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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 · Perspectives: First person, Third person

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.

688(I) Hunter/Killer is a 2006 Strategy game priced at $4.99, with an estimated 20,000 to 50,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (82% of 227 reviews).

1
playing now
82%
positive of 227 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
90/100
IGDB user rating (6 ratings)
bronze
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
$4.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 14:00 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

Quiet
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 18 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity down 10% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 30% of 14,303 Strategy games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 9.1k–18k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 227 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$1.99-80%

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 90 of 138 observed days · $1.24 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
5520142026Week of 2014-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2014-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2014-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2014-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2014-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2014-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2015-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2015-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

402026-09-16 00:00 — 4 players2026-09-17 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 15:00 — 1 players2026-09-19 23:00 — 4 players2026-09-21 06:00 — 1 players2026-09-22 14:00 — 3 players2026-09-23 22:00 — 2 players2026-09-25 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 13:00 — 1 players2026-09-27 20:00 — 2 players2026-09-29 04:00 — 1 players2026-09-30 11:00 — 1 players2026-10-01 19:00 — 3 players2026-10-03 02:00 — 3 players2026-10-04 10:00 — 1 players2026-10-05 18:00 — 1 players2026-10-07 01:00 — 3 players2026-10-08 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 16:00 — 2 players2026-10-11 00:00 — 1 players2026-10-12 08:00 — 1 players2026-10-13 15:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 23:00 — 3 players2026-10-15 14:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$0.752015-01-012026-10-152015-01-01 — 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 $9.992026-09-18 — best price $1.992026-10-13 — best price $1.992026-10-15 — best price $1.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2722026-05-30 — 14 pageviews2026-06-03 — 16 pageviews2026-06-07 — 11 pageviews2026-06-11 — 13 pageviews2026-06-15 — 15 pageviews2026-06-19 — 6 pageviews2026-06-23 — 11 pageviews2026-06-27 — 13 pageviews2026-07-01 — 8 pageviews2026-07-05 — 10 pageviews2026-07-09 — 14 pageviews2026-07-13 — 10 pageviews2026-07-17 — 6 pageviews2026-07-21 — 14 pageviews2026-07-25 — 6 pageviews2026-07-29 — 14 pageviews2026-08-02 — 9 pageviews2026-08-06 — 17 pageviews2026-08-10 — 15 pageviews2026-08-14 — 13 pageviews2026-08-18 — 11 pageviews2026-08-22 — 12 pageviews2026-08-26 — 15 pageviews2026-08-30 — 12 pageviews2026-09-03 — 11 pageviews2026-09-07 — 14 pageviews2026-09-11 — 13 pageviews2026-09-15 — 7 pageviews2026-09-19 — 15 pageviews2026-09-23 — 16 pageviews2026-09-27 — 11 pageviews2026-10-01 — 12 pageviews2026-10-05 — 7 pageviews2026-10-08 — 13 pageviews
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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