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688(I) Hunter/Killer cover art

688(I) Hunter/Killer

Sonalysts · Strategy First · 2006-10-26

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Strategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer

Releases: Jul 04, 1997 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

688(I) Hunter/Killer, the most realistic submarine simulation ever developed for PC. Master the sonar and weapons control systems, learn to develop real target situations and outfit your boat with the latest advanced weaponry. Then use your skills to complete the tour of duty and earn your dolphins to become a true submariner.

3
playing now
82%
positive of 228 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
90/100
IGDB user rating (6 ratings)
bronze
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$4.99
steam price (US)

3 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 12:00 UTC (census sample)

Jane's 688(i) Hunter/Killer is a 1997 submarine simulator video game, developed by Sonalysts Inc. and published by Electronic Arts and more recently by Strategy First for Windows 95 compatible operating systems. It is named after the 688 (Improved) Los Angeles class of United States (SSN) submarine, and was a successor to the earlier game 688 Attack Sub. It is part of the Jane's Combat Simulations series. It was released on Valve's Steam content delivery service as well as DotEmu.

Health check

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  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 57% of 5,887 Strategy games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 9.1k–18k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 228 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$1.99-80%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$7.48-25%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.75 at GamersGate (2021-03-16)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 61 of 109 observed days · $1.24 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Players online

702026-08-12 00:00 — 4 players2026-08-12 16:00 — 1 players2026-08-13 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 15:00 — 2 players2026-08-15 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 23:00 — 6 players2026-08-16 15:00 — 4 players2026-08-17 07:00 — 2 players2026-08-17 22:00 — 7 players2026-08-18 14:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 06:00 — 1 players2026-08-19 22:00 — 4 players2026-08-20 14:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 05:00 — 1 players2026-08-21 21:00 — 5 players2026-08-22 13:00 — 3 players2026-08-23 05:00 — 3 players2026-08-23 20:00 — 3 players2026-08-24 12:00 — 2 players2026-08-25 04:00 — 1 players2026-08-25 20:00 — 3 players2026-08-26 12:00 — 4 players2026-08-27 05:00 — 1 players2026-08-27 20:00 — 3 players2026-08-28 12:00 — 2 players2026-08-29 04:00 — 1 players2026-08-29 20:00 — 2 players2026-08-30 12:00 — 3 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$0.752015-01-012026-08-302015-01-01 — best price $1.992015-11-16 — best price $2.492016-10-17 — best price $9.992018-01-22 — best price $2.492018-08-27 — best price $9.992019-03-25 — best price $9.992019-11-26 — best price $1.992020-05-12 — best price $7.342020-06-30 — best price $8.282020-08-07 — best price $9.992020-09-14 — best price $8.992020-10-19 — best price $8.992020-12-07 — best price $8.382021-01-21 — best price $1.502021-03-10 — best price $9.992021-04-29 — best price $9.992021-06-14 — best price $1.502021-09-13 — best price $1.492021-12-03 — best price $8.382022-04-04 — best price $1.992022-06-10 — best price $1.802022-08-29 — best price $1.492023-01-05 — best price $9.992023-05-01 — best price $1.492023-09-28 — best price $9.992024-01-05 — best price $9.992024-03-14 — best price $1.992024-05-18 — best price $8.992024-08-12 — best price $1.502024-11-18 — best price $9.992025-03-15 — best price $9.992025-05-30 — best price $7.342025-09-12 — best price $1.992025-12-03 — best price $9.992026-03-17 — best price $2.002026-06-01 — best price $1.992026-08-23 — best price $9.992026-08-30 — best price $1.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

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Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

NavalMilitaryStrategySubmarineSimulationNaval Combat

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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