Hive
Released Mar 2014
Officially licensed version of the "Mensa Select" award-winning board game! Hive is a board game with a difference. There is no board! The pieces are added to the playing area thus creating the board.
84% positive · 314 reviews
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
Where to buy
Steam $9.99
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Evaluation
Hive is a digital adaptation of the award-winning Hive board game, released on March 20, 2014. All three DLC expansions — the Pillbug, the Ladybug, and the Mosquito — mirror the real-world tabletop expansions and were released by April 30, 2014. The store description explicitly states that the game "includes the same expansions as the table-top version," and no further DLC has been listed since. After the initial DLC releases, the developer shipped a series of feature updates through 2015–2016, including asynchronous play, Elo ratings, leaderboards, group chat, translations, and various bug fixes. The most recent developer communication was a May 9, 2017 announcement about a Kickstarter for a separate game (Lost Cities), which referenced the shared engine but contained no indication of planned future content for Hive itself. Since that post, there have been no further announcements, content updates, or feature patches. The game's content is bounded by the physical board game it adapts — all three existing tabletop expansions are already in the game — and the developer has shown no indication of adding anything beyond that scope. The game launched as a complete digital adaptation and has received no substantive developer communication since May 2017.
Evidence
Developer announced the Mosquito DLC release, noting 'now you can get every expansion for Hive on Steam that exists for the table top version'
Mosquito DLC released, completing all three tabletop expansions
Content
3 of 3 released · no outstanding content
Media
Details
Developer
Publisher
BlueLine Games
Achievements
51
Platform
Windows, macOS, Linux
Controller
full support
Steam Deck
Verified
Players
Single-player · Multiplayer
About this game
Officially licensed version of the "Mensa Select" award-winning board game!
Hive is a board game with a difference. There is no board! The pieces are added to the playing area thus creating the board. As more and more pieces are added the game becomes a fight to see who can be the first to capture (surround) the opposing Queen Bee.
Features:
Hive is a board game with a difference. There is no board! The pieces are added to the playing area thus creating the board. As more and more pieces are added the game becomes a fight to see who can be the first to capture (surround) the opposing Queen Bee.
Features:
- Play locally or online.
- Play against the Computer - AI with five difficulty levels.
- Includes "hot-seat"/"pass-n-play" mode for players with who want to share one mouse/keyboard or gamepad.
- Full 3D with camera-control
- Switch seamlessly between playing with mouse/keyboard and gamepad.
- Dozens of Steam Stats & Achievements.
- Same expansions as table-top version: the Pillbug, the Ladybug, and the Mosquito expansions are available as DLC.
- Each expansion can be turned on/off for any individual game. Play with these pieces online even if your opponent does not own the expansions! (they will also get to use the expansions during the game)
- Asynchronous play - you can play even when your opponent is offline.
- The Hive board game is a winner of many awards including "Mensa Select", "Dr. Toy: Product of Excellence", "Spiele Hits", "International Gamers Awards", and "Juego del año".
Last evaluated Jun 28, 2026
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