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Nauticrawl

Spare Parts Oasis · Armor Games Studios · 2019-09-16

Steam

IndieSimulation

Modes: Single player

Releases: Sep 23, 2021 (iOS), Sep 16, 2019 (Mac), Sep 16, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

A stolen, enigmatic machine is your only way out. It's likely to kill you, but so will the hostile planet you're escaping. Pull levers, hack devices, and puzzle out how to pilot the Nauticrawl to freedom in this unusual atmospheric adventure... or die trying.

Nauticrawl is an Indie, Simulation game released in 2019, priced at $14.99, with an estimated 50,000 .. 100,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (91% of 498 reviews).

1
playing now
91%
positive of 498 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
IGDB user rating (2 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$14.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 18:00 UTC (census sample)

You've stolen a Nauticrawl and its walls, like the approaching sentinels, are closing in around you. It's time to move. NOW. Then you realize... you don't know how to move this heap of metal. Enslaved on an unknown planet, a stolen Nauticrawl is your only hope of escaping the wretched life you were born into. But now that you're at the helm, you have a whole new set of problems. The craft is full of levers, buttons, and gauges that make no sense to you. And even if they did, where would you go? Uncover the secrets of this world, figure out how to pilot the Nauticrawl, and chart a cour(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 60 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~8/week).
  • · Review velocity down 18% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 16% of 49,583 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 12k–30k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 498 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $2.24 at Humble Store (2024-11-21) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 13 of 29 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
646420192026Week of 2019-09-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

502026-09-15 03:00 — 3 players2026-09-16 11:00 — 1 players2026-09-17 19:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 02:00 — 1 players2026-09-20 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 18:00 — 1 players2026-09-23 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 09:00 — 1 players2026-09-25 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 13:00 — 5 players2026-10-04 21:00 — 1 players2026-10-06 05:00 — 2 players2026-10-07 12:00 — 3 players2026-10-08 20:00 — 2 players2026-10-10 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 11:00 — 3 players2026-10-12 19:00 — 3 players2026-10-14 02:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 18:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
90Sep 2019Sep 2026Sep 2019 — avg 9 · peak 38Oct 2019 — avg 2 · peak 10Nov 2019 — avg 1 · peak 11Dec 2019 — avg 2 · peak 8Jan 2020 — avg 1 · peak 3Feb 2020 — avg 1 · peak 4Mar 2020 — avg 1 · peak 4Apr 2020 — avg 2 · peak 8May 2020 — avg 2 · peak 7Jun 2020 — avg 2 · peak 9Jul 2020 — avg 2 · peak 7Aug 2020 — avg 1 · peak 3Sep 2020 — avg 0 · peak 3Nov 2020 — avg 1 · peak 6Dec 2020 — avg 1 · peak 8Jan 2021 — avg 1 · peak 4Feb 2021 — avg 1 · peak 5Sep 2023 — avg 1 · peak 2Nov 2023 — avg 2 · peak 12Jul 2024 — avg 1 · peak 3Oct 2025 — avg 6 · peak 24Sep 2026 — avg 2 · peak 10

▼ −4 avg players (−71.3%) vs prior month — Sep 2026

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

Price history

$14.99$2.242019-09-162026-08-062019-09-16 — best price $13.492019-11-12 — best price $14.992019-12-09 — best price $11.992020-01-09 — best price $11.992020-01-22 — best price $11.992020-05-07 — best price $9.892020-09-10 — best price $14.992021-01-05 — best price $14.992021-07-26 — best price $14.992021-11-01 — best price $7.492021-11-24 — best price $7.492021-12-13 — best price $7.492022-01-28 — best price $11.012022-03-02 — best price $14.992022-10-24 — best price $7.492023-01-05 — best price $14.992023-03-16 — best price $5.092023-05-05 — best price $5.092023-07-13 — best price $14.992023-09-01 — best price $14.992023-11-20 — best price $3.742024-01-04 — best price $14.992024-03-21 — best price $14.992024-08-25 — best price $14.992024-11-14 — best price $14.992024-12-19 — best price $2.242025-02-10 — best price $14.992025-06-26 — best price $2.242025-08-20 — best price $14.992025-10-13 — best price $2.242026-01-05 — best price $14.992026-02-20 — best price $2.242026-04-09 — best price $14.992026-05-25 — best price $14.992026-07-09 — best price $14.992026-08-06 — best price $2.24
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

16
achievements tracked
46.6%
earned "Field Note #9"
17.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing

8 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Spanish - Latin America, Russian, Simplified Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)4244%16

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

Player tags

IndieShortPuzzleSci-fiStealthAdventureDifficultSteampunkSimulationAtmospheric

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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