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Aquatico

Digital Reef Games · Overseer Games · 2023-01-12

SteamEpic Games Store

SimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Jan 12, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Aquatico is a classic city builder set within the depths of the sea. Strategically build an underwater colony atop the ocean floor and face the challenges that accompany oceanic life.

Aquatico is a Simulation and Strategy title released in 2023, estimated to have 50,000 .. 100,000 owners, priced at $24.99, with a Mixed review sentiment (67% of 870 reviews).

1
playing now
67%
positive of 870 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
68/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$24.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 17:00 UTC (census sample)

Aquatico is an underwater city-building video game released on January 12, 2023, and developed by Digital Reef Games and published by Overseer Games.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 21 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity down 9% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (345 reviews).
  • · Top 16% of 16,607 Simulation games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 17k–39k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 870 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $4.99 at Fanatical (2025-05-19) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $24.99 · on sale 19 of 30 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
22922920232026Week of 2023-01-01: 229 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 116 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

702026-09-15 03:00 — 3 players2026-09-16 11:00 — 3 players2026-09-17 18:00 — 2 players2026-09-19 02:00 — 3 players2026-09-20 09:00 — 4 players2026-09-21 17:00 — 6 players2026-09-23 01:00 — 3 players2026-09-24 08:00 — 3 players2026-09-25 16:00 — 5 players2026-09-26 23:00 — 3 players2026-09-28 07:00 — 1 players2026-09-29 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 22:00 — 3 players2026-10-02 05:00 — 3 players2026-10-03 13:00 — 4 players2026-10-04 21:00 — 3 players2026-10-06 04:00 — 1 players2026-10-07 12:00 — 1 players2026-10-08 19:00 — 7 players2026-10-10 03:00 — 3 players2026-10-11 10:00 — 5 players2026-10-12 18:00 — 3 players2026-10-14 02:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 17:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$99.99$4.992022-07-272026-07-272022-07-27 — best price $99.992023-02-01 — best price $24.992023-03-06 — best price $17.492023-04-28 — best price $16.312023-05-24 — best price $24.992023-06-23 — best price $11.242023-07-21 — best price $11.992023-08-28 — best price $13.992023-10-03 — best price $18.362023-11-21 — best price $12.492024-01-04 — best price $24.992024-02-11 — best price $17.492024-03-21 — best price $24.992024-04-22 — best price $9.992024-05-13 — best price $24.992024-07-11 — best price $24.992024-07-30 — best price $24.992024-08-17 — best price $24.992024-09-17 — best price $9.992024-11-01 — best price $7.492024-12-09 — best price $9.992025-01-05 — best price $18.362025-02-06 — best price $24.992025-04-01 — best price $19.882025-05-17 — best price $19.882025-07-14 — best price $7.492025-09-02 — best price $18.362025-10-24 — best price $19.882025-12-11 — best price $4.992026-03-26 — best price $24.992026-06-25 — best price $7.492026-07-27 — best price $24.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1012026-06-02 — 10 pageviews2026-06-06 — 4 pageviews2026-06-10 — 7 pageviews2026-06-14 — 5 pageviews2026-06-18 — 3 pageviews2026-06-22 — 3 pageviews2026-06-26 — 2 pageviews2026-06-30 — 5 pageviews2026-07-04 — 9 pageviews2026-07-08 — 4 pageviews2026-07-12 — 4 pageviews2026-07-16 — 5 pageviews2026-07-20 — 2 pageviews2026-07-24 — 3 pageviews2026-07-28 — 5 pageviews2026-08-01 — 3 pageviews2026-08-05 — 3 pageviews2026-08-09 — 2 pageviews2026-08-13 — 4 pageviews2026-08-17 — 3 pageviews2026-08-21 — 3 pageviews2026-08-25 — 5 pageviews2026-08-29 — 5 pageviews2026-09-02 — 4 pageviews2026-09-06 — 5 pageviews2026-09-10 — 2 pageviews2026-09-14 — 4 pageviews2026-09-18 — 6 pageviews2026-09-22 — 3 pageviews2026-09-26 — 4 pageviews2026-09-30 — 4 pageviews2026-10-04 — 4 pageviews2026-10-08 — 10 pageviews2026-10-12 — 2 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

44
achievements tracked
88.4%
earned "Gatherer"
21.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam CloudFamily Sharing2 DLC

11 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Portuguese - Brazil, Simplified Chinese, Polish, Russian, Turkish, Korean

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2023-01-12 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)9353%44

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

Player tags

Sci-fiEconomyBuildingStrategySurvivalColony SimFuturisticManagementOpen WorldUnderwater

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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