---
title: "Hiveswap Friendsim"
description: "You just crash-landed on Alternia, and you’re DESPERATE for friendship! Anyone will do...wait, who are those two trolls approaching you?  The Hiveswap Friendsim"
image: "https://t.vndb.org/cv/01/81401.jpg"
---

# Hiveswap Friendsim

![Hiveswap Friendsim](https://t.vndb.org/cv/01/81401.jpg)

**Aliases:** Hiveswap: Friendship Simulator

**Developer:** What Pumpkin Games, Inc. / Fellow Traveller

**Release date:** Apr 13, 2018

**Platform:** Windows, Linux, macOS, Android, PS4, PS5, Switch

**Language:** English, Russian

**Rating:** 6.5/10 (100 votes)

## Description
You just crash-landed on Alternia, and you’re DESPERATE for friendship! Anyone will do...wait, who are those two trolls approaching you?

The Hiveswap Friendsim is a quick, loosely-canonical visual novel adventure following the efforts of the unnamed protagonist (that’s you!) to survive and maybe even thrive on the harsh surface of ALTERNIA. Set in the time of Hiveswap: Act 1, this episodic visual novel’s opening volume, written by Homestuck creator Andrew Hussie, is sure to satisfy Homestuck and Hiveswap fans who are eager for a darker stroll across the Alternian landscape.

[From [Steam](http://store.steampowered.com/app/833040/)]

## Characters
### MSPA Reader
The player character of Hiveswap Friendsim and Pesterquest.

A nondescript being with a craving for friendship. Though they are visually similar to a Carapacian, they are described as having a human-like constitution.

- **Gender:** Unknown
- **Aliases:** MSPAR, AlienInvasionOfOne
- **Personality:** Friendly
- **Role:** Friend, Deity

### Amisia Erdehn
A Sagira troll artist. Featured in Volume 2 of Hiveswap Friendsim.

- **Gender:** Female
- **Hair:** Black, Long
- **Clothes:** Glasses
- **Items:** Axe
- **Body:** Horns

### Ardata Carmia
A Cobalt-blooded troll who is featured in Volume 1 of Hiveswap Friendsim.

- **Gender:** Female
- **Hair:** Black, Hime Cut
- **Engages in:** Torture
- **Clothes:** Horns
- **Eyes:** Multiple Eyes

### Azdaja Knelax
The Gemra "PRINCE of ALL MUSTARDBLOODS". He was featured in Volume 9 of Hiveswap Friendsim.

He is Konyyl's matesprit.

- **Gender:** Male
- **Hair:** Black, Long
- **Clothes:** Trench Coat
- **Role:** Boyfriend, Assassin
- **Eyes:** Heterochromia
- **Body:** Horns

### Boldir Lamati
A Lelo with a penchant for conspiracy theories. She is featured in Hiveswap Friendsim Volume 13.

- **Gender:** Female
- **Hair:** Black, Thick Eyebrows
- **Clothes:** Trench Coat, Hat
- **Subject of:** Death
- **Body:** Horns, Buck Teeth

### Bronya Ursama
A Virus president of a "grubsitting" club. Featured in Volume 3 of Hiveswap Friendsim.

- **Gender:** Female
- **Hair:** Black, Long, Green, Multicolored
- **Personality:** Friendly
- **Body:** Horns, Makeup
- **Role:** Ex-girlfriend, Babysitter

### Chahut Maenad
A large Caprinius who's two weeks away from being exiled. Featured in Volume 9 of Hiveswap Friendsim.

- **Gender:** Female
- **Hair:** Black, Extremely Long Hair
- **Eyes:** Red
- **Items:** Axe
- **Body:** Horns

### Charun Krojib
A Leiborn “lost and found artist”. Featured in Volume 15 of Hiveswap Friendsim.

- **Gender:** Unknown
- **Clothes:** Horns, Hat
- **Personality:** Non-Binary, Strange
- **Eyes:** Shadowed
- **Hair:** Long, Black
- **Body:** Fang

### Chixie Roixmr
A Taurra with "self-promotion sickness". She is featured in Hiveswap Friendsim Volume 8.

- **Gender:** Female
- **Hair:** Black, Shaggy
- **Clothes:** Sweater
- **Body:** Horns

