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Destroyer: The U-Boat Hunter

Iron Wolf Studio S.A. · Daedalic Entertainment · 2023-12-06

SteamGOGEpic Games Store

ActionAdventureIndieSimulation

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Sep 28, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Nov 30, 2023 (Mac), Nov 30, 2023 (Linux)

Destroyer: The U-Boat Hunter brings you an authentic and historically accurate destroyer simulation along with gripping anti-submarine warfare set in the turmoils of the Atlantic Ocean during World War II.

Destroyer: The U-Boat Hunter is an Action, Adventure, Indie, and Simulation game released in 2023, priced at $29.99, with an estimated 20,000 .. 50,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (74% of 1229 reviews).

7
playing now
74%
positive of 1.2k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$29.99
steam price (US)

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

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 7 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 60 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~8/week).
  • · Review velocity down 29% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 14% of 27,675 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 25k–55k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,229 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$8.99-70%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $6.82 at GamesPlanet US (2026-04-10) · bundled 4×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $29.99 · on sale 130 of 187 observed days · $2.17 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
989820222026Week of 2022-09-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 98 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1322026-09-15 06:00 — 3 players2026-09-16 14:00 — 9 players2026-09-17 22:00 — 7 players2026-09-19 05:00 — 7 players2026-09-20 13:00 — 7 players2026-09-21 21:00 — 5 players2026-09-23 04:00 — 5 players2026-09-24 12:00 — 6 players2026-09-25 19:00 — 10 players2026-09-27 03:00 — 8 players2026-09-28 10:00 — 4 players2026-09-29 18:00 — 6 players2026-10-01 01:00 — 4 players2026-10-02 09:00 — 4 players2026-10-03 16:00 — 13 players2026-10-05 00:00 — 8 players2026-10-06 08:00 — 11 players2026-10-07 15:00 — 7 players2026-10-08 23:00 — 8 players2026-10-10 06:00 — 6 players2026-10-11 14:00 — 13 players2026-10-12 22:00 — 6 players2026-10-14 05:00 — 11 players2026-10-14 21:00 — 7 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
425Oct 2022Aug 2026Oct 2022 — avg 42 · peak 177Dec 2022 — avg 12 · peak 31Feb 2023 — avg 10 · peak 45Apr 2023 — avg 8 · peak 29Jun 2023 — avg 11 · peak 30Aug 2023 — avg 10 · peak 33Oct 2023 — avg 11 · peak 62Dec 2023 — avg 34 · peak 111Feb 2024 — avg 19 · peak 41Apr 2024 — avg 22 · peak 45Jun 2024 — avg 18 · peak 39Aug 2024 — avg 15 · peak 67Oct 2024 — avg 14 · peak 32Dec 2024 — avg 14 · peak 31Feb 2025 — avg 10 · peak 25Apr 2025 — avg 10 · peak 25Jun 2025 — avg 12 · peak 114Aug 2025 — avg 9 · peak 28Oct 2025 — avg 22 · peak 85Dec 2025 — avg 17 · peak 41Feb 2026 — avg 10 · peak 22Apr 2026 — avg 11 · peak 79Jun 2026 — avg 7 · peak 19Aug 2026 — avg 7 · peak 18
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$29.99$8.252022-09-282026-10-142022-09-28 — best price $22.402022-11-24 — best price $22.492023-01-10 — best price $20.992023-03-06 — best price $29.992023-05-22 — best price $14.992023-07-23 — best price $11.502023-09-11 — best price $29.992023-11-20 — best price $11.092024-01-16 — best price $14.992024-03-11 — best price $29.992024-04-18 — best price $29.992024-05-24 — best price $19.492024-07-08 — best price $17.992024-08-14 — best price $14.992024-09-27 — best price $11.982024-10-26 — best price $10.522024-11-16 — best price $29.992025-01-02 — best price $29.992025-04-03 — best price $11.992025-05-13 — best price $11.992025-07-07 — best price $29.992025-08-09 — best price $10.392025-09-03 — best price $11.542025-10-08 — best price $29.992025-11-25 — best price $9.892026-01-07 — best price $29.992026-02-19 — best price $29.992026-04-06 — best price $24.872026-05-23 — best price $9.002026-07-14 — best price $29.992026-08-24 — best price $14.992026-09-15 — best price $29.992026-10-05 — best price $14.992026-10-14 — best price $8.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

16
achievements tracked
48.3%
earned "I HEAR YA..."
12.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

13 supported languages: English, Polish, French, Spanish - Spain, Russian, German, Traditional Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America…

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2022-09-28 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)7781%16

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

Player tags

3DRTSWarNavalActionCombatMilitaryTacticalSubmarineHistorical

Census log

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

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