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Beyond Blue

E-Line Media · 2020-06-11

SteamPlayStation StoreEpic Games StoreMicrosoft Store

AdventureCasualIndieSimulation

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person

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.

Beyond Blue is an Adventure, Casual, Indie, and Simulation game released in 2020, priced at $19.99, with an estimated 200,000 to 500,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (88% of 1513 reviews).

0
playing now
88%
positive of 1.5k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
critic score (4 outlets, IGDB)
55/100
IGDB user rating (24 ratings)
2
Nexus mods (28 downloads)
4.36★
PlayStation Store rating (928 ratings)
7h
to beat · rushed 3h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 13:00 UTC (census sample)

Beyond Blue is an educational underwater diving adventure game developed and published by American studio E-Line Media, who had formerly developed Never Alone. The game was inspired by the BBC's Blue Planet II nature documentary series. It was released in 2020 on iOS, macOS, and tvOS through Apple Arcade on April 17, and on Windows, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One on June 11. The game was released for the Nintendo Switch on November 11, 2021. It received positive reviews praising its quality for an educational game while criticizing its short length, graphics, and unrealistic nature.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 0 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 11% of 28,771 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 30k–68k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,521 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 8 of 23 observed days · $16.00 above the all-time low (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

602026-09-14 22:00 — 1 players2026-09-16 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 05:00 — 1 players2026-09-21 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 21:00 — 1 players2026-09-24 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 12:00 — 1 players2026-09-26 19:00 — 1 players2026-09-28 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 10:00 — 2 players2026-09-30 18:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 01:00 — 1 players2026-10-03 09:00 — 2 players2026-10-04 17:00 — 2 players2026-10-06 00:00 — 4 players2026-10-07 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 15:00 — 2 players2026-10-09 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 14:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$0.002020-06-092026-10-142020-06-09 — 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 $19.992026-09-02 — best price $19.992026-09-30 — best price $19.992026-10-14 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2582026-06-03 — 21 pageviews2026-06-07 — 15 pageviews2026-06-11 — 13 pageviews2026-06-15 — 20 pageviews2026-06-19 — 8 pageviews2026-06-23 — 9 pageviews2026-06-27 — 16 pageviews2026-07-01 — 10 pageviews2026-07-05 — 18 pageviews2026-07-09 — 14 pageviews2026-07-13 — 14 pageviews2026-07-17 — 8 pageviews2026-07-21 — 13 pageviews2026-07-25 — 12 pageviews2026-07-29 — 19 pageviews2026-08-02 — 16 pageviews2026-08-06 — 23 pageviews2026-08-10 — 20 pageviews2026-08-14 — 21 pageviews2026-08-18 — 18 pageviews2026-08-22 — 15 pageviews2026-08-26 — 25 pageviews2026-08-30 — 13 pageviews2026-09-03 — 14 pageviews2026-09-07 — 12 pageviews2026-09-11 — 8 pageviews2026-09-15 — 8 pageviews2026-09-19 — 16 pageviews2026-09-23 — 16 pageviews2026-09-27 — 23 pageviews2026-10-01 — 14 pageviews2026-10-05 — 15 pageviews2026-10-09 — 15 pageviews2026-10-12 — 20 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

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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