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Hide & Hold Out - H2o cover art

Hide & Hold Out - H2o

Red Abyss Software · 2016-04-09

Steam

ActionAdventureIndieMassively MultiplayerSimulationEarly Access

Modes: Multiplayer, Co-operative, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO) · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Apr 09, 2016 (Linux), Apr 09, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Apr 09, 2016 (Mac)

Hide & Hold Out is a multiplayer survival game taking place in a devastated water world. Gather, build, team up with your friends and establish the foundations of your future floating empire utilizing the heavy guns of your battle ships!

Hide & Hold Out - H2o is an Action, Adventure, Indie, Massively Multiplayer game released in 2016, priced at $17.99, with an estimated 20,000 .. 50,000 owners and a Mixed review sentiment (54% of 630 reviews).— census verdict as of 2026-09-20

0
playing now
54%
positive of 630 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
50/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
50/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$17.99
steam price (US)

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

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 8 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 14% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (217 reviews).
  • · Top 18% of 27,909 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 16k–38k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 630 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $10.79 at Steam (2017-06-01)via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
13313320162026Week of 2016-04-01: 133 positiveWeek of 2016-04-01: 84 negativeWeek of 2016-05-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2016-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2016-06-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2016-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2016-07-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2016-07-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2016-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2016-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2016-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2016-11-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2016-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2017-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2017-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2017-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

202026-09-15 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 14:00 — 1 players2026-09-19 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 05:00 — 1 players2026-09-22 13:00 — 2 players2026-09-23 20:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 11:00 — 1 players2026-09-27 19:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 15:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 23:00 — 1 players2026-10-12 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 14:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 21:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1560Mar 2016Jan 2023Mar 2016 — avg 4 · peak 15May 2016 — avg 37 · peak 135Jul 2016 — avg 20 · peak 76Sep 2016 — avg 8 · peak 24Nov 2016 — avg 3 · peak 14Jan 2017 — avg 2 · peak 9Mar 2017 — avg 2 · peak 9May 2017 — avg 2 · peak 25Jul 2017 — avg 2 · peak 16Sep 2017 — avg 1 · peak 7Nov 2017 — avg 0 · peak 5Jan 2018 — avg 1 · peak 5Mar 2018 — avg 1 · peak 5May 2018 — avg 1 · peak 7Jul 2018 — avg 0 · peak 5Sep 2018 — avg 0 · peak 3Nov 2018 — avg 0 · peak 2Jan 2019 — avg 0 · peak 3Mar 2019 — avg 0 · peak 3May 2019 — avg 0 · peak 4Jul 2019 — avg 0 · peak 2Dec 2019 — avg 0 · peak 2Aug 2020 — avg 1 · peak 2Nov 2020 — avg 1 · peak 3Jan 2023 — avg 1 · peak 2

No change (0) in avg players vs prior month — Jan 2023

Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$17.99$10.792016-04-102017-07-052016-04-10 — best price $15.292016-04-16 — best price $17.992016-06-23 — best price $14.392016-07-04 — best price $17.992017-06-01 — best price $10.792017-06-08 — best price $17.992017-06-22 — best price $13.492017-07-05 — best price $17.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

1
achievements tracked
1.2%
earned "Welcome aboard!"
1.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsLinuxMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPCo-opOnline Co-opCross-Platform MultiplayerSteam Trading CardsFamily Sharing

2 supported languages: English, French

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)6100%1

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

Player tags

PvPIndieActionSandboxViolentCraftingSurvivalAdventureOpen WorldSimulation

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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