### Cirava Hermod
A Gemrius who is something of an internet celebrity. Featured in Hiveswap Friendsim's Volume 2.

- **Gender:** Unknown
- **Subject of:** Paranoia
- **Clothes:** Horns, Eyepatch
- **Personality:** Non-Binary
- **Engages in:** Drug Abuse
- **Hair:** Black
- **Role:** Psychic

### Daraya Jonjet
A Virnius who's "been in detention her whole life". She's featured in Volume 17 of Hiveswap Friendsim.

- **Gender:** Female
- **Hair:** Black
- **Clothes:** Wristband, Horns
- **Body:** Fang, Makeup
- **Engages in:** Arson, Avoidable Suicide

### Diemen Xicali
An Arrius with a fascination with "oblong meat products". He is featured in Volume 1 of Hiveswap Friendsim.

- **Gender:** Male
- **Hair:** Black, Eye Covering
- **Role:** Orphan
- **Subject of:** Avoidable Death (obsolete)
- **Body:** Freckles, Horns

### Elwurd
A Scornius who was revealed with Galekh. She is featured in Volume 6 of Hiveswap Friendsim.

- **Gender:** Female
- **Hair:** Blue, Crew Cut
- **Role:** Homosexual, Ex-girlfriend
- **Body:** Horns

### Fozzer Velyes
An Aro digger. He's featured in Volume 16 of Hiveswap Friendsim.

- **Gender:** Male
- **Hair:** Black
- **Subject of:** Mind Control
- **Role:** Extraterrestrial
- **Clothes:** Horns
- **Body:** Missing Teeth

### Galekh Xigisi
A Sagicer who was revealed together with Elwurd. He is featured in Volume 12 of Hiveswap Friendsim.

- **Gender:** Male
- **Body:** Tattoo, Horns
- **Clothes:** Glasses, Necktie
- **Hair:** Wavy, Black
- **Personality:** Refined

### Karako Pierot
A Caprira who appears in Volume 14 of Hiveswap Friendsim.

- **Gender:** Male
- **Hair:** Black, Shaggy
- **Clothes:** Necklace, Barefoot
- **Subject of:** Avoidable Death (obsolete)
- **Body:** Horns, Makeup

### Konyyl Okimaw
A Lepia duelist featured in Volume 7 of Hiveswap Friendsim.

She is Azdaja's matesprit.

- **Gender:** Female
- **Hair:** Black, Ponytail, Long
- **Clothes:** Gauntlet
- **Role:** Girlfriend, Assassin
- **Body:** Horns

### Lanque Bombyx
A Virsci who makes his debut in Volume 18 of Hiveswap Friendsim.

- **Gender:** Male
- **Hair:** Black
- **Personality:** Transgender, Pretending, Promiscuous
- **Clothes:** Hair Flower
- **Role:** Not a Virgin
- **Body:** Horns, Fang, Makeup
- **Engages in:** Seduction

### Lynera Skalbi
A Viriborn scholar. Featured in Volume 11 of Hiveswap Friendsim.

- **Gender:** Female
- **Hair:** Black
- **Clothes:** Glasses, Skirt
- **Personality:** Yandere, Smart
- **Body:** Horns

### Mallek Adalov
A Scorist "master of the blockchain" with "sweet kicks". He is featured in Volume 11 of Hiveswap Friendsim.

- **Gender:** Male
- **Hair:** Black
- **Personality:** Friendly
- **Clothes:** Hoodie
- **Body:** Body Piercing, Horns

### Marsti Houtek
An Arittarius janitor featured in Volume 14 of Hiveswap Friendsim.

- **Gender:** Female
- **Hair:** Black, Short, Spiky
- **Clothes:** Apron, Goggles
- **Body:** Mole, Horns
- **Personality:** Antisocial
- **Role:** Janitor

### Marvus Xoloto
A Purple-blooded ringmaster. Featured in Volume 16 of Hiveswap Friendsim.

[spoiler]His true sign is Caprist.[/spoiler]

- **Gender:** Male
- **Hair:** Black, Long, Shaggy
- **Items:** Walking Stick
- **Clothes:** Horns
- **Body:** Makeup
- **Role:** Circus Performer

