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Dangerous Waters cover art

Dangerous Waters

Sonalysts · Strategy First · 2006-02-07

SteamGOGEpic Games Store

Strategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer · Perspectives: First person, Third person

Releases: Feb 07, 2006 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

S.C.S. - Dangerous Waters allows you total control over multiple air, surface, and submarine platforms in a modern-day naval environment. Take direct control of individual crew stations and also plan and execute combined arms naval strategies from a top-down 'Commanders Eye' perspective.

Dangerous Waters is a 2006 Strategy game priced at $4.99, with a Mostly Positive sentiment (78% of 405 reviews) and an estimated 100,000 .. 200,000 owners.

3
playing now
78%
positive of 405 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
60/100
IGDB user rating (1 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$4.99
steam price (US)

3 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 16:00 UTC (census sample)

Dangerous Waters, also known as S.C.S. Dangerous Waters, is a 2005 naval warfare simulation game developed by American studio Sonalysts Combat Simulations. It was released for Microsoft Windows in 2005, and on Steam on February 7, 2006.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 3 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 21 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity up 50% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 23% of 14,087 Strategy games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 16k–32k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 405 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Steam$2.99-80%
GOG$2.99-80%
GamersGate$3.00-80%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.12 at GamersGate (2023-07-10) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 91 of 126 observed days · $1.87 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
7720172026Week of 2017-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

402026-09-15 01:00 — 2 players2026-09-16 09:00 — 3 players2026-09-17 17:00 — 2 players2026-09-19 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 08:00 — 2 players2026-09-21 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 06:00 — 1 players2026-09-25 14:00 — 3 players2026-09-26 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 12:00 — 1 players2026-09-30 20:00 — 2 players2026-10-02 03:00 — 3 players2026-10-03 11:00 — 1 players2026-10-04 19:00 — 3 players2026-10-06 03:00 — 4 players2026-10-07 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 01:00 — 1 players2026-10-11 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 16:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 16:00 — 3 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$14.99$1.122015-01-012026-10-142015-01-01 — best price $3.742016-01-07 — best price $14.992017-03-06 — best price $3.742018-02-19 — best price $1.952018-07-13 — best price $2.092019-01-21 — best price $14.992019-10-07 — best price $14.992020-04-24 — best price $14.992020-07-11 — best price $14.992020-08-26 — best price $13.492020-10-12 — best price $2.252020-12-04 — best price $14.992021-01-26 — best price $11.012021-03-19 — best price $14.992021-05-06 — best price $12.632021-06-30 — best price $14.992021-09-19 — best price $12.632021-11-27 — best price $12.492022-02-07 — best price $14.992022-06-06 — best price $14.992022-09-28 — best price $11.012022-12-17 — best price $11.012023-04-03 — best price $2.242023-08-06 — best price $11.892023-12-18 — best price $14.992024-04-11 — best price $2.252024-07-22 — best price $11.012024-10-16 — best price $2.992025-02-10 — best price $14.992025-05-16 — best price $11.012025-09-12 — best price $2.992026-01-22 — best price $14.992026-05-26 — best price $11.072026-08-28 — best price $2.992026-09-27 — best price $2.992026-10-14 — best price $2.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2462026-05-29 — 22 pageviews2026-06-02 — 19 pageviews2026-06-06 — 13 pageviews2026-06-10 — 11 pageviews2026-06-14 — 11 pageviews2026-06-18 — 19 pageviews2026-06-22 — 17 pageviews2026-06-26 — 8 pageviews2026-06-30 — 15 pageviews2026-07-04 — 6 pageviews2026-07-08 — 17 pageviews2026-07-12 — 12 pageviews2026-07-16 — 18 pageviews2026-07-20 — 16 pageviews2026-07-24 — 14 pageviews2026-07-28 — 11 pageviews2026-08-01 — 9 pageviews2026-08-05 — 8 pageviews2026-08-09 — 13 pageviews2026-08-13 — 16 pageviews2026-08-17 — 15 pageviews2026-08-21 — 6 pageviews2026-08-25 — 15 pageviews2026-08-29 — 15 pageviews2026-09-02 — 12 pageviews2026-09-06 — 23 pageviews2026-09-10 — 18 pageviews2026-09-14 — 14 pageviews2026-09-18 — 14 pageviews2026-09-22 — 24 pageviews2026-09-26 — 11 pageviews2026-09-30 — 18 pageviews2026-10-04 — 10 pageviews2026-10-07 — 12 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

WarNavalStealthMilitaryStrategyDifficultRealisticSubmarineAction RPGSimulation

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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