HighFleet
Worth it · Action · 2021
Steam Deck UnsupportedThe verdict
BUY IT.
Worth it at $29.99.
- Length
- 31.1h
- Value
- $0.96/hr
- Reviews
- 88% positive
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Minimum on the Steam store: 4 GB of memory, Nvidia GeForce GT 950, 2 GB of storage. Windows only.
Battle for survival in the skies of a mysterious future Earth in this unique action-strategy game mixing arcade combat, exploration, management and diplomacy. As giant flying ships wage spectacular aerial warfare, a prophecy tells of one who will save the world – could it be you?
What drives the score
How to read this
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The value story
It has never been cheaper than $14.99. That was December 2025. Its cuts run 35 percent off as a rule. There have been 38 in the 5 years tracked, about 7 weeks apart. Today it is at full price. The last sale was about 4 weeks ago, and on this game's rhythm the next one tends to arrive within 7 weeks.
Against its own genre it lands in the top 1 percent on value. It is pricier than 97 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 93 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Heat Signature ($14.99, scores 84) beats it on value, while it beats SanctuaryRPG: Black Edition ($7.99, scores 73).
Of the 800 Steam-purchase reviews this site sampled, 8 come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written December 2021 to August 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 65 percent of the 758 reviews written there were positive, against 88 percent overall, and those are 11 percent of everything written about it.
Finishing takes 31.1 hours; clearing it takes 145, which is 4.7 times the campaign.
Players
51 players at peak in the last day.
The chart appears once this game has been counted more than once.Player counts via SteamSpy.
What players say
WELCOME TO IRAN, GENTLEMEN. Set in the action packed future of August 2026, Highfleet is about the U.S. Department of Defense's attempt to occupy Iran without sending ground troops. You are one of the Iranian military officers defending the nation and its interests, when you are tasked with an incursion targeted at an American occupied Gulf Country's desalination plant. However news of Tehran being hit by the Samson...
This is one of the best games ive played, literally has everything I could possibly want. I was like, it would be cool if they had... just to dicover it does have that feature. The strategy, combat, atmoshpere and art are all impecable and sound design. Very very good game, cant state it enough, strongly reccomend
Replayable and the ships are customizable. There is a thrill as you command a fleet as you inch towards your goal. The heart beating adrenaline as you hear these words: *RADAR EMISSION DETECTED* *THERMAL SIGNATURE DETECTED* *VISUAL CONTACT* Only to realize that the cruise missile is carrying a nuclear payload. Story is acceptable albeit abruptly cut, but as I said, replayable as heck. 9/10 buy even if not on sale.
Player reviews from Steam: the most helpful all-time, plus the newest that clear the same quality bar, with the hours each player had put in when they wrote it. The mix of Recommended and Not recommended follows the game's Steam ratio. Rotates daily. Opinions are theirs.
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HighFleet scores 74/100 on the BANG Score (worth it). The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/1434950/highfleetThe BANG Score is one number for value, 0 to 100: price against how it reviews and how long it was built to be. It answers the money question and stops there; whether the game is for you is still your call.
Reviews set the ceiling and price moves you inside it, so a cheap game that reviews badly cannot climb. Ratings from few reviewers are shrunk toward the middle, so 100 percent from nine people does not outrank 96 percent from ninety thousand. Length comes from HowLongToBeat where it can be matched, measured against a per-genre floor so a five-hour narrative game is judged against other narrative games rather than against a sixty-hour RPG. Where no verified length exists the score says so and carries a dock, because the biggest input is then a guess. The full method, including where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Aug 2, price as of Sep 23.
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