### Nihkee Moolah
A Sagicorn who's active in "Muscular Theater". She debuts in Volume 17 of Hiveswap Friendsim.

- **Gender:** Female
- **Hair:** Black, Bun
- **Engages in:** Wrestling
- **Clothes:** Horns, Decorative Belt
- **Body:** Prosthesis

### Polypa Goezee
A Leus mercenary. She is featured in Volume 5 of Hiveswap Friendsim.

- **Gender:** Female
- **Hair:** Black, Ponytail, Long
- **Role:** Orphan, Mercenary
- **Clothes:** Bandages
- **Personality:** Kuudere
- **Body:** Horns

### Remele Namaaq
A Scorgo pirate-artist. She is featured in Volume 7 of Hiveswap Friendsim.

- **Gender:** Female
- **Hair:** Black, Bun
- **Engages in:** Painting
- **Body:** Horns
- **Clothes:** Ribbon Hair Accessory

### Skylla Koriga
A Taurist vegetarian. Featured in Volume 3 of Hiveswap Friendsim.

- **Gender:** Female
- **Hair:** Black, Long
- **Personality:** Friendly
- **Body:** Horns
- **Role:** Vegetarian

### Stelsa Sezyat
A Licen who is featured in Volume 13 of Hiveswap Friendsim.

[spoiler]Her route reveals her to be Tyzias's matesprit.[/spoiler]

- **Gender:** Female
- **Hair:** Black, Short
- **Clothes:** Glasses
- **Role:** Girlfriend
- **Body:** Horns, Makeup
- **Personality:** Workaholic

### Tagora Gorjek
A Liga lawyer prone to overcharging his clients. He is featured in Volume 4 of Hiveswap Friendsim.

- **Gender:** Male
- **Hair:** Black, Long, Eye Covering
- **Personality:** Antisocial, Manipulative
- **Body:** Horns

### Tegiri Kalbur
A Libittarius who was revealed with Polypa and featured in Volume 10 of Hiveswap Friendsim.

[spoiler]His route reveals that he was the one who rescued Polypa when her hive was destroyed.[/spoiler]

- **Gender:** Male
- **Hair:** Parted in Middle, Long, Black
- **Clothes:** Fingerless Gloves, Trench Coat, Glasses, Hat
- **Items:** Katana
- **Personality:** Otaku
- **Body:** Horns

### Tirona Kasund
A young Liblo who’s a tattleterror. She is featured in Volume 12 of Hiveswap Friendsim.

- **Gender:** Female
- **Hair:** Black, Multiple Tails
- **Subject of:** Avoidable Death (obsolete)
- **Personality:** Smart
- **Body:** Horns

### Tyzias Entykk
A Licer lawyer. She is featured in Volume 8 of Hiveswap Friendsim.

[spoiler]Stelsa's route in Volume 13 reveals Tyzias to be her matesprit.[/spoiler]

- **Gender:** Female
- **Hair:** Black
- **Clothes:** Glasses
- **Role:** Girlfriend, Revolutionary
- **Body:** Horns
- **Eyes:** Shadowed

### Vikare Ratite
A Taurza aviator. Featured in Volume 4 of Hiveswap Friendsim.

- **Gender:** Male
- **Hair:** Black
- **Clothes:** Boots, Goggles, Horns
- **Role:** Pilot

### Wanshi Adyata
A Virmino bookworm featured in Volume 15 of Hiveswap Friendsim.

- **Gender:** Female
- **Hair:** Black, Long, Dreadlocks
- **Clothes:** Sweater, Horns
- **Body:** Fang
- **Engages in:** Reading
- **Role:** Runaway

### Zebede Tongva
A Gempio beekeeper. He is featured in Volume 10 of Hiveswap Friendsim.

- **Gender:** Male
- **Hair:** Black
- **Personality:** Friendly
- **Body:** Horns
- **Role:** Lonely

### Zebruh Codakk
A Sagimino featured in Volume 5 of Hiveswap Friendsim.

- **Gender:** Male
- **Hair:** Black, Ponytail, Long
- **Clothes:** Vest
- **Body:** Horns

## Shops
- [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/833040/)
- [GOG](https://www.gog.com/en/game/hiveswap_friendsim)

