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Darkwater cover art

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.

7
playing now
78%
positive of 1.2k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$9.99
steam price (US)

7 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 11:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 7 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 32% of 10,862 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 23k–53k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,171 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$7.99-20%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

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

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 15 of 42 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

2212026-08-12 02:00 — 14 players2026-08-12 17:00 — 11 players2026-08-13 09:00 — 11 players2026-08-14 01:00 — 14 players2026-08-14 17:00 — 14 players2026-08-15 09:00 — 15 players2026-08-16 00:00 — 5 players2026-08-16 17:00 — 21 players2026-08-17 09:00 — 1 players2026-08-18 00:00 — 13 players2026-08-18 16:00 — 22 players2026-08-19 08:00 — 4 players2026-08-20 00:00 — 6 players2026-08-20 15:00 — 7 players2026-08-21 07:00 — 3 players2026-08-21 23:00 — 9 players2026-08-22 15:00 — 9 players2026-08-23 06:00 — 3 players2026-08-23 22:00 — 15 players2026-08-24 14:00 — 10 players2026-08-25 06:00 — 4 players2026-08-25 19:00 — 17 players2026-08-26 12:00 — 12 players2026-08-27 04:00 — 9 players2026-08-27 20:00 — 5 players2026-08-28 12:00 — 7 players2026-08-29 03:00 — 9 players2026-08-29 19:00 — 10 players2026-08-30 11:00 — 7 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

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

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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