High on Life
From the mind of Justin Roiland (Rick and Morty, Solar Opposites) comes High On Life. Humanity is being threatened by an alien cartel who wants to use them as drugs. It’s up to you to rescue and partner with…
High on Life is an adventure developed by Squanch Games, released 13 December 2022 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4. The main story takes about 11 hrs to finish.
What High on Life is
High on Life is an adventure game developed by Squanch Games and released in 2022. It is available on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unreal Engine 4.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Fresh out of high school with no job and no ambition, you've really got nothing going for you until an alien cartel that wants to get high off humanity invades Earth. Now, you and a team of charismatic talking guns must answer the hero's call and become the deadliest intergalactic bounty hunter the cosmos has ever seen.
How it plays
It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action, comedy and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 44 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
High on Life holds a critic score of 69 out of 100. That places it above 32% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2022 averaged 74, so it scored 5 points below the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 70, across 196 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 11 hrs.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-4430K CPU @ 3.00GHz (4 CPUs), 8 GB RAM and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (3GB)/AMD Radeon R9 290x (4GB). An 8GB memory requirement is modest by current standards; most machines sold in the last five years clear it. Install size is roughly 59GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it launched against
High on Life launched on 13 December 2022, within three weeks of Marvel's Midnight Suns, Chained Echoes, World of Warcraft: Dragonflight and Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII - Reunion. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 2 years into the PlayStation 5's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Marvel's Midnight Suns, Chained Echoes, World of Warcraft: Dragonflight, Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII - Reunion.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for High on Life yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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