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Hydroneer cover art

Hydroneer

Foulball Hangover · 2020-05-08

SteamPlayStation Store

AdventureCasualIndieSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Split screen · Perspectives: First person

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!

Hydroneer is an Adventure, Casual, Indie, and Simulation game released in 2020, priced at $14.99, with an estimated owner base of 1,000,000 to 2,000,000 and a Very Positive review sentiment (86% of 28,495 reviews).

230
playing now
86%
positive of 29k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
62/100
IGDB user rating (7 ratings)
12
Nexus mods (14k downloads)
3.73★
PlayStation Store rating (805 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$14.99
steam price (US)

230 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 11:00 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.

Trailer

Hydroneer trailer thumbnail

Hydroneer - Official Console Release Announcement Trailer

≈105,278 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 230 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 2% of 28,808 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 572k–1.3M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 28,618 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 6 of 12 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

5891442026-09-15 12:00 — 238 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 294 players2026-09-18 03:00 — 192 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 311 players2026-09-20 18:00 — 472 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 245 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 191 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 322 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 240 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 306 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 315 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 228 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 144 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 334 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 502 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 243 players2026-10-06 13:00 — 353 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 339 players2026-10-09 04:00 — 226 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 440 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 462 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 217 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 230 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
2.5k181May 2020Aug 2026May 2020 — avg 944 · peak 2,710Jul 2020 — avg 355 · peak 966Sep 2020 — avg 325 · peak 772Nov 2020 — avg 208 · peak 501Jan 2021 — avg 595 · peak 2,063Mar 2021 — avg 353 · peak 671May 2021 — avg 290 · peak 649Jul 2021 — avg 247 · peak 511Sep 2021 — avg 259 · peak 622Nov 2021 — avg 505 · peak 1,320Jan 2022 — avg 245 · peak 488Mar 2022 — avg 204 · peak 426May 2022 — avg 2,507 · peak 8,926Jul 2022 — avg 551 · peak 1,090Sep 2022 — avg 415 · peak 847Nov 2022 — avg 377 · peak 747Jan 2023 — avg 410 · peak 982Mar 2023 — avg 270 · peak 503May 2023 — avg 1,058 · peak 2,895Jul 2023 — avg 493 · peak 920Sep 2023 — avg 326 · peak 741Nov 2023 — avg 404 · peak 743Jan 2024 — avg 572 · peak 975Mar 2024 — avg 472 · peak 830May 2024 — avg 1,214 · peak 2,469Jul 2024 — avg 538 · peak 992Sep 2024 — avg 611 · peak 1,695Nov 2024 — avg 362 · peak 693Jan 2025 — avg 478 · peak 901Mar 2025 — avg 856 · peak 2,162May 2025 — avg 429 · peak 775Jul 2025 — avg 541 · peak 952Sep 2025 — avg 354 · peak 650Nov 2025 — avg 350 · peak 688Jan 2026 — avg 558 · peak 1,288Mar 2026 — avg 472 · peak 1,090May 2026 — avg 1,092 · peak 4,207Jul 2026 — avg 540 · peak 1,192Aug 2026 — avg 314 · peak 580
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
10102026-09-222026-10-132026-09-22: 7 new positive2026-09-22: 3 new negative2026-09-23: 2 new positive2026-09-23: 1 new negative2026-09-24: 2 new positive2026-09-25: 5 new positive2026-09-25: 2 new negative2026-09-26: 4 new positive2026-09-26: 1 new negative2026-09-27: 5 new positive2026-09-27: 1 new negative2026-09-28: 6 new positive2026-09-28: 2 new negative2026-09-29: 1 new positive2026-09-30: 1 new positive2026-09-30: 1 new negative2026-10-01: 4 new positive2026-10-01: 2 new negative2026-10-03: 3 new positive2026-10-03: 3 new negative2026-10-04: 5 new positive2026-10-04: 3 new negative2026-10-05: 6 new positive2026-10-05: 3 new negative2026-10-06: 9 new positive2026-10-07: 5 new positive2026-10-09: 10 new positive2026-10-09: 1 new negative2026-10-10: 4 new positive2026-10-10: 1 new negative2026-10-12: 6 new positive2026-10-13: 5 new positive
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

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 pageviews2026-08-10 — 6 pageviews2026-08-12 — 8 pageviews2026-08-14 — 6 pageviews2026-08-16 — 13 pageviews2026-08-18 — 8 pageviews2026-08-20 — 7 pageviews2026-08-22 — 10 pageviews2026-08-24 — 3 pageviews2026-08-26 — 9 pageviews2026-08-28 — 7 pageviews2026-08-30 — 8 pageviews2026-09-01 — 7 pageviews2026-09-03 — 6 pageviews2026-09-05 — 16 pageviews2026-09-07 — 2 pageviews2026-09-09 — 4 pageviews2026-09-11 — 7 pageviews2026-09-13 — 11 pageviews2026-09-15 — 3 pageviews2026-09-17 — 8 pageviews2026-09-19 — 10 pageviews2026-09-21 — 15 pageviews2026-09-23 — 11 pageviews2026-09-25 — 8 pageviews2026-09-27 — 8 pageviews2026-09-29 — 7 pageviews2026-10-01 — 11 pageviews2026-10-03 — 12 pageviews2026-10-05 — 13 pageviews2026-10-07 — 10 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

1702026-10-01 00:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 01:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-02 10:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-02 19:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-03 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-03 15:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-04 00:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-04 09:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-04 18:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-05 03:34 — 7 viewers2026-10-05 14:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-05 23:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 17:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-07 02:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-08 02:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-08 11:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-09 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 20:35 — 1 viewers2026-10-10 05:34 — 5 viewers2026-10-10 14:34 — 4 viewers2026-10-11 00:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-11 09:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-11 18:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-12 03:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-13 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-13 16:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 20:34 — 1 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…

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2024-04-05 (Steam store data)

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.

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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