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Darkwater

Targon Studios · Playstack · 2026-03-26

Steam

ActionAdventureCasualIndieRPGStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Apr 22, 2025 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Darkwater is a cooperative extraction horror game for 1-4 players. Command a submarine trapped under the ice of an alien planet. Battle enemy vessels and deep sea abominations as you hunt for resources. Do what it takes to survive.

Darkwater is an Action, Adventure, Casual and Indie game released in 2026, priced at $9.99, with an estimated 20,000 to 50,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (78% of 1184 reviews).

3
playing now
78%
positive of 1.2k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$9.99
steam price (US)

3 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 21:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 3 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 19 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity down 66% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (180 reviews).
  • · Top 14% of 27,667 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 24k–53k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,184 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $6.80 at GamesPlanet US (2026-07-31)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 14 of 40 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
14614620252026Week of 2025-04-22: 146 positiveWeek of 2025-04-22: 34 negativeWeek of 2025-04-29: 51 positiveWeek of 2025-04-29: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-05-06: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-05-06: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-05-13: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-05-13: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-05-20: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-05-20: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-27: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-06-03: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-06-03: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-06-10: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-06-10: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-06-17: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-06-17: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-06-24: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-06-24: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-07-08: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-07-15: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-07-15: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-22: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-07-22: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-07-29: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-07-29: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-05: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-08-12: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-08-12: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-08-19: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-08-19: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-08-26: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-08-26: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-02: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-09-02: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-09: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-09: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-16: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-09-23: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-09-23: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-30: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-09-30: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-10-07: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-10-07: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-14: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-14: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-21: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-10-28: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-11-04: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-11-04: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-11-11: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-11-11: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-11-18: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-18: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-25: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-11-25: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-12-02: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-12-09: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-12-09: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-16: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-12-16: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-12-23: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-12-23: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-12-30: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-12-30: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-01-06: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-01-06: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-01-13: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-13: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-20: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-27: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-02-03: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-03: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-10: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-02-10: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-02-17: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-02-24: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-03-03: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-10: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-03-17: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-24: 41 positiveWeek of 2026-03-24: 16 negativeWeek of 2026-03-31: 56 positiveWeek of 2026-03-31: 18 negativeWeek of 2026-04-07: 18 positiveWeek of 2026-04-07: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-04-14: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-04-14: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-21: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-04-21: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-04-28: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-04-28: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-05: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-05-05: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-12: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-12: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-05-19: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-05-19: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-05-26: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-26: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-06-02: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-02: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-06-09: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-06-16: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-06-16: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-23: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-30: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-06-30: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-14: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-21: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-07-21: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-28: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-11: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-18: 3 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1702026-09-15 06:00 — 4 players2026-09-16 14:00 — 7 players2026-09-17 22:00 — 4 players2026-09-19 05:00 — 4 players2026-09-20 13:00 — 12 players2026-09-21 21:00 — 8 players2026-09-23 04:00 — 4 players2026-09-24 12:00 — 3 players2026-09-25 19:00 — 14 players2026-09-27 03:00 — 9 players2026-09-28 10:00 — 3 players2026-09-29 18:00 — 8 players2026-10-01 01:00 — 8 players2026-10-02 09:00 — 5 players2026-10-03 16:00 — 15 players2026-10-05 00:00 — 17 players2026-10-06 08:00 — 2 players2026-10-07 15:00 — 5 players2026-10-08 23:00 — 3 players2026-10-10 06:00 — 8 players2026-10-11 14:00 — 10 players2026-10-12 22:00 — 12 players2026-10-14 05:00 — 3 players2026-10-14 21:00 — 3 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
11311May 2025Aug 2026May 2025 — avg 79 · peak 262Jun 2025 — avg 34 · peak 97Jul 2025 — avg 22 · peak 83Aug 2025 — avg 39 · peak 161Sep 2025 — avg 25 · peak 81Oct 2025 — avg 30 · peak 121Nov 2025 — avg 31 · peak 128Dec 2025 — avg 29 · peak 85Jan 2026 — avg 29 · peak 137Feb 2026 — avg 17 · peak 54Mar 2026 — avg 80 · peak 768Apr 2026 — avg 113 · peak 428May 2026 — avg 41 · peak 124Jun 2026 — avg 23 · peak 61Jul 2026 — avg 15 · peak 52Aug 2026 — avg 11 · peak 30
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$9.99$6.152025-04-222026-08-212025-04-22 — best price $8.992025-05-06 — best price $8.992025-05-16 — best price $8.992025-06-12 — best price $9.992025-07-10 — best price $9.992025-08-19 — best price $9.992025-10-06 — best price $9.992025-10-24 — best price $8.992025-11-13 — best price $9.992025-11-20 — best price $8.992025-12-04 — best price $9.992026-01-01 — best price $9.992026-01-06 — best price $8.992026-03-19 — best price $6.992026-04-02 — best price $9.992026-05-07 — best price $7.992026-05-18 — best price $6.992026-05-28 — best price $9.992026-06-25 — best price $6.992026-07-11 — best price $7.992026-07-17 — best price $8.092026-07-19 — best price $9.992026-07-21 — best price $9.492026-07-23 — best price $8.992026-08-07 — best price $8.642026-08-10 — best price $8.092026-08-21 — best price $7.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

14
achievements tracked
30.2%
earned "Special Delivery"
2.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opOnline Co-opSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

11 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2026-03-26 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)4332%14

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

Player tags

PvECo-opNavalHorrorStrategySurvivalSubmarineUnderwaterMultiplayerEarly Access

Census log

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

Recent updates

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