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Cold Waters

Killerfish Games · 2017-06-05

SteamGOG

IndieSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Jun 05, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jun 05, 2017 (Mac)

Spiritual Successor to the Microprose Classic “Red Storm Rising”.

Cold Waters is an Indie, Simulation, Strategy game released in 2017, priced at $39.99, with an estimated 100,000 .. 200,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (87% of 4740 reviews).

58
playing now
87%
positive of 4.7k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
IGDB user rating (1 ratings)
3
Nexus mods (718 downloads)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$39.99
steam price (US)

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

Cold Waters is a 2017 submarine simulation video game developed and published by Killerfish Games.

Trailer

Cold Waters trailer thumbnail

Cold Waters - Steam Game Trailer

≈1,000,000 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 58 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 136 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~17/week).
  • · Review velocity up 19% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 4% of 49,684 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 119k–284k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 4,740 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$39.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $5.99 at Steam (2026-06-25)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $39.99 · on sale 56 of 86 observed days · $34.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
959520182026Week of 2018-01-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

90302026-09-15 15:00 — 58 players2026-09-16 23:00 — 55 players2026-09-18 07:00 — 37 players2026-09-19 14:00 — 66 players2026-09-20 22:00 — 73 players2026-09-22 06:00 — 30 players2026-09-23 13:00 — 47 players2026-09-24 21:00 — 85 players2026-09-26 04:00 — 50 players2026-09-27 12:00 — 67 players2026-09-28 19:00 — 73 players2026-09-30 03:00 — 49 players2026-10-01 10:00 — 39 players2026-10-02 18:00 — 75 players2026-10-04 02:00 — 84 players2026-10-05 09:00 — 47 players2026-10-06 17:00 — 64 players2026-10-08 00:00 — 58 players2026-10-09 08:00 — 42 players2026-10-10 15:00 — 81 players2026-10-11 23:00 — 69 players2026-10-13 07:00 — 40 players2026-10-14 14:00 — 58 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
3340May 2017Aug 2026May 2017 — avg 0 · peak 3Aug 2017 — avg 237 · peak 441Nov 2017 — avg 176 · peak 321Feb 2018 — avg 125 · peak 251May 2018 — avg 186 · peak 329Aug 2018 — avg 142 · peak 228Nov 2018 — avg 105 · peak 199Feb 2019 — avg 163 · peak 503May 2019 — avg 96 · peak 188Aug 2019 — avg 117 · peak 222Nov 2019 — avg 122 · peak 258Feb 2020 — avg 114 · peak 201May 2020 — avg 134 · peak 212Aug 2020 — avg 151 · peak 255Nov 2020 — avg 149 · peak 277Feb 2021 — avg 139 · peak 223May 2021 — avg 119 · peak 205Aug 2021 — avg 166 · peak 282Nov 2021 — avg 145 · peak 239Feb 2022 — avg 164 · peak 294May 2022 — avg 160 · peak 304Aug 2022 — avg 166 · peak 284Nov 2022 — avg 139 · peak 281Feb 2023 — avg 121 · peak 206May 2023 — avg 112 · peak 179Aug 2023 — avg 122 · peak 207Nov 2023 — avg 154 · peak 309Feb 2024 — avg 117 · peak 202May 2024 — avg 103 · peak 166Aug 2024 — avg 120 · peak 202Nov 2024 — avg 117 · peak 239Feb 2025 — avg 82 · peak 138May 2025 — avg 74 · peak 120Aug 2025 — avg 77 · peak 128Nov 2025 — avg 88 · peak 171Feb 2026 — avg 91 · peak 164May 2026 — avg 88 · peak 163Aug 2026 — avg 74 · peak 119
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$39.99$7.992017-06-052026-10-152017-06-05 — best price $39.992019-01-04 — best price $39.992019-07-09 — best price $39.992020-01-02 — best price $39.992020-08-31 — best price $39.992021-07-26 — best price $39.992021-12-01 — best price $39.992022-04-04 — best price $39.992022-11-28 — best price $9.192023-03-23 — best price $39.992023-07-17 — best price $39.992023-11-21 — best price $9.992024-03-08 — best price $7.992024-05-14 — best price $19.992024-08-06 — best price $9.992024-11-07 — best price $9.992025-01-14 — best price $9.992025-03-19 — best price $9.992025-05-21 — best price $39.992025-07-15 — best price $9.992025-10-06 — best price $39.992025-11-17 — best price $9.992026-03-08 — best price $39.992026-04-17 — best price $39.992026-06-09 — best price $9.992026-08-25 — best price $9.992026-09-04 — best price $9.992026-09-12 — best price $39.992026-09-20 — best price $9.992026-09-28 — best price $9.992026-10-06 — best price $9.992026-10-14 — best price $39.992026-10-15 — best price $39.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

37132026-05-31 — 31 pageviews2026-06-04 — 22 pageviews2026-06-08 — 24 pageviews2026-06-12 — 19 pageviews2026-06-16 — 23 pageviews2026-06-20 — 18 pageviews2026-06-24 — 31 pageviews2026-06-28 — 30 pageviews2026-07-02 — 20 pageviews2026-07-06 — 22 pageviews2026-07-10 — 30 pageviews2026-07-14 — 28 pageviews2026-07-18 — 20 pageviews2026-07-22 — 29 pageviews2026-07-26 — 29 pageviews2026-07-30 — 29 pageviews2026-08-03 — 25 pageviews2026-08-07 — 31 pageviews2026-08-11 — 26 pageviews2026-08-15 — 35 pageviews2026-08-19 — 25 pageviews2026-08-23 — 28 pageviews2026-08-27 — 33 pageviews2026-08-31 — 30 pageviews2026-09-04 — 26 pageviews2026-09-08 — 26 pageviews2026-09-12 — 36 pageviews2026-09-16 — 13 pageviews2026-09-20 — 30 pageviews2026-09-24 — 20 pageviews2026-09-28 — 35 pageviews2026-10-02 — 29 pageviews2026-10-06 — 33 pageviews2026-10-09 — 27 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerSteam Trading CardsIncludes level editorFamily Sharing1 DLC

1 supported languages: English

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2017-06-05 (Steam store data)

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

WarIndieNavalActionCold WarMilitaryStrategyTacticalRealisticSubmarine

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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