Highlands
Fair · RPG · 2015
Steam Deck UnsupportedThe verdict
NO RUSH.
Fair at $4.99. Buy it if you want it.
- Length
- 6h 9.7h to 100%
- Value
- $0.83/hr
- Reviews
- 81% of 241 positive
Watch this gameOne alert at a price you pick.
Buy now or wait
Not discounted in any of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last cut ended 2997 days ago.
- Next sale
- Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
What drives the score
How to read this
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About the game
Highlands is a hand-drawn turn-based strategy game with unique characters, resource management and RPG elements where the focus is directed toward decision-making.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 2 GB of memory, DirectX 9.0c compatible graphics card, 3 GB of storage. Windows only.
The value story
Across all 24 discounts in the 12 years tracked, the median cut is 60 percent, about 7 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended about 428 weeks ago.
Value puts it in the top 12 percent of the games it competes with. It is cheaper than 67 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 73 percent. Among the games that feel like it, SteamWorld Heist ($14.99, scores 84) beats it on value, while it beats Expeditions: Conquistador ($19.99, scores 56).
More about Highlands
Steam's global achievement data puts about 17 percent of players at this game's ending achievement. On a 6-hour game, the hours short of it still count in its price per hour.
The drop-off
78% start to 17% finishA normal fall-off for a game this long. Steam global achievements
What players say
Alright, two hours into this bad boy, and I'm comfortable reviewing. Highlands is a Risk-esque resource management/strategy game with RPG elements, to lay it out at its core. While the pics provided up there might make you think it's very simple, there's a lot more depth than I thought there would be. Gameplay: You have armies that you shift around different areas, and the entirety of your army are heroes. There are...
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
Picked it up during the sale and was only expecting it to be decent at best. Boy was I wrong; this game turned out to be amazing! It is pretty simple yet incredibly deep, Other reviews complained about the difficulty but hailed its gorgeous scapes. The latter remark is became very evident as the sky-city steampunkish world came to life, an aesthetic that sort of reminds me of Bioshock Infinite. However, the...
The Lore, graphics etc are nice, but the combat and strategy is just too simplified. It's ok, but I wouldn't recommend you use your time on it.
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Cite this score
Highlands scores 57/100 on the BANG Score (fair value) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/359920/highlandsReviews set the ceiling, and price against real length moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Sep 30, price as of Oct 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.