High on Life is the biggest Xbox Game Pass launch of 2022 and the biggest third-party Game Pass launch ever
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- High quality of life Biggest Game Pass Release of 2022, Biggest 3rd the party launch in Game Pass history and the largest single-player game launch on Game Pass.
- High quality of life out now for Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S and Windows and available as part of Xbox Game Pass and PC Game Pass.
Today we are pleased to announce that high In life — comedy shooter with charismatic talking guns from Squanch Games, Rick and Morty co-creator Justin Roiland, is the biggest Xbox Game Pass launch of 2022, the biggest 3rd Game Pass’s all-time party launch and the largest single-player game release in the service’s history. This statistic is measured in terms of engagement based on the number of hours played in the first five days of release.
“This was our first game launch with Game Pass,” said Mike Fridley, Studio Director and COO of Squanch Games, “and we have been blown away by the response from players who have made us the most played game on Game Pass. Come through right now. When Squanch Games was first created, they had to make the games we wanted to play, and Game Pass helps us find players who want to play those games too.”
“High quality of life is an incredibly unique game that we have long admired,” said Matt Percy, general manager of content planning at Xbox. “It’s fantastic that so many Game Pass members are jumping into it at launch to experience Squanch history in person before the holidays.”
High quality of life tells the story of an ordinary teenager who becomes embroiled in a galactic conflict after an alien cartel discovers that humans can be used as drugs. Of course, the only way out is to become a bounty hunter and destroy the entire cartel. A mixture of classic shooting, light role-playing mechanics and outrageous humor. High quality of life turned out to be a huge hit with fans around the world.
In a recent podcast interview with Larry Hreeb, Xbox Major Nelson, co-creator Justin Roiland explained how much there is to be found along the way and encouraged players to “go off the golden path” in search of many deeply hidden details and secrets. Inspired by Roiland’s own gaming interests, including Fallout 3, the team has gone to great lengths to prioritize additional voices, animations, and details that reflect player decisions. To find out more, check out the interview here.
Thank you to the Xbox community and to those who have joined us in this quest to save this crazy world from an alien cartel. If you are not among the millions of players who are already exploring the world High quality of life however, you can get the game right now on Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, and Windows, and with a Game Pass subscription.
High quality of life
Squanch Games, Inc.
$59.99
PC Game Pass
Xbox Game Pass
High On Life from the co-creator of Rick and Morty and Solar Opposites. Fresh out of high school, with no job or ambition, you really won’t succeed until an alien cartel that wants to get high on humanity invades Earth. Now it’s up to you and a team of charismatic talking cannons to answer the call of the hero and become the deadliest intergalactic bounty hunter the cosmos has ever seen. Travel across a variety of biomes and locations across the cosmos, battle the nefarious Garmanthus and his band of thugs, collect loot, meet unique characters and more in Justin Roiland’s latest comedic adventure!
