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Review sentiment over time
Weekly positive-review rate (green) and review volume (bars). Dashed lines mark significant patches; the amber line is the start of the current scoring window. Hover the dots to see what drove a dip or a jump.
How this score was computed
The VGC Score is a weighted blend on a press-comparable 0-100 quality scale. Steam approval rates are first calibrated (95% positive on Steam ≈ 89.5 quality, since Steam approval skews high). Press and tracked creator reviews each count ~2x a player review and share one cap against player evidence (creator buy/skip calls pool into an approval rate, calibrated like Steam approval); all-time sentiment is capped and halved (it's context, not verdict); reviews of the current build carry the most weight when a fresh patch anchors the window; and a 'typical game' prior keeps small samples from pegging the scale. Because press reviews and Metacritic user aggregates describe the launch build, their weight decays as the game ages (3-year half-life after a 1-year grace). That's how a game that launched rough can outgrow its old reception once updates win players over. Reviews under 2h playtime (the refund window), non-Steam activations, and free copies are downweighted.
| Component | Positive | Quality (0-100) | Weight (pseudo-reviews) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Press reviews (OpenCritic) | – | 81 | 4 |
| Creator reviews (1 tracked) | – | 100 | 0 |
| All-time Steam reviews | 85% | 78 | 1000 |
| Metacritic user ratings | – | – | 0 |
| Post-patch Steam reviews (trust-weighted) | 95% | 90 | 5 |
| Calibration prior (typical game) | – | 72 | 50 |
Scoring window: last 30 days (no significant patch detected) · 12 reviews sampled · 14 total reviews in window · weighted 8.8 up / 0.4 down · computed 4h ago · full methodology →
Press & Creators reviews (12)
Individual verdicts from outlets we track: scored reviews first, most trusted outlets first among them. The small badge is each outlet's trust score: how well its scoring history aligns with players.
- 65
“Project Highrise takes obvious inspiration from a cult classic, but struggles to build compelling mechanics around a proven concept. Constructing a tower still offers its own simple pleasure, but there’s not enough depth here to keep you building a skyline’s worth of high-rises.”
read full review ↗ - 75
“Given an empty block and the freedom to do what you please, Project Highrise doesn't quite reach the heights of SimTower.”
read full review ↗ - 100
- 70
“A compelling management sim with strong systems, but few customization options make for a visually bland experience”
read full review ↗ - 70
“Project Highrise is a skyscraper management sim à la Sim Tower. A genre that hasn't been touched upon since 1998, when Yoot Tower last released. Project Highrise aims to bring that experience to the modern age, and I must say they did an incredible job on it.”
read full review ↗ - 84
“Project Highrise is one of the most in-depth skyscraper simulators and is the best simulator game I have played”
read full review ↗ - 100
“At the end of the day, Project Highrise is an excellent skyscraper-management game that challenges the player with deep strategy and rewards them with gigantic, gorgeous looking buildings. ”
read full review ↗ - 90
“For fans of the genre or curious gamers, whether you’re playing through the games scenarios or in sandbox mode, this is one of the best management games to come out this year.”
read full review ↗ - 80
“Project Highrise is the kind of game that grabs a hold of players and doesn’t let go.”
read full review ↗ - 90
“For the curious and the creative, brimming with replay value, and fairly priced, Project Highrise is the game that SimTower should’ve been.”
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“People are going to like it, because it achieves what it sets out to do and because it can yet be mined for greater efficiency of construction and weirder or more specialist designs, but right now I’m not expecting the break-out mega-success of a Factorio or Rimworld. It just doesn’t have the flex. Not yet, anyway, but the slick, compulsive, ever so slightly bland Project Highrise is certainly a strong foundation for the community to take it somewhere weirder and wilder.”
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Rock, Paper, ShotgunPatch history
- London Life has launched!Feb 28, 2018significant · resets scoring window
- Chinese & Polish, plus Christmas gifts!Dec 20, 2017significant · resets scoring window
- Tokyo Towers Content Pack Now Available!Sep 8, 2017significant · resets scoring window
- Miami Malls Content Pack Released!Jul 13, 2017significant · resets scoring window
- Update 1.5.4 now available - and an announcement!Jun 20, 2017significant · resets scoring window
- Update 1.5.2 releasedMay 11, 2017
- Update 1.5.2 releasedMay 11, 2017
- 1.5.1 "Golden Nugget" is live!Apr 20, 2017
- 1.5.1 "Golden Nugget" is live!Apr 20, 2017
- Welcome to Las Vegas - Expansion Pack is Released!Apr 13, 2017significant · resets scoring window
- Update 1.4.0 - Lux lobbies is live!Jan 26, 2017
- Update 1.4.0 - Lux lobbies is live!Jan 26, 2017
- Update 1.3.1 is released!Jan 19, 2017
- Update 1.3.1 is released!Jan 19, 2017
- Version 1.3.0 is live!Dec 7, 2016significant · resets scoring window
- Version 1.3.0 is live!Dec 7, 2016
- Announcing 1.2.0 - the "Petronas Towers" update!Nov 9, 2016significant · resets scoring window
- Announcing 1.1.2 releaseOct 26, 2016significant · resets scoring window
- Announcing 1.1.2 releaseOct 26, 2016
- Spooky update 1.1.1 is alive!Oct 19, 2016
- Spooky update 1.1.1 is alive!Oct 19, 2016
- Update 1.1.0 - Building Amenities is live!Oct 12, 2016
- Update 1.1.0 - Building Amenities is live!Oct 12, 2016
- Update 1.0.7 releasedOct 5, 2016significant · resets scoring window
- Update 1.0.7 releasedOct 5, 2016
- Update 1.0.6 has arrivedSep 26, 2016significant · resets scoring window
- Update 1.0.6 has arrivedSep 26, 2016
- Update 1.0.5 is hereSep 20, 2016significant · resets scoring window
- Update 1.0.5 is hereSep 20, 2016
- Thank you for a great first weekSep 15, 2016
- Update 1.0.4 is liveSep 14, 2016significant · resets scoring window
- Update 1.0.4 is liveSep 14, 2016
- Version 1.0.3 availableSep 10, 2016
- Version 1.0.3 availableSep 10, 2016
- Now Available for Pre-Purchase | Workshop Confirmed | Release Date ConfirmedAug 9, 2016significant · resets scoring window