## Releases
### English
- **2018-04-13**: Hiveswap Friendsim - Volume One: Of Bloodthirst And Bratwurst
- **2018-04-27**: Hiveswap Friendsim - Volume Two: Of Aesthetics, Crimson And Otherwise - [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/848020/), [SteamDB](https://steamdb.info/app/848020/info/)
- **2018-05-11**: Hiveswap Friendsim - Volume Three: Of Ladies Gray And Lusii White - [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/859130/), [SteamDB](https://steamdb.info/app/859130/info/)
- **2018-05-25**: Hiveswap Friendsim - Volume Four: Of Wright And Wronged - [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/864980/), [SteamDB](https://steamdb.info/app/864980/info/)
- **2018-06-08**: Hiveswap Friendsim - Volume Five: Of Affection, Unwanted Or Untrue - [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/878920/), [SteamDB](https://steamdb.info/app/878920/info/)
- **2018-06-22**: Hiveswap Friendsim - Volume Six: Of Text And Envy, Green - [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/886930/), [SteamDB](https://steamdb.info/app/886930/info/)
- **2018-07-06**: Hiveswap Friendsim - Volume Seven: Of Business, Flagrantly Illegal - [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/892400/), [SteamDB](https://steamdb.info/app/892400/info/)
- **2018-07-21**: Hiveswap Friendsim - Volume Eight: Of Stresses, Song And Otherwise - [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/904580/), [SteamDB](https://steamdb.info/app/904580/info/)
- **2018-08-03**: Hiveswap Friendsim - Volume Nine - [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/913810/), [SteamDB](https://steamdb.info/app/913810/info/)
- **2018-08-17**: Hiveswap Friendsim - Volume Ten - [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/922430/), [SteamDB](https://steamdb.info/app/922430/info/)
- **2018-09-03**: Hiveswap Friendsim - Volume Eleven - [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/931920/), [SteamDB](https://steamdb.info/app/931920/info/)
- **2018-09-14**: Hiveswap Friendsim - Volume Twelve - [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/941220/), [SteamDB](https://steamdb.info/app/941220/info/)
- **2018-09-28**: Hiveswap Friendsim - Volume Thirteen - [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/950820/), [SteamDB](https://steamdb.info/app/950820/info/)
- **2018-10-12**: Hiveswap Friendsim - Volume Fourteen - [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/959160/), [SteamDB](https://steamdb.info/app/959160/info/)
- **2018-10-26**: Hiveswap Friendsim - Volume Fifteen - [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/966360/), [SteamDB](https://steamdb.info/app/966360/info/)
- **2018-11-09**: Hiveswap Friendsim - Volume Sixteen - [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/975560/), [SteamDB](https://steamdb.info/app/975560/info/)
- **2018-11-30**: Hiveswap Friendsim - Volume Seventeen - [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/986510/), [SteamDB](https://steamdb.info/app/986510/info/)
- **2018-12-15**: Hiveswap Friendsim - Version 1.18 - [Google Play](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.wp.friendsim)
- **2018-12-15**: Hiveswap Friendsim - Volume Eighteen - [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/998810/), [SteamDB](https://steamdb.info/app/998810/info/)
- **2021-09-08**: Hiveswap Friendsim - [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/833040/), [SteamDB](https://steamdb.info/app/833040/info/), [GOG](https://www.gog.com/en/game/hiveswap_friendsim), [GOG DB](https://gogdb.org/product/1766046223)
- **2023-12-07**: Hiveswap Friendsim - [Nintendo](https://www.nintendo.com/store/products/hiveswap-friendsim-switch/)
- **2023-12-07**: Pestersim - [Nintendo](https://www.nintendo.com/store/products/pestersim-switch/)
- **2023-12-07**: Pestersim - [PlayStation Store (NA)](https://store.playstation.com/en-us/product/UP5480-PPSA12441_00-0176282176562855), [PlayStation Store (EU)](https://store.playstation.com/en-gb/product/EP5661-PPSA12440_00-0749963001650537)

### Russian
- **2019-11-06**: Hiveswap Friendsim Volumes 1-14 - [Official website](https://vk.com/wall-117046202_7805)
- **2020-12-18**: Hiveswap Friendsim Volumes 15-18 - [Official website](https://vk.com/smetannik)
- **2021-02-14**: Hiveswap Friendsim Volumes 1-7 - [Official website](https://4pda.to/forum/index.php?showtopic=1017808)
- **2024-11-28**: Hiveswap Friendsim - [Official website](https://t.me/visual_novels_for_android/1727)

