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In Other Waters

Jump Over The Age · Fellow Traveller · 2020-04-03

SteamGOGEpic Games Store

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Apr 03, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Apr 03, 2020 (Nintendo Switch), Apr 03, 2020 (Mac)

Play as an Artificial Intelligence guiding a stranded xenobiologist through a beautiful and mysterious alien ocean. A non-violent sci-fi story, enter a world of wonder, fear and vulnerability, unraveling the history and ecology of an impossible planet. What will you discover together?

In Other Waters is an Adventure and Indie game released in 2020, priced at $3.74, with an estimated 100,000 .. 200,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (87% of 2572 reviews).

4
playing now
87%
positive of 2.6k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
71/100
critic score (4 outlets, IGDB)
69/100
IGDB user rating (19 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$3.74
steam price (US)

4 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 06:00 UTC (census sample)

In Other Waters is a 2020 adventure game for Microsoft Windows, macOS, and Nintendo Switch. Players take on the role of an AI that assists a xenobiologist in exploring an alien world.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 4 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 145 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~18/week).
  • · Review velocity down 9% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 8% of 29,021 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 51k–116k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,572 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$3.75-75%
GOG$3.75-75%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $3.74 at Steam (2024-09-11) · bundled 5×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 70 of 118 observed days · $0.01 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
15115120202026Week of 2020-04-01: 151 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

902026-09-15 15:00 — 1 players2026-09-17 00:00 — 2 players2026-09-18 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 15:00 — 3 players2026-09-20 22:00 — 3 players2026-09-22 06:00 — 1 players2026-09-23 13:00 — 1 players2026-09-24 21:00 — 1 players2026-09-26 04:00 — 1 players2026-09-27 12:00 — 4 players2026-09-28 19:00 — 5 players2026-09-30 03:00 — 1 players2026-10-01 10:00 — 2 players2026-10-02 18:00 — 5 players2026-10-04 02:00 — 7 players2026-10-05 10:00 — 4 players2026-10-06 17:00 — 5 players2026-10-08 01:00 — 4 players2026-10-09 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 16:00 — 7 players2026-10-11 23:00 — 6 players2026-10-13 07:00 — 2 players2026-10-14 14:00 — 3 players2026-10-15 06:00 — 4 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
263Apr 2020Aug 2026Apr 2020 — avg 26 · peak 110Jun 2020 — avg 10 · peak 52Aug 2020 — avg 6 · peak 21Oct 2020 — avg 3 · peak 11Dec 2020 — avg 12 · peak 86Feb 2021 — avg 5 · peak 20Apr 2021 — avg 20 · peak 70Jun 2021 — avg 18 · peak 79Aug 2021 — avg 9 · peak 36Oct 2021 — avg 5 · peak 23Dec 2021 — avg 6 · peak 14Feb 2022 — avg 4 · peak 11Apr 2022 — avg 3 · peak 9Jun 2022 — avg 8 · peak 25Aug 2022 — avg 5 · peak 16Oct 2022 — avg 5 · peak 14Dec 2022 — avg 9 · peak 25Feb 2023 — avg 7 · peak 20Apr 2023 — avg 4 · peak 12Jun 2023 — avg 7 · peak 19Aug 2023 — avg 4 · peak 13Oct 2023 — avg 4 · peak 15Dec 2023 — avg 4 · peak 12Feb 2024 — avg 12 · peak 81Apr 2024 — avg 4 · peak 13Jun 2024 — avg 6 · peak 18Aug 2024 — avg 5 · peak 13Oct 2024 — avg 3 · peak 10Dec 2024 — avg 4 · peak 15Feb 2025 — avg 6 · peak 25Apr 2025 — avg 5 · peak 17Jun 2025 — avg 6 · peak 17Aug 2025 — avg 4 · peak 12Oct 2025 — avg 4 · peak 11Dec 2025 — avg 4 · peak 12Mar 2026 — avg 4 · peak 13May 2026 — avg 5 · peak 14Jul 2026 — avg 4 · peak 10Aug 2026 — avg 3 · peak 11
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$14.99$3.742020-04-032026-10-152020-04-03 — best price $13.492020-12-16 — best price $11.242021-06-25 — best price $7.492021-08-13 — best price $7.492021-10-27 — best price $7.492021-12-20 — best price $14.992022-02-23 — best price $13.392022-05-17 — best price $13.392022-07-20 — best price $5.992022-09-27 — best price $14.992022-12-02 — best price $14.992023-01-31 — best price $14.992023-04-06 — best price $4.492023-06-11 — best price $4.492023-07-25 — best price $4.492023-09-11 — best price $4.492023-10-18 — best price $14.992023-12-11 — best price $4.492024-02-01 — best price $7.502024-03-18 — best price $10.252024-05-14 — best price $6.752024-07-17 — best price $6.002024-09-16 — best price $4.202024-11-11 — best price $14.992025-02-18 — best price $14.992025-07-10 — best price $3.742025-10-24 — best price $14.992026-02-05 — best price $3.742026-04-24 — best price $3.742026-08-12 — best price $14.992026-09-08 — best price $3.742026-09-28 — best price $3.752026-10-15 — best price $3.75
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

41122026-06-03 — 30 pageviews2026-06-07 — 36 pageviews2026-06-11 — 26 pageviews2026-06-15 — 30 pageviews2026-06-19 — 25 pageviews2026-06-23 — 20 pageviews2026-06-27 — 19 pageviews2026-07-01 — 41 pageviews2026-07-05 — 38 pageviews2026-07-09 — 20 pageviews2026-07-13 — 22 pageviews2026-07-17 — 23 pageviews2026-07-21 — 21 pageviews2026-07-25 — 19 pageviews2026-07-29 — 18 pageviews2026-08-02 — 22 pageviews2026-08-06 — 17 pageviews2026-08-10 — 28 pageviews2026-08-14 — 19 pageviews2026-08-18 — 14 pageviews2026-08-22 — 12 pageviews2026-08-26 — 25 pageviews2026-08-30 — 21 pageviews2026-09-03 — 23 pageviews2026-09-07 — 16 pageviews2026-09-11 — 20 pageviews2026-09-15 — 17 pageviews2026-09-19 — 21 pageviews2026-09-23 — 40 pageviews2026-09-27 — 26 pageviews2026-10-01 — 23 pageviews2026-10-05 — 12 pageviews2026-10-09 — 22 pageviews2026-10-13 — 16 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerMouse Only OptionPlayable without Timed InputSave AnytimeStereo SoundTouch Only OptionPartial Controller SupportFamily Sharing2 DLC

3 supported languages: English, Japanese, Simplified Chinese

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2020-04-03 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Switch (Nintendo)560%0

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

IndieSci-fiMysteryAdventureBeautifulStory RichUnderwaterAtmosphericExplorationExperimental

Census log

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

Recent updates

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