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Hydroneer cover art

Hydroneer

Foulball Hangover · 2020-05-08

SteamPlayStation Store

AdventureCasualIndieSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Split screen

Releases: May 08, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), May 08, 2026 (PlayStation 5), May 08, 2026 (Xbox Series X|S)

Hydroneer is a mining and base building sandbox. Dig for gold and other resources to turn a profit and enhance your mining operation. Build a base of operations, forge weapons, go fishing, and dig deep!

482
playing now
86%
positive of 28k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
0
twitch viewers (latest)
62/100
IGDB user rating (7 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$14.99
steam price (US)

482 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 17:00 UTC (census sample)

Hydroneer is a 2020 mining sandbox video game developed by British indie video game studio Foulball Hangover. It was released onto Steam on May 8, 2020, and on the PS5 and Xbox Series X/S on May 8, 2026, on the game's sixth anniversary.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 482 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 2,319 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~290/week).
  • · Review velocity up 38% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 4% of 11,362 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 568k–1.3M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 28,394 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $4.49 at Steam (2026-05-08)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 7 of 14 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1.7k1.7k20202026Week of 2020-05-01: 1,378 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 295 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 308 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 336 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 73 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 177 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 314 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 310 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 413 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 189 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 546 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 65 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 446 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 55 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 355 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 219 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 288 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 245 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 254 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 237 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 261 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 251 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 518 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 62 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 324 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 291 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 241 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 212 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 271 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 1,693 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 454 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 630 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 99 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 440 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 56 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 346 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 66 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 373 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 336 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 315 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 542 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 69 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 261 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 224 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 164 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 529 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 126 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 422 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 70 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 266 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 293 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 71 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 227 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 196 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 218 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 236 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 234 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 279 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 75 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 198 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 269 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 746 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 154 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 497 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 87 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 246 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 268 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 60 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 187 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 243 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 123 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 231 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 212 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 297 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 65 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 251 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 228 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 381 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 139 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 207 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 61 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 165 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 189 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 188 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 164 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 170 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 120 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 160 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 177 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 246 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 66 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 176 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 195 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 120 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 453 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 200 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 206 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 62 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 192 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 62 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 24 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

4911832026-08-06 21:00 — 382 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 201 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 326 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 383 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 245 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 384 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 423 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 255 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 442 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 394 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 220 players2026-08-10 14:00 — 329 players2026-08-10 22:00 — 393 players2026-08-11 06:00 — 218 players2026-08-11 14:00 — 341 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 358 players2026-08-14 05:00 — 217 players2026-08-15 13:00 — 360 players2026-08-16 21:00 — 419 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 183 players2026-08-19 12:00 — 263 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 341 players2026-08-22 03:00 — 256 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 369 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 391 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 255 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 203 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 368 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 346 players2026-08-30 17:00 — 482 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$14.99$4.492020-05-082026-07-092020-05-08 — best price $7.992020-07-22 — best price $9.992020-10-22 — best price $7.992021-01-22 — best price $9.992021-05-08 — best price $7.992021-05-31 — best price $9.992021-09-17 — best price $7.992021-11-12 — best price $9.992022-02-14 — best price $7.992022-05-15 — best price $9.992022-09-13 — best price $7.492022-11-29 — best price $9.992022-12-19 — best price $14.992023-03-01 — best price $11.242023-04-21 — best price $14.992023-06-29 — best price $10.492023-08-21 — best price $14.992023-10-25 — best price $10.492023-11-28 — best price $14.992024-01-26 — best price $10.492024-03-06 — best price $14.992024-04-05 — best price $7.492024-05-20 — best price $14.992024-07-15 — best price $7.492024-09-12 — best price $14.992024-12-13 — best price $5.992025-03-12 — best price $14.992025-04-12 — best price $5.992025-06-25 — best price $14.992025-08-23 — best price $5.992025-10-06 — best price $14.992025-12-18 — best price $5.242026-03-09 — best price $14.992026-05-08 — best price $4.492026-07-09 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2202026-06-13 — 0 pageviews2026-08-09 — 14 pageviews2026-08-10 — 6 pageviews2026-08-11 — 7 pageviews2026-08-12 — 8 pageviews2026-08-13 — 5 pageviews2026-08-14 — 6 pageviews2026-08-15 — 9 pageviews2026-08-16 — 13 pageviews2026-08-17 — 22 pageviews2026-08-18 — 8 pageviews2026-08-19 — 9 pageviews2026-08-20 — 7 pageviews2026-08-21 — 9 pageviews2026-08-22 — 10 pageviews2026-08-23 — 9 pageviews2026-08-24 — 3 pageviews2026-08-25 — 6 pageviews2026-08-26 — 9 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

1902026-08-27 02:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 14:34 — 6 viewers2026-08-27 17:34 — 10 viewers2026-08-27 21:34 — 4 viewers2026-08-28 00:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 03:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-28 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 09:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 12:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 15:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 18:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 21:34 — 5 viewers2026-08-29 00:34 — 19 viewers2026-08-29 03:34 — 7 viewers2026-08-29 06:34 — 5 viewers2026-08-29 09:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 12:35 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 15:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-29 18:34 — 5 viewers2026-08-29 22:34 — 9 viewers2026-08-30 01:34 — 7 viewers2026-08-30 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 13:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 16:35 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 17:34 — 0 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
59%
earned "My First Hydrocoin"
6.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

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

18 supported languages: English, Russian, Portuguese - Brazil, French, German, Turkish, Dutch, Polish, Spanish - Spain, Romanian, Simplified Chinese, Czech…

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)6,3862%78
PS5 (PlayStation)5123%79
Xbox Series (Xbox)1141%78

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

Co-opFunnyIndieCasualMiningSandboxBuildingAdventureAutomationOpen World

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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