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HARMONY UPDATE
Get ready to return to hills with five new tracks from Talisk and Fourth Moon, including two of our personal favourites, Cherry Blossom and Last Leg! And to help you navigate, we've added a new "Landmark" feature, which…
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A Highland Song
Also known as A Highland Song, a highland song, a-highland-song
Moira McKinnon is running away. A wild adventure through the Scottish Highlands, with open platforming and dynamic storytelling, maps and music. From the creators of Heaven's Vault and 80 Days.
Last update
16 May 2026
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11
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1
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- May 2024
- Behind the scenes chat with Jon and JoeCome and join inkle's co-founders Joseph Humfrey and Jon Ingold - game director and narrative director of A Highland Song, respectively - as they discuss the game's origins, their approach to game design and more.
- December 2023
- v1.1.3 patch notes This build brings full keybinding to the game for those who prefer to play using WASD or another configuration. There's also a minor fix to an uninteractable beacon, which was blocking an achievement.…Patch notes
- New update - Version 1.1.0As ever, thanks to all the players who've sent in feedback and shared their thoughts on the game! This update takes us to Version 1.1.0, and rounds off work on the new Look Further mode. If you've been following along,…
- Second Wind call Highland Song "A GOTY Contender"
- v1.0.31 patch notes Minor fixes only this time! Fix for an echoey cave that shouldn't have been quite so... quiet? Save vSync setting between sessions Add a few more rough shelters Fix a few places where the game wasn't…Patch notes
- v1.0.30 patch notes (new feature!) Thanks to everyone's who's been playing A Highland Song, leaving reviews, and sending us feedback here and via our Discord server. One theme that's been coming through is needing a bit…Patch notes
- v1.0.27 patch notes (minor post-launch hotfixes) VSync toggle in settings as possible fix for screen tearing on some setups Fix for "achievement" appearing in a choice text! Fix for a particularly nasty cave dead-end on…Patch notes
- June 2023
- Tribeca SpotlightA Highland Song has been picked as one of the official festival games by TriBeCa in New York, and their livestream deep-dive into the 7 games starts... any moment now! Check it out!
- February 2022
- The Music of A Highland SongThe initial concept of A Highland Song - running madly down a hillside, in time to whirling Scottish folk music - was initially inspired by the music of Talisk, a chart-topping, multi-award-winning folk band, whose virt…
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Community progression
Top picks from 36 Steam achievements, sorted by player unlock rates.
- FinderConfirmed a map94.1%
- WalkerClimbed your first peak92.6%
- "Yas!"Complete a flawless run80.7%
- SearcherConfirmed 3 maps68.8%
- Voices...Found a goshawk60.3%
- WandererClimbed 5 peaks52.2%