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Hidden Deep

Cogwheel Software · Daedalic Entertainment · 2022-01-24

SteamGOG

ActionAdventureIndieEarly Access

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Split screen · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Jan 24, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), TBD (Linux), TBD (Mac)

Hidden Deep is an atmospheric sci-fi action game heavily inspired by Aliens, The Thing, and Half-Life. Explore, climb, swim, scan, blast and shoot your way through dangerous missions in a huge sub oceanic mining and research facility. Fear the horrors that lurk below…

Hidden Deep is an Action, Adventure, Indie, and Early Access game released in 2022, priced at $24.99, with an estimated 200,000 .. 500,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (76% of 5097 reviews).

6
playing now
76%
positive of 5.1k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
12
Nexus mods (2.4k downloads)
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$24.99
steam price (US)

6 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 12:00 UTC (census sample)

Trailer

Hidden Deep trailer thumbnail

Hidden Deep - Announcement Trailer

≈1,000,000 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 6 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 315 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~39/week).
  • · Review velocity down 20% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 7% of 27,712 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 102k–229k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 5,097 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $3.23 at WinGameStore (2024-05-16) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $24.99 · on sale 106 of 137 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
42842820222026Week of 2022-01-01: 428 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 134 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 178 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 113 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 120 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 129 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 352 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 127 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 9 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1922026-09-15 13:00 — 12 players2026-09-16 22:00 — 8 players2026-09-18 05:00 — 8 players2026-09-19 13:00 — 11 players2026-09-20 20:00 — 13 players2026-09-22 04:00 — 4 players2026-09-23 11:00 — 10 players2026-09-24 19:00 — 16 players2026-09-26 02:00 — 4 players2026-09-27 10:00 — 8 players2026-09-28 17:00 — 5 players2026-09-30 01:00 — 5 players2026-10-01 08:00 — 6 players2026-10-02 16:00 — 7 players2026-10-04 00:00 — 9 players2026-10-05 08:00 — 5 players2026-10-06 15:00 — 10 players2026-10-07 23:00 — 14 players2026-10-09 06:00 — 6 players2026-10-10 14:00 — 16 players2026-10-11 21:00 — 13 players2026-10-13 05:00 — 7 players2026-10-14 12:00 — 6 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
38510Jan 2022Aug 2026Jan 2022 — avg 385 · peak 891Mar 2022 — avg 30 · peak 106May 2022 — avg 32 · peak 178Jul 2022 — avg 69 · peak 435Sep 2022 — avg 34 · peak 96Nov 2022 — avg 50 · peak 127Jan 2023 — avg 61 · peak 164Mar 2023 — avg 25 · peak 90May 2023 — avg 13 · peak 39Jul 2023 — avg 33 · peak 82Sep 2023 — avg 16 · peak 53Nov 2023 — avg 19 · peak 50Jan 2024 — avg 40 · peak 117Mar 2024 — avg 19 · peak 56May 2024 — avg 13 · peak 38Jul 2024 — avg 32 · peak 78Sep 2024 — avg 17 · peak 58Nov 2024 — avg 13 · peak 36Jan 2025 — avg 43 · peak 117Mar 2025 — avg 41 · peak 124May 2025 — avg 17 · peak 61Jul 2025 — avg 17 · peak 47Sep 2025 — avg 10 · peak 29Nov 2025 — avg 22 · peak 85Jan 2026 — avg 26 · peak 69Mar 2026 — avg 25 · peak 83May 2026 — avg 15 · peak 54Jul 2026 — avg 16 · peak 41Aug 2026 — avg 10 · peak 30
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$24.99$3.392022-01-202026-08-212022-01-20 — best price $21.242022-03-07 — best price $22.492022-04-21 — best price $12.492022-06-14 — best price $18.362022-08-06 — best price $6.372022-09-17 — best price $24.992022-11-03 — best price $17.492022-12-12 — best price $7.742023-02-25 — best price $24.992023-04-29 — best price $24.992023-06-23 — best price $12.492023-08-22 — best price $18.362023-10-26 — best price $6.632023-12-07 — best price $24.992024-01-25 — best price $7.002024-03-14 — best price $9.992024-04-29 — best price $17.092024-06-05 — best price $8.992024-07-15 — best price $24.992024-09-07 — best price $24.992024-10-03 — best price $20.992024-11-01 — best price $4.672024-12-02 — best price $24.992025-02-26 — best price $24.992025-04-21 — best price $6.502025-06-25 — best price $24.992025-08-09 — best price $7.782025-09-06 — best price $24.992025-10-21 — best price $8.992025-12-06 — best price $24.992026-01-22 — best price $8.992026-03-09 — best price $8.992026-05-02 — best price $24.992026-06-13 — best price $19.882026-07-26 — best price $24.992026-08-21 — best price $7.26
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

14
achievements tracked
55.1%
earned "Not so fast!"
29.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opOnline Co-opShared/Split Screen Co-opShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsPartial Controller SupportSteam Cloud1 DLC

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

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2022-01-24 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)3,1155%14

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

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

2DDarkCo-opActionAliensHorrorPuzzleMysteryPhysicsShooter

Census log

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

Recent updates

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