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Beyond Blue cover art

Beyond Blue

E-Line Media · 2020-06-11

SteamPlayStation StoreEpic Games StoreMicrosoft Store

AdventureCasualIndieSimulation

Modes: Single player

Releases: Nov 11, 2021 (Nintendo Switch), Jun 11, 2020 (Xbox One), Apr 17, 2020 (iOS), Jun 11, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jun 11, 2020 (PlayStation 4)

Beyond Blue is a single-player narrative adventure that takes you deep into our planet’s beating blue heart. Explore the awesome wonder and unbounded mystery that exists within the world’s ocean.

1
playing now
88%
positive of 1.5k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
critic score (4 outlets, IGDB)
55/100
IGDB user rating (24 ratings)
7h
to beat · rushed 3h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 03:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 66 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~8/week).
  • · Review velocity up 50% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (278 reviews).
  • · Top 25% of 11,312 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 30k–68k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,513 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $3.99 at Humble Store (2023-09-18) · bundled 7×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 9 of 18 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
22922920202026Week of 2020-06-01: 229 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 6 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

302026-08-07 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-07 08:00 — 2 players2026-08-07 16:00 — 1 players2026-08-08 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-08 08:00 — 1 players2026-08-08 16:00 — 2 players2026-08-09 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-09 08:00 — 2 players2026-08-09 16:00 — 2 players2026-08-10 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-10 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-10 16:00 — 2 players2026-08-11 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-11 08:00 — 1 players2026-08-11 16:00 — 3 players2026-08-13 00:00 — 2 players2026-08-14 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 15:00 — 1 players2026-08-16 23:00 — 1 players2026-08-18 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 14:00 — 2 players2026-08-20 22:00 — 2 players2026-08-22 05:00 — 1 players2026-08-23 13:00 — 3 players2026-08-24 20:00 — 2 players2026-08-26 03:00 — 1 players2026-08-27 11:00 — 1 players2026-08-28 19:00 — 2 players2026-08-30 03:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$0.002020-06-092026-08-262020-06-09 — best price $19.992020-10-20 — best price $15.992020-11-02 — best price $19.992020-12-05 — best price $19.992021-02-15 — best price $19.992021-06-24 — best price $13.992021-08-20 — best price $13.992021-10-28 — best price $13.992021-11-24 — best price $13.992022-01-05 — best price $19.992022-02-23 — best price $13.992022-04-02 — best price $19.992022-05-21 — best price $19.992022-07-26 — best price $13.992022-09-07 — best price $12.992023-03-16 — best price $12.992023-08-18 — best price $9.992023-09-07 — best price $12.992023-09-25 — best price $19.992023-11-22 — best price $9.992023-12-22 — best price $9.992024-01-06 — best price $19.992024-01-31 — best price $19.992024-02-28 — best price $19.992024-05-18 — best price $19.992024-08-30 — best price $19.992024-09-28 — best price $19.992025-01-02 — best price $19.992025-02-10 — best price $19.992025-02-27 — best price $9.992025-03-29 — best price $19.992025-07-10 — best price $19.992025-11-13 — best price $7.002026-02-19 — best price $19.992026-04-25 — best price $19.992026-05-25 — best price $19.992026-08-26 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

30
achievements tracked
97.4%
earned "The Ocean Is In My Blood"
28.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportFamily Sharing

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

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,79924%30
Xbox One (Xbox)1,01829%30
PS4 (PlayStation)1,00157%31
PS4 (PlayStation)61052%31
Switch (Nintendo)30%0

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

Player tags

IndieCasualNatureScienceAdventureEducationOpen WorldSimulationStory RichUnderwater

Census log

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

Recent updates

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