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Death in the Water 2 cover art

Death in the Water 2

Lighthouse Games Studio · 2023-01-26

SteamEpic Games Store

ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jan 26, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Dodge and carve your way through swarms of terrifying sea creatures controlled by Death, a vicious giant mind-controlling Kraken that haunts your every move. Scavenge for hidden treasure to unlock weapons, and upgrades to help you in your fight for survival. Every dive reveals a new nightmare.

Death in the Water 2 is a 2023 Action, Adventure and Indie game priced at $14.99, with a Very Positive review sentiment (83% of 1847 reviews) and an estimated 50,000 .. 100,000 owners.

2
playing now
83%
positive of 1.8k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$14.99
steam price (US)

2 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 17:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 2 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 123 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~15/week).
  • · Review velocity down 21% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 11% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 37k–83k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,847 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $3.74 at Steam (2025-10-27) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 14 of 28 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
27527520232026Week of 2023-01-01: 275 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 64 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 181 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 6 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1002026-09-15 02:00 — 1 players2026-09-16 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 18:00 — 2 players2026-09-19 01:00 — 2 players2026-09-20 09:00 — 2 players2026-09-21 17:00 — 4 players2026-09-23 00:00 — 5 players2026-09-24 08:00 — 3 players2026-09-25 15:00 — 2 players2026-09-26 23:00 — 3 players2026-09-28 06:00 — 3 players2026-09-29 14:00 — 2 players2026-09-30 21:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 05:00 — 3 players2026-10-03 12:00 — 6 players2026-10-04 20:00 — 10 players2026-10-06 04:00 — 5 players2026-10-07 11:00 — 2 players2026-10-08 19:00 — 1 players2026-10-10 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 10:00 — 3 players2026-10-12 18:00 — 2 players2026-10-14 01:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 17:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
342Feb 2023Jul 2026Feb 2023 — avg 34 · peak 151Apr 2023 — avg 8 · peak 24Jun 2023 — avg 4 · peak 12Aug 2023 — avg 20 · peak 124Oct 2023 — avg 5 · peak 30Dec 2023 — avg 6 · peak 23Feb 2024 — avg 5 · peak 21Apr 2024 — avg 5 · peak 19Jun 2024 — avg 4 · peak 17Aug 2024 — avg 3 · peak 9Oct 2024 — avg 4 · peak 18Dec 2024 — avg 5 · peak 16Feb 2025 — avg 21 · peak 172Apr 2025 — avg 5 · peak 16Jun 2025 — avg 4 · peak 14Aug 2025 — avg 3 · peak 16Oct 2025 — avg 3 · peak 16Dec 2025 — avg 4 · peak 11Feb 2026 — avg 4 · peak 13Apr 2026 — avg 3 · peak 8Jun 2026 — avg 3 · peak 11Jul 2026 — avg 4 · peak 9
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$19.99$3.742023-01-262026-07-302023-01-26 — best price $17.992023-03-23 — best price $19.992023-05-22 — best price $16.392023-07-13 — best price $19.992023-09-25 — best price $10.992023-11-13 — best price $19.992023-12-21 — best price $8.992024-01-26 — best price $19.992024-03-14 — best price $7.992024-04-22 — best price $19.992024-06-27 — best price $7.992024-07-29 — best price $19.992024-09-05 — best price $14.992024-11-27 — best price $5.242024-12-16 — best price $14.992025-02-22 — best price $7.492025-03-15 — best price $14.992025-04-07 — best price $14.992025-05-12 — best price $5.092025-06-10 — best price $14.992025-07-14 — best price $5.092025-07-31 — best price $14.992025-09-16 — best price $5.092025-10-06 — best price $14.992025-11-04 — best price $5.092025-12-11 — best price $4.492026-01-05 — best price $14.992026-01-26 — best price $14.992026-03-19 — best price $4.492026-04-13 — best price $14.992026-06-09 — best price $4.492026-07-09 — best price $14.992026-07-27 — best price $14.992026-07-30 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

19
achievements tracked
81.8%
earned "Lionfish Slayer"
22.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudSteam LeaderboardsFamily Sharing

12 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Turkish

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,06813%19

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

Player tags

FPS6DOFGoreHuntingShooterSurvivalSouls-likeUnderwaterAtmosphericFirst-Person

Census log

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

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