Project Highrise

 PC
User Score
7.8

Generally favorable reviews- based on 29 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 17 out of 29
  2. Mixed: 10 out of 29
  3. Negative: 2 out of 29

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  1. Klewer
    Dec 6, 2018
    7
    It's a solid tower management game. Has all the little features and bits you'd expect from a game like this. It just gets a little easy and repetitive after a little while. Worth a look for fans of sim style management games.
  2. GabeValentine
    Jan 9, 2019
    6
    Project Highrise is a well-featured game, but has quite a few quirks and bugs.

    [][]PC Requirements[][] Low. [][]Graphics[][] 6/10. Okay. About as good as I'd expect from a management simulator. Sometimes parts of structure textures are reused for other structures, which is not ideal because it can cause a bit of confusion. [][]Gameplay[][] 6/10. Okay. The game has a campaign in    Project Highrise is a well-featured game, but has quite a few quirks and bugs.

    [][]PC Requirements[][] Low.

    [][]Graphics[][] 6/10. Okay.
    About as good as I'd expect from a management simulator. Sometimes parts of structure textures are reused for other structures, which is not ideal because it can cause a bit of confusion.

    [][]Gameplay[][] 6/10. Okay.
    The game has a campaign in the form of 15 scenarios - easy, medium, and hard - and a sandbox mode. The scenarios each have 3 challenges. Building trees are complex and large. However, the gameplay is significantly less enjoyable because of the numerous bugs.

    [][]Game Time & Replayability[][] 8/10. Good.

    [][]Audio[][] 8/10. Good.
    Relaxing soundtrack, well suited to a simulator game like this. Background noises are not distracting and well-recorded.

    [][]Bugs[][] 2/10. Bad.
    Need extra money? Raise rents to 200% just before midnight and then lower them right after. Evictions can be done cheaply by simply lowering the tenant's rent to $0. Apartments that cannot be built below ground can be moved to the basement after being built. You can build two floors and then delete the lower one.
    The game will auto-save when you exit to main menu (there is no option to turn this off) and there is no way to load except from the main menu; this can result in the auto-save you want to load being overwritten, making the auto-save feature less useful.

    [][]Overall[][] (6+6+8+8+2)/5 = 6

    [][]Game version 1.6.0[][]    … Expand
  3. VashloveNpeace
    Jul 24, 2020
    7
    If u like SimTower or YootTower then Project Highrise is a game that you need to play. Though lacking the livelier invite unlike SimTower, it is still a good and fun Tower Simulator building game. I hope theres more stuffs added soon in the SteamWorksop to make my tower look unique and interesting.
  4. sdvwse
    Dec 15, 2022
    6
    kinda like sim tower but after so many years you would think there are more to these kind of games

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Metascore
73

Mixed or average reviews - based on 12 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 12
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 12
  3. Negative: 0 out of 12
  1. CD-Action
    Dec 12, 2016
    65
    It’s a competent, accessible sim, but there is nothing special about it, so I didn’t miss it after I stopped playing it for the sake of this review. [12/2016, p.72]
  2. Games.cz
    Nov 7, 2016
    70
    Project Highrise offers a user-friendly environment and many hours of fun with the content-rich skyscraper construction and management simulation.
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  3. Riot Pixels
    Oct 14, 2016
    68
    A fun, varied and relaxing skyscraper sim. It can be a little bit formal at times, and there are some glaring deficiencies, but it is a welcome return to this theme nonetheless.
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