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Land Above Sea Below

Glasscannon Studio · Skystone Games · 2023-09-13

Steam

CasualIndieStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Sep 13, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Land Above Sea Below is an atmospheric building strategy and puzzle game where you have to build your island from tiles in order to raise its height as much as possible, to avoid it getting flooded by the constantly rising sea level.

72%
positive of 151 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$7.99
steam price (US)

Your imagination is the only limit - from the infinitely available, procedurally generated tiles you can build the island of your dreams. Build majestic forests, cascading rivers, and lovely villages.(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 12 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity down 29% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (49 reviews).
  • · Top 46% of 11,407 Casual games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 3.0k–6.8k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 151 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$6.69-16%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.59 at Steam (2026-06-25) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $7.99 · on sale 16 of 24 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
444420232026Week of 2023-09-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$7.99$1.592023-09-132026-09-012023-09-13 — best price $6.792023-11-21 — best price $6.392023-12-11 — best price $5.192024-01-04 — best price $7.992024-01-15 — best price $5.592024-02-08 — best price $5.592024-03-14 — best price $4.792024-04-26 — best price $5.872024-06-17 — best price $5.592024-07-12 — best price $5.872024-11-01 — best price $3.592024-11-22 — best price $3.032024-12-03 — best price $5.872024-12-13 — best price $3.202025-01-05 — best price $5.872025-01-31 — best price $4.002025-03-03 — best price $3.192025-03-21 — best price $6.692025-08-15 — best price $7.992025-10-06 — best price $7.992025-11-21 — best price $1.832025-12-18 — best price $2.392026-01-19 — best price $2.712026-03-26 — best price $7.992026-04-20 — best price $6.692026-06-25 — best price $1.592026-07-28 — best price $6.692026-09-01 — best price $6.69
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

17
achievements tracked
38.1%
earned "Day by day I"
3.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFamily Sharing

10 supported languages: English, Hungarian, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Portugal, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese

Player tags

3DCuteIndieLogicNaturePuzzleSandboxBuildingRelaxingStrategy

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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