored in a secondary location).[2]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\AppData\LocalLow\SomaSim\Project Highrise\saves\
macOS (OS X) $HOME/Library/Application Support/unity.SomaSim.Project Highrise/saves/
Linux $HOME/.config/unity3d/SomaSim/Project Highrise/saves/
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/423580/pfx/[Note 2]

Save game cloud syncing

Video

The game engine may allow for manual configuration of the game via its variables. See the Unity page for more details.

Input

Audio

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Spanish

Issues fixed

The developer maintains a list of Common Problems for the experimental Linux build.

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 11
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 7
Processor (CPU) Intel Core i5
System memory (RAM) 2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 500 MB
Video card (GPU) Intel HD 4000
1 GB (shared) of VRAM
macOS (OS X)
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 10.11
Processor (CPU) Intel Core i5
System memory (RAM) 2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)
Video card (GPU) Intel HD 4000
1 GB (shared) of VRAM


Notes

  1. Unity engine build: 2017.3.0p2[1]
  2. 2.0 2.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:

References

  1. Verified by User:Vetle on 2018-03-19
  2. Bug Reports FAQ :: Project Highrise Bug Reports - last accessed on May 2023