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Aquanox Deep Descent

Digital Arrow · THQ Nordic · 2020-10-16

SteamGOGEpic Games StoreAmazon

ActionRPGSimulation

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Oct 16, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

We left the surface of the Earth in ruins, abandoned it and populated the oceans. The sea is now our new home. We call it Aqua. Pilot customized fighter ships and explore a deep sea dystopia torn by the struggle for resources and survival. Enter the unforgiving world of Aquanox Deep Descent.

Aquanox Deep Descent is a 2020 Action, RPG, and Simulation game priced at $29.99, with an estimated owner base of 50,000 .. 100,000 and a Mixed review sentiment (49% of 697 reviews).

3
playing now
49%
positive of 697 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
71/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
1
Nexus mods (41 downloads)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
$29.99
steam price (US)

3 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 18:00 UTC (census sample)

In the near future the Earth's surface has become uninhabitable. What remains of humankind lives in former mining and research stations, deep below the surface of the sea. Born and raised in the only world we know, the loose network of underwater settlements, torn by the war for resources and dominance between various factions.(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 3 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 20 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity down 35% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (240 reviews).
  • · Top 18% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 14k–31k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 697 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Gamesplanet$6.14-80%
GOG$29.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.49 at WinGameStore (2025-07-18)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $29.99 · on sale 76 of 142 observed days · $3.65 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
12212220202026Week of 2020-10-01: 118 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 122 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

302026-09-15 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 11:00 — 1 players2026-09-17 19:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 16:00 — 1 players2026-09-26 23:00 — 2 players2026-09-28 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 14:00 — 1 players2026-09-30 22:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 05:00 — 1 players2026-10-03 13:00 — 2 players2026-10-04 21:00 — 1 players2026-10-06 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 18:00 — 3 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1370Apr 2016Mar 2026Apr 2016 — avg 0 · peak 0Dec 2016 — avg 0 · peak 3Mar 2017 — avg 0 · peak 2May 2017 — avg 0 · peak 6Sep 2017 — avg 0 · peak 1Nov 2017 — avg 0 · peak 3Jan 2018 — avg 1 · peak 6Mar 2018 — avg 0 · peak 5Nov 2020 — avg 15 · peak 76Jan 2021 — avg 7 · peak 32Mar 2021 — avg 4 · peak 20May 2021 — avg 2 · peak 7Jul 2021 — avg 3 · peak 11Sep 2021 — avg 5 · peak 33Nov 2021 — avg 3 · peak 14Jan 2022 — avg 3 · peak 11Mar 2022 — avg 2 · peak 9May 2022 — avg 2 · peak 6Jul 2022 — avg 3 · peak 9Sep 2022 — avg 3 · peak 13Nov 2022 — avg 3 · peak 12Jan 2023 — avg 2 · peak 12Mar 2023 — avg 3 · peak 9Jun 2023 — avg 2 · peak 9Aug 2023 — avg 2 · peak 8Feb 2024 — avg 2 · peak 10Apr 2024 — avg 2 · peak 5Nov 2024 — avg 1 · peak 5Jul 2025 — avg 2 · peak 10Mar 2026 — avg 1 · peak 6

▼ −1 avg players (−42.7%) vs prior month — Mar 2026

Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$32.34$2.492020-10-162026-10-142020-10-16 — best price $25.992020-12-22 — best price $19.792021-02-15 — best price $29.992021-04-25 — best price $15.992021-06-28 — best price $29.992021-08-18 — best price $20.642021-10-20 — best price $29.992021-12-05 — best price $29.992022-02-21 — best price $29.992022-04-21 — best price $29.262022-06-22 — best price $29.992022-08-18 — best price $29.992022-11-07 — best price $29.992022-12-26 — best price $7.492023-02-27 — best price $7.492023-05-02 — best price $29.992023-07-04 — best price $29.992023-08-25 — best price $29.992023-11-22 — best price $7.492024-01-10 — best price $29.992024-04-03 — best price $24.292024-06-10 — best price $22.492024-08-15 — best price $7.492024-12-02 — best price $29.992025-01-09 — best price $29.992025-04-04 — best price $5.212025-05-28 — best price $29.992025-08-22 — best price $29.992025-11-03 — best price $7.492026-01-02 — best price $7.492026-03-17 — best price $7.502026-05-16 — best price $29.992026-07-15 — best price $4.492026-09-04 — best price $29.992026-09-24 — best price $7.492026-10-14 — best price $6.14
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

39
achievements tracked
61.3%
earned "Punch away"
13.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPCo-opOnline Co-opSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam Cloud2 DLC

10 supported languages: English, German, French, Italian, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, Russian, Korean

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2020-10-16 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)5581%39

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

3DFPSPvP6DOFActionFlightShooterCraftingAdventureExploration

Census log

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

Players also track

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Similarity via IGDB.

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