## Tags
ESP, ADV, Space, Fighting Heroine, Girl x Girl Romance, Boy x Boy Romance, Comedy, Enforced Playing Order, Descriptions of Violence, Bloody Scenes, Drug Use, Relationship Problems, Suicide, Early Branching Plot, One True End, Ojousama Heroine, Otaku Heroine, Heroine with Glasses, Yandere Heroine, Sickly Heroine, Religious Organization, No Sexual Content, Assassin Heroine, Brief Branches Only, Fictional World, Animals, Dogs, Politics, Western-style Manor, Religious Location, Future Setting in a Fictional World, Combat Capable Friends, Twin Sisters as Heroines, Extraterrestrial, Time Loop, Existential Crisis, Student Heroine, Unarmed Fighting Heroine, Musical Environment, Coming-of-Age Drama, Unlockable Routes, Heroine with Eyepatch, Adult Heroine, Lesbian Heroine, Psychological Trauma, Alien Heroine, Cafe, Bookworm Heroine, Heroine with Gothic Look, Multiple Route Mystery, Player as a Character, Breaking the Fourth Wall, Episodic Story, Food Discussions, Unique Routes, Tsundere Heroine, Arrogant Heroine, Thief Heroine, Artist Heroine, Musician Heroine, Blackmail, Haunted House, Protagonist with a Face, More Than Seven Heroines, Yangire Heroine, Cannibalism, Lawyer Heroine, Orphan Protagonist, Death of Heroine, Bad Endings with Story, Game Over, Singer Heroine, Student Hero, Hero with a Sword, Fighting Hero, Library, Cowgirl Heroine, More Than Seven Heroes, Graphic Style Change, Musical Theater, Rebellion, Adult Hero, Death of Protagonist, Monsters, Suicidal Protagonist, Death of Hero, Metafiction, Artist Hero, Musician Hero, Extremely (un)Lucky Protagonist, Religious Heroine, Open Ending(s), Mercenary Heroine, Twin Brothers as Heroes, Assassin Hero, High Amount of Bad Endings, Lawyer Hero, More Than Seven Endings, Alien Hero, Sexual Innuendo, Text-only Sexual Content, Countryside, Body Piercing, Unknown Gender Protagonist, Otaku Friend, Homicide, Slavery, Heroine with a Fang, Joke Endings, Future Forecasting, Delinquent Heroine, Internet, Colored Texts, Colored Name-tags, Hero with Eyepatch, Comedic Sex Scenes, Attempted Suicide, Meaningless Choices, Discrimination, Ending List, Hacker Hero, Athlete Heroine, Ponytail Hero, Hero with Gothic Look, Writer Hero, Threesome Ending, Scenario Selection, Sadist Heroine, Giant Spider, Comic Convention, Wealthy Hero, Otaku Hero, Bisexual Heroine, Poor Hero, Bisexual Hero, Idol Hero, Black Comedy, Hero with Tattoo, Mercenary Hero, Female Friend, Cheerful Hero, Protagonist with a Sprite, Friendship Ending, Bisexual Protagonist, Chubby Hero, Kissing Scene, Flirtatious Hero, Non-Binary Characters, Achievements, Unlockable Hero(ine), Tall Hero, Short Hero, Torture Chamber, Shy Hero, Cult, No Gallery, Tall Heroine, Heroine in Relationship with Other(s), Hero(ine) Selection, Farmer Heroine, Friendship Route, Pilot Hero, Muscular Heroine, Muscular Hero, Heroine from a Different World, Wrestling (Sport), Unlockable Epilogue, Yangire Hero, Perverted Hero, Museum, Programmer Hero, Coach Heroine, Arrogant Hero, Off Screen Sex Only, Homeless Heroine, Homeless Hero, Only Avoidable Sexual Content, Hero with Glasses, Hero with a Fang, Second-person Narrative

## More Games from What Pumpkin Games, Inc. / Fellow Traveller
- [Hiveswap Friendsim](https://pinovel.net/v22850)
- [Pesterquest](https://pinovel.net/v26536)
- [Homestuck: Beyond Canon](https://pinovel.net/v32231)

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